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i 1 é s ; : vf : TH MB-N A 7 5 | 38 sneha tall, woth 176, polit, in fhe’ shipyards, but after the armis-|GQOK INFIELD. TH. AT berg as. 2 Pay, sgt ely pone 1 / is and ves in tice he was © signed= by Manager MET GIANTS IN 917 |but he watched most of the games ‘ / » TGleason, ' Jackson was born July: 1G, : ae ‘4, {fromthe ‘bench, because ofehis errac- Harry Liebold is one of the shortest} 1887, at Greenville," He. is '6 feet ‘tall WILL OPPOSE REDS | tic throwing. He.-has. overcome this 5 4 players: insbaseball, and ‘is‘an » ideal fand weighs 175 pounds, ' He is marrlet}\ a TSN i fault, however hie is ee frst five f “lead off” man. “He is § feet, 5 inches yn * . for Kopf ‘tosplay:in’an event of this | ; a de “elslasAH-tFiilioyiil, BT) SH CMB and llyes in Savannah, Ga” Inner’ Garden That Has ‘Stood | kina. Risberg is ore /daneprous an \ nm ‘a | |thll and. is called “Little Nemo.” ’.He| Oscar Felsch, outfielder, who is. a . Fi the bases ‘than his rival.. He tsa big. : g | . r » ? Y ‘aced THE WHITE COX | HE ISN T BETTING A PENNY ON Weighs 154 pounds, Tiebold was 9b-xivay of ris Speaker athe teal Acid Test Must Be Facet ry and ana dangerous Me, 5 | | OX; TWOULD MAKE EDDIE NERVOUS [Geta cub five see's ngo, and has [outfielder of the American league, and ‘by Cinncy Champs ee aatau ae eae “ z A been in mator league baseball for seyen ey Aas ee NA nerd - ; ous battar Ina ‘series where there is Chicago, Sept. 80—With close to ae years, He was-born at Butler, Ind., nen a ‘ came money at stake. Weaver -has ‘been fifty players from which to select the February 17, 1862, and broke info pre-,Yene, With ‘the Chicago club, Te chi OPPONENTS ARE NOVICES iting avout 296, ‘while’ Groh “has teams which will meet for the premier fessional, baseball at Milwaukee .. in |t® Chicago from Pep eat ay ae elo been going -along better than:.810 for baseball struggle of the year, the Cin- 191L. «He throws right handed tnt! the American Association. | tine vos : the‘ greater part of the season, Groh ennatl mg Fond thes ObIGaeS batte “from “thestirge base aside of gue hae te ith hes troten munya EUnet Jake Daubert Only National) syyered an injury and. was’ lout of *hicago A s are certai e te, ‘. iyes in De- n 2 7 A ime, 4 binations which will uphold the high i ‘abe fessional, baseball engagement, Wes in Line-U although those on the inside declare ' class standard of play which has Edward.Murphy, outfielder, came ‘to yah yond pu ees ia in 19: ae ence in Pp Meee TT noe baitouutl JACKIE aN ad marked the World Series of recent Chicago five years ago from the Phila-|48 5 deet,.10 inches tall, weluhs 1 a .{ any department of the.game when the seasons. A complete list of the eligi- delphia Athletics, Murphy has beea;Pounds, is, married and lives Ga Chicago, Sept, 20.—The White Sox] SpKdeparemens et ety more: of ble players of the two competing used very little in the outtield, his long] Waukee, Wis.,; where he was boris) ieiq which played against the New| g¢ al, anddisplays P ; petng, pa i ; ‘April 1891 scrapper ‘than: his rival, and‘-display: th their physical statistics, suit being ‘in’ the rote of pinch hitter. | “I cs ss York Giants in 1917 will oppose ‘the | more ,pep: than Grol j At bat Groh . ; w" Murphy. waits ont app atien WHEDHNY 3.4, Sullivan, alla “Lefty,” is play-| Cincinnati Reds in the-big series this| stands tacing. ‘the pitcher full and merican League Club Win- bat, and when the ball ooates oe nas| Ng his first year with . the Chicago] year with only ‘one change. Phe ex-|bats right handed. Weaver on the r of 1919 League Championship. | plate he peually, hits it x S \ ore White Sox. Sullivan started-his career| ception is