The Cordova daily times., 1922-08-31
"0LD R0MAN'
 COMES BACK
 IN BALL FIELD


 Old Roman" celebrated recently his 69th birthday
 He is Charles Albert Comiskey, president and owner of the Chicago White Sox, and one of the greatest men in baseball. Builder of what was considered in years gone by one of the greatest baseball clubs in professional ranks, MT. Comiskey, af- ter wrecking his machine follow ing the world series disclosers of 1919, sees his reconstructed team again fighting in the first division.
 Picked by experts from coast to coast this year as a poor second di- vision club the White Sox have pro- vided one of the greatest surprises of the season. The club after get ting away to a poor start, suddenly started it's climb toward the top of the league, and on June 16 the White Sox were intrenched in third place The club recently went into batting slump but again has struck it's stride.
 MT. Comiskey upset the baseball world in the fall of 1920 when he wrecked his baseball club follow ing disclosures of throwing the 1919 worlds series games to the Gin cinnati club. At that time the Old Roman suspended seven of his star players-Jackson, Cicotte, Williams, Felsch, Weaver, Risberg and Me- Mullin-thereby wrecking the club to the, extent of one million dol lars or more.
 Not discouraged by the terrible loss, MT. Comiskey set about at once to build another baseball club. He tried to buy star players from other clubs in his league but with little success. He sent scouts to all parts of the country and gathered every promising player he could into the fold.
 One of his moves was the acquisi- tion of the entire infield of the Salt Lake City Club of the Pacific Coast league, with the exception of the second basemen. These were Ernie Johnson, Eddie Mulligan and Earl Sheely. They fitted in we'll with Ed die Collins, captain of the White Sox, who was one of the players who remained loyal to the Old Rom an. This year, the club is virtually the same as last season, with the ex- ception that a few promising young pitchers have been added to roster
 Recently MT. Comiskey startled the baseball world with the announce ment that he had bought Willie Kamm, sensational third baseman of the San Francisco club for $100,000 Kamm will report in 1923.
 "Commy' was born August IS, 1S5S He played ball when he was seventeen years of age. He at one time was a pitcher for the Elgin, H., club; later he played third base and first base, but as a first base man he had no superior in his day. He is the only pitcher who has ris- en from the ranks to be sole owne~ of a major league ball club.
 Comiskey's real baseball career be- gan in 1878 with the Dubuque, Iowa team. In 1882 he joind the St. Louis Browns, then in the American As sociation, and in 1883 he was made manager of the team. In 1SS5-1SS6 the Browns, with Comiskey at the helm, defeated the Chicago White Stockings for the championship of the world
 Comiskey remained with St. Louis until 1890 when he took charge of the Players League Club in Chicago He returned to St. Louis in 1891 and in 1892 went to Cincinnati where he managed the Reds until 1895. During that period in Cincinnati he met Ban B. Johnson, a newspaperman, and the two became fast friends. In 1895 "Commy" placed a Western League team in St. Paul and in 1900 he transferred the franchise to Chi cago, where with the aid of MT Johnson, the Western League was extended and became known as the American League with MT. Johnson at it's head.
 Under Mr Comiskey's ownership the Chicago White Sox, as his team became known, has won two worlds championship, lost one, and annexed five American T,eaeue chamDiOn-