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HOME-RUN BAKER ONCE
PLAYED FOR $5 A WEEK
J.
FRANKLIN BAKER. whose
mighty wallops won the world’s
series for the Athletics from the
Giants In 1911, has few, if any, peers
as a third baseman. He is one cog,
and a main one, in the workings of
the $100,000 infield of the Athletics.
The strangest part of his advent
into professional baseball and hie
early development Is that It was one
of the Giants, “Charley” Herzog, who
virtually discovered Yiim and guided
him in his early training. It was aUo
Herzog who made a third baseman
out of him. Baker’s story follows: :
" ‘Charley’ Herzog, of the Giants, it
was who virtually di^covered me and
made me a third baseman. I owe my
early training to him. Possibly I
should never have become a profes
sional baseball player if it had not
been for Herzog and a man named
Preston Day.
“I was playing ball on an amateur
team in Trappe, Md., where I was
born, with little idea of adopting
baseball as a profession. I liked the
game and played it continually dur
ing the jieason.
Offered $5 Per Week.
“At Ridgley. Md., they supported a
semi-professional ball club. This Mr.
Day happened to see me play In two
or three games and recommended me
to Herzog, who was then managing
the Ridgley team.
“Herzog sent for me. He offered
me $6 a week and my board. That
$5 sounded like a million to me. That
was in 19u6, and T was 19 years old.
“When I joined Ridgley I was an
outfielder. Like most youngsters. I
had played every position on a team,
but generally cavorted about the out
field.
"At Ridgley Kerzog watched me
play, and decided that I was better
fitted to play the infield.
“At that time he was nlaylng short-
st"-- ard he needed a third baseman,
so I was given the place. I finished
the season there, and the following
year joined the Cambridge (Md.)
team.
“During the spring of 1908 I was
given a trial with the Reading (Tri-
State League) club, and after playing
there through the months of May
and June I was purchased by the
Athletics, but was permitted to finish
the Tri-State League season with
Reading.
Had Plenty of Nerve.
“If you remember correctly. I joined
the Athletics on September 1 at Chi
cago. I arrived there in the morn
ing Up to that time I had never
met Connie Mack, but I deemed my
self a big leaguer, and breezed into
the hotel without the least temerity.
“I presented myself to the man
ager. and that afternoon was played
at third base. I have been at third
ever since.
“When I first joined the Athletics
I was. of course, possessed of a cer
tain amount of natural ability.
“My experience with Herzog and
later with the other two professional
clubs that 1 played with stood me in
good stead, but when I bumped into
the American League. I discovered
that I did not know nearly as much
baseball as I thought T did.
* There is a ereat deal morn to base
ball than just fielding and hitting the
ball.
"Those are the essential 41 , but it is
just like any cnher business—there
are many other things that a fellow
must master before he can hope to
compete successfully against the sea
son'd players.
“Baseball u is played in the big
leagues to-day, is a complicated game
—much more complicated than it
may appear from the stands. There
Is a reason for every move that is
made. Of course, there is some hap
hazard, take-a-chance playing.
“There is in every line of endeavor,
but even in these instances the
chance are taken with a well-de
fined purpose, and the chances are
not. as a usual thing, taken individ
ually.
“By that I mean a team in major
league baseball must work in unison.
“The batter must know what the
base runner is going to do; the base
runner must know what the batter
is going to do; the fielders must
know what the pitcher is going to
do. and the players must make a
study of the weaknesses of one an
other.
“Not alone is it necessary for the
pitchers and catchers to study the
different batters, but the rest of the
players must study them. It all helps
in the winning of games.”
TESREflU IS
N EW YORK, Aug. 1 -John 5!c-
Graw had called on Jell Tea-
reau oftener to start battles
this year than any other member of
the Giants’ pitching staff. Up to Au
gust 12 the "Little Napoleon" hud
given the pitching assignment co the
big spltballer 28 times. Jeff only
went the route on ten cocasions, but
on many of the times he was d»r-
ricked he was lifted to allow a pinch
hitter to be inserted into the proceed
ings, und not because he was nut
performing to the satisfaction of his
commander.