Risberg at short, stop, who) other hand can hit from either side William “Kid’ Gleason, manager of Deathie H oe Fe ee eave gnc [AS & ball player at Wichita, Kans., In) was benched in 1917.by Manager Row-| of the plate. He.also is‘a good bunt- the :Chicago | White. Sox, vans, been’ in tie bey baat hus, ed Laas 1915, He has been :playing semi-pro-| land. when. Weaver was shifted. tojer and will outplay ‘his rival on the major league. baseball thirty-three nl he Scranton, Pa. He ts 6 nas’ [fessional “baseball about Chicago for) short and McMullin placed at third.| bases. Both .are ‘clever fielders, but years, He was born at Camden, N 10 inches tall and ‘weighs aoe Touns.| the past few years and when he joined) This season, however, “when. Risberg | Weaver sis. thé. more aggressive. ‘In J., October 26, 1865, and began his He was;horn October 2, ea at Han-|the army he was sent to Camp Gravt,| struck his stride ‘he went ‘to. short) fielding Groh’s mark has been around ~ R baseball career in 1886 at Williams- cock, ‘N. a He bats left handed nad Ill, where he was the premier pitcher7hnd Weaver, who startdd ‘the season|.970 while ‘this of ‘his Chicago, rival port, Pa. While James Gallahan was tirewe ight panded, aud ie one {on the 86th division team. He went at that pgsition, moved over to third.) is .969. isc taaciae 8 manager of the Chicago American he fastest men_in ithe league on jn (overseas, ‘and when he returned to|‘MeMullin . was benched by Manager| .McMullin who played’ against the League team, Gleason was assistant bases, He is married and lives: i) (hicago, ne reported to the White Sox.| Gleason sbecause of his failure :to hit.| Giants in 1017 asa. member of the manager and coach, and after Calla- Dunmore, Pa. He bats and throws left handed. Sul-].Of ithe eight players who will meet|-White Sox is an able substitute for : han was replaced by Clarence Row- Ray C. Schalk, catcher, is one of the| ivan .was born in Chicago 23 years this year in the inher lines of defense| either short or third.and is a better land in 1917, Gleason continued with most important COgA in ‘Glanson’s ma-}2g0., He is married and is 5 feet, S} Jake Danbert, the initial sacker, is| batter than Schreiber, a recruit who the club as aide ny Rowland, and it ehine: He is the: first string catcher inches tall and weighs 175, pounds. the sole Cincinnati 7 with world | filled:in during .Groh’s absence. Schrei- See ere gees ne ae and bas, played i galmost €very Bame |” kiitais Gimmes THe Ue ithe’ Wal: (eee, ee en scart eclaeat passed | ber, however, had .not erred in. the he White Sox that season was at- this season, Baseball critics declare iam James, the big pitch tebsshs: through the baseball classic as | fielding.game up to the first part of tributable to the work of Gleason. him to be ti repeiver in the American est “member on the club, recendy member of the Brooklyn Nationals | the season, his-mark. being 1,000, while ~ The next season, 1918,-Gleason stepped Renee: HEGRE KoA worker, a:ayqus| oe from “thie Boston Red 803./hagk in. 1915.. Of the World. Series | McMullin: who. played a:number of q out of baseball, and went into busi- fe ie * coneval eee Ine of batsmen | throws right handed, but bats 1 veterans, Eddie Collins while a mem-| games .at -third, sheld- up a fielding ql ness in Philadelphia, where he and ED. aha peacier et le pers fa atenayiie handed, When Bill is “right,” he 15} per of Connie Ma g club .par-| mark of .933, and’ a ‘batting mark /of | Otto Knabe,-of the Clacago Nationals DIE, TiGchere Se Randers Ties earned: eee ee ee ee Te eye ng eee ’ 7 See ee eee nance the CEI COLLINS ae a aeeais: baake into, bames | RESronsgaml, basil earter iat ae ng cthe White (86x