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Ifte San Francisco Sunday Call. WHERE ARE OUR OLD BASEBALL HEROES? \ \f /HERE are our baseball fceroes \ \ I «f yesterday? Where Is "Pop" Yy Anson of Chicago, -Dan Brou thers of Detroit, "Bock** Ew tng. Johnny Ward. Charley Bennett and §» score more? How the names come back as you sit and thtnkl Where are the old boys? Who waa the beat known ban player In the history of the national game? There is a question about which there may be some conflict of opinion. It is not an unfair venture, however, to say that It was Adrian Constantino Anson, for many years the head of tb* Chtcago club of the National league, Sorfe.may think "Mike" Kelly en titled to that honor. Others might se lect "Buck" Ewlng. John Montgomery Ward would not be without his follow ing, for John Montgomery Ward was something; of a baseball writer when he waa la his prime,' and hla name was appended to articles which were cir culated from ths Atlantic to the Pa cific There tnljrht be a following; for <*«<**• Wricht or fer Harry Wright, t or perhaps even for Albert O. fipaldlng, who eventually became Anson's em ployer. Everything considered, however, it Is probable that the name of Anson car ried further and more conepl euously asons baseball enthusiasts and among those who were not full blown en thusiasts than that of any other player who had to do with the sport. Aceon-wes. known in every city In the west, whether he had been seen by Its baseball clientele or cot. He was known in every city In the east. Boys were wont to purchase Anson bats, so called, and treasure them fondly, ah, very fondly, for to lose an Anson bat was to lose almost the came Itself. Anson's pictures were cherished, and they were not In early days such good photographs or good reproductions of photographs as please the present gen eration. Anscn's position at flrstj^ase was Imitated, and to hit like Anson— or at least Imagine so— was glory for all time. When Anson dropped out of baseball he went into business in Chicago. Prom that he gravitated to politics. He, was popular with the Chicago peo ple, and they decided to nominate him for city clerk. He made a whirlwind campaign and was elected. He served his two years In the office, but politics Is not baseball, and be was not re nominated. Since his retirement into civil life he has gone into business again. Now he Is the proprietor of one of the largest billiard halls In the United States, located In Chicago, and, true to the bent of his mind, Is dab bling In baseball, for he has become one of the backers of a club In Chi cago's semiprofesslonal league. Albert G. Spaldlng went directly from the baseball field to the business, offlce. There are gray headed men who epe&k with veneration to this day of "A1 M Spaldins/s wonderful success as a. pitcher. He was a pitcher, too, In the fullest definition of the word, for In his day they tossed the ball to tbo batter with the slow underhand mo t'jpn which was the foundation of the present school of delivery. The great house of Spaldlng, a house which provides ail kinds and descrip tions of athletic accessories, has grown «p under his management and has be come so prosperous . that it caters not only to the athletes of the United States but to those of other countries Wright and Reach George Wright, one of the most graceful and one of the most accurate lnflelders of his day. Is a prosperous merchant in Boston. He. too, deals in athletic supplies. One of the standard tennis balls of the world is manufac tured by him. His brother, Harry Wright, who acquired no less fame as a manager than; as a player. Is dead. His remains are Interred in a* Phila delphia, cemetery, and above them Is c beautiful monument to 'his memory, erected by those who had learned to admire him as one of the most lovable characters connected with the American pastime. There Is a wealthy Philadelphia man •who was once one of the most popular players on the diamond. They called him "Little Al" Reach. He is now Al bert J. Beach, a member of the' firm that manufacturers almost all of the baseballs that are used 'in the United States. When he retired as" an active player be became part owner of • the Philadelphia national league club.; Now he Is out of that, - wealthy, contented, enjoying himself and part owner of one of the most > successful enterprises In the Quaker City. A while ago Anson was dlsoussed. He was one of the original "stonewall Infield." That term came in vogue when Anson played, first, Pfeffer played second, Williamson shortstop and "Tommy" Burns third for • Chicago. •There's nothing can get by this stone wall," said the Chicago critics proudly. Thers waa' little that could. "Only two are left of- the wall— Pfeffer and Anson. "Ned"; Williamson, .whom An man considered to be the /greatest In fielder In the world, died