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Boston and New York Clubs' Added Entrants Prove Big Factors
STAHL AND TESREAU HEROES OF PENNANT RACES
By \V. S. Farnsworth.
JAKE STAHL and Jeff Tesreau
are the two players who de
serve the most credit for
bringing pennants to Boston and
New York this year. Without them
neither the Red Sox nor Giants
would have copped. And it is in
teresting dope how each happened
to be in fast company tills season.
The bier Boston first baseman
and manager had ■ etired from the
game and was in the banking busi
ness Th- Giants’ giant hurler
last season was with Toronto in the
Eastern !• ague and did only fair
work But It s take them in turn
• • •
’T" HE hardest of Jim MeAleer's
• work with the Bostom team
was before he had really acquired
an interest in the club. That task
was to prevail upon Stahl to re
turn to baseball. McAleer made
no loss than a dozen trips to Chi
cago to confer with Stahl before
Jake finally consented to give up
the banking business for the dia
mond.
Time and again Jim met with
absolutely no encouragement from
any one. and especially Stahl. Jake
Insisted that lie was through with
the game for all time.
Charley Comlskey, owner of the
Chicago White Sox, informed Mc-
Ale-i several times that Stahl
would never play ball again.
Finally McAleer went to Stahl and
showed him wherein the Red Sox
had a chance to run one. two,
three in the pennant race, and ex
plained to him that with a new
plant at Boston there would be
more money in it for him than by
continuing at banking
McAleer also explained to Jake
that he was the "missing link,"
and that every player on the team
wanted him to return.
McAleer had felt out th- placets
during the 1911 campaign, and he
says that in all his experience he
never found a player who was so
universally popular is Stahl.
The Red Sox players admired
Jake as much for his excellent
qualities as a man as fur bis ability
as a player.
M hen McAleer forced home upon
Stahl that the chain would tie com
plete with Jake as manager and
first baseman. and showed him
that the added inducement of in
creased finances, Jake fell for his
line of talk and agreed to return to
FODDER FOR FANS
'X Hchnnce led th* Southern league in
batting this year with an average <»f 331.
• ♦ ♦
Bailey. u s the Crackers, led the league
in runs He scored 89
» * •
Baile\ also proved the hardest hitter
His extra ba>e clouts totaled 202
• • •
Johnson, of Montgomery. led the nut
fielders in lidding, with a perfect average
N « »
l’err\ of the Vols, topped the third
Faekers with 961
« * •
Lindsay, of th* Vols. was the best
shortstop, with 9»>o.
W ares. of the Rilliket -. headed the
se<-end basemen, with 975
e * •
Hill s. bwartz of Nashville, led the
first basemen, with 99
Bilger. of the Barons was at tin head
of th» < atch inu list. with 993.
Merritt, of Memphis, led the pitchers,
with nine wins ami tilosses Sum
mers. nf Nashville was second, and Ca
vet. of Mi.bile, tl :ro
♦ • •
Washington and Philadelpl. a are how
making a great fight for second place
Both won double-head* ’s \ » -terday
• * •
The Whi'o So\ sprung one of their new
pitchers. Ulis Johnson. yesterday, ami he
di<l swell work He relieve* 1 Scott against
the Senators
Clarke Griffith believes that Stuffy M- -
It'ius 's the greatest first baseman that
ever happened Tobi Bills Smith so at
t'e national commission meeting in Cin
clnnat »
• • •
tat rial commission will draft the
world - series schedule Wednesday at the
gms summer home of John 'l' Brush, owner
W '
Boston as manager.
And today Jake sure is glad he
fell for MeAleer's talk. Says it
listens better every time he re
calls It.
• « «
iitHEN the Giant- wont down to
’* Marlin. Texas, last spring
McGraw took along Big Jeff Tes
reau. who the spring before had
belonged to New York, but who
was turned over to the Toronto
team in the Eastern league.
In the spring of 1911 Tesreau
didn't show very much. That is.
no one but McGraw could notice
that he displayed any promise. As
soon as the Giants returned home
the farming out process stat ted
and Jeff was shipped to the Cana
dian city.
Toronto finished third last year.
The club wound up with a win
ning percentage of .614. Tesreati's
average was five points less than
his club—-. 609.
He had been a rank in-and-outer
and New York fans and scribes,
although they realized that Mc-
Graw needed pitchers badly, were
confident that the little manager
was wasting a lot of valuable time
and good money In taking Tesreau
to Marlin a second time
A few days before the Giants
broke camp and started back North
McGraw asked the war correspond
ents with the team which young
player looked the best to them. And
not one of them picked Tesreau.