tookcsnart inthe Players’ Records. BONS WAS SS CAELOy ORATION joes Cons ; ee bal a momberuok e.team. at Taylor} seo ee Ghicemotlop, althoneh (sees, Seainst the: «Giants: The records ‘of these players for key, owner of the White Sox, decided} Being a baseball player's wife is ville, 11. Later he joined the Milwau- first-year onthe Chicago club, atthonsh At First. the greater jpart-of the season in bat- upon a change of manager and Glea-\ “the most fascinating thing in the son, hee TAmeplatit Asedeintlon Ycluhy:. and Res Aees Been: in the American least} 4¢. the rst corner, Manager Glea-| ting and fielding follow: Soe son Was re-engaged. P i a Sarat looking forward to the} trom’ ‘ fou 1 son will rely on Chick Gandil, while % PRAT R, tworld,” according to Mrs. Eddie Col- king forward to the)tyom there came ‘to the major league a t 7 : ‘ ‘ Although Gleason is old enough to Rete ee AOR as a member of the White Sox_ eight tia be the Cincinnati, interests will be de- + Cinginnati ‘Reds: : q be father of a majortys ot Hs Play i ae a Captain Eddie, of the isn’t betting a cent, nor §s| years He was. born. at Harvey. show, tended by Jake paaberts Ganail BrOh i “. .Batting Fielding ers, he ig as active and handy with nite Sox team. Paul or even little Eddie, Jr. : I 9 Dis ork id ably will,have the edge over Daubert,| Daubert . 279 989 at boxing gloves as any! man on the Every time Eddie has showed up on — “It might make Edward nervous if Hefei Raa ae las the former is said to: be -mich| Rath 267 975 team, not excepting Kerr, who is a second base this season, Mrs. Collins he knew we had money up,” she said. |g inches tall.and’avelghs 150 pounds. gamer than his rival. -Both are cléver | Kopf 1259 949 pugilist far above the average. { been right in her box near third After the games looking for-| Tye pats and. thr right handed. fielders, ‘although Gandil’s mark is ;Groh 31 970 Gleason tips the scales at about base—-the most loyal fan the team has. ward to a whole winter's vacation with ee —— i R. HL Wilkinson, youthful pitcher, of better than -that of his -rival.-:.\Phe|Sereiber . 179 1.000 175 pounds and issfive feet, 7 1-4 in ches} “I couldn't miss a game,” she ex her husband at their home in Lans-|_ Byrd Lynn, catcher, is playing his} tne Chicago White ‘Sox, > recently was |Chicago first baseman has. fielded i tall. He is married and lives in plains. “I love it. T've grown up downe, Pa. and at their hunting Jolge; fourth year with the Chicago Ameri- -ahnged ofr the Columbus club around .998,-up: to ‘the first. part of Chicago White Sox. Philadelphia. This is. the seventh with baseball.” Mrs, Collins sind thelr iy Notthern New York state. fans, Te bats and throws TInt hand eee en eon a een Wilkinson | September while the Red initial sack- Batting | Fielding year that Gleasgn has been with the! WW | iiss born, March 18, 1891, oat Ee ay Gr Fists e. LaCeeR Ava niin er hag fielded .989. Both can govafter | Gandil ... 305 998 White Sox. In the old days, Glea- i vereut showing against the New! poi : aie “ Unionville, Il., | where he now lives. . ae erreene Pe pats; anything which comes their way and Collins .. 3316 978 son, who is a student of the “old Wonderful showing against the New) pointed, in the failure of Jack Noss ay, He is married. “In 1913, Lynn began ang throws right Wet ig Gefect, 1, can shift to either side of the bag | Risberg 245 1956 school” was a member of the famous | FO"K | aoe MY sera W ae Sorte [report to the club to play the initial) ylaying baseball “at Sacramento, Cal., {uch tal and weighs 170 pounds, Wil-| for Wide throws, but the honors in| Weaver 1299 969 Baltimore Orioles, and still carries feated them for the World's tile inj sack, and as