New Britain herald., 1930-09-05
lDEL PRATT
By CLAIRE BtRCkY

NEA Service Sports Writer
 Where are the guys who gave us our baseball thrills, back in the days when pitchers and club treasurers didn't know what it was to be em- barrassed by rabbit - baseballs and home-run hitters demanding salaries of executives? A large percentage of them have passed out of the pie ture, leaving only Babe Ruth, Red Faber Adolfo Luque and two or three others in the center of the stage with the FoxX's the Ferrells, the Bergers and the Kleins.
 Baseball - though it was that tickle to kick them out of the DIE show-was considerate enough to offer regular employment to more than 15O of them, even if it was in the Sally League or the Southern Illinois hard-road loop. And of those 150 ancients, a dozen are on the far side of 40 years so they can't be too particular where they work.
 The oldest of the old-timers still offering thrills to the natives in out lying districts are Ferdie Schupp, Baby Doll Jacobson. Bobby Veach, Ray Caldwell, Derrill Pratt, Rube Marouard, Dick Hoblitzel and old Alex, the Great Schupp is south paving for Minneapolis while the Rube is doing the same for Jack sonville in the Southeastern League; Jacobson and Veach are outfieldlng for St. Paul and Jersey City. respec- lively; Caldwell filings for Blrmlng- ham and old Alex apparently cares not where he has his fling; Pratt and Hoblitzel perform on the infleld for Waco and Charlotte, respective ly. :. But those are only few Of the old names Working out daily in the regular games of American Assocla- ton teams are Memo Leibold, for ner White SoX outflelder; Bill Wambsganns of world series triple plav fame: Wally Gerber, former Browns infielder; Mike Gonzales, veteran Cuban catcher, and Charlie Robertson. hero of the American Leagues lats no-hit, no-run, mo- error game.
 The International League also clings to a few of the old boys. The list includes Steve O'Neil, Tor onto manager, who backstopped Cleveland to it's only worlds cham pionship, Jse Harris, old Pirate first baseman; Dave Danforth and Al Mamaux, former hurling stars. and Jimmy Cooney. who will be remem- | bered as one of the few who ever performed an unassisted triple play Ken Williams and George liar per, hitting home runs in the man. Ter of a Ruth only few years ago, now do their daily slug acts at the expense of Pacific Coast League pitchers and Walter Reuther, hero O. two world series is one of those pitchers.
 Southern League statistics this season show the home-run record i has been broken by one sunny Jlm ! Poole of Nashville, former first baseman for Connie Mack's Athlet- ics. Poole is expected to reach the 50 mark in four-base hits before {, the season ends.
 Joe Bush-the genuine Bullet Joe Bush of pitching fame-is an out fielder with Allentown in the Eastern League. And two real old timers in the New York -Pcnnsyl- vania circuit are Jim Bagby, the last major league pitcher to win 30 games in one season. and Walter Holke. former first baseman for the Giants.
 That Is only a few of them. The lists include scores of less ancients players-men who have drifted away from the big league after only a few seasons of play. Henline Mostil, Sturgeon, Paschal, Mails Gaston, Leverett. Sand, Gautreau Tabcr and Piercey. The lists go on and one-but so do the ball play