“Well, you fellows may know
how to write baseball." said Mc-
Graw, "but you don't know a hall
player when you sec one. if you
don't think Tesreau is the best of
tills b.unch."
They all gave McGraw the merry
ha ha. but he who laughs last is
supposed to have the most enjoy
ment out of said giggle, and today
McGraw kids the Gotham scribes
at every opportunity, for Tesreau
has not only made good, but won
the National league pennant foi
New* York also.
Where would the Giants be to
day if Tesreau's eighteen victories
had not been forthcoming in his
24 outs?
AT'GRAW. of course deserves a
heap of credit. In fact, more
t+ian Tesreau. Marfluard. Mathew
son. Meyers, Doyle or any other
man But he is manager—Tesreau.
of all the players, carries the blue
ribbon.
McGraw's generalship has stood
I
commission on this account decided to
hold its meeting at his home
• ♦ •
Raimcy I'elty is about done. He was
sent b\ the Browns to Baltimore ami has
been a rank failure there He will prob
ably retire.
♦ ♦ •
Boston fans are raising funds for an
auto for Jake Stahl.
• • •
Judging from last year’s receipts, the
wmners of the world’s scries will prob
ably puli down about $5,000 each
• ♦ *
Jinimv Callahan has ordered all the
plaxers he drafted to report at once. He
wants to get an early line on them.
• • •
Pug Harbison will probably have a
;«rd time making good with the Yankees
text o-ar And for no other reason than
he has not found his proper position.
« • «
’l’lo outfield is where Harbison be
p-mgs He is far from being a natural
i Infielder, but with the fine arm he pos
| -esses he should develop into a wonder
ful gardener
• • •
Bill l.aupc's return to hist seasons form
sure is highh phasing to the White Sox
followers
• • «
Bill H.mna. veteran baseball scribe on
• I Tii<- N'.-w York Sun. picks the Pirates to
• iwm the Nitt'onal league pennant next
I year
I s sister, six years old. will
I mas. .t the Speed Boy tn the world s
. >er i» s
• • •
'n » Cardinals have grabbed Cueto, the
Cuban catcher He is said to be a mar
vel
• « •
1 ‘ urto the fellow who bad the row
' with McGraw at Havana a row which
1 aim s.* broke up the series between the
s Giants and Cuban teams
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1912.
forth conspicuous in the way he
has handled his three great pitch
ers this season. Marquard bore
tlie burden through the early days,
while Tesreau was developing;
thin, when Rube had shot his bolt
and served his purpose, Tesreau
was ready to take up his work.
Mathewson? Still a wonderful
pitcher, and the man who was re
quir'd to bridge over the spaces
whin neither Maiquard nor Tes
reau could go in.
Fred Lake’s Story of 1909 Sox-Giants Series
Ex-Boston Manager Describes Second Battle
< I AHE Red Sox have always been
I a team of fighters. I have
never known of a member of
the team acknowledging defeat un
til tile last man was declared out in
the final inning The Giants thought
that we would.be easy picking, aft
er they had defeated us in the
opening game by a score of 4 to 2,
but they failed to take into consid
eration that the Red Sox were
composed of young, ambitious ball
players who did not know the
meaning of the word “quit.”
My boys started after the Giants
hammer ami tongs in the second
game, and when the smoke of bat
tle had blown over, we were on the
long end of a 9 to 5 score. The Sox
batted the offerings of McGraw's
twirlers to hitherto unknown cor
ners of the lot.
George Wiltse started in the box
for New York, but he p-oved easy
and was chased to the tall and un
cut in the third inning, when five
red-hosed players scampered across
the counting station. Then came
the mighty "Rube" Marquard. for
whom New York was reported to
have paid SII,OOO.
Marquard did fairly well for three
innings, but in the seventh stanza
the Red Sox started after him in
earnest and hammered out thcee
big runs, which virtually put the
game in the strong box. Otis Cran
dall finished the fray and he pitch
ed fairly- well, although we man
aged to squeeze a run across the
platter while he was officiating on
tlie mmmd.
Eddie t'ieojte was the man who
pitched Boston to victory ' Knuc
kles" was touched up for fifteen
hits, but was very effective in the
pinches and managed to keep his
team in front.
Speaker in Star Role.