Gandil would not report! and later went to the Salt Labe Club, Pe eee haat basebuil| this respect leans toward Gandil. | McMullin 1292 933 why out all his teachings of the old mas 917. However, Manager Gleason has} to the Cleveland club, the White Sox) or the: Paeifia Coast League, frou kinson broke te uote ional :basebe Fach has had a taste of the world| ters—fight and never give up. He See eee er ne ey. eee per See purchased Gandil’s contract | whic organization he came to ;the fin Cleveland: tara 0he. series game. Daubert being.on the| Worlds Beries, attendance, and re- has instilled this fighting spirit into eee eee eee. 6, 198 Ae alee leve Gandil filed the 8D! Cyieago club. Lynn weighs 150 pounds| Hervey: MeClelan, utility infielder.) Brooklyn club in 1916 while Gandil ceipts by years, since 1905. , the men on the White Sox, and it is 2 ESE es Hil Set. <6, Ag Bes Heber to chersdtiss 1 of President Comis-| yn js 5 feet, 11 1-2 inches tall. Dur-|played in the western league and came} was with thé White Sox 1917. ‘The | Year Games Attend- Receipts Player's ’ this more than anything else which 84 his baseball career with the Du-jkey and he has remained a ine the war Lynn lefé the club and) {o the Sox ‘from Oklahoma City. Hej work of these two men should be in-| 14 ance poll has placed the club at the head of buque club of the Three I league un-j the 2 ever since, Te is a cleve 5 went eee Sin the -shipyarda,sbat ltets aaa seas. right handed, is 23] teresting. Gandil got off to a poor 1905 5 91,088 . $68,405 $27,391 the American League. Gleason is a der Clarence Rowland, and came toj with an abundance of confidence, : After hostilities ceased he reported. tal yen: et aohs G5 is. He! start this season. but gave a good ac- 1906 6 99,664. 106,550 33,401 th 1 Ha 4 hos s ceased he rey d years old, and. weighs 165, pounds... H' is st gi good ac-j| ast ‘master in the art of handlin, ne White Sox in 1913. He bats either | has been 2 great help to the other play: arial ee ee bet fie oe pg ete » | 1907 5 78,068 101,728 54,933 D of handling ©" js 4 sad Manager Gleason, is 5 feet, 8 inches ‘tall and is playing| count of himself the latter part of} Ball players, }"When (she. motiges «a Ent orjJett handed, but pitehes right jers on’ the team, through his, ablltty d suet year withithe White Sox, Me-| the season, Like all the White Sox) 1908" 5 62232 94,975 46,178 player slipping, he quietly benches handed. When “right”, Faber a} gather in wide throws... He ’ Joseph Jen , third, catcher, @lyo Clellan lives.in. Cynthiana; Ky. c members, he may come through with | 1909 7 145,807 188,862 66,925 the player and sends in a substitute, bard man to bent. He has an assort-|as one of the best first basemen in the, hats and throws right handed.’ He is] " Pca aT Bk sia a hit at the critical moment. He is{1910 5 © 124,222 179,980, 79,072 ime after time the player taken out ment, ot curves and is a master on|league. Gandil is a little better than| not married. Jenkiny was born Octo- Yeorge Weaver, third base, has a re-} more dangerous at the bat. than his 1911 6 179,851 342,364 127,910 : has returned to the game and played the “spit ball” delivery. He x|the average at the bat. He hits and her 12, 1891, at Shelbyville, Tenn., and | putetion asa daring player. “Buck” | Red -rival,.and for the greater part {1912 8 262,287 490,833 TAT,B72 4 at top speed. During batting prac- feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. a-| throws right handed. < feet, two} started baseball career in 1913 tt|ag he is familiarly enlled by the -play-| of.the season has been hitting about 1913. 5 150,992... 325,979. 