[Hal and Hans get offers from professional ball clubs.]
Radams was the winning pitcher, according to the records, and after considering a lot of offers he agreed to play with the Pittsburg Pirates, upon leaving school, if at all, because Larke and Gibbs had wanted him to.
Robb drew the other scholarship prize and there was a great scramble among the professionals to induce this heavy hitting outfielder to come with them. Jenkins, however, took Robb aside and told him quietly that instead of practicing law right away, he was going to play professional ball for a few years, that he had received such a tempting offer from the Tigers to manage their club that he could make more out of it than out of the law, and that professional baseball had been put on such a high plane in the last few years that it was as good a profession as any. He got Robb to agree to play ball with the Tigers, if he played on any professional team in the future.
Talkington fell a victim to the wiles of a Red Sox scout, so far as his promises were concerned, and agreed to join them as soon as he was graduated.
Several of the graduating players thought as Jenkins, and could not resist the tempting offers of large sums to join the big leagues and play ball for a living for a while.
Larke and Gibbs, as stated before, joined the Pittsburg Pirates. Larke as manager, and that’s how Radams came to show up there later.
Everson said he was going into the shoe business in New York State, and he did; but he couldn’t resist the temptation offered him by the Cubs and for many years played a rattling game at second base for them, and made a lot of money in this way. When he got there he was much surprised to find Miner Black pitching for them.
Delvin was signed by the famous New York Giants and for years was the premier third baseman of the country.
And as these alumni boys traveled over the country entertaining thousands by the display of their ability in the national sport they ran across most of the Jefferson team of their college days.
Frank Church became captain-manager of the Cubs where Everson and Black played and of course they had to talk over the great college games of 19— again.