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THETe OAw'.i rx, vVHOOpJ - /vvn pEAtf- GlV/*JO THE CHAr^P THE OWCF DVEK.. \ Plies. SAitTOH of» rwe ST-LOU/i CARO/VAAtf <SAl/6JV£M THE OWCe OVER- IWfTuau EkWF. KMQO- 4 t 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. FORSYTH To-day KEITH VAUDEVILLE RALPH HERZ-WM A. WfSTON 4 COMPANY AOAS FAMILY---WCOD 4 WYDE, MILO RELOON 4 CO.-RANDALLS, BRAN6AN A SAYILLE-PATHE PICTURE! 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