135,164 tice Gleason will always be found with Bens ie wet mamled and makes his | sche tall, snd. hy 19 pounds. Memph Tenn. ‘Jenkins came tosthe| ers and-fans, plays. his position with 2| 305, while Daubert has hit about .279. a 4 oe Pee settee 2 bat in his hand and making the in- 2° ace e is married and lives in Chicago. | White Sox from\the Houston Clubsef| fighting spirit, whicth is a big asset io On Second. 191% 5 148; 20,361. £44,899 fielders “step some.” He bats and 7 'Iitame is” mis PraRET _ {the Texas league. He joined the army) the club. His “pep” which: ig there in| he fight around second base will | 1916 5 162,359 . 385,590 162,927 4 throws right: handed, In his- early ';, aude Williams SETAE Haward T. Collins, second’ base, is | during the world Watiand went over-| all contests, keeps’ the other players’on | he Wetwcon a veteran and am player{ 1017 5° 185,601 425,878 162,888 } days in baseball, Gleason was'a pitch- tye American league. He is another , on of thd leading ball players in the} seas, He was “commissioned :a first! their toes. “He was born August 1S,) who once tried to get the place from} 1918 6 128,483 179,619 69/627 er, and he declares that today he Gr Gleason's aces. He was botn March | corie This will be his sixth world’s |jieutenant, and after -his discharge }1891, at Stowe, a, and ‘began playing | nim,-when both were members of the | ‘PEOPLE ean pitch better than a majority of the 9¢ 4g93 at Aurora, Mo.. broke inta!)iq Collins went from the Colum-| trom the service, returned to the White|in 1910 at Northampton, Mass. Eight |same elub—the White Sox At that; 239000 PEOPLE box men in the league. ipaseball at hville, ‘Fenn ;2ibit University to the Philadelphit| Sox, With Schalk and Lynn ready for years ago he joined the White 8%; time Morrie Rath, the Reds’: secord CAN BE.HANDLED - 13912, This is Williams’ fourth ve Athletics in 1906, and was one of the) duty behind the‘plate, Jenkins has had |coming from ’San Francisco, He throws) sacker, was a youngster, and did not Soe Edward V. Cicotte is one of Man-,1¥!=. —2ls Us pS POUL Lye Connie Mack’s..$100,000 _ in-\itt spoptunity. to. show -his wares. | ric! 7 : sole: sa f 2 " ar ‘tchi. lin r leag : Taine jalittle -oppopéunity sl ight handed ‘but- shifts ‘at -bat, some-| have” the ability to make the club IN’ REDS’ PARK ager Gleason's pitching “aces.” This eee ieee aaa eeaWhite Sos When Mack started rebuilding! but pas been busily occupied in *the|times hitting ‘right-handed and. some-| with the veteran Collins on. the ros- f wonderful knuckle ball piteher, who |r." ciectiveness this, pate se. his team, five years ago, Collins was! «pulf pen” where -bis services in hetp-|times left handed, Weaver is: exce-) ter. However;-he went ‘back to ‘the rear s was thought to be slipping las sea- | oe - att ¥ fee is ( ante old to the Chieago club, “At the close hing the pitchers warm up “have been |tionally fast’ on: the. bases,.a clever Suing neiendsahowel iimprevementieach (Continued from Page One) %: son has become one of the best piteh-| We White. So "le and. Cicotte he Of of the 1918, season Collins enlisted in| needed, Jenkins is;\5- feet, 10 inches |yunner and one of the most dangerous | year, and this. year became ‘a regular |Ga'ry Herrmann, President of the ers in the league. He has been ac-| 700 luo POk is mae ma Seay coe Alaranesy, DUE Ald nok eee, chance’ tall and weighs 175.pounds. His home| pinch hitters .onthe.club. He ds 5 feet,! on Moran’s club. He has developed | lub and Chairman of the National cused time and-sagain' Of using, the |the pitching for the club ada theyeak ie #0 overseas, After his discharge he) js jn Hanford, California. \10 24 inches tall, weighs 168 -ponds,| into one of the best second.