Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-02

Manager Gabe CraW, O,
Melodeon Hall, has decided
t. take our weather insur-
ance if coal don't come down.
Maybe were too observin'
but have you ever noticed
tn awful lookin' shoes shoe
clerks wear?
Copyright National Newspaper Service
Aaron L. Ward, second baseman,
is twenty-five years Of age. He was
purchased by the Yankees from the
Charleston, S. c., club in June, 1917.
He reported 70 the club in July of that
year and has been on the roster ever
since. He entered the army in 1918,
bu. was mustered oct in time to re-
join the club for the 1919 season. He
is not consistently 9 hard hitter, but
he is always DANGEROUS. He is 5 feet
10 inches in height and weights 1865
pounds. He bats and throws right
handed. His home is IN Fort Smith,
Ark.
Joseph A. Dugan, third baseman,
is one Of the greatest players IN the
game who reached the heights of bril-
lance this year with the Yanks. He
played in 1917 with the Holy Cross
college nine and was signed by the
Athletics. He always was on the
threshold Of great stardom but he was
very temperamental and had the
habit of jumping the team. He finally
refused last year to play with the
Athletics and Connie Mack traded him
to Boston. He came in midseason
this year to the Yankeer in big
deal involving Tewster, Mitchell and
a large cash consideration. He Is a
star third baseman and fine batter.
He was born in Mahanoy City, Pa,
on May u, 1897. He is 5 feet II
inches, weighs 100 pounds and bats
and throws right handed,
Lewis Everett Scott, champion
''iron man" of baseball and one of he
greatest short stops in the game,
came to the Yanks in the Bush-Jones-
Scott deal with the Red SoX that
caused so much connection. After
batting around the sticks with koko-
mo. Fairmont and Youngstown, Scotty
went to the Red SoX in 1913 and was
sent back to st. Paul for more work.
He returned to Boston in 1914 and
became one of the greatest players in
the game He played in more than
900 consecutive games and probably
will run his record up to 1000. He
was born in Button, Ind, on Nov
ember 10, 1892. He is 5 feet 81;
inches in height, weighs l54 pounds
and throws and bats right handed.
George (Babe) Ruth, left fielder,
the greatest box office attraction OF
the Yanks. His value to the team as
2 PLAYER is questionable, as he prob
ably losses more games by poor field
ing than he wins by hitting. But he
certainly drags in the coin at the
gate. He has been much in the pub
lie gaze in 1922 by reason of his sus-
pensions for run ms with Commits
sioner Lands and the A. l.. jumps.
His home run records have been in
mart due to the Polo grounds, where
many home run would be merely a
healthy fly on a proper PLAYING 1leld;
In the last world series, McGraw and
the Giants stopped the Babe cold, his
one home run of the series being
practical gift when it could do no
harm. ,oo,
RutI. was born in Baltimore in 1894,
nlaved with the Baltimore lnterna-
tionaIs and was sold to the Red Sox
with two other players for S25,OOo.
He was sold to the Yankees for sum
I reputed to be about Sl25,OOO. He is
nrobablv the highest salaried player
in the majors and one Of the most
tamnermental. He throws and bats
( left handed
Iawton Walter Witt, center fielder,
came to the Yanks this spring from the
Philadelphia Athletics for the waiver
mice "Whitey" stepped in and
made = $4,000 player out Of himself
and filled a big hole on the club. He
developed into a great bunter and one
If the hest lead-off men in the game,
Witt is one of the few players who
inmned from a school team to the
majors and made good. The Athletics
signed him in 1915 when ne was play
inc with the Goddard seminary team
and he made good from the start. He
was not satisfied with the Athletics
I'D no GOT into such a rut that the
A+b,etice asked waivers on him. The
Yanks. desperate for an out1leloer r
would take a chance on any expert
enced PLAYER and they grabbed him.
He was born in Wlnchenaen' mass
on September 2S, 1895. He IS . Feet
7 inches, weighs l55 pounds pats lel'
handed and throws right handed
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