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14 EDITED W, S FAHNSWORTH ■ * ' ** Jeff Is Getting To Be a Bit of a Wag :: :: :: :: :: By “Bud” Fisher p- .. -2J ■— - THis AV S' _ _ - "n ■ I <wr F. NO Another] fOH 7^72?“ wcSl 'HELL, . r£Uj SAGOUTQF THIS pp ' WHftT lb ' T Dunn J3 ( \ WELL., I \ Q Each OH a DIFFERENCE BETWEEN / v WHM -,. .■ A SOLDIER. j WHERE DOES I r — I \ A 6 CK ' ro I «-<DDIe - I’LL A WOKHAN, A SOLDIER! 1 v H E / F|9>ces ' rH6 - I THE RABBiT /LtTeT) °H,X JUST 1 spring OAi frVjTT / Pull th at j, and a RABBIT’ ) ANSWER. ’ i / « l\ P ° wt >tß. AND I COMf ; N ? / | )PUT THAT IN j X y ON HIAA ■ I—/ ~Y — A WOMAN L> U TO make IT / W I > -& “owotRSTHS HARO6R f I I L, F<c * > z-js IJ ' r iRw/ (2& /fc© t ™r /Wi- Zx \ -W*' /W w -'t trß ..W--UW t— -BSSM4/T I ~W, j i, Hr -T^TT 1 ' -TTj. L_ ' i : —N-—•‘•i Who Will Be Hero of Big Series Next Month? <•••> 4 , *4* ❖•• B -?••!* +•+ Work of Old Stars in Title Games Is Recalled By W. S. Farnsworth. XA 7 1,(1 the hero of the . \AZ world’s series next month? | Whose name will be strung up alongside of Dineen, i hero of the first world’s series in 1903; Mathewson, of 1906; Rohe, of 1906; Kling, of 1907; Chance, of 1908; Adams, of 1909; Collins, of 1910, and Baker, of 1911? Will it be Mathewson again, or Speaker, or Wood? Or will it be some less prominent player? In the past, world series have given birth to new stars. The play er looked upon to shine the bright est has been forced to make way for a losee.r light. And as both the Giants and Red Sox are well stocked with young players who are likely to bob up with a sudden burst, I would not be surprised that before the struggle is over we will have another new diamond head liner. But let us go back and take up the world series heroes of the past. * • • BILL DINEEN, now an American league umpire, was the first hero of a world series. That was in 1903, when the Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburg Nationals after one of the gumest, uphill baseball fights on record. Boston won five out of eight games. Pittsburg opened in Boston and Phillippe defeated Young, 7 to 3. The next game, in Boston, went to the home team. 3 to 0, Dineen beat ing Leever. The third game, in Boston, was captured by Pittsburg, Phillippe beating Hughes and Young, 4 to 2. The fourth game was played in Pittsburg and Dineen lost his only game of the series to Phillippe. 5 to 4. It looked all off for Boston at this stage. But Cy Young defeated Kennedy, 11 to 1, In the flftn game, at Pittsburg. Dineen went back in the sixth game, at Pittsburg, and downed Leever. 6 to 3. Young had the glory of copping the seventh game, at Pittsburg, getting the count over Phillippe, 7.t0 3. The final game was played at Boston, and Dineen again proved his worth by lowering the colors of the Pirates and the Smoketown outfit to the tune of 3 to 0. It was Denoon’s gameness that pulled out the championship for the Hub team when they looked beaten to a frazzle. • • • THERE was no series in 1904. * The Boston team again cap tured the American league gonfalon and the New York team the Na tional league pennant. Jimmy Col lins, manager of the Bostons, chal- BILLY SMITH ARRIVES; ~I MANY DEALS ON TAP BILLY SMITH, the Crackers’ new manager, arrived tn At lanta this morning to take charge of the local team. While there is really no players here at present for Billy to take charge of, he will not be idle, as he plans many deals before the fall and win ter months are over. In fact, sev eral players who were members of the team this season will not report at all next spring, but will be traded or sold during the winter. Smith will remain here until Sep ‘ tember 28. when he and President Callaway will go to Washington for a conference with Clark Griffith. While the exact nature of this visit ' is not known, Billy will try to ar > range with the “Old Fox" to have i first call on any players turned loose by the Senators it was at first rtimot. I Washing- announced hie intention of f" longed McGraw, but the latter re fused to play. It was a plain case I of cold feet. * * * ' HRISTY MATHEWSON was the , hero of the 1905 series, when the Giants captured four out of five games from the Athletics. Matty won the three games he hurled. McGinnity won the other. Mathewson was at his best in this series. In the first game of the series he beat Plank, 3to 0. Matty allowed only four scattering hits. The second game went to the Ath letics, 3 to 0, Bender getting the count over McGinnity and Ames. But Mathewson was back on the job in the third game. Again he gave the hard-hitting crew only four hits, and the Giants won in a walk, 9 to 0. Andy Coakley was Big Six’s opponent in this one-sided farce, McGinnity’ had the honor of win ning the fourth battle, 1 to 0, Plank suffering his second defeat. McGraw trotted Mathewson out for the fifth and final game, and again the big fellow made good. The Giants won, 2 to 0, touching up Bender for just enough hits to grab the game. In all three games Matty worked he didn't allow an Athletic to cross the plate and only gave up four teen hits. « • • /■'BORGE ROHE and his three base wallops were the big noise in the 1906 series, when the White Sox defeated the Cubs four games out of six. The Americans captured the first game, 2 to 1. The Nationals won the second, 7 to 1. 