The mirror., 1922-03-09

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Taking Sisters team first for the
Brownie won the pennant with his Vernon
club, few fans have forgotten Jack Knight
who, many seasons ago, was sensation
as the Philadelphia schoolboy who went
from prep school to the Big Show. Jack
is still fast enough for Glass AA ball and
probably will be for some time to come.
Then, there was J. Carlisle Smith, for
mer Brave, who just before the Boston
club spanked the Athletics four times
straight in the Worlds Series of 1914,
broke his leg and thus gave Charley Deal
chance to be hero.
Brooklyn rooters will recall Wheezer
Dell while Yankee fans of today and yes
terday will have little difficulty in re-
membering Tom Hughes, the pitcher-T
can see those red flannel sleeves even now
and Truck Hannah who only recently
passed from the Ruppert-Huston pay roll.
Harry Heilmann led his Missioners into
second place and it was his veterans who
made him runner-up. Sam Agnew did
the bulk of the catching and Lefty O'Doul,
exYankee was one of his hurlers. AL
Walters of the Red Sox did bit of re-
ceiving and sometimes held down an out
field job while Old Art Griggs frst-based.
Out in the outfeld was Pete Compton who
has had more Big League trials than the
United Cigar Stores have coupons Funny
thing happened with Pete the hero by the
way. Hank O'Day, veteran umpire, was
out on the coast and of course, went to
see few games. A wide-awake reporter
asked Hankus what he thought of the class
of play and also asked him to pick out
some of the best players. Hank chose sew
eral and then said, "By the way that fel-
low Compton out there in the outfeld looks
pretty good" Whereupon, those present
gave Hank the raucous laugh and told
him that Pete dated back to the Romulus
and Remus League of the Roman Seven
Hills
third. Rog lacked even pitching. His
hurlers performed like world beaters one
day and sand-lotters the next He had
death Valley" Jim Scott, once of the
White Sox and Ole Ote Crandall, for many
years a Giant, as pitchers. Bill Pertica of
the Cards did some box-wcrk while Hugh
High and Arnold Statz, the best golfer in
BASEBALL patrolled beats in the outfeld.
Bert Niehoff, another old big Lacquer, held
down an infeld job.
Though he played brilliantly himself,
Ty Cobb was unable to keep his San
Franciscans out of the cellar, finishing
nine full games behind the bunch under
George Sisler. Cobb had two former
Tigers on his team-catcher Archie Yelle
and infelder Bert Ellison. His two best
pitchers were Johnny Couch of the regular
San Francisco club and Krause, once a
star with Connie Mack Pinelli, sold to
Cincinnati and O'Connell for whom the
Giants are said to have paid huge sum,
also worked under Tyrus the Great.
Before going any further it might be as
well to give the final standing of the clubs
for, after all, it is the way they stand at
the finish that really counts. The wind-up
on December g. showed the record as
follows:
Club Manager Won Lost Pct
Vernon -Sisler -- 81 % .585
Missions ----Heilmann = 80 81 .526
Los Angeles -Hornsby---- 20 80 AIS
San F'csco---Cobb -- 81 so 412
Everything was run in big-league
fashion. The president of the league was
none other than Frank L. Chance, ever
famous as the Peerless Leader of the Chi
cago Cubs and one of the inspirers of the
tinker to EyerS to Chance" verses which