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Show CAREER OF J. MILTON STOCK Phillies' Star Third Sacker Got His First Start in the Wisconsin-Illinois Wisconsin-Illinois League. John Milton Stock, whp has won the regular third-base job on the Phillies from several aspirants, like his teammate, team-mate, Bancroft, was born in Chicago, luly 11, 1893, and, with Bancroft, he established his first record with semi- Iy , V fcK fit- V John Milton Stock. professional clubs in the Windy city. He also got his first professional start in the Wisconsin-Illinois league. His work attracted the Giants, which club drafted him in 1911. He went to the spring workouts with the Giants that year, but was farmed out to Buffalo. Buf-falo. The next year he was farmed to Mobile, being with that club in 1913. Last year he was the regular third baseman for the Giants, being traded to the Phillies in the Lobert deal. |