Union League -- 1908

Start/End Dates: 4/25-6/3

President: Alfred W. Lawson

Final Standings:

Team W L PCT GB Manager
Washington 23 10 0.696 - Arthur Irwin
Reading 22 11 0.667 1 F. C. Reisling
Elizabeth 16 18 0.471 7.5 Adam Neubeck
Brooklyn 14 19 0.424 8 Ambrose Hussey
Philadelphia 10 24 0.294 13.5 H. Walter Schlichter (until 5/20)/Ernest �Duke� Landgraf
Paterson/Allentown* 8 26 0.235 15.5 H. Eugene McCann/Hugh McKinnon
Wilmington** 18 7 0.72 - William C. F. Waller/Dave Zearfoss
Baltimore** 13 9 0.59 - Samuel �Sam� J. Kennedy

*The Paterson club was transferred to Allentown on May 25

**Wilmington and Baltimore stopped play on  May 26th  and disbanded on May 28th. Wilmington led the league standings at the time they disbanded.

 Sources:  Washington Post, May 27th, 1908; Washington Post, June 3rd, 1908; Washington Post, June 4th, 1908

 Rosters:

 Washington

  •             Atherton, Charley, rf

  •             Burke, Tom, c

  •             Clarke, �Silent� Bill, ss

  •             Clements, 1b

  •             Conavery, p

  •             Connors, 1b

  •             Donovan, 2b

  •             Gilbert, cf

  • `           Hillig, p

  •             Kaufman, p

  •             Longstreet, p

  •             Lynch, Eddie, 2b, ss

  •             Manners, Harry c

  •             McDermott, R. L.3b

  •             McHale, p

  •             Moran, Charley,

  •             Murray, p

  •             Phalen (or Palen), p

  •             Shaughnessy, Frank lf

  •             Speer, p

  •             Wallace, rf

  •             Wineberg (or Weinberg), ph, c

  •             Zanelli, ss

Reading

  •             Campbell, p

  •             Charles, p.

  •             Coyle, Ed. J., secretary and business manager

  •             Danford (or Danforth), 3b

  •             Eastley, Pat, p

  •             Edgar, Red, c

  •             Hartman, Francis, c

  •             Holbitzell,�Holby� , 1b

  •             Howard, 1b

  •             Hughes, p

  •             Jones, Aleck, p

  •             Lallier, ss

  •             Miller, Frank �Kohley�, 2b

  •             Nalling, cf

  •             Reisling, F. C �Doc�., p

  •             Rudolph, rf

  •             Vinson, Ernestlf

 Baltimore

  •             Beard, rf, p

  •             Belcher, 3b

  •             Hagen, Kid, ss, c

  •             Kennedy, Sam J.,  1b

  •             Luskey, c

  •             Maher, Thomas 2b

  •             Manners, p

  •             Mennen, c

  •             Mullaney, lf

  •             Piez, p

  •             Powell, p

  •             Schrader, 1b

  •             Toner, 2b

  •             Treat, p

  •             Westlake, William H., cf

 Brooklyn

  •             Brewer, p

  •             Cuddy, Joseph, 2b

  •             Davis, rf

  •             Davler, rf

  •             Demay, cf

  •             Dowd, ss

  •             Edwards, p

  •             Harbusch, c

  •             Leonard, p

  •             Levy, p

  •             Lloyd, p

  •             May, Joe, lf

  •             McGee, 3b

  •             Molina, Augustin, c

  •             Murray, cf

  •             Reichman, John, 1b

Paterson/Allentown

  •             Andres, Frank J. p

  •             Brent, rf

  •             Burke, ss

  •             Childs, Pete, 2b

  •             Clayton, Harry, 3b

  •             Cox, Ralph1b

  •             Dreans, ss

  •             Dwyer, p

  •             Fish, rf

  •             Gray, ss

  •             Hart, 2b

  •             Henderson, p

  •             Holmes, cf

  •             Kerr, p

  •             Kite, Fred, 1b

  •             Leggings, p

  •             Lenox, 3b

  •             Liggins, p

  •             Lukens, rf

  •             McCann, cf

  •             McCormick, ss

  •             McKay, p

  •             McLean, c

  •             Middleton, rf

  •             O�Brien, Thomas J.,p

  •             Pickering, c

  •             Rothfuss, 1b

  •             Sawyer, lf

  •             Schaeffer,  Buck, p

  •             Sheridan, Joseph, lf

  •             Tydeman, Vincent, cf

  •             Waller, �Red�, p

  •             Young, p

Wilmington

  •             Brown, (real name Walter L. Caris),3b

  •             Bussey (or Busby), p

  •             Copham, p

  •             Donaldson, lf

  •             Hoover, Fred, rf

  •             Johnson, ss

  •             Malee, Frank, 2b

  •             McCauley, c

  •             McCreight, Blane, 2b, p

  •             Smith, cf

  •             Topham, p

  •             Townsend, Pete, lf

  •             Willis, p

  •             Zearfoss, Dave, 1b

  •             Zollers (or Zellers), 2b

 Philadelphia

  •             Childs, Pete, 2b

  •             Covaleski, Frank, aka Frank Covell, p

  •             Cross, Lave, 3b

  •             Dimble, p

  •             Essler, Elmer, cf

  •             Foster, F. c, cf, 1b

  •             Foster, E., c

  •             Goldstein, Sid, lf

  •             Kane, p

  •             McDonald, 2b

  •             McLatchie, Robert, �Bob�, 3b

  •             Murphy, p

  •             Naschold, 2b

  •             Nichols, 1b

  •             Porter, ss

  •             Ramsey, p

  •             Reynolds, 1b

  •             Strayer, Tom, rf

  •             Whalem, rf

Elizabeth

  •             Berry, c

  •             Biehl, p

  •             Boice, p

  •             Dalton, 3b

  •             Gaiser, p

  •             Hahn, 2b

  •             Hicky, p

  •             King, Frank J., rf

  •             Lenox, or Lennox,ss

  •             Luyster, William,  p

  •             Miller, 2b

  •             Nops, Jerry, rf, p

  •             Ross, William,1b

  •             Seery, William c

  •             Ships, 3b

  •             Wagner, lf

  •             Westenberg, ss

  •             Wolfe, George, cf

  •             Zearfoss, Dave, 2b

           

Umpires: Arlie Latham; Neil Harkins; Paul Steinberg; James Cullum; Andrew Stanton

 

  

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