In a message dated 11/17/2005 6:55:04 P.M. MST, <pgw02472@...> writes:

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Mr. Cutler should be ashamed of himself. The manager of the Yale team
featured in his 1921 Baseball Magazine article is erroneously and repeatedly
identified as "WILLIAM LANDER, former Brown [University] star and ex-Giant."
Clearly he is referring to Billy Lauder.

_http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laudebi01.shtml_
(http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laudebi01.shtml)
_http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Lauder_Billy.stm
_
(http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Lauder_Billy.stm)
_http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Plaudb101.htm_
(http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Plaudb101.htm)

From Bill Lee's Baseball Necrology, p229
Billy Lauder
5 Years Infielder
Born 23 Feb 1874 New York City NY
Died 20 May 1933 at his home in Norwalk CT
Norwalk Cemetery Norwalk CT
He coached college baseball 15 years at Brown, Yale, Columbia and Williams
before he was a coach and scout two years for the White Sox. He then went into
the soap business in New York City. Died suddenly from heart failure.

I have no other information regarding his scouting career, but I find no
Brown or Yale grads on White Sox rosters in the 1910's thru 1920's that
theoretically might have been signed by Lauder, with the lone possible
exception of
Barney Reilly.
(_http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reillba01.shtml_
(http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reillba01.shtml)

As for Columbia, we do know that Charles Comiskey traded for Eddie Collins,
but that was after his professional career had been well established with
Connie Mack's Athletics. Art Smith appeared in three games for the Chisox in
1932, and is therefore another possibility.

I look forward to Rick Benner's book on collegiate coaches which may help me
identify other such connections for my Scouts committee database project.

Rod Nelson


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