Tris Speaker again played the
star role The Texan was at bat
four times and ho made three safe
hits. "Spoke" gave a fine exhibi
tion of speed and base running in
the ninth inning. He started the
fun by beating out an infield hit.
He stole second without an un
necessary delay, and he then pilf
ered third. This sterling outfielder
scored a minute later on Harry-
Niles' slashing two-base drive.
Before the series started, New-
York fans" admitted that the Sox
had some heavy hitters, but they
claimed that my mon did not know
half as much "inside" baseball as
McGraw's crew did We made them
sit up and take notice, however, in
that second gjjme.
The Giants prided themselves on
the fact that no team yvas able to
pull off a sacrifice play with a man
on second and another on first.
They had perfected, a play w hich
they termed the "MeGinnity sacri
fice killer."
They had a chance to use this
play in the third inning We had a
man on first and a man on second,
and there was nobody doyen. The
Giants' infield played in with Larry
Doyle close to first and Tenney a
few foot from the batter. The
Giants had it "doped" out that Ten
ney would be able to get the ball,
How Teams Will Line
Up in First Game and
What They're Hitting
GIANTS. RED SOX.
Devore, If. (.271) .. ..Hooper, rs. (.245)
Doyle, 2b. (.340) .. . Yerkes, 2b. (250)
Snodgrass, cf. (.265) Speaker, cf. (.390)
Murray, rs. (.272) . . . .Lewis, If. (.268)
Merkle, Ib. (.312) . . Gardner, 3b. (.308)
Herzog. 3b. (.259) . Stahl, Ib. (298)
Meyers, c, (.354).. Wagner, ss. (.?63)
Fletcher, ss. (.251) . .Carrigan, c. (262)
Mathewson, p. (.277) Wood. p. (.288)
Batting strength of Red Sox. .286. .
Batting strength of Giants, 286
By FRED LAKE
SCORE, 2D GAME
OF SOX GIANTS
SERIES OF J 909
RED SOX.
Players. ab. r. Ib. tb. po. a. e.
McConnell. 2b. . 3 2 1 -1 3 1 0
Lord, 3b 5 2 2 2 3 0 0
**Speaker. cf. . 4 3 3 3 0 0 2
♦♦Stahl, Ib. ... 5 11 2 6 1 0
Donohue, c. . . 5 0 11 8 0 0
Niles, If 3 0 2 3 4 1 0
French, ss. ... 5 0 11 2 5 0
Thoney, rs. . . . 4 0 11 1 0 0
Cicotte, p. ... 3 1 2 2 0 3 1
Totals . 37 9 14 16 27 11 3
NEW YORK.
Players. ab. r. Ib. tb. po. a. e.
♦"Doyle. 2b. ... 5 0 2 3 2 3 0
Seymour, cf. . .' 5 1 2 2 2 0 0
♦♦McCormick. If. 5 0 3 5 1 0 0
♦♦Murray, rs. 5 2 11 2 0 0
Devlin. 3b. . . . 4 2 2 3 1 4 0
Bridwell. ss. ..5 0 2 2 1 6 0
Tenney, Ib. . 2 0 11 12 2 0
Schlei, c 5022520
♦♦Wiltse. p. . 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
♦♦Marquard, p. .1 0 0 0 0 1 0
♦♦Crandall, p.. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
aMeyers .1 0 0 0 0 0 0
bSnodgrass ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .40 5 15 19 27 19 0
♦♦Still with rival champions.
aßatted for Wiltse in third.
bßatted for Marquard in eighth.
Score by innings: R.
Red Sox 005 000 301—9
New York 102 000 002—5
Summary: Two-base hits —Stahl.
Doyle. Devlin, Mills. Three-base
hit —McCormick. Stolen bases —
Speaker. 3; Murray, 2; Devlin. Left
on bases —New York, 11; Red Sox,
7. Bases on balls—Off Cicotte. 3;
off Wiltse. 2: off Marquard. 3. Struck
out —By Wiltse, 1: by Cicotte. 4: by
Marquard. 2: by Crandall, 2. Sac
rifice hits —Niles, Tenney. Double
plays—Doyle to Tenney: Bridwell to
Devlin to Schlei: Devlin to Doyle to
Tenney. Wild pitch—Marquard.
Hits —Off Wiltse. 5 in 3 innings; off
Marquard. 7 in 5 innings: off Cran
dall. 2 in 1 inning. Umpires—Emslie
and Eagan. Time —2 hours 1 min
ute. Attendance —6.591.
and get it over to third in time for
the force out.
