The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-08
|EVERS, NICHOLS
 IGNORED AT VET. PLAYERS DINNER
TOrrlngtOn Scene Of SpIen- did Turnout Of Base-
 ball Veterans
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est immortals Of the diamond Johnny Evers. now of Troy, New York was very much present anC tho principal speaker at e most sue. cesgetil gathering of former baseball greats tn Connecticut, several oi whom gained major league receg. hilton, Saturday night at Coniey finn. The occasion marked the sec. ond annual banquet of the IAtch. aeld County chapter, Veteran Base. ball Players Association of America and was 6 solid, 24-karat success from start to finish.
 Art Nichols of Wiliimantic, out. standing Connecticut player about 1900 and peior to that earned him a trial with the Chicago Cubs, vel honoEed by his brother members, in the Ntchfeid chapter of the vet efafs' association, with tlie prcsen. tatiOn by Matthew Sullivan of q beautiful fishing rod. A year ego Tom Carroll, 02syear.old member and former player was laonored while in iO90 Mickey Lambert was Che recipient os special action by the association.
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 BRerS, tine Tniddle.man of the na. tlonally famous Tinker to Evers to Chance" playing combination wlti, the Chicago Cubs proved on inter- esting speaker who told the audience 0f 2SO men and women, that due ia Illness he was mot himself," having Deen stln0inted but last Thursday, put had told the members of the Lstehheld chapter that he would be On hand and, as he put 1t, "just had to make it." The biggest thrill he ever experienced in his entire base. oan career came, he said, during a dinner many years ago, attended by the late VIII Rogers, which, at the time, was held when there was some investigation of certain baseball players. Rogers said of Johnny Eye CTS, "as long as baseball is played. there will never be any inyestiRa. ]. Ion of Johnny EVers,"
 During his major league career. Wnen he weighed D1 pounds he re. cetved $500 in 1913, his final season sfld once reached e4,OOO to play with snd manage G baseball, club, at wnicn tlBIe his contract was guar. anEeed by i've major league club owners when he went to Boston Aar: Evers said. Wearing heavy hin pads to protect himself against much 0leger men sliding into second base Eyers got e4i4 as his share of a world Series and the total money 1sid to players in three World series was less than iS paid to one New York Yankee player for one series these days. Evers was I'd small .il stature physically, that some of me Dig'leaeuers thought he had when he started for S0O month. VI"
 An interesting comment by the principal speaker had to do with a1 statement that big league play. sIs ol years gone by, loved the game {. baseball much more than current payers do, though the "old timers" were paid much less, and the fa. nous Chicago Cubs with which he 'IaIsed Tor many years, read all the lewspapers about the dolnRs of 'neir opponents, checked box scores nlnutely and gathered every bit of information they could about the lDinty aIld weaknesses of their rIv. 'is in the National League.
 Companions
 Big Ed Walsh of Meriden. who Vas also most interesting speaker lad to leave the gathering earlv to Iet pack to his work, but, before he vent, told his audience that the ,resent baseball is a golf" bali ana emarked that he would like to see ucn Iuggers as Larry Lajole, Roger Sonncr, Ed Deiahanty who wo,,Id ,kilI U. One year, Walsh got b,,t 's,cOO for winning % games as inc ;nicago White sox star pitcher and Vnen he asked for s3.S00 "they were !osng to shoot me" he said. addine .noWadays. pitcher works a few innings and gets si5,O0O a year for lis work" The younger generation loes not know what baseball Ia. the peaker concluded. Tn six months lnle. Mr. Walsh said he talked Id 'e'OvO youngsters about baseball as oaft of the ". P. 4. program but yes nred when he attempted to now the kids the value of a doi- Tn addition to Evers and Walsh .ete Noonan, who went from Holv TOSS to the big show talked briefly: s did Art Nichols of Willimantic. dayOr William 4. Patten, Matt Sui. wan, and Ken Smith, baseball ex. 'eTt Of the New York Mirror. who old his hearers that the New York siantg new manager Mel Ott will be n able leader, the speaker believes. md indicated in conference with lasebAIl writers Saturday afternoon hat he knows what the score is". ,iso relating several anecdotes rela- i've to the Giants that took place turing the past is years when he overed the Giants for the New York 1irror, of which Waterbury;s Dan 'aTker is sports editor. "Ott indi- ated today that he is very much the 'oes. and is to be given q free hand n securing players" Smith said.
 Jack Doyle of the Giants, Big Ed 'aTley of Waterbury, Lou Cronan, hairman Of the entertainment com nittee. Mike DNyer, Jack Scanlon. 'udge Tom Vail. Deputy Motor ve- licle Commissioner Prank Hogan, crmer state senator. were intro luced. by TOastmaster James P. of the Hartford Times, former ball player whose slogan vas beat TOgrington."
 William Bernhart was chairman f the banquet committee: John J. 5canlOn, treasurer: Michael P. 1wyer, secretary: and the commit