• • »
W 3RE Hugh Chalmers, of Detroit.
to offer a car to the National
League pitcher who twirled the great
est number of complete games In
stead to the player who is most val
uable to his team, Christy Mathew -
son undoubtedly would be riding
around in a new auto next fall. "Big j
Six" has opened on the tiring line in
22 skirmishes for the Giants this year I
and has lasted through 17 engage- I
ments, which gives him a finishing |
average of .773. Matty quit twice be- ,
cause he had to, twice because his .
team had an enormous lead and once
because McGraw wished to shove
Harry McCormick in as a pinch hit
ter.
* * *
r [E club that has compelled Ma-
thewson to retire under fire Is St
Louis, the team that handed him his
first beating twelve years ago, when
he first became famous. The Cardi
nals ought to be proud of themselves
for their showing against "Big Six"
this year They have received five of
the thirteen passes Matty has issued
this season. Ed Konetchy and Miller
Huggins each obtaining two and Steve
Evans one. The eight other National
Leaguers who have been honored
with complimentaries by Mathewson
this season are Viox and Mensor. of
Pittsburg; Bates and Groh. of Cin-
jcinnati: Zimmerman, of Chicago, and
i Titus. Rariden and Maranville, of
Boston.
Sports andSuch
FAMOUS IN SPORT.—VI.
The America Cup.
SINCE IT IS WORTH ONLY
about $100 and Is a half-century
old we can not give much space to
this junk; for this is a live, up-to-
date column.
Briefly, the America Cup was
won by the yacht America and
has since been successfully de
fended by the ablest body of in-
tarnatlonal law experts In this
country. As even under the Deed
of Gift (see below) It Is faintly
possible that a challenger might
accidentally get a look-in,' It is the
duty of these experts to make
water contests impossible.
Designed to foster interest In
yachting, the America Cup has
thus promoted some of the noblest
contests in word-twisting, haggling
and skullduggery of which any rec
ord is preserved. It also keeps th6
New York Yacht Club on the map
of international sport, which is,
however, a service of doubtful
value.
The America Cup, furthermore,
gives wealthy Britons something
to think about. On half a dozen
occasions they have had legal
talent enough to force the shifting
of the contest from the postofflce
to the ocean. On such occasions
it has sometimes been the custom
of the American boat to sneak off
in the night and make beneficial
changes, thus causing Englishmen
to rage, at which every true pa
triot should always exult.
The chief defense of the Cup Is,
however, the Deed of Gift, herein
before mentioned. When this docu
ment is well oiled and In Its beat
form anv Englishman who could
lift the Cup in a year would make
light of lifting the crown jewels
any afternoon off.
If any reader contemplates stak
ing us to a bank roil, we earnest-
Iv request that he will hand us a
Deed of Gift along with it, as we
would then cease to feel nervous
about our old age.
(It’s your own fault if vou miss
the next one—“The Fight Man-
age'*") . , .
AFTER LISTENING TO HOR-
ace Fogel talk for several days
the president of the Federal League
has resigned his job because of
overwork.
MR. EBBETS SAYS THAT HE
is going to spend $60,000 for ball
players. We should love to hear
his remarks at the dedication of
that bank roll.
• • •
ANOTHER “QUEER RIDE” AT
Saratoga. Since there are no book
makers to pay for such services,
we can only assume that the
jockeys this year must have a lot of
“personal friends.”
• * *
CHAMPION KILBANE PRE-
fers the broadening influence of
travel to the flattening influence of
a right swing.
• * •
WALTER JOHNSON IS MAK-
ing a eame fight for second place
in the American League, although
badly handicapped by the Wash
ington team.
• • *
A MAN WITH HAL CHASE'S
ability for underground work is
lost in baseball when there are so
many subways to be dug.
