Photo from the T209 Contentnea Tobacco card set
Rollie (Chick) Waters
Previously identified as Walters
Born: November 20, 1884
Died: August 11, 1928
Goto Baseball Reference for Rollie (Chick) Waters 		rf Majors:
No
St. Louis
Position: rf
First game: May 10, 1913
Last game: May 13, 1913
# of games: 3		 Brother-in-law of Eddie Hohnhorst. Not sure if the last name is 'Watters', as used in newspapers of the time, or 'Waters', as was in his obituary.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Chick Waters was marrying Miss Hazel Knorr in Covington on June 4, 1913 having turned down a contract from the St. Louis Federals (June 4, 1913, pg. 6).


After a three game series at home to open the season, the Terriers went to Covington for four games. They lost the opener of the series 4-0 before winning their first game of the season on May 10, 1913, by a score of 15-7. Making his debut with the club that day was Chick Waters, replacing Joe Zoeller in the lineup and on the club. "'Chic' Waters, Covington boy, played right for St. Louis and got in with a timely bingle" (Cincinnatti Enquirer, May 11, 1913). Waters (identified as Walters in some box scores, Watters in others) was 5-14 in the three games in Covington in which he played, but did not continue with the club. The Enquirer reported on June 4 that he refused to sign a contract with St. Louis, insead choosing to stay in town to get married to Miss Hazel Knorr.

Raleigh "Rollie" Waters was born in November, 1884 in Illinois (per the 1900 Census). The 1880 Census gives his last name as Watters, which name appears in articles and box scores during his career. He started that career in Covington as a left-handed pitcher (Knoxville Journal and Tribune, August 8, 1906). He pitched for Sumter in the South Carolina in 1908, and with Fayetteville in the Eastern Carolina League and Anderson in the Carolina Association in 1909. He was acquired by Fayetteville prior to the 1910 season, but seems not have pitched for them in the regular season. He does show up on June 8 as a pinch hitter in the box score of a game for Fayetteville againt Goldsboro (Willmington (NC) Dispatch, June 8, 1910). Later that summer he may have been pitching in the Virginia League. In 1911, he managed the Covington Blues, and he seems to have played mostly aroung his hometown thereafter. By 1915 he was running a cafe in Covington.

Rollie's sister, Rosey Marie, married Eddie Hohnhorst in 1911. Rollie and Eddie played together in Covington on various clubs over the years, prior to both playing on the Terriers in 1913.

Rollie Waters died on August 11, 1928 at the age of 43. He was survived by his wife and one son. He is buried in Highland Cemetery in Covington. His wife Hazel died in 1957.