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Show George Hogriever Many , H Years In the Harness I VrTHILE the country marvels at the twenty-two-j ear-old rarer ot tne veteran Cy Young. Applcton. Wis. stands off and bavs "We hav htm beaten right here on our team. What a the matter with Hoggv And, sure enough. whfn you enrch the records or basebalLyou see that George Hogriever manager and outfielder out-fielder ot th Apploton club, was playing play-ing ball a full quarter of a century ago when most of the present day platers were unborn Hogriever who Is to day playing as fast a game as any of th youngsters he Is developing as future fu-ture major leaguers has been doing the same thing for the past twenty-five years In major and big minor leagues Hogriever was recently sent to the hospital as the result or an Injury sustained sus-tained while volplaning for the plate In a desperate effort to win a gamr He has had a reputation for two and a half decades as a daring base runner and he madf his reputation because ho Iovps baseball It was in 1SST (count back) that George Hogriever started plajlns ball, but his first real engagement camu In 1SS3. when he signed with the HamlU IH ton (O ) club, where he played until ' IBbB the nd or the season or 1S50 He went IB to Oltumwa. l.i., m i$3U and in mid- L BBfJ senKon was sold ro Kansas City He f H was there in 1S01, but the league railed, p and Hogriever went to Applcton. Wis, BBpJ and from there to Oshkoh in IS92. 5 BB In 1S93 he was In Easton. Pa., and , lfl then went to Sioux City, In the old h BJH Webtrn leagtip, H was sold to Jn- ; BJH dlanapoll in 1S04 and played for V H. M Watkins until 1901. He was with Chi- , BBBJ cinnatl for a time and returned to In- BBS dlanapolls and In 1905 was with Des BB Moines He was 4pld to Pueblo In BBH 190S He wpnt to Lincoln In 1909 At H the end of 1909 he was given his first j BB release BH A free agent. Hogriever went to Ap- BBJ pleton and took the management of BBpJ that team, playing the outfield for tho , H last throo seasons To all appearances BB Hoggy Is good for another five years, L BBS and, as he declares he Intends to keep r BBS on playing ball until forced to retire, . BJB the chances arc he wll be playlngiball , jflBB when his grandchildren break Into ' BBS I baseball. BBS |