-baseman Baseball Commission. It lies about shine hall, which is nothing OO ee nave. been willing wotars. aoees iu intention: of» returning : 1 AR RR Aw ahis married and lives in Chicago. Po |in -the league, under Moran's tutel./eight feet ‘below the stands with a than a myth. Ball after ball has|*°?" | ate 0 the White and this season\was| Fred MéMullin, infielder,-was bora! 9’ timesthig season ° Weaver played Rath. di t show: th slight embankment along the’ left been taken out of the game and | Rarely does Williams lose a gamejone of the first to report for spring|at Scammon, Kans, O¢tober 13, 1891. | portst AtW Medfollin at third, hut loi ath. does not show the same - ora extending to the fence enclosure. ‘ Stare where his teammates go out and get} training. > was mat Miller of hi ents | slortstop wilt MeMaullin ‘d, US) Glass as Collings’ in’ his fielding -or on{ aye. 2 brought to the headquarters -of the . |training. He was born at Millerton.| and came to Chicago ¢lub ‘four years! 4, Risberg returned: to ‘the game | Left field is’ the sun field and many 1 for‘examination and th vy_ia@ run or two for him. He bats right;N, ¥., May 2, 1887. He is 5 feet, 9|ago from the Los Angeles team. Fro |W hell eisberg, recUrne’ he game, ; the bases and has not been: hitting as} 4 s league for examination and there nev- (yieq. He is married and r Bo cee iS BST. Beis by feet, 0) 260 trom Me oe ee Gs “Buck” took up the far corner posi-| steadily as his Chicago rival. Col-| Players have found it difficult to judge er has been found any foreign sub-|handed. Ho 18 marmied and et inches tall, weighs 164 pounds. is mar-| filled in. af third base at the start of} 4j , : flies batted in that direction. 4 stance on the sphere. Hddie was born |i" Springficld, Mo. ‘He is 5 tect, 8 1-2 ried «and lives in Lansdowne, P: the season, but when his batting began | "0" : lins has been batting around the .315 F % ; ¢ : in Detroit, Mich., June 19, 1884, He inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. | oe é to show signs of- weakening, lle was! J, Rrakine’Mayer, pitcher, was ob-|™ark the greater part of the season| General admission and prices fixed : Gntered professional baseball in 1904 “Letty” worked in the shipyards last] Charles A. “Swede” Risberg, short-| replaced. by AVeuvee who was shiftell [tained a ctew’ Een ‘go. vin’ the| While Rath has been crowning the by the National Baseball Commission at Sault “Ste. Marie, Mich. He ha ;| winter and was one of the players’ stop, has played a great game for Chi-| from short. McMullin is a dangerous nraiver out tea the Pittsburgh Na-| Dill around .270. While Rath does | will prevail at the world series games. had a varied center. sce Waseca mem. | Whom Manager Gleason brought back |cago since joining the team in 1917.! batter an ‘a reliable sacrifice’ hitter. tionals ra 1 is lagite his ‘first rear | not show the same ‘dash on the bases| The Cincinnati club management had per of the Augusta, Ga team of the 0 the club, He joined the White Sox This is Risberg’s third year in tho!He is a -stendy fielder and-is fast-on} with the Ghiewes White Roe ‘Hee n {as Collins, he is a‘steady and heady announced ‘a scheme for distribution Southern Association at the time Ty- {fom the Salt Lake club of the Pa-/major league. He was obtained froia ithe bases. “MeMtuliin started his bas2|vsiae nem” pitcher, and is about g/m onthe paths. Collins is consid- | of the 10,000 reserved tickets: for pub- rus Cobb was playing there, and both | cific Coast Leagu: mito TeNENG ornia’ club af the Pa- ball earecr, in AD12. at, Seattle, Washi| sorts old ant weighs 455 pounds, He (cfed-2 brainier player than Rath, and {Tic sale’ that virtually is a’ plgn’ of ents Detroi: Rane = ific Coast league where his first pro-| is. 5 fe 2sinches tall is 5 fect. cso hei os (his ability to steady: an infield or a|placing the names of applicants: in ent to the Detroit Americans. Cobb Richard Kerr, pitcher, has devel. C league where his first pvo-|He-is,5 feet, 10 1:2<inches tall 485 fect, 8. inches tall and bats ‘andj ¥ ort of tack d th was retained by Detroit but Cicotte hard Kerr, pitcher, has devel-|rocsional biscball was played in 1912.