'Pile third game went to the Amer icans, 3 to 0. Game four was a 1 to 0 shutout for the Nationals. The Americans led In the fifth game, 8 to 6. The sisth and decid ing battle was an 8 to 3 victory for the Americans. Rohe, a sub third baseman. won the first game with a triple in the fifth Inning He was the first man up. The next two men went out and Rohe practically stole home. He made a daring dash for the plate, but Brown threw wild to Kling and the run was recorded on the pitcher’s error. It won the game. The White Sox’s second victory, the third game, was won by Rohe alone. The only scoring was done in the sixth Inning. Tannehill opened that memorable inning with a single. Walsh worked Pfeister for a walk. Hahn also drew a walking ticket. Then Pfeister tightened up. He made Jones pop up to Kling, and fanned the slug ging Isbell. Rut Rohe upset all cal- using all of the park for the Crack ers alone. In speaking of his players, the new manager says he thinks that his new third baseman. Smith, will set the Southern circuit on fire next season. Billy says he Is glad Bailey survived the draft, as he considers him a great player, in case "Dug" Harbison is not good enough to travel in fast company Smith hopes to have first call on his services. However, the Crackers will not suffer in case Harbison sticks, as Clark Griffith has prom ised Smith a good shortstop. CORNELL CLUBHOUSE BURNS. ITHACA. N. V . Sept. 20.—The club I house at the Cornell athletic field was gutted by tire yesterday. All the athletic equipment there was destroyed, including the suits of tlie football squad. As a re sult of the latter loss the gridiron play ers will be compelled to practice in make shift garments until new suits can be rushed hero. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN 4ND NEWS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1912. culations. The substitute met the first ball served him for three bases —a line drive past Sheckard in deep left. This lick brought in the three runs that won the game. Rohe made three singles in the fifth game, and these, coupled with Isbell’s four two-baggers, won for the White Sox. Up to this time, Rohe held the limelight by himself, but Isbell shared it with him In the Americans’ third victory. Rohe was also one of the heroes of the sixth and final game. He came across with two timely’ sin gles that aided the White Sox in clinching the title. His fielding in this game was sensational, too. He accepted seven out of eight hard chances. * • * r OHNNY KUNG captured the J hero wreath in 1907. when the Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers four straight games, after the first had ended in a tie. The Chicago backstop was off color in the first and final games, but in the other three his pegging was sensational. Not a single Tiger pilfered a sack in those three battles. The Cubs downed the Tigers in this series by wonderful machine like playing, but Kling stood out more than any other one man. • * • Tj'RANK CHANCE did the best in " the 1908 struggle, when once again the Cubs defeated the Tigers, this time by a count of four games ' to one. Chance made many’ sensa tional stops and spears around first, and his heavy hitting was the chief asset of the Chicago team's attack. The Chicago leader made eight hits in nineteen times nt bat. and stole five bases. And nearly every one of the eight clouts cashed runs. The one individual play in this series that will long be remembered was executed by Mordecai Brown in the fourth game. In the sixth inning O’Leary led off for Detroit with a neat single, and was fol lowed with a clean hit to left. The speedy Cobb came up to advance the runners, and he laid down a perfect bunt toward third base. Anticipating the play, Steinfeldt re mained on third base while Brown pounced upon the ball with light ning rapidity and with a hard and accurate throw from a difficult po sition to Steinfeldt caught O'Leary, thus frustrating the well executed plans of Cobb. ♦ ♦ • DARE ADAMS, a young recruit “ pitcher, jumped to the fore in the 1909 series, when, for the third time in succession, Detroit failed to win the championship after cop ping the American league pennant. Pittsburg beat them this time four games out of seven. Adams win ning the three games he twirled. Adams started off by beating Mullin in the first game, 4 to 1. The youngster only allowed six hits against the hard hitting Tigers. Detroit won the second game. 7 to 2, Donovan beating Camnitz and Willis. Maddox won the third game for the Pirates. 