Show I LONG CAREER CARR OF FIELDER I A. JI JONES JONS Fielder l' Allison on Jones retired baseball man and manager manas-er played ball since since- he ho was a youngster r but his professional lonal career career ca ca- ca reer began be-an In the Oregon on state league lu Iii 1803 1893 where he broke In as a catcher and fielder lie w was s out wet west that year workIng workIng work- work In Ing nt at civil c engineering Ills hits stay tay In this thisIe Ie- Ie league ue lasted only one season Mason ae as he went ent I Into the semi professional ranks in lS H Hanel and anel Joined the Corning Corning- N Y team and held a position as shortstop for tor one ono sea ea son lie Ho el deserted the semi pros in hS 1805 and went ent to pIa play In the New W York state stat league with Binghamton His Its sta stay there thero was for or only half haiC of or the tha season as ns he finished up wit Springfield Mass club dub His Ills work with the tho minors minor in the last season warranted d his going to the major maJol lea leagues u and the tho Brooklyn Nationals sought hi his services s After Arter con considerable dickering he signed up with the and was a member of that a aggregation for or five fI years ears covering co right light and center fields It was win wih Brooklyn that h he became boc be- be c came mo mo a a. permanent outfielder He lie had caught and played the infield In the minor league uc ranks While While- he was as with the Brooklyn n team the baseball war between the National league and American l league a ue arose DurIng During Dur Dur- In ing his sta stay with the Trolley Dodgers ers Jon Jones s played remarkable ball and his work with the stick on the ba bases es and In Inthe Inthe the lie field as i the talk tan of the lea league ue President key watched his work with interest and when hen the trouble came caine up lost lo no time In getting Jones to leave leac the tue Brooklyn team and Join his ls White Stockings In fn 1901 Jones Jonc has be been n with the south siders rs ever e since and his Inside piny Is the talk of the tho fans not only In Chicago but throughout the circuit Jones Jonts played plad under Jimmy Callahan n un until un Un- til UI June Junc 1904 when the present Logan Square owner was as dethroned from the Jones Tones was WR s selected to take up Callahans Callahan's duties Since then he ran the team into ch championship form orm His ills material to work with while fast mon and excellent mt fielders w were re weak with the stick and It was up to Jones Jonee to O f overcome it lie did It In his own InImitable in inimitable In- In imitable b baseball tactics and as a result the Chicago White Stockings carried oft off the worlds world's championship from the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago cage Cubs In lO after aCter taking the American Ameri merl can league pennant that year car l Ever ver r since then the th team loam und under r the strict surveillance surveillance Runell lance of or Jon Jones tI was a contender for or the bunting In III the American league As ts an outfielder Jones Is ranked as th the b best In the thi American merIcan league lie He Is fast fut and able to go 10 back and come conic In on 01 fI fly balls It makes make no difference to him where the ball ol goes He lie Is a l good Judge and can get pel under tinder them if It they can be reached The success of his fielding probably ably 1 I is duo due to the fact that he Is a student stu d dent nt of ot the tho batters I lie Ie makes a stud study of the stickers rs of or the opposing teams tam and when a I. I r played comes come to bat hat li c hp takes take his position In the outfield accordingly Clark Griffith now mana managing the thu Cincinnati Reds says as that Jones JoneA knows more about the peculiarities s of or the Lii men In Inho iho ho American league than any other of the players In the business Jonos Jons first saw sat tho the light lI ht of or day cIa at Shingle House Pa having ha b been born thoro ther on August l t 1 in Uil h makes maker him hini SS years s a old Hf lie is not a large man manIn manI I In appearance but hut tips tho h beam am at I pounds when in playing condition He Ic I Is well ell built In proportion and when hen not in shape weighs hs cl close e to th the pound ISO mark Jones Jones' leSt best seasons with the thc Chicago White Sox were 1 02 and nd 1903 The Thc first flit named Hilmer was as the bettor better as he I amm slammed d the ball hall at a Eli and anti fielded d no This was t the only car e U r that ho hp hit o n the coveted co 20 mark Ho lip slumped In his averages a each year eal until 1907 hen alien ho lilt hit which was th the highest since 03 when n h he had fl figures t II 3 of or 2 Ills His fielding lisa has alwa always H 14 been beell over O 65 65 Ho mado mati his hili highest mark In the f field fIl Il in when whon he lie went through the lie season with Ith only two getting an pra 3 average age of or 9 99 11 1 I it at the clOtH close of or the tho seaon While hll he lie was wall with the White hlll Sox ox he lie was wu alwa always a a. good od run getter curing no less t 11 than one seventy runs run a n. season alln ills His hl highest h st total of or tallies tallies tal tal- tal lies was wall ninety pl right ht made de l In 19 lOZ 2 when 11 io iC also made his hl highest hest mark In hits which was 1111 Ii I J Jones ones record Years Years- G G. AB n. n IT PO A i. i E. E B. B HA TA VA 1 io 32 12 S n r. r i 90 13 TIt i 3 ISh 12 i 2 SG 1104 Hit 52 3 13 36 16 1 i li I ine 1 Ir i 7 9 13 3 6 2 25 ii 13 1005 lS 77 ji 2 22 2 1 1907 15 i 72 IS IJ 0 i 61 73 1908 6 M t 9 92 ID 13 10 1 |