| weighs 165 pounds. :;He.is married «nd| throws right i is in| Pitcher surpasses that of the Reds'/some sort of a receplaclo ame tien es @ s right handed, ~ His home is ‘in was sent back. He later joined the oped into one of the best left hand) G feet tall -and® weighs lives os Angeles. He bats aad! ppiladetphia. jl gecond baseman. In fielding Rath has| drawing them out until all 10,000 had Boston Red Sox, and was found want- | Prenat ve aeaele: ae oe ee and for a big man is a fast,):throws right handed. a eit +5 uns We sauerk et repels Collins’ |‘been drawn: we i ‘i hi cl he league and | 4 and ‘spe rt — : ; ; mark has been-about .978. Se ee eee ‘ ing. He was released.to the White jy pis young days could handle his!” vane ebecdy, :UnneE, s He | Dos Joseph Tackson,,ig.one,pf the“eréat- Acoma, New Mexico, an Indian vil- Shortstop Honors. More than 300,000 French machinery Sox, about eight years.ago. He began | ¢ vith th “i F tl i isesses a powerfularm and isa danger-} Josepa J 0), 18. saeh ms Hage, is older than St. Augustine, first i : plants have been identified.in Ger- q 4 itch a és fists with the best of them around St.| f at bat, Risberg was born in| est outficlders inthe American League laying, eA het * Risberg and+Kopf ‘should stage an |‘ i to show he could-pitch and became.a yoyis wy. te | man . erg nO A (European settlement in “America,|, nfany by the reparation commissio1 q fixtureon .the club.. He bats and | /0Us where he played ball on the} gay Francisco, Cal, October 13, 190:,|And-is rated amongsthe,leading batters | 4 coma .ig mentioned .in :chronicles of |uteresting battle for shortstep hon- Linders Ba lOn. { throws right handed. He is married =2%4 lots. Kerr was born twenty-six |i. married and lives in San Francisco,|in the olreuit. “Hochas a: strong avin| ys in chronicles: of | or.” Kopf is the smaller man but has : Aha ToMdGsiin Dettolt. aCieattelisione|2 eee: 82° at St. Louis. He was’ ob- geen ii) ind with it has. thtown.outymany. rua?" e Se been -batting around .260 while Ris- of the headiest pitchers. in the game. | tained by the Chicago club from Mil-| | John Collins, outfielder, .is (the vpt-|ners «attempting to ‘score ‘On Nits: cf None first Japanese to come to Amer- |berg’s average. is ten points lower. Fee nasvaeyiiried addortmentsobenrvest| Waukee. He broke .into professional of the teain, He has been in the |flies inohis territory Jackson bats] iga was a 14-year-old boy who “had |Kopfuts a clever fielder and-can go as Beat Gecedh ethead tavotwhontiaccames| eee eae ode Ase member: of te} y leagues “for ten years and ail|Teft handed and throws right hando1.!p8en shipwrecked and. picked up ‘by |far as his rival ‘after pop files, :but) He is a good judge ot batters and peeracould Ark (ant: lel i bats <a member of the Chicago club.