8 to 6, Sum mers, Willett and Works working for Jennings. Detroit captured the fourth game. 5 to 0, Mullin pitch ing grand ball, while Leifield and Philippe were easy. Adams was called upon to win the fifth game, and he was in grand form, winning, 8 to 4 over Sum mers and Wiilett. But for Pirate errors he would have held the Ti gers to a much lower score. Mullin won for Detroit over Wil lis. Camnitz and Phillippe in the sixth game. 5 to 4. It came down to the final game, and with Donovan well rested it looked as though Detroit would surely win the championship. Clarke had confidence in his young ster. however, and Adams was trot ted out. And he sure made good. The Pirates won, 8 to 0. Donovan being easy in the three innings he J HEROES OF WORLD’S J : SERIES FROM 1903 UP; J : WHO WILL BE NEXT?: • • • 1903—PITCHER BILL DINEEN • • (Boston A. L. vs. Pittsburg N. L.) • • 1904—N0 SERIES PLAYED. • • 1905—PITCHER CHRISTY MA- • • THEWSON • • (New York N. L. vs. Phila. A. L.) • • 1906—THIRD BASEMAN GEO. J» • ROHE • • (Chicago A. L. vs. Chicago N. L.) • • 1907—CATCHER JOHNNY KLING • • (Chicago N. L. vs. Detroit A. L.) • o 1908—FIRST BASEMAN FRANK • • CHANCE • • (Chicago N. L. vs. Detroit A. L.) • • 1909—PITCHER BABE ADAMS • • (Pittsburg N. L. vs. Detroit A. L.) • • 1910—SECOND BASEMAN ED- • • DIE COLLINS • • (Phila. A. L. vs. Chicago N. L.) • • 1911—THIRD BASEMAN FRANK o • BAKER • • (Phila, A. L. vs. New York N. L.) • • • •••a••••••«••••••••••••••• qp ■ worked, while Mullin gave up six runs in the last half dozen innings. Adams held the Tigers to six scattering mits, and so ended the world’s series of 1909. • • » TJ*DDIE COLLINS probably gets first call as the hero of the 1910 series, although Jack Coombs ran him a hot race for the honors. This was the year the Athletics defeated the Cubs four games out of five. Collins was expected to blow up in this series. The Cub infield was expected to make the Philadelphia inner works look cheap. But the Quaker youngsters outplayed the veterans of Chicago and it was Col lins whose work was the most prominent. Eddie covered more ground In this series than ever an infielder has been known to. He led both clubs in batting, too, pickling the pellet to the tune of .429. And what a sucker Collins made out of the great Kling! Os the seven stolen bases made by the Athletics Collins registered four of them. On the other hand, the un der-estimated Ira Thomas held the Cubs down to three pilfered sacks. Coombs won three games for the Athletics. Bender broke even in his two outs. On account of Coombs' three victories many be titled him the hero of the 1910 se ries, but his hurling, was nothing exceptional and had it not been for heavy offensive work back of him the story would have been differ ent. ♦ ♦ ♦ HOME-RUN BAKER won the hero title in 1911. It was his deadly work with the ash —his fa mous home run clouts- —that won for the Athletics over the Giants, four games to two. The first game was won by the Giants, 2 to 1. Mathewson outluck ing Bender in a pitching duel. The second game was captured by the Athletics, 3 to 1. Plank downing Marquard. With two hands out in the sixth. Collins rapped a double to left and scored when Baker slammed the ball over the right-field fence for a home run. Coombs ptoved too much for Mathewson and Wiltse in the third game, the Athletics copping, 3 to 2. New York led until the ninth in ning, when, with one man down and one strike and two balls against Bhker. he duplicated his feat of the day before, and, catch ing a curve on the inside of the corner of the plate, hit the pill into th ■ right-fiel : stands for a home run. ticing the score. Errors by Pletcher and Herzog lost the game for the Giants in the eleventh. Baker’s timely single in the fourth inning of the fourth game paved the way for another Ath letic- victory. 4 to 2. Bender earning brackets against Mathewson. Baker didn’t get a hit in the fifth game and the Giants won. 4 to 3. in ten innings. Marquard. Ames and Crandall were too much for Coombs and Plank. The sixth and final game was a walkover for the Athletics, 13 to 2. Bender worked against Ames, Wiltse and Marquard. Baker con tributed two of the Philadelphia team’s hits. Jennings Says It’s a Toss-Up in World’s Series *•+ •!