Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-19
.PAULETTE JUMPS
PILLS AND JOINS
SEM|PRO TEAM.
Announcement Made That First
Baseman Has Signed With
Apathons, OF MassiIlon, o.
CAME HERE IN 1919
WITH LEE MEADOWS

Manager Rill Donovan. Of flc Phils,
cilI have to worry along without the
services Of First SasCman Gene Paul
,ltr. who last season supplanted the
,otcran Fred Luderrs at the first sack
According 10 y. +. FairlcsS. business
manager Of the Agathon team. OF Mas
,illon. o.. paulcttc has affixed his John
Uancork to contract to play with that
foam during the coming campaign. The
announcement came in n news dispatch
from Massillon.
Paulcttc did not report TO the Phils'
manager at tho training camp at
Gainesville. Fla. but was expected any
lay. The ncws that he had decided
to east his lot with tho scmipro comes
as n SURPRISE Donovan has repeatedly
said he did not want any players who
have not signed in tho training camp
and sounded u warning to the tardy ones
that little speed in hiking toward
Gainesville. Fin, would not prove n
Ind move. Outficlders Meuscl Ncalc
and Williams were quick to take heed
and have reported
The philioS' office here is without
any information regarding Paulettc' q
iumr. II was stated there this morning
that no word had been received from
the player.
Traded to Phils
raulettc. who is but twenty eight
Years of age, made his major league
debut in 1911. aud this makes his tenth
season in major league bali. He was
graduated from Little Rock College,
Arkansas. and in that year Immediately
went TO the New York Giants as a
hackStop and worked in several of the
world sorics games that same season
between the Athletics and Giants.
TTc was released to Mobile. of the
Southern Association. in the following
June and after playing right field for
on" month. was shifted to first base. a
position he has held down ever since.
In 1913 he was a member of the Cleve-
land American Association team.
Then came series of misfortuncs.
including an operation for appendicitis.
paulcttc was advised by physicians to
luit baseball. but he continued to stick.
In 1916 he. was signed by Branch
Hickey. of the Browns. and when
Rirlirv moved to the Cards in 1918 he
went along too. In that year he played
every position on the club and when
1invvy' Cravath took hold of the
I'hi,E in June of 1919. Paulettc and
Irc Meadows were brought here in ex =
hang" for Jacobs, Woodward and
Baird.
l'aucttc played in. l43 games last
q with the phillics and had n bat
ting NCraec Of .2SS.
\gatlon Strong Team
The \Gnthon team last year won tho
,nli"r" championship of the United
'Hr"' and has many big league players
the roster. Tho club had little dif-
.r'i, in defeating Oil City and other
western teams.
Among its players are: First base.
Joe Nglor, Newark Internationals; sec :
oud base. Rabbit" Cain. Newark
nhio; third base. Johnny Scott. Allc-
gh"nN Steel; shortstop. Lee Hobbs. Gin .
innati Nationals; left field. Gus Will
lar,. st. Louis Browns: center field,
O'a~", Three League; right field
,'rigfricd. Jersey city.
1ho rarchcrs we're Earl Blackburn
# the Boston Nationals. and "Whitty''
King. Of Akron. O. There were six
pitchers, including Gene Packard. OF
the Phils; Paul Carpenter, New York
Yankees; Jack Culp, Akron; RED
Hart, Canton; Lingrel. Of the Phils
and Bill Hill. local boy. who came
from Jersey City. and who is nephew
ot i'lIl Donovan. manager of the Phils