Amby McConnell was at the bat.
and volt all know what a clever lit
tle fellow Amby was and still is.
The diminutive second baseman
picked one out to his liking and
laid a perfect bunt down the third
base line, which neither Tenney
nor Devlin could field in time, in
order to get the batter at first.
We broke up the Giants' pet play
again in the seventh. This time
McConnell was on second and Lord
on first, while Speaker was at the
bat. The New York players all
thought that Tris would bunt, but
he fooled them and slammed a
wicked single between Devlin and
Bridwell. Thus we proved that we
could play "inside" baseball just as
good as we could uncork one of
our famous Garrison finishes, which
had pulled many a game out of the
tire during the regular season.
Giants Score First.
The Giants started the scoring in
the opening chapter With one
down. Seymou- beat out an infield
hit to Jake Stahl. McCormick
, :: :: By “Bud” Fisher
"Most Consistent Team That Ever Played," Says Boston’s President
Jim M’ALEER’S OWN STORY HOW RED SOX WON
By James R. McAleer.
(President of Boston Red Sox.)
DETROIT, Sept. 23.—We11, we
have won the pennant. We
won it with the most con
sistent baseball team ever seen.
We won because wo had the best
team that has ever played the na
tional game.
1 am confident that the boys wilt
go ahead and win the world's se
ries. After thafc they will give Bos
ton tjood baseball or five
.then walloped the ball far over
Speaker's head for a triple, scoring
Seymour. Fast fielding by "Spoke”
was the only thing which prevent
ed McCormick from making a home
run.
Cicotte gave an exhibition of fine
pitching in the third inning. Brid
well was the first man up and he
singled.' He went to third when
Eddie threw wild in an effort to
catch him napping off first. Ten
ney walked. Cicotte then put on
speed and forced Schlei to pop to
McConnell and Wiltse to foul to
Donohue. Doyle ended the session
by taking three mighty swings.
We won the game in the third
inning on some rattling good hit
ting combined with some poor
work by the Giants. Cicotte was
the first man to face Wiltse and he
banged out a single. The Giant
hurler was unable to locate the
plate, for McConnell and the little
fellow walked.
Harry Lord laid down a perfect
bunt and beat the throw to first by
some great sprinting. This caused
Wiltse to go up in the air and he
passed Speaker, Cicotte scoring.
Jake Stahl also might have got a
pass if he had waited, but Sir Ja
cob picked out one to his liking and
sent the ball to deep left center for
a double, scoring McConnell. Lord
and Speaker. Jake was left strand
ed at second, as his team mates
were unable to hit Wiltse any more.
Giants Come Back.
The Giants refused to throw up
the sponge and came right back at
us and scored two runs in their
half of the third inning. Seymour
opened with a single. McCormick,
who had been hitting like a house
afire, was unable to solve Cicotte’s
delivery and sent an easy fly to
right, which Jack Thoney took care
of. Murray and Devlin livened
things, up. each of them singling.
There were three on, and it was up
to Bridwell. but the best that Al
could do was to hit weakly to Ci
cotte. who tossed Seymour out at
the plate.
"Old Man" Tenney started a
small-sized riot among the bleach
erites when he singled. scoring
Murray and Devlin. "Admiral"
Schlei hit to Lord and beat Harry's
throw by inches. And once again
there were three men on and Big
Chief" Meyers, the fence buster,
star home run swatter and several
other dozen fear-inspiring aliases,
was at the bat. The "fans" thought
that the Chief was going to bleak
up the game, but lo and behold! the
mighty Casey.
Sox Hammer Marquard.
the xßed Sox started after
"Rube" Marquard, who had suc
ceeded Wiltse. witli a vengeance in
the seventh inning. Amby Mc-
Connell started the ball rolling by |
rapping out a clean single. Lord
laid down a perfect bunt, and once
again he showed up the Giants' in
field by beating the throw to first
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years to come without many
changes in the ranks.
We have won this year, not be
cause the other fellows have gone
back, but because our boys have
“found themselves.” They have
been coming. They became "due.”
And now they have "arrived." They
will stay for a long time to come.
The credit for winning this pen
nant is due to the boys themselves,
and to none of the rest of us. The
team is about the same as last
year’s, with the exception that Jake
Stahl is back in the game and
"Helnie.” Wagner "came back.’”
