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ret.673.643.547.53*.490.481.346.291H E 7 17 2in sonH E. 6 0 5 0 mith. H. E. 18 0 11 1 oron,ret.580 .571 . 5 fiti .513 .511 .457 .412 .381II. E 5 0.3 0 Vith-Pct..702.674.544.508.491.453.407.216ame.condwent from Cincinnati to Mobile, Ala., from there to Minneapolis in the American Association and from Minneapolis to Louisville in the same league, where he played for five years under Manager Fred Clark.“Tack*” has performed in big league baseball fifteen years, participating in more than 1,1)00 championship games. He was with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1002 when that team played the Boston Red Sox in the world scries but he was unable to play in the big series because of a broken thumb. During his career he has caught the famous Amos Rusie, one of the greatest pitchers the game has ever known, and other great hurlers of the times. After getting out of the regular pastime himself he became a scout or big i lefague clubs, and in this capacity he discovered Rube Waddell, fam-i ous moundsman, and was the first : man to handle the Rube. He also I brought to light Bobby Vail, another great pastimer, and he also hif* icredit for discovering “Red” Fabre Chicago White Sox pitcher, who participated in the world series last year. •DISlt; OVERS WADDELLRube Waddell was hurling for a ball team in a little town in Pennsylvania, when “Tac” ran across the ; find, and induced to come to New 'York for a tryout, He made good froui the getaway as baseball his-; tory will testify and was on of the bigest finds of the season.“Red’' Faber, was hurling for a Catholic College in Dubuque. Iowa when the local man, scouting for | material through the territory, ran across him. Faber made a good impression on the scout and his career was made ag he at. once went up to the big leagues.While “Tack” has not played any baseball himself for the last ten or fifteen years, his early big league training in the national pastime, and his scouting experience, well fit him for the position of manager of the railroad club, and his friends around j here are expecting him to put a real ; club in the field when the road organization gets under way. He will not sever his connection with the ^railroad police department but will I probably only serve as road patrol-| man, when the ball season is clos-! ed.Arrang ed by thlt; i the Stati which it county w of 6.1)1 i Jamestov After i tatives lt;v the conn curing tli j cf water ed. in In the more cddam. a in the e: $220,600 ed.j The sti 40 per a tion. Hi under thewill be $5 $58,000. m a cad ? pi the 11 ii state ori sioners R and G. 1 8 inch ccvice as ; cost cf clt; ly decree The ri 50-50 witprovemei i and othei; state, ma i county’s wo-uld nomissionet represent ment, as have beei lieved pe made, mitted b*j improvm ; town riklt; j $220,600,; would bo | share, $-1Western Union Manager Dead.WillWashii ployes w retireme:
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 18, 1920
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