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Show Players of Ten Years Ago Beginning Be-ginning to Give Way to Younger Men. AMERICAN LEAGUE LOSES MORE THAN NATIONAL Many Are Being Sold to Minor Leagues; Others Retire With Fortunes. Baseball players come and go. "Whilo some of the stars of ten years ago arc still shining lighis on the diamond, tho majority have sought other pursuits. Among tho many veterans whose names still staud wn3' out in front iu the Hall of Fame, aud whom lhe coming season will find no longer big leaguers, arc Dan '.McGaim, Ollio rickeriug. Jack Warner, Jack O'Connor, Jimmy Collins, Al Oorth, "Socks" Seybold and Bill Coughlin. What a great lot of players Ihoy were ten 3ears ago. But Father ! Time cannot be denied, and with many others, these eight last season passed their departing days in fast company. For a few years overy ouo of the men will, undoubtedly, shine in the minor leagues, but five .years hence they -will probably outlive a uniform of tho very lowest-classed league-j league-j There arc many others who will probably prob-ably go I ho same route before tho coming com-ing season is over. Deacon Phillipi is about duo for transportation to tho minors. Our old friend George Davis had a whole lot. of hard work bending down lo pick up to low boys last sea-sou, sea-sou, and Iho coming season will probably prob-ably be his last. Willie Keeler claimed stomach trouble caused his slump last scasou. Hope that's all, but . Joe McGinnity has practically ceased as a big leaguer, although al-though St. Louis might grab him off. It's doubtful, though. Jesse Tannchill,. CtibO Pat fen and Dummy Taylor may have a little big league material still left in their makeup, but it would tako a microscope to find it. Thick Fraser and "Rabbit" Slagle will -probabb" say farewell to tho Cubs this season. Both have outworn their usefulucsa as big longucrs. Ennnctt; Moid rick tried (o come back last soa-soii, soa-soii, hut he wasn't there. lie, claimed that ho was out of condition that's what they all saj Passing Stunts. Moro yc tenuis will do the passing stunt in the American league during the next few seasons Ihnu in the National league, for tho reason that the Johnson league has many more of the older players. To get down to figures to prove this it is to be found that of some fifty-Civo players who were in tho National Na-tional league in ISUfi. and aro still in fast, company, the National had but twentv-oue last season, while the Americans Ameri-cans had thirty-four. It was that year that Bill Bradley mado his debut in fast company, play ing the ttimeuit corner lor rnicngo. "Husk" Chance is the oulv one of that old club still left iu the Windv City; lhe others still in the father organization organiza-tion being Ritchie, Tennev, Stein fold! , Leach, Duhlcn. Barry, Wagner, Beaumont. Beau-mont. Fred Clarke, Thomas, Single, Sheckard. Bowermau, Locver, Fraser. Phillipi. McGraw and Willis. And, of course, McGrnw is a manager now aud not a playing one. Tho list of the America n leaguo plavors who were in the National in ISO!) is much larger. Thoy arc Waddoll, C'hesbro, Griffith. Tannchill. Newton, Young. Powell, .Howell. Warner. Mc-Guiro. Mc-Guiro. Crigor. Powers, Sullivan, Schreck, McFarland. Lajoie. Bradley, Collins. Williams. Wallace. Davis, Jennings. 121-berfeld, 121-berfeld, Flick. TTeidrick. Hartscl. Seybold, Sey-bold, Crawford, F. Joues, Hemphill and Anderson. Of this bunch Dalilcn. Chanco. Leach. Bradlev. Hartsol. Sevbold. Howell. El-berfeld. El-berfeld. Schreck and Hemphill were practically youngsters. But while it's with sadness tho managers mana-gers and fans see tho old-timers hitting it down tho toboggan, .vol, they are always al-ways looking for a better man to fill tho veteran 's shoes. |