The Washington herald., 1921-10-06
Who's Who in the Yankee Lineup

/ Is in Grand Rapids He is regarded as one
| Of the best young catchers In the game.
BoBEY ROTH. utility outfeIder. is the
| most travelled player In the American
| League He has worn six big-time uni
\ forms. He broke in with Racine in 1911
as an outheldcr and went to Kansas City
| in 1917 The White Sox bought him in 1918,
and then sent him to Cleveland in the Joe
Jackson deal. lie with the SoN three
| sea sons and then went 10 the Athletics He
| wen to Boston then In the Jack Barry deul,
| nd later vas transferred 10 Washington.
coming to the Yanks this year. Roth had
trouble with his legs this year. and spent
\ practically the entire season on the bench.
| He is ~ years Of age and lives in BurlinE
| ton. Wis
NELSON HAWKS, utility outhelder. is
| % years of age, and comes from San Fran
cisco. The Yanks bought him from Calgary,
where he batted $50 last year lie IS six
| feet tall and weighs 10 pounds. lie bats
and throws right la nded.
| MIKE McSALLY. third haSeman. proved
himself Il useful person to the YnEks this
! year. when higgins secured hun in
trade with the Boston Red SOX the fans
| wondered what would be done with him.
| However, when Frank Bakers legs went
bad. McNally stepped in and not only filled
! the hole. but played the most brilliant
| baseball Of his career. NcSally is %
| years OF age. lie had long career in tho
| minors and came to the Red SoI sra
soned player. but his weak stick work kept
| him from getting regular berth. lie Is
| hashy fielder and has been hitting hard
| and timely with the HankS. He is five feet
eleven inches in height, weighs 1855 pounds
| and hats and thrCws TiGhthanded. His
| home i in SCRANTON. Pa.
| WAITE c. HOYT. frst-strinr hurler, Is
the veteran kid" of the major leagues. Al
though but % years Of age. he has had
| six years service in the ma jOr leagues. lie
was horn in Brooklyn. September o.. 1880.
| The Giants picked him OF the Brooklyn
| high school nine in 1916. and then farmed
him out TO Mt. Carmel. of the PennSyl-
| yania State League. When the League
| failed he went TO Hartford. md then TO
! Lynn. The Giants recalled him In 1917. and
| then turned him over to Memphis in the
Southern AssOcia tion. He finished the f9l7
| season with Montreal in the Interna tional
! League. and then came back to the Giants
| in 1918. He finished the season with Nash
Vi - and Newark. and IN 1918 came back
! to the Giants, only to be released TO ROches-
| ter He went from there 10 New Orleans.
| In 1919 he bobbed up with the Boston Red
| soX, where he stayed until this spring. when
! he was traded. with Wally Schang. Nc
| Nally and Harper, for Pratt. Ruel. Wick
and Thormahlen. He was not expected to
do much with the Yankees. but he deveI-
| oped in mid-season to one Of the best. hurl-
| ers the stan. lie is five feet eleven
and one-haIf inches in height and weighs
| 100 pounds. He throws and bats right
han nded. His home is in Brooklyn.
HARRY c. HARPER is the only south
| paw on the Yankee pitching stan. He
born in Hackensack. y. J.. April "a 1895.
lie broke into the major leagues with Wash
| ington. but only acted relief pitcher IN
ave games. In 1915 Washington released
him to Minneapolis. but recalled him in
1916. He remained with the Senators until
after the 1919 season, when he was traded
to Boston. Hi came to the Yankees last
winter In the big deal with Hoyt Schang
and McNaIIy for Pratt. Ruel, Wick ana
Thormahlen. He has never been much more
than a 200 performer lie almost
useless to the Yanks all season. as he broke
a finger early In the race and was laid ur
until mid-seasOn. lie bats left-ha nded, is
six feet one inch tall and weighs 19S
pounds.
ALIEN FERGUSON, one of the young
hurlers. was born twenty-three years ago
In Bloomfield. n. J. While pitching for a
semi-pro club in his home town he was
signed by the YankS in September 1916
He was farmed out for development in
1917. and spent 1918 in the army. He was
sent to Toledo in 1919 and to Jersey City in
1920, where he won twenty-one games and
lOat thlrtecD. ne Ddtteu .-OO anu Helueu
.94T. The Yanks recalled him In Septem-
Der, 1920. He is six feet two inches In
height, weighs 1876 pounds and lives in
Bloomfield.
JOHN ]. QUINN is the veteran Of the
Yankee club. He was born in Hazelton, Pa,
July 8, 1885. He broke into baseball In
1903, and after n hve-year cruise through
the semi-pros anG minors he came to the
Yankees, where he remained until 1912,
when he vas released to Rochester in the
International Ieagne. He spent 1913 with
the Boston Braves and went back to RocheS-
ter. He pitched for Baltimore in the Fed
eraI League in 1914 and 1915. and then
went to Vernon, in the Pacific Coast League,
for three years He returned to the ma
returned to the Yanks in 1910. Last year he
was one Of the best pitchers in the league
until n.id-seascn. when his arm went. back
on him. He stiI has a few good games left
in him, He Is a hare and willing worker.
He is six feet tall, weighs 1876 pounds and
lives in Chicago.
THOMAS A. ROGERS is one Of the late
newcomers to the Yanks. lie Is a right
handed hurler. who was purchased from
Buffalr In August, this year. With Buffalo
last year he won fourteen out Of twenty
nine rames, and up to the time Of his
trsnsfenI this year had won thirteen and lost
eight games. He is 70 years old. six feet
one-half inch tall aud weighs 100 pounds. |
He broke into professional baseball IN 1914
with Naslgille. He had a trial with the |
st. Loufs. America Ms. and Joined the army |
in 1918. He was with the Athletics in 1919.