New Britain herald., 1922-08-15
CHAS. A, COM|SkEY
 SIXTY.7HREE TODAY
Owner of Chicago White Soz
 Celebrates Anniversary

Chicago, Aug Is (By tn Associat- ed PreA)-"The Grand Old Roman" today is celebrating his sixty-third
 birthday anniversay.
 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 pro- fessional ranks. MT. Comiskey, after wrecking his machine following the world series disclosures of 1919. today 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 getting away to poor start suddenly started its climb toward the top of the league, and on June Is, the White Sox were intrenched in third place. The club recently went into a bat ting slump but again has struck its stride.
 Mir Comiskey upset the baseball world in the fall of 1920 when he wrecked his baseball club following disclosures of throwing the 1919 worlds series games to the cincin- nati club. At that time the Old Ro- man suspended seven of his star players-Jackson, Cicotte, Williams, Felsch, Weaver, Risberg and McMul- wrecking the club to tltD extent of one million dollars or more.
 Not discouraged by the terrible loss, Mir 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 ac- 4uisition of the entire infield of the Salt Lake City club of the Pacific Coast league, with the exception of the second baseman. These were Err nie Johnson, Eddie Mulligan and Earl Sheey. They fitted in well with Ed lie Collins captain of the White Sox, who was one of the players who re- nained loyal to the Old Roman. This year. the club Is virtually the same IS last season, with the exception that l few promising young pitchers have been added to the roster.
 Recently Mir. Comiskey startled the base ball world. with the announce nent that he had bought Willie r,,p, sopcafiopol third bo of he San Francisco club for s106,o0o. kamm will report in 1928.
 "Commy" was born August IS, 1859. He played ball when he was seventeen years of age. He at one ime was pitcher for the Elgn, III. Hub; later he played third base and irst base, but as first baseman he lad no superior in his day. He is the nly pitcher who has risen from the anks to be- sole owner of a major eague ball club.
 Comiskeys real baseball career be- an in 1878 with the Dubuque, Iowa cam. In 1882 he joined the St. .ouis Browns, then in the American .ssociation, and in 1883 he was made of the team. In 16S5-1SS6 he Browns, with Comiskey at the elm. defeated the Chicago White tockings for the championship of the r 'orld. [
 Comiskey remained with St. Louis ntil 1890 when he took charge of the layers League club in Chicago. He t eturned to St Louis In 1891 and in b S92 went to Cincinnati where he C managed the Reds until 1895. Dur fl lg that period in Cincinnati he met an. B. Johnson, a newspaperman. N nd the two became fast friends. In ' ss5 "Commy' placed Western tl ague team in St Paul and in 1900 b e transferred the franchise to Chi p lgo, where with the aid of MT. a ohnson, the Western league was ex W anded and became known as the IT merican league with Mir, Johnson g :. it's head. rt
 Under MT. Comiskeys ownership W