after; Intense •offering frotn rheumatism. William- - son agrsred a .tremendous tesrltory be- --^. "- • tween third and second base, and when In his prime was a great throw/r "and a fine batter. "Tommy" Burns, who was given credit for being the brains of the Chi cago club on the field, after ieavlng the Chicago team, with which he played for year*, took charge of other baseball nines, finally drifting Into the minor leagues and managing In those with success. Rheumatism seized upon him and he succumbed after a game re sistance. Pfeffer, the "Dude of the Diamond," as Arlie Latham once wittily de scribed him. Is still In Chicago work ing in various capacities. Pfeffer was one of the most graceful players in the history of the cport, also one of the best in covering ground around second. Occasionally he meets Anson, and the deeds of the "stonewall in field" are recounted for the pleasure and entertainment of others. Anson was always inclined to feel "touchy" toward Pfeffer from the day that some of the Chicago critics said, with some truth and some fun, that ."It was Pfeffer's fielding that kept Anson in the game." Before our fathers became grandfathers there were some of them who traveled 'hundreds of miles to see the "stonewall Infield" perform. Another great • combination was the "Big Four." From the Atlantic to the Pacific there was no ball player - but had heard of them. They played with Buffalo and were sold to Detroit. "Dea con Jim" White was their senior. •, The other three were "Jack" Rowe, Hardie Richardson and "Dan" ~~ Brouthers. "Dan" lasted longer In the game than any of J.hem. Only recently he was owner and manager of a team at "W'ap plnger's Falls. Now he Is In New York picking up odd Jobs here and there as an umpire and looking for a place to open business. "Deacon" Jim White is In business In Buffalo, "Jack" Rowe is a tobacco dealer in Denver and Hardie Richard son is in business in the western part of New York. . "Deacon Jim" could do almost anything but pitch. Ho had a brother. Harry, also known as "Specta cles" White, because he played with glasses astride his nose, who could pitch well, and who was a great fa vorite in Cincinnati, when he was: a member of the Reds. » "Deacon Jim" Could Play Ball "Deacon Jim" . could play a tolerably, fair third base, and he wasn't afraid to go behind the bat. even after he had retired as an active catcher and the modern pitchers were introducing all sorts of curves 'and ' shoots. He never used a mask, never wore gloves, except toward the \ latter part of his career, when he was induced to wear one aa s> third baseman, and In his time the chest protector was not known. The "Deacon" turned/ his head to one side as the ball came up and avoided being hit by foul tips. • Furthermore, he hung to the ball tolerably" well. \u25a0 He was not' quite up to the standard of the catchers who make baseball famous in these days, but he was above the average of -his time. VJaek** Rowe was a fine Inflelder/ Shortstop was his position. ;So was Hardie Richardson, who played second, a fine flelder. Both could bat welL "Big Dan" Brouthers was the/ hitter of his time for i years, and while he was not the a j*t export first baseman : in the profession, he more than made up for it by bis batting. New champion Giants of 1888 and 1889 were about as famous a lot of ball players as ; any who ever ' lived. They owed a great deal of that to the good advertising oX • their manager. "Jeems" Miitrle, : now a resident \u25a0of - S taten . Island, and also to the fact that they, played ' wonderfully fine balL "Buck" \ Ewing. king of them all. Is dead. No better catcher ever stood:be hind the bat. No sharper thrower ever picked men off the bases. ,. He waa one of the timeliest and most expert/ rlgnt hand; batters' /" who X ever ] lived. I Anson could outbat him,, but not until ;lat'e years- did Anson learn to place* the ball so well as Ewlng. In addition to being a peerless catcher Ewlng was one of the greatest all around ball players In history.; Once when the New York team "was ehort of pitchers he went \ into the^boxiand won the gamex on the old polo", ground \u25ba; to . that city. Ewing died but; recently, after patient suffer ing, and \ls * burled In . Cincinnati, leav ing a * fair. Income : to } hia family. "Big Blll'Vßrown, whocaught'for the i Giants,' is dead* So Is : "Ned" Crane,' the Hercules of the diamond, and so Is "Long John- Ewlng, -/'Buck's" brother i although VLong- John" came after; the time of?: the i Giants'^ greatest- fame George Gore, who could hit above "300" " and run above "600," as Ewins used to \ -, aay. Is a resident of \ New j York." He has ? held various .\u25a0 positions In ; city '.'depart* ments. ; :. .:\u25a0-;:-. /\u25a0 . \u25a0 .- ;",•.-• •-....