The New York herald., 1922-08-20
MEUSELS HARDEST
HITTING BROTHERS
Emil of Giants and Bob of
Yanks Make Clouting
Combination.
J0NNARDS ARE TWINS
Claude Is With McGraw and
Clarence a Pirate-Many
Other Cases Cited.
BY DANIEL.


sport were there so many fraternal
combinations in the big show. It's a
splendid development, this growth of
the brother against brother movement
for 1T adds drama and color and
human interest, and these make keen
competition all the keener.
True. most of the brothers are mem
bers of the same club. but there are
enough of them on rival teams to
make the situation interesting enough.
Take the case of the Jonnards-twins
Claude, the pitcher. with the Giants
Clarence, the cathcer. with the Pirates.
Hot rivals. these clubs-and before the
season is out we may see Clarence fac
ing Claude. with the decision resting
on the issue.
Claude came to the Giants last fall
from Little Rock. after he had made a
reputation as a strikeout king in the
Southern League. Clarence came to the
Pirates from the same league. 1t was
brother against brother down in that
company in many a game, and they say
that Claude had the better of the arSu-
ment.
The Barnes Brothers.
There are two brothers on the Giants
both pitchers-the Barnes boys. Jess
and Virgil, from Circleville. Kan. There
are three other Giants with brothers in
the same-Irish Msusel. whose brother
Bob is with the Yankees Jonnard and
George Kelly, whose brother Rem is in
the American Association. where he was
sent after two trials with the Giants.
Matty once said that Rem would be a
eta y.tt b,.f far Cfys-
prophecy has not oeen fulfilled It may
yet come to pass. Aleck Gaston~ffas a
brother who is a pitcher. but he is not
In organized baseball. He has turned
down many offers and Is content to
pitch week end ball for the Silk Sox of
Paterson. ". j., who have beaten many
major league clubs.
Jess is the older and more experienced
of the Barnes brothers, but some ex-
perts hold that Virgil has more stuff
now than Jess ever had. However,
virgil-or Zeke as the Giants call him
has not yet earned the honors which
have come to his brother. Ze<e came
to the Giants from Des Moines Of the
Western League three years ago and
had two trials with the club before Nc
Graw decided to keep him this spring.
He was with Milwaukee last season and
pitched great ball in the American Asso-
OF these two boys and so is all Circle
VILE.
combination similar to the Barnes
brothers OF the Giants soon will be
found on the Chicago American League
club. Ted Blankenship, who is regarded
as one of the pitching finds of the sea-
son. will be joined by his nineteen-year-
old brother. Homer, who has been pur-
chased by the White Sox from the Ok
Ia S0t.
The Meusels-Irish. or Emil. and Bob
make the greatest hitting fraternal
combination in baseball. Both are ter
rifle sockersEboth have averages be-
yond the 800 mark and both have their
own private little collections of home
runs Irish, Of course, has been around
a good deal longer than Bob, whose en-
gagement with the Yankees is his first
in the majors.
Irish Dates Back to 1919.
Emil Frederick was born in 1893 and
broke into the professional game with
Fresno in the California League in 1913
After that he was with Los Angeles
Washington. Elmira, Birmingham, Chi
cago Cubs, Los Angeles, the Phillies. and
then the Giants, TO whom he came in
1921 Only one season In his career has
he failed TO hit better than 800. In
1918 he fell to .279 with the Phillies.
Robert william Meusel was born ir
1898 and broke into the game with
Vernon OF the Pacific Coast League In
1917. After three years with Vernon
no came to the Yankees IN 1920 as a
third bassran. He always finished with
third baseman. He always has hit bet
ter than 800. Last year Emil with
.343, outhit Bob. who finished with .31S
Bob has the greatest arm in the game
and Is the bigger by two and a half
inches and about Is pounds.
A pair OF brothers on the same club
like the Barnes boys. are the Sewells-
Joe the shortstop and Luke the catcher
with Cleveland. Joe made a sensational
entry into the majors in 1920. when he
stepped into- the position made vacant
by the terrible accident to Ray Chapman
and made good. Joe learned his baseball
at the University of Alabama and spent
the 1920 season with New Orleans. Luke
came to the Indians last season from the
University of Alabama too.
Jimmy and Doc Johnston.
The Johnstons are another pair OF
brothers IN the big show-Jmmy with
Brooklyn. the greatest all around player
on that team. and Doc, the FIRST base
man with the Athletics. There was
plenty OF drama in the world series OF
1920 when Jimmy played against Doc,
then with Cleveland. Doc, who was
christened Wheeler Rogers, Is the Older,
having been born in 1887. James Harl
was born in 1889.
Jimmy was with the Cubs In 1914. but
hit only .22S. so he went back to the
Coast. From Oakland he came to the
Dodgers in 1916. Doc served two diff
ferent terms with Cleveland. with a
sentence with the Pirates sandwiched
in between. before going to the Ath-
letics this year.
There n another combination OF
brothers on the Pirates-the Rohwers---
one the outhelder and the other third
baseman, who came to Pittsburgh this
year from the University of California.
Hank De Berry, the Brooklyn catcher,
has q brother In the game, who Is a
pitcher in the Southern League. Carson
Bigbce, the Pirate outheldor. had HE
brother Lyle, a pitcher. with him last
reason. but Lyle was released and
rs doing well In the Southern League.
Billy Kopf OF the Braves has brother.
Walter. with Reading Walter had a
trial with the Giants last spring.
Three HfEhs I'm Game.
Clyde Milan. manager OF the Semi
tors. has a brother Horace In the gamr
somewhere. Cylde had him with the
Senators. too, for a spell after getting
him from Newark Andy High. third