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Ur HO will be the hero of the f world's series next month? Whose name will be strung up alongside of Dineen, hero of the first world's series in 1903. Mathewson, of 19ii5: Rohe, of 1,906; Kling, of 1907: t'hance, 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 plaxei In the past, world series have rtv en birth to new stars The play er looked upon to shine the bright est has been forced Io make way for a lesser 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. ( l would not be surprised that before the struggle is over we will have another new diamond head line. Rut let us go back and take up the world series h<roes of lln past ♦ * * ILL DINEEN, now an American league umpire, was tin first hero of a world series. That was in 190? w hen the Boston Amer cans defeated tiie Pittsburg Nationals aflei one <f the gamest. uphill baseball fights on record. Boston won five out of eight games Pittsburg opened in Boston and PhiHippe defeated Young. . to 3. The next game, in Boston, went to the home team. 3 to (). Dineen beat ing Leever. The third game, in Boston, was captured by Pittsburg, Pbilllppe beating Hughes am! Young, 4 to 2 The fourth game was played in Pittsburg and Dineen lost his only gam • of th" series to PhiHippe. sto 4 it looked all oft for Boston at this stage But C> Young defeated Kenned). 11 to ?. In the fiftn game, at' Pittsburg Dimen went back In the sixtli game, at Pittsburg and downed Leever. 6 to 3. Young had the glory of clipping the seventh game, at Pittsburg, getting the count over PhiHippe. 7 to 3. The final game w.■ - played at Boston and Dineen | again proved his worth by lowering th" colors of the Pirates ami the Smoketown outfit to th» turn- of 3 to n . It was Deneens gameness that pu eri out the championship for the Hub team when they looked beaten to a frazzle. • • • 'piIEKE 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 Linmj Col lins. manage; of the Bostons, chal- BILLY SMITH ARRIVES; MANY DEALS ON TAP Rll.lt SMITH the Crackers’ new manager, arrived in At lanta this mo-ning tn take charge of the local tram. While there is really no plavers here at piesent for Bi! y to take cliaige of. he will not be idle, as he plans many deals before the fall and win ter months are over In fait, sev eral players who were membe .* 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 Ca.laway will go to Washington for a conference with c ark Griffith. While the exact nature of this visit is not known. Billy will try to st range with the 'Old Eox" to have first cal on anr players turned <ot.s( by the Semite's, It was a: first rumored Washing- ... • 11 ’■ nnounced hie intention of lenged McGraw, but the latter re fused to play. Il was a plain ease 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 heat PJank, 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 o. Amiy Coakley was Big Six s opponent in this one-sided fa rce. McGinnity iiad 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 u/ Bender so- just enough hits to grit b the gn m< In all three games Matti worked he didn't allow an Athletic to cross the plate and only gave up four teen hits. « * * f'lhißGE ROHE ami his three base wallops were the big noise in tile 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 w on-the second. 7 to 1. 'i'ne third game went to the Amer icans. 3 to 0. Game four was a 1 to 0 shutout for the Nationals. Tile Americans led in the fifth game. X to 6. Tile sixth and decid ing battle was an 8 to 3 victory for the tinel leans. Rohe, a sub third baseman, won tiie first game with a triple in lite fifth inning. He was the first man up The next two men went out and Roh< 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 Box's s ond victory, th" third game, was won by Rohe alone The only scoring was done in the sixtli inning. Tannehill opened that memorable inning with a single. Walsti worked Pfelster for a walk Halm also drew a walking ticket Then Pfeister tightened up. He made Jones pop up to Kling, and fanned the slug ging Isbell. Hut 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 rp w third baseman. Smith, will set the Southern circuit on fire n< xt season Billy say Ihi - , .■, Halley survived the drift, as he , considers him a great player In ■ ase Hug" Harbison is not good enough to t ay id in fast company Smith hopes to have first call on hi* services Howey ci. the (rackets wid not suffer in cast; Harbison sticks, as (’lark Griffith lias prom ised Smith a good shortstop. CORNELL CLUBHOUSE BURNS. 