Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
Nineteen Es.Eocal National
Leaguers and Fourteen
/ Mackmen Sho,v Life in
; Baseball Craveywds
pEARCE ON COAST
By JOSEPH T. IIABRUM

By JOSCfn i . lkhDHSM
SYyHERE do the big leaguers go when
w they cease to play fast enough to
,.main with the majors? The average
,,over after he leaves the limelight of
.be hip cities and the teams that have a
.hance to reap the harvest of coin that
.omes within winning a pennant In
.,tber the American or National League
arc often forgotten by the fans.
Tho turnover in baseball is so fire.
rent that the minors are crowded with
,etsrans and old timers who had years
n +be majors or who had brief stays in
Che fast set.
Only recently Alexander. Of the Cubs,
-ho n,aved with the Phillies when they
wnn their only National League title,
s"mmented on the changes in his old
toom Not a member of the 1915 team
;s now on the payroll of Baker The
C,hs have changed their complexion
aver n stretch Of few years. The same
holds true for almost every club In the
major circuits.
glance at the box scores Of games
,,ared in the American Association and
the Pacific Coast League proves these
Two Class AA organizations to be the
.rayeyards for big league players. The
Association has the largest number OF
former big leaguers on its teams, while
Veterans who were called the stars OF
+he league In their heyday are now
rated as stellar performers IN the
minors. Former Phils predominate IN
the American Association, while in the
pacific Coast League number of others
are spending their last days in baseball
or striving to again reach the pinnacle.
The List OF Vets
Twelve former members of the Phil
lies within the last five years are So
ioIrnlng in the association and six for
rner Mackmen. In the Pacific Coast
League the As lead with eight to seven
for the Phillics.
Kansas City boasts Of having the
greatest number of former Phils In its
iine.up. Wilbur Goode, who cavortcd
in the outfield here and was noted as
sluggcr; Beals Becker, who also ham.
mercd the horsehide with feryor; Fred
Juderus, first sacker on the Phillies'
1915 championship team and runner-up
to Gabby Cravath as home-run hit
ter and Lens Blackburne, the Palmyra
citizen, who used to play third for the
gickinos who came TO this city in
,ra ~ tbo numerous trades in recent
rnors re " with tho Giants and who nlayed
sscond b,se bere for awhile. is now
rV%I su, ,rI;ra .ha Lerstcne soct for In.
a;snonoii. Ono ~ bis matcs On The
club is Cecil Algernon Causey, who
pitched for the Pills and the Giants.
Sherry Magee and Gabby Cravath.
both fence busters of the old school.
R'aseu VIZ 'nI m.'Io,h uosinroS as
!as. MeeN' M''en Ci"'"uh .es"u" 80
payer nnu sEhea ~ as ] u..
M"Sce, VINO Is one U, .nt req, Veteran'
u oastoals' Is sun n'.!ihn 'h1 nor.S ~.
alae as OF Eore ana nelhlhs IKE 'he
youngest man in the league.
zen lincun: tne indian' VINO was
WIN the I'M illlcs Tor TWO sensons untll
sent to Louisville. Is the star pitcher
OF me stan om IN" SnoMid"rS OF the
kouthwestern Indian has fallen the man
tle of keening the team from the cellar.
whcr" it las been headed for som" time
because Of tho lack OF season pit, hers,
Dode Paskrrt. who Is in his early
Is tbo cSntar @ i;niGans of tha Ca,nn, ri nms hms
team.
ihe Athletic Lineup
OF the six former Mackmen in the
association, four have an excellent op.
portunity to return to the majors. Glen
Myatt, catcher, Lyle Bigbee,
pitcher, and Ivy Griffin, a first base.
man. all of whom went to Milwaukee
IN the trade that brought Joe Hnuser
TO the AS. are splendid prospects. who
may return next season. All three
are playing a bnncup game in the asso-
ciation Myatt hitting better than ever
In his baseball career.
EDDIE Murphy is one of the veterans
OF the game. while Schauer was up
several seasons ago. but never regarded
as pitcher capable of turning back
the batters in the majors. Murphy Is
now with Columbus and Schauer with
Minneapois.
a. Out on the coast the number Of old
% umerS Is not as many as in the aSso.
TE,ntion. Frank Schultz, Crandall ant!
% nelnnree nave all seen many years OF
nakc' nicc' Srhulte is pinch hitter with
wan waM,ann nemar'e Is pitching ana
ria.nhnIgihg i0rtland' and Crandall Is
i,nn,hg ana pinch hitting for Los
Fourd 49, A.. c.
on thn w n.,.s" ""A' 1.o,. ..-..
pitcher o'neit; n.;,i 'scoesi eti. S tSan,ef
catcber ond S r, W..n sea'tlc Aoains, ans
the Same anu o,rh '"nePa, oL 9,.SheF, ,Tar Mn