\u25a0 "Mike" Tiernan, i"SHent r Mike," who' '. saJd little but ; knocked the ball \ over '- \u25a0 the ; fence ; two or I three \ times a ! week keeps a cafe In: New York.; Roger Con nor, big and burly," and ; a marvelous r "swlper? . of i Hne ; hits - when ; he. was a first baseman V for the Giants, lives at Waterbury, Conn.:?' Occasionally { he has I dabbled in minor" league baseball. '\u25a0*< •"• \u25a0; VJim" I O'Rourke, "-;"' the !'orator," .^ who either knocked : the ball 'out of the ; lot % or struck v out,i» -playing in, the Con '\u25a0 Jf«ctlcut" league with i the i Bridgeport team. He Is one of the pillars of the league." In 1904,, when* the present Giants won the | championship,' he;went ;to New York and Mathewson In "a ' game : to show r the : old ' boys ' in \u25a0 the city that he was 'still? In li^-.V./-« ;".; s , John • Montgomery Ward, shortstop of ' I the ' team, Is a' successful | lawyer * with a -' practice. - He * has- a beautiful « country.: home*^ at Babylon,'- N."> Y^" : : and : is , attaining i fame: as one of the '\u25a0 lead ing i golfers of ; the United States; Ward } ;Is -well; to* do,' prosperoua and as j fond I of baseball : as vhe ever ' was, , although, his. personal ambition to become a high class srolfer keeps him away from the games to ieome; extent, - \u25a0. .".- • > >> v-< ;\u25a0; \u25a0\u25a0 "Mickey"^ Welch; the famous' drop ball pltclier "and ; the > father - of --\u25a0 many., cbll-1 ; dren. ' Is g prosperously; . conducting.*:: 1 a hotel ,at Holyoke. Mass. : ."Sir rTlmothy*,^ Keefe,": aulet,. reserved' and* occasionally;' wearing .' the' emlle^ that f /gathered at either i end of -his :- mustache " when •' he \u25a0 had \won; an .unusually, good: game,' Is In \u25a0 ; retirement ; at V Cambridge," , Mass., /.with 2 i enough - to ( keep i- him • the , remainder ; of .' his idays.; ; "Danny"' ; *' Riehardaon," vthe^ agile , second • baseman of the team. Is '%', : to* do < merchant "of Elmlra,* N.%Y."l.ii * - "/Another ,M championship \ 2\ teaim.' vV all ' » favorltes,j\ that : of ' : Bostoni".c has-been; scattered; to ' the- Xour; points of -the compass. . Some are dead, some are en gaged in business, but there la not left one of them in active baseball who was a . member of ; the team when "Mike" Kelly and John Clarkson were the "ten thousand j dollar prize beauties." "Mike" Kelly's Fate "alike" Kelly, prince of spenders, the greatest bohemlan baseball ever knew, a wag and a Joker, a man with: a kindly disposition but a. sharp tongue, as more than one spectator ascertained to his confusion when he attempted to banter , the quick witted , Irishman, : lies In a cemetery In New England. 'Strong physically and alert mentally, he paid the price,of high living by: shortening his -years in the dazzling: rays of the myriad lights that: burn lurlngly after sundown. A book could be written of the pranks and escapades of this Jovial ball player, and among them all there would be difficulty In* finding one In which malice ever. played a part.. John .Clarkson, \ one of the greatest pitchers who ever stepped foot on . a professional diamond, who won more games with. his brains than half of his .contemporaries .could .win, with, their, physical: strength,, left to go Into .the tobacco business at Bay City, Mich. There he was -very prosperous, but; little .by little his system broke down, lintil it -.was necessary to place him in a sanitarium in Michigan. "Charley" Bennett, next . to* Ewlrig the greatest catcher/ in" the ' history of pro fessional baseball, and by, some" con sidered : to /be Swing's ' equal > if , not hla superior, > was one; of the few, profes sional ballplayers/ whomever met with a' serious accident. Both his legs were lost 'under.; the wheels of a railroad train. strong constitution of the man . pulled him through and he is alive today, *a \ citizen :r: r of 'I Detroit, '< engaged profitably In business and able" to: walk around ' ; by the assistance -of legs and canes. ; Furthermore/ he Is one of : the most; popular citizens' of "Detroit and the baseball park'ln that city was named for him. - *' : '\u25a0:\u25a0"' . . . . '\u25a0-"Charley" ; .-'•-'\u25a0 Ganzell, -the ' Boston catcher,". Is •in business in ; Boston. He ls:well;todo andstlll so fond of base ball ; that the [ can't i keep , away ;: from it when opportunity offers ? to } ."look the players over."- \u25a0.,-\u25a0' '.' "- V : ","\u25a0 VOld J Hoss" ' Radbourne, .one v of , tho pitching f marvels . of . a i whole !«decad«. ( the 5 man r; who \u25a0_ helped \u25a0> Providence /\u25a0 and Boston to win the championships, has ibeenf gathered -\u25a0 to hls'^ fathers » and ; la buried \ In' an ' Illinois i town. » Radbourne originated fs the ;\u25a0 school of pitching *of which .Clarke /Griffith and. others i.withT moderate \ speed, \excellent control 'and . almost i perfect i Judgment ' have "been auch \ good ' exemplars. ;s ;* w \u25a0'-. ..