| Me is. playing. his “teuh. ointentttt col) an American sailing vessel. the Swede -has,.a~stronger arm, and much of his success is due to this |‘ ar . nan St le.is married | plays right or‘center field and | He playing his tenth year in‘ fhe | will wing more men out than his rival fact sa Cledtte's. icheckered aeareersin rand lives in Paris, Texas. He weighs | also can a good game at the fir or leagues, He joined-the Chicazo) The ‘ancient ‘Egyptians -began their|from deep short. In fielding | Ris-) the major leagues extends over about {160 pounds and is 4 feet, 8 inches tall. | corner, ano” was born at Charles-| club five years ago, coming: from the) year at the autumnal equinox, ‘Sept. |berg has -hung:up a mark of about’ E twelve seasons. He is five feet, 8! Grover Louderbilic Signer: divas town, December ‘4, 1885, and] Cleveland club. His first baseball wos}22. ‘In. England “Dec. 25 was New |.956. playing third and short stop, a inches tall and weighs about 160/born in Sandburn, Ind.,-Jan. 15, 1886 started s baseball career at Havet- played at Greenville, S.. ., in 1908.| Year’ Day, until-the-time of William | while Kopt's mark “has been 949. ; pounds. |Loudermilk has he 1 ae 1 Y ean jl sin 1907. He bats and] Before the 1918 -season was completed |the Conqueror, .He. was .crowned on |Kopf has hit better than Risberg, ‘his a he k has had a varied career) throws right handed. He i Jackson left the Gub‘and went to work|Jan. 1, hence the .change.- mark being..259 to Risberg’s,.245. Ris- 4 7 Uthan, Red aber wn ve otong | Mattoon, TH, in 1906. He was with : : Oe he became manager of the White Sox eet renee cui reat Ren CHICAGO WHITE ‘SOX, AME RICAN LEAGUE CHAMPS €or. 1th & Main ry q in 1917, has been more or less of a disappointment this season, He joined the navy at the Great Lakes last fall | after the season closed, and since re-| turning to the club he has not been | able to put the same snap in the ball) which enabled him to make such a} CZEMA’ To reduce the itche } | ing, use soothing ( ’ street between First St. and’ K ‘Mandan Ave, Small house, | fruit trees, south . front.. $1500 with house; without \awith the Louis ince starting professional baseball at and the Springfield, Il]., Three I team. The next year he went back to the} St. Louis Nationals and’in 1912) was | ille club of the Amer- ican Association. He was sold to the Chicago Nationals in August the same year but was released in March, 1913, to Louisville and continued with that club in 1914. The St. Louis Ameri- cans bought him in 1915 and in Sep- tember of that year he was sold to Detroit. Detroit sold him. to. Cleve- land in 1916, and he was released to Columbus in 1917. In a trade he went 170 pounds and is six feet, three inch- Arnold “Chick” Gandil is the regular first baseman. He was born in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 15, 1889, and started baseball ‘as a profession in 1908 at Shreveport. He has been in the Am- erican League for nine years, first with Chicago, Which club later released hitn, He then wert to Washington and after a time became the property of Cleve- land club, At the start of the 1917 season, President Comiskey was disup- Missouri Valley Motor Company R. B, LOUBEK, ‘General Manager The House With a Variety to |] Satisfy Every Possible Desire a i vepreeann * Pot er Sr et ee een . Front row, ‘left to rig! ht: Kerr, Maye McC ns “Middle row, left to right Aghane Ne lias Back row, left to right: Loudermilk, Cicotte, Lae Se y James, Gandil ins, Wilkinson. ana leason, McMullin, Johnso Risberg, Williams, ig licatic f— x ae mee to the St. Louis Americans in August, Diatributors for mS . 94 1917. He is playing his first year with Chicago, \Loudermilk weighs SMITH FORM-A-TRUCK ! es tall. He bats and throws right . handed. He is said to possess a great Bet ae Prolongs Y assortment of curves, but his > big the Life of Car fault has-been wildness. Under Glea- lobbers : HEDDEN AGENC son’s instruction he has overcome this: eng aan RINGEIEED ke failing to a certain extent. His home Y-SPRINGF: Building site 80x150, Rosser |! is in Odin, 1. Loudermilk ‘is | not d anda married. 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