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End of an Era as Great Baseball Stars Fight Time
As the 1915 season unfolds, aging legends like Wagner Mathewson Lajoie Bridwell Huggins Wallace Leach Rucker Plank and others approach retirement. The piece notes growing youth gaps, waning idol worship, and managers seeking quicker replacements while stars fade and new talent struggles to rise. It considers whether 1916 will bring fresh idols to replace the fading icons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matty
Wagner
Tommy Leach
Honus Wagner
Ty Cobb
Maranville
Collins
Evers
Lajoie
Wallace
Leach
Christy Matthewson
Walter Johnson
Grover Alexander
Dutch” Leonard
Matthewson
Joe Jackson
Cleveland
Benny Kauff
Benny
Hal Chase
Chase
Brown
Bridwell
Huggins
Rucker
Eddie Plank
Eddie Collins
Napoleon
Corsairs
Clarke
Crosairs
Pirates
Hans Nap Lajoie