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Legendry ball stars and early 1900s league echoes
The article surveys baseball greats from Cobb to Lajoie, recounting drafts, salaries, and pivotal moments. It recalls Hans Wagner and Ray Cobb as marquee figures, notes contract values, and traces career paths from Steubenville to Pittsburg and Louisville, amid comparisons of second basemen and White Sox champions.
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Four Winds
Idom
Sane Aren Dlawond
John Heat Wagrar
Hang Warner
Raymond Cobb
National
Wagner
Ney Dreyfus
Pittsburg
Hans W
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Hanus
Ne Renrtin
Hana
Stig Dutchman
George Moreland
Steubenville
al Wagner
Claude Hitchey
Hans
Alm
Brother al
Moreland
Aituntion
Paterson
King” Kelly
Bill" Lange
Billy” Hamilton
Georkian
Cook
Nitu
Cobb
Lou” Criger
Browne
Criger
Wen
Origer
Bert
Chicago White Sox
Frank Isbell
Chicago
Denzer
Katoll
Pinher
Patterson
Sugden
Buckley
Wood
Padden
Hartman
Shukart
Charley O'Leary
Hoy
Dillard
McFarland
Hrodie
Shearon
Tigers
White Sox
Platt
Griffith
Callahan
Sullivan
Isbell
Mertes
Shugart
Burke
Fielder Jones
Poster
Clarke Griffith
New York
Cincinnet
Jimmy Callahan
Johnny Kling
Tyrus
Kling
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Lajoie
St. Louia
Billy Murphy
St. Loui
Lajole
Johnie Evers
Jimmy Williams
Williams
Lasoole
Anies
Evers
Napoleon Lajoie
Johnnie Evers
Williama
John Burdock
Tempora
Grande Napoleon La-wah
Ehert
Minke
Mr. Lajoie
Eer
Larry
Ers
Davis
Castro
Bonner
Murphy
Monte Cross
Love Cross
Hartzel
Fultz
Laybold
Det
Plank
Boston
Young
Dineen
Hughes
Winters
Gibson
Farrell
J. Stahl
la Chance
Ferris
Parent
Collina
Dougherty
G. Stahl
Freeman
O'Brien
Young Ta Ta Tevoland
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington
Notre Dame
Jake Stahl
Brown
Jimmy Collins
Arianeapolis
Chick Stahl
Henley
Coakley
Bender
Knight
Lord
Hoffman
Athletics
Browns
Slever
Eubanks
Payne
Coughlin
Lowe
Senson
Behaefer
Rosaman
Souts
Archer
Cubs
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