Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1923, Page 28

ROOKIES T0 SHOW WARES IN.SERIES Timely Hitting: by Prothro and Smith Beats A’s in Sunday Game. P Recruit players are to be used by the Nationals in their last foreign stand of the year, scheduled to get under way here this after- noon. So impressive was the work of Doc Prothro, third-sacker, late of Memphis, and Carr Smith, outfielder, recently obtained from Raleigh, against the Athletics in their fin appearance of the season in Wash- ington _yesterday that Manager Donie Bush decided to give them more opportunity to demonstrate their worth. These_rookies had little to do afield for the Bushmen, but did some smear- ing with the flail that four runs in their clul tory over the Macks, tionals an even break in the short serles, To any decent showing against the Athletics for the eason the Nationsls would have to sweep the set of three contests here. Then they wouid be trailing in the inter- club series with ten victories in twenty-two starts. iack Hurlers Bamped. AMack employed the HILADELPHIA, October 1— er temn yesterday, but of uny prearranged plan. | or, right-hander, ~who | opened fir tittle with after, granting six & runs in four rounds retired. ileimach, southpaw, toiled three in-{ nings and was bumped for five hits and three tallles. Roy Meeker, a re- eruit from Columbia, finished the slabbing for the A's, but was not as meek as cither of his predecessors. All of the punishment passed out atternoon did not go_to hurlers, however, Oli- rd_Marberry, the Ozark | against the Athletics. what free with hits passes and in the e was found for three singles and i run, gave way to Allen Russell. The Nationals went right after the bacon in the first inning. Leibold | opened with a Texas League double, ! Peck sacrificed and Nemo dashed as Dykes “tossed out Goslin. went ahead, though, in| the fourth, singles by Welch and Dykes, with Galloway’s triple gand- wiched between, ®hoving a pair of markers over. Grifts Regain Lead. ¢ This lead was swept aside when the Nationals got their fourth bat- Goslin_began the round ngle and Rice doubled. Judge's best was a foul to Perkins, but Ruel singled Goslin and Rice home and sccond on the throw p! . After 3 iy Ruel spi and_was driven to the finul by Prothro's scratch singl FHeimach _was ~gracing the slab when the Nationals came up in the fifth and the newcomer “got his” in bunches in the sixth. Ruel started the round with a one-base blow and Harris_followed suit. thro sent both of his teammates home with a triple to left. Doc held third while Marberry was thrown out. Then because a southpaw was pitching, Bush_cent Smith to bat in place of | the left-nand-hitting Leibold. ~The rookie emashed the first ball pitehed | him to centef for a double and Prothro counted. | The Macks chased Marberry in -the | i Dykes forced Galloway, who | some- | 0 with { , after he ! sive hits by McGowan and “'i.lker,“ the last-mentioned pinch-batting for Heimach. Russell was rushed to the mound and after vielding & single to Matthews that tailied McGowan held the Mackmen &t bay Underwood, Ploto By Underwood World Series Leaflets I BY JOHN B. FOSTER. THE world series of 1915, won by the Boston Americans from the Philadelphia Nationals, four games out of fiv It was the first world series at which a President ever things. is notable for two appeared—Woodrow Wilson shattering precedent by attending one of the games at Philadelphia; and it witnessed the assembling at Phila- delphia of what was regarded in those days as a tremendous record crowd—42,300 people. The record: ‘Where Played Philadelphia, October 8 Philadelphia, October 9 Boston, October 11 Boston, October 12 Philadelphia, Octcber 13 Players of the Boston Americans were Willlam Carrigan, manager; Gatner, 1b.; Hoblitzell, 1b.; Barry, 2b. ardner, 3b. Janvrin, ss. Lewls, 1f. : Hooper, rf. Cady, c.: Carrigan, c Foster, p.; Leonard, p.; Shore, . Ruth, p.. ‘and Henderson, substitute. The Philadelphia National players were P. J. Moran, manager; Luderu: 1b.; Whitted. 1b.-1f.; Niehoff, 2b. Stock, 3b.; Byrne, 3b.; Bancroft, ss. Secker, rf.-1f.; Paskert, cf.; Cravath, Burns, c.; Killefer, c.; Alexander, p.; Chalmers, p.; Mayer, p.; Rixey, p., und Dugey, f, 1t was the' Philadélphia’ Nationals' first appearance in a world series, nd the club started off on its champion- ship quest with a rush, winning the first game, played at Philadelphia on a fleld heavy after a downpour, on the admirable pitching of Alexander. But Philadelphia_had shot its bolt, and did not win another game. The | best the club could do thereafter was | to trail in one run behind its oppon- ents. Three of the next four games ended with a score of 2 to 1, while the last ended at 5 to 4. This was_the scason of the great sacrifice. Both managers employed almost identical tactlcs. If a batter got to first with none out, the next batter was ordered to sacrifice. The program was so regular that long Dbefore the series ended the spectators had taken it up and were advising overy man who walked to the plate to_“bunt