Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-01
MANY NEW FACES ARE FOUND
IN LINEUP WITH YANKEES

August %. $50. II" started his base.
uall career with tn" Pullman team
IN TIA" Baltimore City League. where
with buffalo In the international
league In 1872. and went To Ia"
Philadelphia Athletics in the 1913
draft. In 1918 he became Vcrsati!"
N" bat, on third and In tho out
't"ld. In the winter OF 1917 no was
sold tn the Rcd SoN along with Bush
ana Strunk. FOR S6o.0o0. and Gregg
traded to New York. He ia feet
az inches tall. weighs ISIS hounds
FnED HoFFMA>. catcher. - on.
~ IN" Younger members Of the cluh.
s.. Louis The lanks bought him in
1919 from st. Paul, OF the American
Association
Al DrNoHMT:R became tho second
string catcher Of the club In his first
season ON the big time. The Yauks
got him from the Vernon club OF tn.
iacitc Coast League, where ne star
rcd for two years. His home Is in
Grand Rapids.
WAITE &. HofT., first string hurl-
leagues. Although but % years OF
age, he has had six years service
IN the major leagues. lie was horn
IN Br"oEiyn. september .. 1899. The
Hieh school nine In 1916. aud then
iarm"d him out Ia Mt. Carmel OF
Inc pennsylvania state League. When
IN" leacne failed h" Went To Hart
recalled him in l?l5 and then turned
MIN over 10 Memphis. IN the south
"fn ASs"ciat ion. He finished the 1911 +,
season Win Montreal in the Inter
national League and then came back
10 the Giants In 1918. lie finished
IN" season with Nashvill. and New
ark, and in 1911? came back to IN.
'iantS, only TO be released 10 Roch-
ester. IL" went from there to New
orleans, In 1919 lie bohbcd M with
tn" BOSTON Red son, where he STAYED
unt!l 1921, when he Was traded with
Naily Schans. McNa!Iy and Harper
lie was not expected TO do much with
tn" Yankees. Int he developed To he
one OF the best hurl-rs on the Staff.
lie is ; feet II Is inches In height
ana weighs l"n pounds. lie throw
aud bats risht handed. His home is
in brooklyn.
carr. ". WAYS. the only under
hand pitcher ~ the major leagues
hni on" of TIA" best OF the Yankee
pitching stan. Was born in I.ouisviiIr
ny. IN lN'l. ~" joined the Boston
N"d S"N III 1919, winning "a ont Of
- games starting in 1917. he he
came one OF TN" m"st effective pitch
'rs ~ THE American l.raEuc. In the
mihdl" of IN" 1919 season he jumpcd
IN" Red Soy. claiming he could NOT
WIN with the club. Tie was sold 10
M ank""s for "a reported price OF
IS inclined I" lac openly critical OF
ms dcf"ns. when errors are made
behind him. He is ! fee; lUI, inches
IN height. w"iHs la pounds ana
pitches and bats right handed. Ills
home is In Mansfield. Mo
ROBERT l.. SIIiWkEY. known
ppl'uiIrh as lob the Cob" IL on.
-; the laml,-" pitching aces. and for
several years one of tho leading
m Rr""h y.ii". Ia. December l. 1870.
~" started his professional career in
i"!l win iiarr!~nuurS in til" Tri-
"iai" League. From there he went
most immediately TO baltimore.
q" her" h" remained until The middle
al IN" 1918 season. when li, was re
'Hllc6 l" thr Athletics. lie was trad
tn" 1915 season. In 1915 he enlisted
IN the navy and returned to tn. Yam
KEGS IN 1919. lie is : feet 10 inches
IN height. weighs Ia pounds and
HON" is IN Philadelphia.
LESLIE JOSEPH HuSH. right.
hand pitcher probably Viii II" the
leading pitcher Of The year in tho
american League. Perfection Of a
delivery he styles the fork baIl' was
IN" caus" at his sensational come
back. II" came to .ho Yanbs his
SrIlng with sam Jones and Evcrctt
scott III Il trade with the Kustnn
cub for Peck InpaUsh. Quinn. collins
aud i'icrcy. After brrakinr In Win
the MiSsnul;t club rf m, Ii,inn
League. flush MAS sold to the Ain
l"tics IN 1912 for $500 and he starred
win connie Mack through the great
DAYS of the old Athletics unti 1915.
when lie was traded to tn" Boston
Hrd Soy with Schang aud Struuk for
Gregg. Thomas. kupp and Il reported
cash SUM ~ sG",Uo". He remained
WIN the Rcd son ,mtil thiS spring
h"Sh was born In iiraiu"rd. Mimi
ON November -. lNa2. lie H. ! feet
II Inches ia height. woiEhS I5S
pounds ANA bats right handed. Iio
- ON" "f tn" leading battcrs OF the
SkMrEL ROM JONES, rtght-hand
pitcher, vas ono ~ tn" nix disar-
r"iutmrnts in iH2@. ~" was on. ~
IN" LEADING pirhrrS of the league with
tn" BOSTON Rcd son. and when he
II Was th"uGhi he would make a
great record with a rhauplonship
club hut u" failed To re, started.
After tw" years spent in GAINESVILLE
Cleveland for $500. II" remained
with IN" Indians until 1915, when n.
was traded To Hpsinu ia the speaker
Thomas deal. Tie was horn in Woods
Held. ohio, ON JuiN 20, 1892. lie ~
fcct 1917 inches. Weights lT5
nounds aud bats and throws right
handed
ELMEn JOHN sMrrH. utility out
neid"r, Is IA" on" player who hit 4
hom"r with tho bases nlcd in q
WIN" playing with the Cleveland
Indians against the BROOKLYN Robins
In 1920. Last spring the Indians
traded him TO the Red Sox In the