Evening journal., 1919-03-04
BARROW TELLS OF
HIS BIGGEST Bone
I'd Says 1t Was Releasing
OF Gleason From Detroit
Club in 1903
HAS REGRETTED
HIS ACTION SINCE

II Edward Grant Barrow. manager of
the worlds champion Red Sox. were
asked what was the biggest bone ne
ever pulled, he unhesitatlngly would 20
ply:
Releasing I'D Gleason in 1908"
IL was z. G. B. who chased the new
manager Of the White Sox out OF the
American League sixteen years ago snd
put an end TO the Kids active careet
as a Johnsonite. Barrow then did no.
know as much about major league
players as he did later and does now.
Camden. y. Us favorite son, never
played under Barrow in Tlgerville. He
put in two seasons there. one under
George Tweedy Stallings and one under
George Dwyer. Barrow succeeded the
last named as boss Of the Michigan out
ut in the winter OF 1902. and when be
reached Detroit found a corps Of sx-
pefts mot OF the Fourth Estate) ready
and willing to tell him which players
10 retain and which to let go
Strange as IL may seem, there were
some knockers OF Gleason. Barrow was
told to get rid Of him. Big Ed took the
advice handed him and let Gleason go.
William OF Camden Joined the Phils
again.
Il sure pulled a bone when / listened
10 the tales about Gleason. Barrow
moaned last year after he had been ap-
pointed manager Of the Red SoX. ''and
10 wasn't until latetr that / got The
right dope on the Kid Then ] found
out that he was the one person whY
could keep the other Kid. Norman FL
berfeld in humor and in line. You all
know that l had TO get rid OF Elberfeld
IN 1903, but ] wouldn't have had to do
10, ! guess. If l had retained the other
k.d-Gleason."
Gleason was Detroit's regular second
baseman in 1902, covering that bag in
all but a dozen games Then Joe
Yesger. capable infelder and outheldsr
as well as pitcher. was on duty at the
midway. The hid, then as now. liked
70 argue with umplres, but only one
rbiter chased him. The late silk
OLaughlin gave him the gate on July
in front Of the home populace.
Gleason's LONG hit output in 1902 con
sisted OF II doubles. four triples and
one home run. He had one less eXtca
base thaa Billy Sullivan, one OF his
predecessors as manager Of the Pale
Hose, and two more than Harry Bay.
Twice he made four hits in games. on
July and on July Is. On the first
mentioned date Bill procured three
singles and a double and in the second
two singles, a double and a homer. On
July 3 the T.gers played Cleveland; on
July IS they played Washington.
Gleason i7 years agO- was Detroit's
sixth best pass collector. Men who out
ranked him in the Hiking League were
Jimmy Barrett. Norman El0erfeld. Jud
casey, Dick Harley and Ducky Holmes.
He obtained twenty-four bases on balls
md was hit thrice. Men who stood tied
with him in the matters Of compliment
tar'es. regulation and Red Cross were
Emmett Heidrick and Lew Drill.
Gleason was the best sacrificsr among
The Tigers. He laid down II bunts that
advanced men and stole IS bases. De-
troiters who were better thieves were I
Barrett With -. Casey with 20. Elber-
field with 20 and Harley with 10.
The hid probably now knows the |
rules better than when he was putting
in his last season as an active player
n the American League. IL was ag1ins. !
the Tigers Harry Davis stole second
and then stole his way back to first
when no throw was made TO the mid /
way by Fred Buel0w. The game was /
ticht one, and Dave Fultz, now pres
idsnt OF the international League. was
on third when Davis stole second ana
then stole first
Davis stole second again, and this
time Buelow made the throw. but Fultz
beat the return 90 the plate.
Gleason took part in g double plays /
az second for Detroit in 1902. having the
same record in duplex killings as
Hobe Ferris Of the Red SoX. Tom DAILY
Of the White Sox figured in eight more
Than Comiskey's new manager jnd
Dick padden OF Browns in five more.
The Kid got honorable mention from
the dopesters Of 1902 for four fielding
feats these being as follows:
June 1.-TWO putouts and 9 assists.
June 2i-Four putouts, Z assists ana
1 error.
August 29-seven putouts, 8 assists
and error.
September 8-Flve putouts, 5 assists
and errors. -
Gleason is the second former Ph'la-
delphla Nstiopal League player TO man
axe the Pale Hose. Jimmy Callahan,
under whom William Of Camden served
as a Lieutenant, was with the Quakers
when Arthur Irwin was their manaeer.
Bill will be 50 years old Tor rather
youns) on October % next. Clark Grii-
nth will be 50 next November. I'd Bar
row 81 next May and Connie Mack was
IS last month.
Apparently the old saying 'yonthi
will be served" does not apply TO those