With those two positions tilled, and
all the rest of the boys just reach
ing their stride, we simply had to
win.
“They Were Never Disgraced.”
Before 1 give you my opinion of
why the Red Sox are the best base
ball team I have ever seeti, I want
to call your attention to two things:
First—This team has never been
disgraced. The Sox have played
consistently from start to finish.
Once they lost three games in a
row, but otherwise were never
beaten more than two games in
succession until we won the pen
nant.
Second—There is not a weak
spot on the team. Every one of
the Sox has "come through.” The
team has been consistent all the
time and all the way through.
The Red Sox have beaten all
comers .alike. They defeated the
Athletics just as they did the oth
ers. When the pinch came they
were always there.
When Wagner "Came Through.”
Let's go back to the start. When
I went to Boston last winter I
found about the same team as we
have now, with two exceptions. I
knew—we all knew—that we had
one of the best teams in the league.
All we needed were a first baseman
and a. shortstop. Jake Stahl filled
the first bill. I figured that out
only problem was "Helnie" Wagner
—if "Heinie" came back we couldn’t
finish any worse than second. And
"Heinie" came back, just as we
hoped lie would.
That completed our baseball
team.
1 want to s’ay something about
them as men.
They are the*cleanest. most quiet
and unostentatious bunch of ball
players I have ever seen.
You never see them boasting
about what they can do. They fight
all the time, but they never have
a chip on their shoulders. They
ENGLISH CHAMPION TO
FIGHT McGOORTY TONIGHT
Y°« K - s ept. 23.-Jack Harrison,
middleweight champion of England and
holder of the Lonsdale belt, will make his
debut tonight at Madison Square Garden
when he will box ten rounds with Eddie
McGoorty, of Oshkosh The Englishman
has been training for three weeks and is
in nne condition.
Within the same ring tonight. Mike
<.ihbons, the American welterweight
champion, will box ten rounds with Tom
my Malqpey.
VICE PRESIDENT’S CUP
FINAL GOLFING EVENT
, J he season at tlm Atlanta Ath
letic club will come to a close with one
more tournament.
On October 5 the qualifying round for
the vice president’s trophy will be placed.
This will be a handicap event.
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simply go out there like a regular
ordinary baseball team y ou
wouldn't know them as champions
by their individual appearance and
actions, either on or off the fl. Id.
They go to the park with business
written all over them work ear
nestly until they have finished their
job. and they go home the same
way.
They are not "‘flesh;" they are
not “stuck on themselves." You
never saw another set of cham
pions like them in baseball.
They say we had luck in not hav
ing many injuries. It was not luck.
These fellows al! took good care of
themselves, were always in good
condition, so that they were not
hurt often, and when they were
they recovered quickly, as an ath
lete in good condition always does.
They took good care of them
selves off and on the field. That's
the story.
"Hughey” Jennings called them a
“team of hand-shakers.” Well, if
that's .what they are. that’s the
kind I always want to see.
The fact is, they are always
frierjdly. They don’t care about
the other fellow. They are full of
self-confidence. They knew they
could beat the other fellow and
they didn't need to bluff it through.
They are all game all the way
through. You never saw one of
them flinch. They are not afraid
of any base runner in the world.
You never saw them dodge spikes.
And they didn't need fight the
umpires to win their games Only
once, all season was one of them
put out of the game. That is a
record to be proud of.
We really clinched the pennant,
in my mind, when we heat 'he
Athletics early in July. This had
just beat Washington four games
and were waiting for us They
were going to take us down the
line. But, on their own grounds,
we beat them four in six games,
and they were a pretty -a<i l"t u t
boys after that.
Then 1 was certain that w had
the best team and tin- best chance
to win the pennant, and I "its
sure that we would, witli an even
break and barring accident- 1"U
know tile best team do,. not u
ways win. We cracked tin Athlet
ics then and there.
In passing. 1 have heard P le
talk about divided maliac ment d
bqseball teams. There has been
nothing of that here T' many
bosses spoil anything Jake Stahl
has run that team, and nobody l' i<s
ever interfered with him.
FINNISH RUNNER WINS t
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pic distance races at 5.000 ami ', r _
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ning a flve-mile handicap from
Celtic park yesterday in
fifth of a second b< 1 ind <l<
American record made tw> ■■. u -
Had the little Fit nlsh
pushed in the race by any oi ' • ~> e
there is no telling what new 1
would have made.
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