Show LEFT HANDED CATCHERS f S GONE I II I Jig Donahue and Fred Tonnoy Tenney Broke In as South Paw Receivers lver Loft handed catchers seem to have Ie gone Jonc out of or style completely complete About Aboul the Iho only one who ever evor er did amount to much us nl a n backstop back top was Jack Clements who did great work for Cor tho the Phillies a dozen years cars ago He took on so o much weight however that limit Philadelphia let It him KO Jo to St Louis and he finished his baseball career c reer as Ht did Jack J ck as ns a member of or the ill III fated Misfits In Cleveland In 1890 1899 Jack gave up the tho lh Job In disgust dl hust along In June and ind returned to lo his homo home In Philadelphia preferring to lo quit alto altogether gether rather than play pin with n a club whoso whose winning streak was always con confined confined fined to ono one consecutive game Fred Tonney Tenney was wall considered a won wonderful catcher when whon at Brown city He broke Into the Iho th big league lealue ns as asa a 11 catcher going from front Brown to Boston us liS the receiving end of oC the hattery of Sexton and ind Tonney Tenney He failed fall d to 10 dis distinguish himself el as a R catcher though and way called upon to play pia first baso Luse one day da when the tho regular drat sacker Backer was as hurt hurl He made good at once and has hn been playing first ever since Donahue Is another who Ml fell down as a rt 1 catcher but bul has hns acquired fame famo is ns a wonderful fielding first base baseman baseman man Bill Armour had him catching for his Dayton team loam Then McAleer gave RO him a trial at nl St SI Louis In 1902 1302 Ho lie was a dismal dl mal failure Callura and was dropped to Milwaukee de despaired despaired of ot his 1113 showing anything be Lc |