Evening star., 1928-04-08
oS.mo ThneWn Many "
| Fortunes s. akeradC li

stuck to the game and became major
league managers are known TO every
fan. They include Higgins, Griffith,
Carrigan, Moriarty Peckinpaugh, Nc
Kechnie, Bush and the veterans John
McGraw and Wilbert Robinson. Con-
nected with the leagues as umpires are
the old-timers Hank" ODay. Bill Di-
neen. Brick" Owens, Ed Walsh and
Sherry Magee.
McGraw has provided employment
around the Polo Grounds for several Of
his contemporaries who were stars Of
the first magnitude in the days when
base ball was sport. Lawrence
Laughing Larry" Doyle Is there, and
Dan Brouthers, who hit .348 for a grand
average over II years. and Amos
Rusie, the grand old pitcher.
"Uncle" Wilbert Robinson has had
Nap Rucker, the old-time Brooklyn
hurler, on his scouting staff for years,
while McGraW employs Roger Bresna-
han as a coach. "Chief" Bender, with
the Chicago White Sox, Is also coach,
as is Smoky Joe" Wood. who brings UP
good ball players at Yale. Jack Barry
is coach at Holy Cross, the university
that sent him to the majors.
~
coaches Is Nick Altrock and Al
Schacht, both Of whom were as great
players not many years ago as they
now are comedians. Beginning in the
game when Red Leary." the bank rob-
ber." yelled from the sidelines, was the
signal for base steal, Altrock and
| Schacht have steadily developed the art
nf haH
| Another natural clown was Arlie
| Latham, perhaps the freshest recruit
who ever scrambled into an upper. He
| Is now stage manager of London va
riety hall.
! On Arlie's first time at bat in the
| majors he bowed profoundly to the
| stands, meanwhile thumbing his nose
at the men on the bench. Thereupor
/ he made some tart comment to the
| pitcher and catcher, smacked out q
triple and jerringly demanded of the
veteran hitting behind him Ito tie that
| one"
Sure enough. the older player did
He raped a long hit to deep center
! Arlie was not chagrined. Determined Il
( be nonchalant. he negotiated the dis.
tance between third and home in hand.
! springs and back-flips, landing squarely
Many ex-stars. thoroughly tired o
hotels, Pullmans and crowds, seek re-
| tirement in the country Denton, tht
redoubtable "Cy" Young lives on hi
farm near Northfield. Ohio; Elmer Flicl
near Bedford, Ohio. and Fred Clarke OF
his Kansas estate Frank c'Homt
Rum Baker Is a farmer in Maryland
near the town which gave him the name
Of The Trappe Siege Gun"
Others retire TO the towns that sen
| them to the big tops. Mordecai Brown
is back In Terre Haute: Babe Adams In
Bethany. Mo. while Harry Coveleskis
is still mopping up with his famou,
moist one in Pennsylvania. He stand:
back of the mahogany in one Of Sha.
mokin's thriving saloons, his brother
Stanley. says.
There is a yaledictory quality abou
f. the Autumn air of a world series
Among the great pitchers who have fel
this thrill are Walter johnson. Grovel
Cleveland Alexander, another known a:
| The Great" and Art Nehf, the Clan
! gameSter. A victim of the ruthless Nc
Graw system. Nehf, after pitching bril-
liant ball in q series game a few year
ago suddenly lost his effectiveness.
Tossing his glove out of the box, Neh
quit the game of his own volition. Ap
poaching the bench, heart-broken, b
said TO McGraw:
My curve ball won't break any more
Mac. Ina all through, guess"
Art was pretty nearly right. Afte
being let out by the Giants he ha.
Knocked around until this Spring he