• • •
PRESIDENT EBBETS SAYS
there is no truth in the report
that the name of his new hall park
is to be changed to Dedication
Field, as it Is his intention to ar
range some ball games to be played
when there are no dedication
ceremonies on.
Sporting Food
-By QKOBGB B. PH AIR—
‘By Otto C. Floto.
D ENVER, Aug. 1 . — Nothing
breaks up a battery so fast as
double-crossing the catcher.
Mind, we do not mean to say this is
intentionally done—but through care
lessness or through not getting the
signal correct, it happens in some of
the most important games. And
when it does—well, the opposition
has the “shade” from that time forth.
In Chicago recently, during a con
versation between John McGraw and
the writer, the Grand Mandarin of
the Giants told us of an Incident
when even the great Mathewson was
at fault In this sort of play.
‘Meyers is naturally dark,” said
McGraw. “When he becomes tanned
in the summer time he is darker than
ever and quite naturally when he
places his finger on the palm of the
soiled glove It takes quite an eye to
distinguish whether he has one or
two fingers pointed to the ground.
Oftentimes one finger means a
straight fast ball and then again i:
means a curve, and vice versa. Ma
thewson, in one of the games against
St. Louis, got his signals mixed and
pitched a curve when Meyers was
looking for a straight fast one. The
result was that the ball not only got
away from the Indian, but came near
tearing his finger off. Of course. 1
immediately took him out of the
game, because I knew he would be
rattled from that time forth. The
next day he was steadied again and
the incident forgotten.
* * *
A NOTHER time while with Balti
more. Joe Corbett double-
crossed Robinson and lost a game for
us. Of course, the double-crossing
is unintentional on the part of the
pitcher, and it occurs only when the
catcher and the pitcher get mixed
in the signals and don’t ask each
other for a repetition of the same. If
they did this no error would be made.
In the big leagues when this tangle
occurs the players think nothing of it.
But I have seen in the smaller
leagues, when the battery gets mixed
the catcher, generally a youngster
trying to make his reputation, seems
to labor under the impression that
the pitcher is ‘trying to show him up,’
and it often creates hard feelings on
a team.”
• • *
DEFERRING again to the honesty
of the game, we need nothing bet
ter to point to than the leaders of
the National and American Leagues.
Both the Giants and the Athletics
have spoiled the race. They are so
far ahead of all the other clubs that
even #t this early day of August 4
interest is eliminated. It means sev
eral hundred thousand dollars to the
club owners to have a condition of
this sort exist. Yet they would rath
er have it this way and lose thou
sands of dollars than “frame” and
kill the sport.
What if Boston and the Athletics
in the American League were neck-
and-neck and battling for every game
—well, the grounds in either city
would not be large enough to hold
the crowds. In the National League,
what if New' York and Chicago were
abreast—it would simply mean all
records for attendance would be shat
tered.
NO GAME—NO KALE.
j The baseball magnate wept.
His soul was sad and sore;
I \ While breezes through the turnstilel
crept,
\ And nothing more.
His joy in life had fled.
His hope had flown away.
The baseball schcd. that morning
read:
“No game to-day
When we reflect on the fact that the
gents who framed up the schedules lef T
Chicago without a game for three days,
we have a hunch that ivory is not con
fined exclusively to the ball yard. ..
Charles Lobert, an Inmate of St.
Louis, ran a marathon race wearing two
left shoes. Charles is now recognized
as the world’s champion sou l hpaw run
ner.
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Frank Newhouse, the umpire who
smote Fred Merkle over the head with
his mask, announces that he has pur
chased a new mask. *
Napoleon Lajoie has been playing
baseball seventeen years. If be plays
baseball seventeen years more, some
of the fans may learn how to pronounce
his name.
The fan in Louisville who attempted
to assault an umpire with a hammer
was merely trying to Imitate the base
ball scribes.
THOU’RT A DROLL WAG!
