Henry Groh, the young second baseman of the Cincinnati Club, was born at Rochester, N. Y., April 4, 1889, and started his professional career with the Oshkosh Club, of the Wisconsin-Illinois League, when he was but seventeen years of age. In the fall of 1910 he was drafted by the Decatur Club, of the Three I. League, after having, played two seasons at Oshkosh. He was purchased by the New York Club in July, 1911, and remained with that team until the spring of 1913, when he was traded to Cincinnati, where he developed into a star.