11 H A X V Sept 30 Tl • (lub house at the Cornell athletic field was guile.l by tire yesterday All the athletic i . Hiulhi III' liter* was destroyed. including rhe suits "f the football squad ys are suit nt the latter toss the gridiron play ers n l| he compelled t<> practice in make- i , shift garments intil new suits can he | rushed here THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND 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, coirpled with Isbell's four two-baggers, won tor the White Sox. Up to this time. Rohe held the limelight by himself, hut 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 Hie title. His fielding in this game was sensational, too. He accepted seven out of eight hard chances. • » • JOHNNY KLING captured the hero wreath in 1907 when the t’ubs defeated the Detroit Tigers four straight games, after the first had ended in a tie. The Chicago backstop w is 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 CJubs downed the Tigers in this series by wonderful machine like playing, but Kling stood out more than any other one man. I,' RANK (’HANCE 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 ids heavy hitting was the <hief asset of the Chicago team's attack. The Chicago leader made eight lilts in nineteen times at bat. and stole live bases. And nearly every one of the eight clouts cashefi 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 OLeary led off for Detroit with a neat single and was fol lowed with a clean hit to left. The speed) Cobb eatne up to advance the runners, and he laid down a tierfeet bunt toward third base. Anticipating the play. Stclnfeldt re mained on third base while Brown pounced upon the ball with light ning rapidity and with a haul and accurate throw from a difficult po sition to steinfeldt eaught O’Leary, thus frustrating tiie well executed plans of Cobb. v * • RABE ADAMS a young recruit pitcher, jumped to the fore in tin 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 tiie throe games ho twirled. Adams started off by beating Mullin in tiie first game, I to 1. The youngster only allowed six hits against tiie hard hitting Tigers. Detroit won the second game. 7 to 2 Donovan heating Camnitz and Willis Maddox won the third game for the Pirates. 8 to 6. Sum mers. Willett and Works working Im Jennings. Detroit captured the foui th game. 5 to (». Mullin pitch ing grand ball, while Leifleld and | Philippe were easy Xdams was call’d upon to win the fifth game, and he was In grand foi in. winning, s to 4 ovei Sum mers and Willett. But for Pirate errors ho would hive held the Ti gers to a much lower score Mullin won foi Detroit over Wil lis Camnitz and PhiHippe 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 j ted out And he sure made good, j The Pirates won. 8 to <», Donovan being c’sy in the three innings he •••••••••••••••••••••••••a • HEROES OF WORLD’S : SERIES FROM 1903 UP;: : WHO WILL BE NEXT?: • a • 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. • • ROHE • • (Chicago A. L. vs. Chicago N. L.) • • 1907—CATCHER JOHNNY KLING • • (Chicago N. L. vs. Detroit A. L.) • • 1903—FIRST BASEMAN FRANK • • CHANCE • • (Chicago N. L. vs. Detroit A. L.) • • 1909—PITCHER BABE ADAMS • e (Pittsburg N. L. vs. Detroit A. L.) • • 1910—SECOND BASEMAN ED- • • DIE COLLINS • • (Phila, A. L. vs. Chicago N. L.) • a 1911—THIRD BASEMAN FRANK e • BAKER • a (Phila. A. L. vs. New York N. L.) • a • aaeoeaaeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaeeea worked, while Mullin gave up six runs In the last half dozen innings. Adams held the Tigers to six scattering hits, and so ended the world's series of 1909. • * • Ts 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 tiie Cubs four games out of five. Collins was expected to blow up in this series. The Cub infield was expected to make tiie Philadelphia inner works look cheap. But the Quaker youngsters outplayed the veterans of Chicago and it was Col lins whose work was the most p eminent. 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 tiie Cubs Jown 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 outluek 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 proved too much for Mathewson and Wiltse in the third game, the Athletics eoppjng. 3 to 2. New York led until the ninth in ning when, with one man down and one strike and two balls against Baker, he duplicated Ills feat of the day before, and. catch ing a curve on the inside of the coiner of the plate, hit the pill into the right-field stands for a home tun. tleing the score. Etro s 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 tn 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 foi the Athletics. 1" to I Render worked against Ames I Wilfss and Marque d Raker con tribu'ed two of the Philadelphia team's hits I Jennings Says Ifs a Toss-Up in World's Series *••?■ *»••*> • -J-** -:•••? .J.a4. 4.*+ Tigers' Leader Compares Giants and Red Sox By Hugh A. Jennings. Manager of the Detroit Tigers.) r j xWO great clubs w ill battle for j the world's baseball chain- ; pionship next month. Each | club has something that the other lacks, but, comparing them gnd 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 showed 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 ga'meness 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 no', 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, lias 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 1 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 falling tn make good in his two previous bouts in this city since he won the championship on the coast "I 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 state and a knock-out might result in having it stopped altogether. I won as decisively as 1 could w ithout 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 ’ ■ 1 The Big Race i. Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on now the "Bio Five” batters of the American leaoue are hitting; PLAYERS— AB. H. P. C. I 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 I attempts. Speaker was at bat once, but I 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- I ' ly once. big series, and McGraw, pith his developed generalship, will have a | handicap over his rival. Consider the individual members j of the two contesting clubs, first, | the pitchers. 1 believe it's a toss up. Each club has three good men I 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 1 have men tioned in order and pitch them back in the same order. The aime 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. Mathewson proved easy 1200,000 FANS WILL SEE GIANTS AND SOX BATTLE SOME 200,000 fans, triumphant or disgruntled, will yell them selves to a whisper at the com ing baseball championship series. Perhaps the figure may seem ex aggerated on first, thought, but those who have followed the game this year are sure that never have conditions been more propitious for a record attendance. The series of 1911 brought out crowds which totalled 179.891 and that despite the fact that Phila delphia never showed a following of much over 26.000. New York, however, contributed 38.321 for the first gam.- and 37,216 and 32.288 re spectively for the other two games in that city. If the weather man . is kind, the expectation of 200.000 does not smack of over-confidence. Just what professional baseball alone-means to the American peo ple may be summed up in the as tounding figure of 26,000,000. That is the estimated attendance for a year at the parks of major and mi nor league teams. Through the turnstiles of the American and Na tional leagues each season stream 7.500.H00 spectators. It is estimat ed that in the ten fttrgeat minor league circuits there are approxi mately 10.000 iKiii and in the lesser TYPICAL GREAT CROWDS L.h, in,i .-d yeaily attendance for major and minor league bag ball .. ■ Estimated yearly attendance in two major leagues • Estimated -attendance in ten largest minor leagues 1 Estimated attendance in other minor leagues i ■ rowd at first game of world series of 1911 Attendance for six games of world series of 1911 Harvard-Yale football game of 1911 1 Record English Derby day attendance.. .. .. .. . . ' crowd at Gland Prix de Paris Saturday crowd at big English football match ' I '' ' n * ,n, ‘ ,l,l,s ide of stadium at Olympic Marathon, at Ath en.«, 190 f» ,i i 11 \ ‘ ’ u ‘ ris nf i'livus Maximum in Rome in day - nf t he rmpprnrs ■ . > for Boston-in the series these htn clubs played several years ago. He certainly has not improved since that time, and Boston today ly, s a better hitting club than before Carrigan Brainy; Meyers Can Clout. Tn the catching department ii .« a stand-off between the two duns. Bill Carrigan is a brainier backstop than Chief Meyers, but the Indian is a much heavier hitter than Or 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 fast.-: 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. !><>> • Is a great ball player any way you look at him. by far the beSt man nn the Giants’ infield. No Other Outfield Like Boston's. I believe that Wagner is a bettor shortstop than Fletcher. He cov ers more territory in fielding and is a harder and timelier hitter than Fletcher. Gardner would also be my ehoire at third. Herzog is a better base runner, but can not hit the way Gardner can. W.hen it comes to the outfield. Boston can eclipse anything in the National league. Individually and collectively, the Red Sox surpass the Giants in the outfield. Now, take your choice leagues another 8,500.000 to make up the grand total. College games add thousands more, some of the biggest aecoun’ ing from anywhere between 1 0.000 and 20.000. The myriad of lesser semi-professional aggregations, tn gether with the town nines seat tered in every community contrlh ute their quota and even ’ games on vacant lots have a fol lowing. Watching these are prob ably as many fans as there are at all the professional games If the world's series of this year reaches expectations, there will be in the stands and packed in a s 'l: phalanx around the field near!' twice as many people as attende the last world’s series In whi' Boston had a share. In the • leh' games in which Boston and f , ' ,t burg vied for victory in 1903 thei" was a total attendance of 100.C 5 The receipts were only $50.0n tiie six games between New and Philadelphia last year ’ 891 rooters paid $324,304. 1903 onward the figures have «l a steady and consistent it ■ reas ,> . both in attendance money. Tn 1909. for instai 807 people paid $188,302 to ' the Pittsburg-Detroit camp - n