< ;\u25a0'. - V- .?: : first base man \who /ever played i the < game,* grad uated from a factory to a star position among ? professionals -. and . slipped- back from., the -Btar.j position to the "iNew England, factory., 7- :..:„; ,' r \u25a0! "." . \u25a0V.i'.Tommy'.'j McCarthy," daredevil on the b*s»«. strong ; with the bat. and a v fair 1 field er, went j f ren \u25a0 Baseball ; to I the cafe business and Is at present; proprietor. of - a'jcafe^andjbowllrigalleyf In" Boston. \u0084 "Bllly" Nash, model thrower, almost perfect third baseman, left his corner of the diamond to become an umpire and then drifted Into a position as clerk. ;"-*>! Hugh Duffy, clever In the field, strong with- the bat in his early days, with the face of a Dominican friar and the sting of a hornet in his tongue— so : much .so that he was called the "angel child"— followed a successful career as a player by a fairly success ful career as manager, and today is at the head of the Providence club of the Eastern league- James R. McAleer, famous from one ocean to the other as the fleetest of all outfielders, gave up active work on the diamond to become an active manager and is at the bead of the St. Louis American league team at present. -"Jimmy!" Fogarty, the idol of Phila delphia and one of the first really good men in sliding to bases,, was too frail of physique to stand the strain* of a severe athletic career and is In his grave, one of the few ball. players to die of consumption. Where Browning Lies Louisville's cemetery holds the body of "Pete" Browning, one of the unique characters of the national game's his tory. He was one of the greatest bat ters who ever stepped before a pitcher and a player so simple minded that no one thought to take advantage of him. One of his performances, when he was In his prime, while the Louisville team was In \u25a0 Kansas City, was to rig up a fishpole after a rain and calmly sit in front of -the hotel and fish in the deep pools of water in the street. "jJavo" Orr.yWho had. tho reputation of being able to* knock the ball farther than any player In the American asso ciation, and some say farther than any player, who ever lived, la a watchman in New York. A slight stroke of .pa ralysis baa partially disabled him. but he is just aa cheery as he; waa the day of his greatest popularity on the field. 'Of allj the Idols and heroes of the past none enjoyed a greater, reputation for success and as a sturdy fighter than Charley Coinlakey. What Anson was to the National League as a first baseman Comiskey was to the American associa tion.' It waa Comlskey who revolution ized the manner of playing first base. Until he ,came" Into the limelight the first baseman was accustomed to stand almost on the bag that he might get the ; throws which were supposed-to be sent to him in a tremendous hurry. Com isky changed all this by playing far behind the base and making the pitcher share: the work. of first base. with hhn. Now.! the "Old Roman" la one "of the wealthiest . of all' the , graduated ball players, and the owner of tho Chicago American League club, champions of the world.: . .; : /. Arlle I Latham, I the clown of the dia mond,, and -by far the /wittiest player who ever -held ; a position with a pro fessional team, retained. his grip on the national game to the last moment. '„ In fact, 1 i Latham Is the only, : player - who waa ; ever ' signed for." no i other purpose than to > coach. The Cincinnati club engaged (him 'for that and nothing else. Latham: declared; it was. the hardest task that he ever undertook In his life. Then | he , picked [up the umpire's burden and he has been carrying it ever since, sometimes in one league and.' some-, times In another.. s .Gleason. tho . St., Louis second ,base man, is now a fire captain in that city and one of the best in tho service. - ; , George "Strlef. better known" as "Daisy" itrlef, aa expert second ba»« cum of lia time, la & Cleveland police man. "Sam" Wise. tie Boston third base man, left the fire department of Akron. Ohio, to Join the national leapt* and left the national league to become a fireman again. "Jerry" Dennr, the greatest one hand player that baseball ever na-w. with the possible exception of Fred Dunlap, keepe a hotel at Bridgeport. Conn. Denny eonld play better with one hand than one-third of the ball players can play with both. Dunlap, kins of the second buamea In his day and generation, accumulated a fortune and died In Philadelphia, leaving real estate to hla heirs. Oliver Tebeau. better known as •Tat." a graduate of the Kerry Patch In St. Louis and a ball player of the* Comlskey type, aggressive and bent upon winning, a successful manager for Cleveland and at the head of th» team when It won the second half of the divided National league champion ship season In 1133, Is rich and com fortably situated In Si. Louis. Ezra