Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-01

WALTER rIrr. first baseman, was
horn in Grand Rapids. Mich. ia 1928.
~" started his career With Ge"rg"-
town University. In 1910 ne played
Mich. and then vent To Grand Rapids
IN tn" Contra League. lie PLAYED
first base with kalamazoo. IN the
southern Michigan League. in 1911
TO Detroit. He was released In l9Ia
10 Providers" in tho Eastern League
and Was released late in the season
TO scranton. Detroit recalled him in
lal, and then turned him over Ia
Rochester In tn" international
I."acuc. n" WAS sold 10 the Yankees
IN 1915 for tho waiver price. He has
h"ld irst has" .ontinUaily since then.
lfpp is a good steady PLAYER and a
dangerous batter. ~. throws and
nais let handed. il feet = inches
IN h"iEht and weighs 80 pounds. His
home is In Grand Rapids.
AARON L.. WARD. second base
man. Is - years OF age. lie was pur-
chased 10y tn" Yankees from tho
Charleston. $. g. club in June. 1917.
ihht year and has been on the roster
ever since. He entered the army In
l'lh. hut was mustered ont IN tim.
I" reJoin the club for the 1919 sea :
son. He is not consistently "A hsrl
hitter. hut he is always dangerous
lie is feet 10 Inches in height am,
Weighs lS5 pounds. He bats and
,hr%%ws right handed. His home is
IN Fort Smith, Ark.
JOSEPH A. DuGAN. third base
man rs on" Of lii" greatest players
IN tn" gam" who reached TN. hnis
81 hrIl!ianc" this year with the
lanks. II" played In 1911. with INC
signed lay IN" Athletics. n. ALWAYS
was on III" threshold of great star
dom. mat h" Was Very i"np"rmentaI
and had tn" habit OF cumming his
team. lie finally
:" pay with thu Athletics and CON
nj" Mack traded him 20 Ru.tun Uc
cam. IN midS"aSon this year To tho
ank"cS IN h.s deal lnvnlViug Few
st"r, Mitchell ana large cash con
Sld"ratiuu. lie IS a star third base
man and fine batter. He was born
IA M"h3n"y .City: IA. on MAY -.
100 hounds and bats and throws right
handed.
LEWIS EVERETT SCOTT. cham
hi"h IRON man "i baseball and on.
81 tn" greatest short Stops in the
game. cam" To- thc lInks ia the iiush
zones Scott deal with tn, Rod SuN
thnt caused :" much cumuotinn,
Alter batting around in tn" stick \
with kokumO. FHirmrnt ANA Youncs-
town. Sc"iiy went 10 III" Red Sax
IA ~" and was sent back To ST
i"nl Tor. NOR" work II" returned to
i"ston In loli end bccam. one Of
IN" greatest piay"rytn tn" gamc. lie
played in moro iheu "o0 consecutive
games and probably Will run his rec
ora M To 1000. II" was horn in
,,;Infft"m, lad. on November 10. lSaa
lie = > feet :ir inches in height
Weighs ia pounds ana throws and
bats right handed
GEORGE nAnrD RUTH. left field
er, IN" greatest boN-oiiic- attraction
al the fanks. Ills value to the team
"S a payer is questionable. as h.
ni"nn NY losses more games by poor
h".dinE than lie wins by hitting. Rut
II" certainly drags ia tn. coin at tn.
Sate. IL" has been much in the pub
Il' ShH" IN 1872 10y reason OF his suS-
pensions for riu-ins with Commits
Si"n"r Lands aud IA" \. l.. uInps his
n"m"-rUn records have been. in par,
dH" l" the Polo Grounds. whcr. many
q nom" run would he merely a
n"hlthN NY on proper PLAYING field
In the last world series McI;rsw and
IN" HlantS STOPPED the Ranc cold. his
practical gif, when it could do no
harm.
Ruth was horn in Baltimore in
~ rlaNcd with tn" Baltimore In
t"rua ii"nals and was sold To the Rod
:i"N with TWO other PLAYERS for s"s
"hh. u" was sold to the Yankees for
= SUM rcputcd to he about Sl25O0O
~" IS probably ia" highest salaried
nIhNcV IN TIA" majors and on" of tho
most t"mp"rmrntal. lie throws and
bats left handed.
NToN WALTER WITT, center
I"id"r cam" 10 the Nanks th.s spring
from lhr Philadelphia Athletics for
ia" WAIVER rric". Whitley" stepped
~ ana made q >iO,ooO player out Of
himself ana filed a big hole on the
cum. IL" developed into Il great
nunt"r ana on" OF the best lead IN
mon IN tn" Eainc. witt is one of the
rev players who jumped from a
school team To the MAJORS and made
good. The Athletics signed him in
i'in Wn"n he was PLAYING With the
Goddard seminary team and he mad.
good from the start lie was no,
satisfied with tn" Athletics aud he
E"i INTO such rat that In" Athletics
asked waivers on him. The Yanks
DESPERATE" for an nutiiold"r. would
TAX" chance on any experienced
PLAYER and they grained him. lie
September ., 1898. ~. is ! font
inches. ~" Ehs -, pounds. bats left
handed and throws right handed
HohERT WILLIAM MEL Sell, RICH,
fielder TIA" best throWcr in the ma jnr
Leagues and one OF the best natural
hiit"'S. Was born in san Jose. cal,
July ~. 1897. Ito started as II frs;
baScmau with The Oakland club in
l"l'. In l"IS he played frs, base for
Spoknn" and hatted an. lie jumped
into prominence as Il third bascman
WIN Vernon ia 1919. He came n
the Nanks in 1890. where h. alter
mated as u third hasoman and out.
has Wonderful arm and is heavy
batter ~" is crrntic IN the field
careless ON the bases aud at times
totally indifferent ~" stands foet
Is inches. weighs l?h pounds and
throws aud bats right handed. Ills
home Is In Los Angeles.
WALTER II. sCliANG, frst string
~ n n In