Hon. Sir: When Foote Prince won
the 2:07 pace at Kalamazoo did he leave
Foote Prince on the sands of time?
STEVE.
Tt is said that George Stovall will not
manage the Browns next year. Evident
ly the Governor has handed him a re
prieve.
It is further claimed that George has
filed charges against Silk O’Loughlln, an
alleged umpire. George has either run
short of oaliva or has become a gol darn
dude.
AT LEAST, WE HOPE SO.
WhofU cure Ed Walsh f
said Bnneaetter,
“I'll make him better—
I'll cure Ed Walsh.”
We note by the papers that the Bubs
have taken s*ev»n pitchers on their
Eastern trip. As we understand it. the
pitchers are Cheney, Cheney, Cheney,
Cheney, Cheney, Cheney and Cheney.
Rarer than a day In June is one of
those days wherein neither J. Sheckard
nor J. Devore moves to a new team.
STUDY IN BLACK AND WHITE.
(By John P. Brady.)
Mary had a little yacht,
Its sails were white as snow.
She sailed it down the other side of
the 1. C. station.
And you ought to see those dog
gone sails now.
WOLGAST VS. AZVEDEO.
OAKLAND, CAL., Aug. V —Ad Wol
gast, former lightweight champion, was
to-day signed up to meet Joe Asvedeo,
the Sacramento lightweight, in a ten-
roifnd bout here on the afternoon of
Labor Day.
ATHLETICS BUY ADAMS.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 17.—It was an
nounced here that Pitcher Babe Adams,
of the Savannah South Atlantic league
club, had been sold to the Philadelphia
Americans, to join the Athletics in the
fall. The price was not given out.
By Sam Crane.
N EW YORK. Aug;. 1'—During the
recent series of gan»wT the
Yankees played against their
Western rivals at the Polo Grounds,
I noticed that it was the invariable
custom of the Yankees In particular,
and also with some of the Western
teams, for the man at bat, whether
the runner on first got a good lead
or not, to foul off the ball even If
he had to throw his bat at the horsa-
hide.
Giants Use Other Tactics.
Sweeney never once that I can re
member failed to foul the ball or to
try to do so, whenever a runner no
matter who It was, dashed ofT on a
pilfer occasion.
The rysteni seemed to be so gener
ally prevalent among Amerlcar
League teams that I begun to think
that it was an established rule by
all the club managers.
With the Giants, Manager McGraw
follows an exactly opposite plan and
as a result the National League
champions have in nearly every year
McGraw has had them in charge led
all their rivals in team base running.
It is possible that Manager Chance,
knowing that h<» has not a fast lot
of players, has ordered his batters
to save his base runners at every
opportunity, but at that the plan
looks very cheesy and surely tends
to eliminate more or less one of the
prettiest points of baseball. It looks
ridiculous to see a good base runner,
after getting a big lead, to have his
good Judgment and commendable am
bition squashed by some “bonehead”
at bat purposely fouling off the ball.
Kills CHancs of Runner.
What possible chance has a speedy
man on the bases to show’ results
if he is constantly made to come
back to first, winded and chagrined?
Not a chance on earth.
And still the Yanks followed what
appeared to me asinine methods con
tinuously.
The Clevelands, too. followed that
scheme little less frequently than
the Yanks, the veteran Lajoie being
foremost in doing it.
Naps Waste Many Runs.
When Clark Griffith was manager
of the Yankees he often said to me.
"The Clevelands waste more oppor
tunities to make runs then any oth*r
team in the business, and they have
one of the best batting teams in the
country, and more Naps reach first
base than any other team in the
American League.”
Now, why was that?
Nothing can be plainer. They sim
ply prevented their runners from
stealing bases, and instead of playing
for the "hit and run” and hitting be
hind the runner and doing other in
side batting, they kept “fouling’ em
off” with the ridiculous idea imbed
ded in their noddles to “save” the
base stealers at all hazards. And
Lajoie has never played on a cham
pionship club.
