Evening star., 1936-03-15
EIGHT At CAPITOL
PLAYED PRO BALL
Many in Senate, House Once
Talented Performers on
College Mines.
BY DILLON GRAHAM,
6v the Associated Press.

Congress can offer an all
star base ball team that would have
given league clubs a spirited tussle a
few years ago.
In leisure these players Of other
seasons regale colleagues with their
experiences during their training
camp days.
Giving preference to those with
professional background over the
larger group of former college per-
formers, an all-star team might be
selected along these lines:
Battery - Pitcher, Representative
Rsymond Cannon, Wisconsin, and
catcher, Senator Fred Brown, New
Hampshire.
Infield-First base. Representative
James Mead, New York; second, Rep
resentative Prentiss Brown, Michi-
gan; shortstop, Representative Bill
Granfield, Massachusetts,; third, Rep
resentative El Kelly, Illinois.
Representative Tom NC
MILAN and James P. Richards, South
Carolina, and Scott Lucas, Illinois.
Many in Pro Game.
CANNON pitched a few seasons in
~ the Wisconsin Illinois pro league
and went South several Springs with
the Cubs. Reds and Phillies.
Brown caught for two seasons, 1901
OF. with the Boston Nationals.
Mead played with st. Augustine IN
the old Florida Hotel League around
1910 and also played semi-pro ball
around Buffalo.
Representative Brown Of Michigan
handled second base for Marquette In
the Copper Country League in l9ll
and rejected an offer from Flint in
the Michigan State League. He hit
over 400 one year as an Alolon
(Mich.) college player.
Granfield had no actual professional
experience, but was signed by Gin
cinnati after fine record at Nore
Dame. He refused to report when ne
was farmed out to Nashville in the
Southern Association.
Kelly hit above 300 with Toledo OF
the American Association and was
slated for a trial with Cleveland when
an Army injury forced him out OF
the game.
Mcmillan played center field for
Charleston in the South Atlantc
League, leading the loop for two years
with batting averages OF around .ooo
and also led in base stealing. he
pilfered 64 sacks one year.
Richards also played in the Soutn
Atlantic League, for Spartanburg,
while Lucas performed for Peoria and
Bloomington in the Three-Eye League
Imposing College List.
OTHERS who played college OaSe
~ ball include:
Pitchers-Senator Hiram Johnson,
California, at California u; Sena-
tor William King. Utah, at Michigan
u. Utah U. and Brigham Young Col
leee; Representative Millard Cald-
well, Florida, at Mississippi u; Rep
resentative Aubert Dunn, Mississippi,
at Alabama u; Representative Dick
Kleberg, Texas, at Texas u, and Rep
resentative Emmett O'Neil, Kentucky,
at Centre College.
Catchers - Representative Martin
Brennan, Illinois, at ILLINOIS wesleyan,
and Representative Ed Hart, New Jer-
sey. at Georgetown U.
First base-Senator Elmer Thomas,
Oklahoma, at Central Indiana Nor
NAL; Senator William Dieterich, Illi-
nois. at Northern Indiana u. and Rep
resentative Jennings Randolph, West
Virginia, at Salem College.
Second base-Representative Usher
Burdick, North Dakota, at Minnesota
u; Representative Josh Lee, Okla
homa, at Oklahoma Baptist u, and
Representative w. P. Lambertson,
Kansas, at Ottawa College.
Shortstop - Representative James
Stanley, Connecticut, at Yale u, and
Representative Fred Hartley, New
Jersey, at Rutgers.
Played at Georgetown.