it The 1915 serfes produged two heroes —TFoster. the Boston pitcher, . and Lewls, the Boston outfielde.r 'As if to.make up for any deficlencies he might have shown in the 1912 series | against New York Lewis led his team | in everything, He hit the ball fo .444 and fielded for &, brilllant 1.000. Joster's work on the slab made him famous, but like some other world sories pitchers, he never again rose to the heights he showed in _this series. It was the high spot of his career, 2 Hooper also carved~a niché in th hall of fame during this hectic au- tumn week, as the first world series player to make two homie runs in one’ game. He achieved the distinction in the last game, at PhiladelpHia. His second home run was the last scored in_the serles. \ "Philadelphia’s 1ight batting—or, you please, the fine pltching of th “Bogton staff—featured the last four. wames of the series. of the light batting ~as in the third d fourth games, in each of which Philadelphia was let down with three. hits and one run. R (Gopyright, 1028.) ° Winner Philadelphia Boston Boston Boston Boston ‘Loser Score Boston Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia 2.3 2-1 oo UNDERWOO! pER R e R HORNSBY’S PUNISHMENT TO WITNESS BIG RACE| DESERVED, SAYS RICKEY [» ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 1.—Branch BRITONS TO COME OVER LONDON, October 1.—A London TWO EIG INNINGS Hauser, Weleh, " 1f. Galloway, ss. Dykes, b " o The lightest | H, e i 03 O 63 01 00 631 | o00omnmnssost "l soecosorcoscs! Totals' . L yASETNGTON. Bmith, ‘of... 3.0 Prothro, 8b. runnonnenil ol nooaonmrmnoonl luowsssoranal ] 4l poniwomnaaiin 5l ommrnossnosh Bl scousonuosino® 8l conauonowond Xl cocconmmnenss! wl omsoooia ] e F;Z e eofg Washington.. Two-base . base hits—Gi floss—Welch, ey 3 ;eo sell, "PHILADELPHIA, October 1.—Carr. Smith, who batted well above Raleigh in the Piedmont Léagué, may- prove a valuable addition to the Na- tionals.. At bat yesterday he assumed a good stance and took a healthy cut at the ball. -His style was.quite im- prepsive. ; Peck provided the stellar fielding feat of the Macks'. final game In ‘Washington. In the eighth round he made & one-hand grab .of a fierce smash from Dykes' bat and from a most ‘awkward position - threw to arris for a force play on Galloway. Bush . and ‘his ‘outfit return home rnu;-nmy. Lo conclude the American League on . a ‘four-gam series with the Red. Sox. . 0 for |- -| tourist agéncy has organized a spe- |clal trip to. the United States for the race between Papyrus and the Ameri- can champion three-year-old. Each member of the personally con- ducted party will pay £63 for second- class passage on -the Aquitania_and hotel accommodatipns in New York for four days. For first-class quar- ters on the liner the price charged will be £117. S~ | Rickey, manager of the St. Louis Na- tionals, in a formal statement issued in reply to a recent declaration made public by Rogers Hornsby, star sec- ond baseman, declared that the fine and suspension imposed on Hornsby was “absolutely unavoidable.” Referring to a fist fight between the player and Manager Rickey al- leged to have taken place in New York, Rickey said |RECORD FOR PAST WEEK {IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES } The records of the major leagues for the past week, with games wom and lost, runs, hits, errors and ep~ ponents’ rums, follow: AMERICAN LEAGUE. cUARHANE by Hornsby in New York. 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Williams. clouted the ball.for. a pair “of home runs yesterday _in Brooklyn, and winning for the Phil- lles, 6 to 4, In the twelfth. The Phil- lies tiéd the score in the seventh and made away with the game by taking three runs in thé twelfth. Two of these were due to Willlams' second homer. Moe Solomon, a recruit, won for the Giants against the Braves in the tenth ' inning with a two-base hit which drove jn the final run for a score of 4 to 3. The - National League second and third place teams both lost, Cinoin- nat{ going down before St. Louls, § to 5, and Pittsburgh losing to Cbi- cago, 5 to 4, In the Cincinnati game { St. Louls took five runs in the third | inning and held the lead throughout. | - Cleveland advanced its second-place {lead a full game in_the American | League by defeating Dotroit, 4 to 2. The WHhite Sox beat St. Louis, 10 to 2. A. A. TEAMS STAGING F inal Road Trip : Catching Prime Factor in World | RATES EQUAL TO PITCHING GIVE PHILS VICTORY) . [N I]MPORTANCE TO TEAM Snwey of Last Championships Proves 80 Per Cent of Winners Were Clubs Which Had Advantage of the Best Receivers. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EXT week will see the beginning of another world series, and al- ready many of the experts are handing out the same old advance dope that “a world series depends upon the pitchers.” How about the catchers? Has any one ever given thought to the fact that the winning team in almost every world series has had catching bet- ter than the other team? Has it occurred to the browsing fan who eats the dope and digests it that no one ever brought to his attention the truth that a good boss behind the bat was almost, if not quite, as good as a fine thrower of the ball in thé pitcher’s station? The fan has not been so informed. Be‘innln{ ‘with 1905, when the world series was born, who was the supremé catcher, Bresnahan of the Glants or Powers or Schreckengost of the Ath- letics? It was Bresnahan. In 1906 Billy Sullivan of the White Sox was a more polished and better catoher than Johnny Kling of the HOT RACE FOR FLAG &> _ Kansas City is leading St. Paul by \one game in the greatest flag race | that has been stuged in the American | Association in years. | _St. Paul lost a chance to deadlock the fssue by being beaten by Indi- | anapolis yesterday while Kansas City | was taking one game and tying an- | tther. The standing: | | ORIOLES DEFEAT YANKS. | BALTIMORE, Md. October 1.—The | Orloles defeated the New York ies- {terday, 10 to 6. before the largest | crowa ever packed into the local park. Several thousand fans were turned away half hour before the game started. Babe Ruth hit a home run with the bases loaded. ~Rube Parnham, who broke the world yecord for consecutive games, pitched for the locals. . STATISTICS ‘ul In 1907 Kling had improved and more than matched Jimmy Archer of Detroit. In 1908 he also outplayed Schmidt of Detroit. George Gibson of Pittsburgh, caught better thanm either Schmidt or Stanage of Detroit.in 1909. 1910 Was an Exception. Very probably 1810 furnished the exception that proves the rule be- cause who can say that Ira Thomas or Lapp was a better catcher than Johnny Kling was then? The Cubs lost to the Athletics because they went into the series In anything but the proper frame of mind and con- dition. In 1911 Thomas and Lapp of the Athletics were fully as good as or bet- ter than Chief Meyers and Wilson of the Gjants. The Indian never was a sreat world series catcher. In 1912 Carrigan and Cady of Bos- ton may have been no better than Meyers and Wilson of the Giants, but certainly they were no orse. In 1913 Larry McLean probably caught better for. the Glants than the Athletics’ catchers, but New York |had no team. In 1914 Gowdy caught all around Schang of the Athletics, In 1915 Cady and Thomas were better catchers for Boston than Burns was for Philadelphia Nationals. Tn, 1916 the Boston catchers sur- passed the mechanical Miller of Brooklyn and the fading Meyers. In 1917 Bcalk was a better man than Bill Rariden, who deserted the home plate on the famous Zimmerman | play on which Heinie chased the win- ning run of the game across the pan. T Was *fifty-fitty botween Knfeter OF MAJORS | ee=— RO A d 55| spnd iy BB ‘Washington st Phila. Cleveland at 8¢, Louis. Detroit at Chicage. Detroit at Chicago. BESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, ‘Washington, 7; Philadelphis, 4. Clovsland, 4; Detroit, 3. ChicAge, 10; Bt. Louis, 2. vile and unspeakable language used No games RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, New York, 4; Boaten, 3 (10 fanings). Philadelphia, 6; Brooklyn, 4 (12 innings). Chicago, 5; Pittsburgh, 4. 8t. Louls, 8; Cinoinnati, 5. So here’s for the information. and Schang in the series of 1918, but the Chicagos were o full of strike that it didn’t make much difference. Schang did not catch great ball, and Chicago did not play great ball. The black series of 1919 found Schalk fighting dishonest members of his own team. As a catcher he shone no brighter thay Wingo, but how could he under such conditions? O'Nelll of Cleveland eurpassed Miller of Brooklyn in his decline in the 1920 series. In 1921 Schang was outplayed by his Giant rival, Snyder, and in_1922 the same thing happened again. Will his- tory repeat itself in 19237 Surely it seems that the catcher must have his place in the world series as well as the pitcher. Let the backstop be considered a potent factor in this meeting of the base ball glants, be- cause it has been shown that a smart clever director behind the bat does hir full ehare toward making the throwing of the pitchers more effective. Schang Weak in Big Serfes. A glance at the Tecords will show that Schang never has distinguished himself in a world series, and those who are raving now about the great super!- ority of the Yankees' pitchers, might pause long enough to compare his past performances in the classic with the two men who will be his rivals in the 1923 encounter. Snyder outplayed Schang in the last two series, and Gowdy's work far sur- passed Schang’s catching in 1914. Per- haps it will be different this year, or perhaps the Yanks will get such su- perior pitching that fine backstop work will not be required. But don't forget that more than 80 per cent of the world series wingers were teams that had the best catching. (Copyright, 1623.) |CY GOES INTO LEAD IN FOUR-BASE RACE Cy Williams of the Philadelphia Nationals has showed his heels to Babe Ruth of the New York Amer- icans in thein raae for home-run honors in the two major leagues. He cracked out two four-base hits in the game with Brooklyn yesterday. 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