Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-11
HERzOC IS MOsT-TRADED
BALL PLAYER OF HIS DAY
Famous Inficlder Has Had Remark
ably Chcckered Career in
National Pastinle.
STARTED ABOUT Is YEARS AGO
Given First Trial by Philadelphia
Nationals and Sent Back to Minors
for Further ScaSoning-latcr
Joined Giants.
ny JAMES J. CoRBEr-r.

BY JAMES }. CORBET-f.
NEW YORK. August i,.-lf being
traded lends spice to career in base
ball. Charles Lincoln Herzog is GER
national pastime.
the game today Being traded and
changing uniforms is just as natural to
5opinsS domlnos Is David Bar ~ we sai
lierzoS IL he could have been base
bail magnate.
S EsmnS SOME sp5 OF ,nf he Of
Herzog began. his professional base
bal career with a semi-pro team at
wss MS star hons Se sHSp and ID s aGls rs
putation became SO widely known that
h he Was s given trial by the phia;,
finished school In those days the
Cans of Quakertown knew him as Me-
Ghee.
Like, The average player Herzog
started naturally enough by failing
10 L., make s ood on h:s first trial. and
seaso MiS a %osfd b, that LITTLE
old Tri, State League in 1857. IN and Ind
From the fri-state LoasSe Herzos
came right back to the big show, but
SShis time he Joined the Giants, and
team on three different occasions
Played for Giants In IOOS.
he played hfiy-ninc games at second
base Tor the Giants in 1908 and piled
w w., u. batting average Of 800, but the
McGraw, and finally. in 1910. he he
came member of the Boston Braves
t Tear me he pIsted Tina mart The following
with Boston. but on July 90 he came
back to the Giants, and the Braves
got Hank Gowdy and Al Brdwe! in
exchange for him.
In 131: and 1913 he held down third
base for the New York club and played
snappy and brilliant game in The
held though, his hitting was not ex-
actly up to McGraw's' standard Finally
McGraw started remodelins his infieltfs
He closed a deal for Heinio thinner
in the Bescher deal As sirortstop for
the Reds In 1914 Hsrzos proved his
lowing year he continued In the same
position and during his term at Cincy
nc acted as manager of the team.
succeeding Joe Tinker.
Nineteen hundred and sixteen rolled
around and McGraw decided to make
more changes in the Giants. He cooked
UP the deal by which Christy Mathew
Ed, Koush. BILL Mckenzie and cash,
and In return the Giants got HerzoE
s sno Made hiil,ier During That sea,
short on the Cincinnati and New York
clubs and took part in loo games. He
PlaSed GOOD snappy baseball, too.
Injured Spine by Fall.
In the spring of 1917, however. Her
zos had the misfortune to injure his
spine when he got u hard fall in In.
Pennsylvnnia Station. New York, and
the stove league fire was built. Me-
Graw sent him once more TO the Bos-
ton club, getting Larry Doyle and Jess
Barnes In return.
member OF the Braves Once again he
PLAYED good baseball. though he ex-
perienced some difficulty with the club
have been bone of contention be-
tween Herzos and his employers. This
years he reported to the BoEon club
snap and ginger as member of the
infield. But now he has change uni
MANAGE George starlngs, In a
approached by Manager Mitchell. Of Of
Ne reEat w wss an de ae thr tSr @hieh
Leslie Mann and, Charley Pick were
eh te bsaSn from In eSGnasge for the
Set Standard Long Ago.
AS an inhelder OF exceptional quail
tiles. Herzog long ago set standard
Ills edng Segsmg to 20 SeoG Bases
lSon always , been Of high Galiber and
and eafsd for rs a hH
70 hit when hits are needed most
HerzoE has, perhaps. made and saved
other player in the game aside from
a few select stars. He, has seldom
when deal was closed, which caused
him 10 change uniforms and during
the last seven or eight years no has
drawn down fat salary each season.
Three times with the Clans, twice
with the Braves and once with Gin
einnsti, Herzcg is now wearing his
fourth different National League uni
form. He may have an ambition to
play on every National League club
before he finally retires. We don't
know as TO that, but IL he has he Is
surely well on his way.-Copyright.
1919.