The batter wastes a strike every
time he makes an intentional foul,
and there are not so very many bat
ters in the business who do not re
quire all the swipes that are coming
to them. Why. it Is Just a pitchers
•pie” to nave any batter throw away
, a strike or two.
Manchester Wins Popular ity Race
+•+
To Receive Handsome Loving Cup
FINAL STANDING.
Dick Manche*ter, Americus 9,860
Otto Jordan, Valdosta 9,010
“Goat” Holiday, Waycross 8.894
“Pat” Murphy, Thoma»ville 8,661
H. Champlin, Thomasville 8,402
Dudley, Thomasville 7,782
B. Wilder, Cordele 7,120
Frank, Valdosta 6,620
W. Morse. Valdosta 6,550
M. Gray, Cordele 5,462
Rube Zellers, Valdosta 4,921
H. Clark, Waycross 3,290
H. Griffin, Americus 3,075
W. Waller, Brunswick .3,280
C. Eubanks, Cordele . .2,780
D ick Manchester, the Amer
icus catcher, Is the most pop
ular player in the Empire State
League. All over the circuit Man
chester Is the most admired player.
After one of the closest contests
ever staged, Manchester came’out on
top In the Hearst’s Sunday American
and Atlanta Georgian’s contest to de
cide the most popular player in the
Empire State League.
For winning this great honor Man
chester will receive a beautiful lov
ing cup to be donated by this paper.
The presentation will be made by the
Mayor of Americus on the last day
of the season. However, in winning
this great race Manchester was given
the hottest sort of a fight. No less
than five players have been struggling
for the top rung of the ladder since
the race was Inaugurated.
Players in Hot Struggle.
In fact, several players have held
first place as long as the Americus
catcher, and deserve much credit for
the hot battle their admirers put up
for them. Otto Jordan, the Valdosta
manager; “Goat” Holliday, the Way-
cross first sacker; “Pat” Murphy, of
Thomasville, and H. Champlin, also
of Thomasville, were very much in
the race at all times.
Many times it appeared that Jor
dan was sure to cop the big prize.
He darted out into the lead the first
day of the race and set the pace for
several days. Later Holliday caught
him and went to the front. “Pat”
Murphy was also an early player to
romp out in the lead.
During the early stages of the race
Manchester hung back. It seemed as
if his followers were waiting to see
just how strong these players were.
Finally they hit their stride, and a
real battle was on. Five players
fought tooth and nail with but a
few hundred votes separating the
quintet. At one tim e but 140 votes
divided the first four.
Fans Support Manchester.
As soon as one player made an at
tempt to leave the field, his opponents
were at once after him. This made
the Baseball Popularity editor think
that several fans were holding out
votes. About two weeks before the
close of the race, Manchester for the
first time shot out in front. And.
from then on, his followers showed
their real colors. Only twice did
they leave another player set the pace
for him. Both times Dick lost the
lead for but a couple of days.
During the last week of the race,
Manchester set the pace, despite the
hundreds of votes that were pouring
in for his opponents. Murphy, Holli
day and Champlin put up a wonder
ful fight, and It was on the final day
of the race that one fan sent in 1,500
votes for Holliday. Had he a couple
more admirers of this kind he would
be to-day hailed as the big Idol of the
Empire State League.
Thomasville Fans Lauded.
Thomasville fans should be lauded
to the sky for the great support given
to their players. Three players were
nominated from this city, and all of
them are right near the top. Murphy.
H. Champlin and Dudley were all con»
testants from Thomasville. This city
is urely the banner town of the cir
cuit.
However, it’s hats off to Manches
ter. He is to-day the big man of the
Empire State League. The Hearst
Sunday American and Atlanta Geor
gian started this contest to find out
the most popular player in th e Em
pire State League, and thanks for
the fans for the great support they
have given the players. It has been
without doubt the greatest contest
of its kind.
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