The Washington herald., 1921-10-06

WILSON FEWSTER, utility inlelder and
outfelder. is 81 years Of age and was born
in Baltimore, where he started his profcs-
sionaI baseball career In 1917. lie was pur-
chased by the Yankees late in the season
Of the same year. He voluntarily retired
in 1915 to engage in essential employ e
merit" and reJonct the club for the 1919
season. He played in eighty-one gams
hatted .2S3 and felded .946. During n pre-
season exhibition game iE the spring Of
1920 with Brooklyn h, was hit on the head
by one Of JEFF Pfeners fast balls and sus-
tnined a fractured skull. Following an "p-
Grafton he returned to the club, but played
only in twenty one games, atting .2S6 and
helding .073. lie was switched to the out
field in the early part OF the 1921 race. but
was not physically strong enough to play
regularly and was Displaced in favor OF
Miller. He is i've feet eleven inches In
height and weighs 15j pounds. lie ba Is and
throws right-handed and lives in baltimore.
WALTEk II. SCHANS hrst-string
~ 1883. He started his ba>PbalI career
with the Pullman team, in the Baltimore
City League. where he caught in 1910 and
1911. lie went with b. ffalO. in the Inter
na tonal League. in 1872. and went to the
Philadelphia Athletics ir the 1918 draft. In
1915 he became versG tile and used by
the Athletic behind the bat, on third AMI
IN puiHFiN III VI Iula Ie
was sold TO the Red SOx along with Bush
and Strunk. for O.OOC. and Gregg. Thomas
and kopp. Last winter lie was traded TO
New York lie is fve feet nine and ono
half inches tall. weighs lS5 Ornds.
CARL W. MAYS. the only under-hand
pitcher in the ma jOr leagues. and one Of
the hest OF the Yankee pitching stan. was
born in Louisville, Ky. in 1891. lie had
his first real trial In 1918, with Portland
deuce. He Joined the Bostcn Red sox In
1915, winning twenty four out Of thirty-two
games. starting in 1917. he became one of
the most effective pitchers in the American
League. In the middle Of the 1919 season
lie jumped the Red Sox, claiming he could
not win with the club. He was sold TO the
Yankees for a reported price Of SI5, 900. Ban
johnson, president Of the american League,
suspended him Indefinitely, and the Yankee
ownsfs went into a court and secur Il IN in
junction. a bitter factioDal fight resulted
which later almost caused the disruption of
the league Mays again figured in the
limelight over the unfortunate Ray Chap
man incident. In the hottest part of the
lQ20 race Mays hit Chapman in the head
with pitched ball and killed him. Some
Of the American League players started 4
BLACK list on him, but the trouble was
Smoothed over Mays is a hard worker,
Cefense when errors are made behind him.
lie is Ave feet ten and onehan inches IN
hight. weighs l15 pounds and pitches Ind
bats right-ha nded. His home Is in Mans
field No
ROBERT F. sHAwEEY. known poPT-
larlv as Bob the. Cob" is one Of the
Yankee pitching aces. and for several years
was one of the leading pitchers Of the
league. He was born in Brookville. Pa,
neranihnF Ha Sfa Cd his DPOfes-
sional c'reer in 1911 with harrisburg, in
tie Tri-State League. From there he went
TO the Athletics, but was released almost
Immediately to Baltimore, where he re-
mained until the middle of the 1918 season,
when he was recalled to the Athletics. lie
was trPded TO the Yankees In the middle Of
the l9l. season. Ia 1918 he enlisted IN
the navy and returned TO the Yankees in
1919. Shawkey has always been an effective
pitcher. In seven years Of major league
eNperie nee he has never allowed an average
OF NOR than fraction over three and one
half runs n Eime. shawkel is a willing
worker and is on the field every day knock
Ing then, out IN botting practice. He was
bothered with sore arm this year. and was
not as consistently effective rs in the past
two years. lie Is FIVE feet ten inches in
height. weighs lTJ ounds and throws and
bats right-hr nded. His home is in Phila-
delphia
WARREN II. COLLINS. also rip" and
'Two-Gun," is one OF the frst-string hurl-
ers. He was born in weatherford, Texas,
on February 20. 1897. He broke into pro
fessional baseball with the Dallas club. of
the Texas League, and pitched there for
hye years. He came TO the Yanks in 1920
and won fourteen out OF twenty-three games.
He was expected to BECOME one of the best
pitchers Of the 1921 season. but he developed
a sore arm and did not live up to form.
He is six feet one inch in height. weighs
20J pounds. He throws and bats right
LANDED. His home Is fn Austin, Texas