•••£• 4-»4* 4-«4. Tigers’ Leader Compares Giants and Red Sox By Hugh A. Jennings. * Manager of the Detroit Tigers.) <TAWO great clubs will battle for | the world’s baseball cham pionship next month. Each club has something that the other lacks, but, comparing them and balancing up their assets, it be comes a toss-up as to which club will win. I would not attempt to pick either. The Giants have the advantage that experience brings. Experi ence helped the Athletics in the world series of 1911. While New York has the edge on Boston through this experience, Stahl’s team has a shade over New York on strength. I think Boston has a harder hitting club and a stronger fielding club, the difference in field ing being caused by Boston’s great outfield. Both Clubs Show Gameness. Both clubs are game, equally so. New York shorved gameness in the series of 1911 when they came back at the Athletics after the cham pionship seemed hopelessly lost. They twice showed the same kind of gameness this season when they arose to the occasion and held their lead against an onslaught by the Chicago Cubs. People at that time said McGraw’s team would weaken under the strain and get on a los ing streak from which they could not recover, because things were breaking bad for them. But they came right back, held their lead and still have it. No one was overheard to ques tion the gameness of Boston. Stahl’s club is game if anything. Much Depends on Managers. In this series much will depend on managers, and in this respect McGraw has the edge on Stahl. The New York manager has been through many nerve-breaking sea sons, has won several pennants and engaged in world series. Stahl was in only one previous world se ries, and in that he held a utility role. A crisis always arises in a KILBANE, KOHLER, AND BEECHER WIN BOUTS IN GOTHAM NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—“1 think I have reinstated myself in the good graces of the New York boxing fans,” said the featherweight champion, Johnny Kilbane, today, in reviewing his ten-round con test with Eddie O’Keefe, of Philadelphia, last night, at Madison Square Garden. Kilbane had been accused of failing to make good in his two previous bouts in this city since he won the championship on the coast. • ”1 won cleanly on points,” continued the little champion. “I did not try to knock O’Keefe out. as I was warned that boxing is in a bad way in this sjate and a knock-out might result in having it stopped altogether. 1 won as decisively as I could without knocking O'Keefe out.” In the other two bouts, Paul Kohler, of Cleveland, outpointed Jack Goodman, of this city, and Willie Beecher, of the east side, stopped Tommy Gary, of Chicago, in five rounds. a. The Big Race Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on how tho “Biq Five” batters of the American leaaue are hitting; PLAYERS— AB. H. P. C. COBB 519 214 .412 SPEAKER 532 208 .391 JACKSON .... 528 201 .381 LA JOIE 396 138 .348 COLLINS 488 161 .330 Cobb and Speaker both lost a point yesterday. Ty got one hit out of three attempts. Speaker was at bat once, but failed to deliver. Jackson got five safe swats out of six times up. Lajoie made six hits out of seven trips to the plate. Collins was up four times and hit safe ty once. big series, and McGraw, with his developed generalship, will have a handicap over his rival. Consider the individual members of the two contesting clubs. First, the pitchers. I believe it’s a toss up. Each club has three good men for this series. Stahl will, in all probability, rely on Joe Wood, Ray Collins and "Buck” O’Brien, while McGraw will assign Jeff Tesreau, Christy Mathewson and “Rube” Marquard. I think the first game will find Tesreau opposing Wood; in the second contest, Collins and Mathewson will undoubtedly be the pitching choices, and the third game will see Marquard and O’Brien hook up. That is the way I believe they will start out in each game, but any one of the six I have mentioned may be called in to fin ish for another. May Not Use Hugh Bedient In my opinion, Stahl will not use Hugh Bedient unless it is to fin ish a game. Unquestionably he will start the three I have men tioned in order and pitch them back in the same order. The same with McGraw. Wood and Collins should prove the most effective for the Red Sox, provided that Wood is in shape. In his last two games he seemed tired. Stahl should not pitch him more than one game every five days for the remainder of the season. Tesreau, in my opinion, will be the most effective man for New York. Marquard may, but that is doubtful. 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Bill Carrigan isa brainier backstop than Chief Meyers, but the Indian is a much heavier hitter than Car rigan. Wilson is a better player than Cady, due to his superior hit ting ability. At first base it is again a stand off. Fred Merkle is a much faster and better fielder than Jake Stahl, but the Boston manager is the bet ter hitter and balances the account that way. Larry Doyle is a better hitter and also a better fielder than any man Boston will use at second. Doyle is a great ball player any way you look at him, by far the best man on the Giants’ infield. No Other Outfield Like Boston's. I believe that Wagner is a better shortstop than Fletcher. He cov ers more territory in fielding and is a harder and timelier hitter than Fletcher. Gardner would also be my choice at third. Herzog is a better base runner, but can not hit the way Gardner can. ■When it comes to the outfield, Boston can eclipse anything in the National league. Individually and collectively, the Red Sox surpass the Giants in th.- outfield. Now, take your choice.