Sutton. one of the greatest of the old time third basemen and one of the • few ball players who had been without support In his old ags. died recently In a charitable Institution la Massachusetts. - "Bid" McPhee. the Cincinnati second baseman, who played almost an of one season without an error and who wa» fairly worshiped up and down the rali ley of. the Ohio river. Is a successful business man In Cincinnati. Dalrymple a Fanner Dalrymple. years ago with Gta Chi" cago club and the leader of the nation al league In batting; was reported some time ago as having become a farmer In the west. His picture once adorned the front of the baseball guide* and was the admiration of all the younjc sters of the early "eighties." "Mike" Griffin, idol of Brooklyn, Is * part proprietor of an upstate brewery. Brooklyn went Into mourning when a baseball trade sent Griffin away from the city, and his name Is spoken with reverence even In these days. "Big Bill- Lange, the rangiest and the fleetest man for his Inches who ever played for the Chicago Nationals or any other 'club, Is In San Francisco, • wealthy and healthy. "Jimmy" Ryan, beloved of the Chi cago "fans" because of his sarcasm and ability to bat and field, is in Chicago engaged In commercial pursuits and telling baseball yarns. Paul Radford. the urst right fielder to play the position and cover ground so that it came to be looked upon as a more important field than had been conceded by some of the old time man agers, is at the head of a mechanical Industry In Hyde Park, a Boston sub urb, and occasionally gets on the field Just to see how It feels to be playing .ball again. "Ed" Delehanty, whose name was as familiar as that of baseball, an out fielder who had knocked the ball over more fences than almost any player who ever lived and whoso reputation for making lons distance hits waa mar velous, either was pushed oft or walked off a train crossing from the United States' to Canada and his body waa swept oven Niagara falls. John Corkhill, best of the center fielders who ever played for the Cin cinnati team and who was accustomed to make some of the most astounding catches in the most awkward manner, is. a resident of Philadelphia and la still able to play ball, according to hla ver sion of the matter. . "Cub" Strieker, the fast second base man of the Cleveland team. who. it was said, could touch a baserunner quicker than any ball player who ever lived, is also a Philadelphia:!. At a re cent baseball dinner in that city he said he wasn't quite sure about his batting, but he believed that when It came to running he could go around the bases as fast as he did twenty years ago and more. 'Joe - Quest, second baseman of the champion Chlcagos. and knows as "Little Joe." is down in Georgia, where he is slowly dying of consumption on the plantation of "Em"' Gross. The lat ter la the catcher who mada a name for himself in both Cleveland and Providence. •' Amos Rusle. "Little Amle," tho "Hoo sler Thunderbolt." flew across the baseball sky like a meteor. ' Not yet of age. he pitched his first professional baseball- for the Indianapolis club against Cleveland in the latter city in 1389, and was sent back to Indianapo lis that night to continue work In the , mattress factory from which ha had been' taken. Yet John T. Brush had great faith that Rusie would some day make . a wonderful pitcher and took him from the factory and put him on his Indian apolis team the following spring. From that followed Rusie's transfer to Net* York and his. spectacular career In the "big. league." He made \ a name for himself from one side of tho United States to the other, but living in New York was too much of a butterfly ca reer-for the hulking boy, and soon he, began to falter. . Now he is piling lum ber In a yard In southern Indiana for $1.50 a day, arter prsccing baseball for |150 a. game. One of' the players longest to hold his . career -in fast company was Van Haltren. formerly of the Giants — "Old Rip Van Winkle" Haltren. , who could run almost as fast when he ceased to • play with a major league team as he could * when he waa a youth. Ha is - back at his home In Oakland. He has returned to his trade, that of a lather, but he can't keep off the diamond when warm weather comes around/ and still Insists upon playing the outfield : for Oakland. Van Haltren was a star out fielder for more than 15 years — a won derful record. / - " Nor is the list 'half completed, nor a third . completed, so far as .:. that goes. "Doc" i Bushong. Brooklyn's great catcher, is a Brooklyn dentist; "Chief" Zimmer, the Cleveland catcher and the" first professional to catch all the. games of one championship season. Is ao um pire in the Southern league, while WU bert Robinson of the old Athletic*. Jolly. fat and nimble In spite of hi* inches aad weight, Is a betel keeper ta BsltUnw*.