The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-18

Hanlon had traded Shindle and
Treadway to Brooklyn for Willie
Keeler and Dan Brouthers. AS | re-
member, it was even swap. / mean
Brooklyn thought it an even swap.
AS a matter of fact, Hanlof in a
couple of trades like that laid the
Foundation for baseball fame and
fortune. He was wonderful trader.
- Keelerss Idea
Dan Brouthers was one of the heav-
lest, .hitters in baseball and Keller
developed into one of the most scien-
tific players the game has ever
known. To this day one of Willie's
remarks about hitting is classic
epigram of the diamond.
When asked the secret of batting
the little fellow replied Hit 'em
where they amt. That was all.
In addition to Keller and Brouthers
Hanlon also had secured Bill Clarke,
the catcher, and Heine Reitz. the Sec
ond baseman, from California.
With that group of talent Hanlon
Immediately formed new lineup
the lineup that made the Orioles a
historical institution. The batting
order was: McGraw, third base;
Keller, right field, Kelley, left field;
Brouthers, first base; Jennings.
shortstop; Brodie, center field; Reitz.
second base; Robinson, Clark, catch
ers; Mcmahon, Esper, Hoffer, Glea-
son, Pond and Clarkson, pitchers.
Later Kid Gleason came from st.
Louis and Joined us. That, believe
me, was a ball clubs
A New Combination
This was a new combination, all
ydung players. full of pep, fire and
ambition. They surely could play
ball. 1t was easily the best team of
its day and time. 1 still hold the
opinion that from many angles, 1t
was the best of all times. Team work
was our middle name; everything had
10 give way to that.
The great thing about that team
was that every one of us, individual
ly, felt that 1t belonged to us. Han
lon didn't have to scold or punish a
player for failing to do his part. We
attended to that Ourselves. No player
could come back to that bench after
a bad play and expect to take it
easy.
Another evidence of the greatness
of that ball club is that it is the only
one that remains in spirit a team to
this day. The players have looked
after each other all these years. 1t is
like an old college football team.
You can remember that team as a
unit. Others you can not. On other
ball. clubs the players have forgotten
where its members are. On the ORR
oles We always know.
Dan Brouthers, for instance, is now
watchman at the Polo grounds. Dan
is growing old, but he always will
have a job.
Only Wanted Victory
The old orioles thought of nothing
but. baseball. Our interest was to
win. Salaries were secondary in
consideration. We met every night
and talked over our successes and
failures. If it was trip to theatre
alt of us went and sat together. Now
adNgs one or two ball players may
gof out together at night. In those
days we all went together.
We knew that we had a great ball
club and for that very reason 1 think
we won a lot OF ball games. We
fought each other, of course, but such
rows. were the result of some player
making a mistake. We fought for
the welfare of the team. Each player
regarded himself as the manager of
the other. Hanlon had little to do
other than to encourage us to keep
ons He had built we'll
The Hit and Run
During the training period we per-