Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1925, Page 83

| ___THE SUNDAY STAR Dope Does Not Always Prevail in Series : Johnson’s Delivery Like Rifle Shot BREAKS OF GAME UPSET ALL FORECAST FIGURES Bounce of Ball Ended Struggle Last Year and Col- lapse of Nehf the Year Before—Both Were Un- xpected Factors for Prognosticators. HEN two pennant winners have little difficulty in fig: \W% pitchers, and all that. But no man prepare for the world series, experts uring out which club has the better batters, the betger fielders, the better base runners, the better can say which team will have the better luck. And that is precisely why nobody positively knows in ad- vance where the world champions| figures proved the Cubs of 1906 to the Sox won four games of six. Th Luck Last Year. Consider, too, the part that luck played In the deciding game of last vear's werles between the Senators and the Giants. Each team had won three games. At the end of the first half of the eighth the Giants led, 3 to 1, and looked like champlons of the world. In the last half of the hth, with one out, Lefbold, a pinch T, doubled, and Ruel, who had not made a safe hit in eighteen times at bat, singled. Tate walked. Mc- Neely flled out. “Bucky” Harris then hit a grounder toward third. Just «s young Lindstrom reached for the ball, §t bounded. over his head and| Washington tied the score. In the first half of the ninth with one out, Frank Frisch tripled. There he stood on third with what might be the winning run. Literally the champlonship of the world was at that minute three-fourths of the way home toward the plate and the Giants' bench. But luck sald no. Young walked, Kelly fanned and Msusel grounded out. In the last of the twelfth, with the score still tied and one out, Ruel, weakest batter of the series, lifted a foul to Gowdy. That should have made the second out. But Hank step- ped into his own mask and dropped the ball. Ruel then doubled. John- son reached first on Jackson's error. JcNeely, next at bat, hit toward third, just as Harris had done In the eighth, and again when Lindstrom reached for the ball it hopped gleetullv over his head, and Rucl came home with Washington's first champlonship of the world. A dropped foul fly and two hops by batted balls discounted | ull the forecasts of all the wise men. | Collapse of Nehf. Or go back to 1923. The Yankees had won three games and the Giants | two. “The Giants were headed toward victory in_the sixth game, leading 4 to 1 at the end of the seventh. Vie- tory would have made the serles three all, necessitating a seventlr game, hip flag will fly. All the obtainable be better than the White Sox, but e Sox had the luck. Yankees had made but two safeties in seven innings. In the elghth Ward flied out to Kelly. Schang and Scott singled, the third and fourth hits of the game. Hoffman and Bush walk- ed on eight stralght balls. Neht had blown up—the pitcher who held the game in the palm of his left hand went down and out. Ryan came to the box and passed Dugan. Ruth fanned wildly. Meusel singled, Cun- ningham made a bad throw to third and five runs were in. The Yankees then led, 6 to 4. The Glan*s crumpled in their tracks. They had absolutely no return punch. The Yankees took the game that would have tied the werfes for the Giants, and the series ended then and there. ‘Who could have foretold the ‘sud- den collapse of the little pitching wiz- ard, Artie Nehf? And yet it was his surprising collapse that turned one game inside down and ruined the bright chance of the Giants to tie up the series—and perhaps win it on the morrow. Can't Figure Breaks. Tho present serfes between Pitts. burgh and Washington has been doped out by the wise men. The teams ure even in batting and even in making doudble plays. * Pittsburgh has the speed gfoot and Washington has field- ing accuracy. Washington's catchers and Pittsburgh’s pitchers look best. Courage is even. Experience favors Washington's vets. In leadership, lit. tle to choose between Clark Griffith, the old fox, and “Bucky” Harris, on the one hand, and those two wise heads, McKechnie and Fred Clarke, on the other. On form, the serles ought to go seven game, with no dis- grace to elther team. But nobody can tell, becausc no- body can figure the breaks, the luck. Who can forecast what awkward hop a ball will take, or when a star pitcher may crack? When men can dope where the luck will fall, then and not until then will they be able to tell in advance which of two well-matched which either team might possibly win. Nehf was pitching great ball. The| teams will win a serfes such as that of 1925, CHAMPIONSHIP OF GRIFFS SHOWN IN TOTAL of 264 players took p: A them p Harry Heilmann, Detroit, nosed o r batting leadership on the last day i T A. L. FIGURES art in American League games dur- ing 1925, 188 of them playing in more than 15 contests, while 76 of ed in less than 15 g am ut Tris Speaker, Cleveland manager, v of the season. The Tyger s'ugger nished with a mark of .393, to Speaker’s .389, this making the third time he has led the American League in batting. for 1921, 1923 and this year, when he led the league in hittidg, is .39. is closely parallels the close batting race between Ty Cobb and Larry His combined batting mark Lajoie, Cleveland, in 1910, when the batting honors were not decided until the final day. Cobb finished with .385 to Lajoie’s .384. ;i George Sisler, St. Louis, and Al the most times, 651 each. John Mostil, speedy White Sox ber of runs, 137, and showed the way of 42 steals. Al Simmons, Philadelphia’s for safe hits, with a total of 25 2 leadin This is 6 hits less than George Sisler’s Simmons, Philadelphia, went to bat outfielder, tallied the greatest num- to the base stealers with a collection g slugger, came close to the record record of 257, made in 1920. At the same time, Al also topied the league ir making total bases. with 391 Hornsby, who had 389. more than the National eague leader, Earl Sheely, Chicago first baseman, and Marty McManus, second- base guardian for the St. Louis Browns, were tied-for leadership in mak- ing two-baggers. Leon Goslin, Washington, rapped out the most three-baggers, 20. Bob Meusel of the New York Yankees led In making home runs, with 33. His teammate, Bob Ruth, leader In other years, rapped out 25 in 08 games, which was 8 less than Meusel in 58 less games. Incidentally Ruth raised his lifetime total of home runs to 309. Stanley Harris, manager of the pen- nant-winning Nationals, led the circuit in sacrifice hitting, with 39. Ty Cobb batted for a mark of .280, making the twentieth consecutive year he had hit over .300. Adrian “Cap” Anson, in the National League, also hit over .800 20 times, but not con- secutively. The greatest comsecutive run Anson made was 15 times in a row over the .300 mark. Cobb made 36 single base hits during the year, and raised his lifetime total of singles 10 2,787, easily leading in this respect. Tris Speaker, Cleveland, made 37 dou- Lles, and raised his lifetime number ot doubles to 677, leading all lifetime records in doubles. Six players took part in all the wames which their clubs played. J. Sewell, Cleveland, in 155 contest: ‘Washington, games; Si; ns, Philadelphia, 153 games; Falk, ‘hicago, 154; Meusel, New York, 158, and McManus, St. Louls, in 154 games. Sisler’s Hitting Streak. George Sisler, manager of the St. Louis Browns, enjoyed the longest hi ting streak of the season. Sisler gtart- ed out hitting on_opening day, and Fot at least one hit in every game thercafter for 34 consecutive games. Lefty Groves and Bryan Harriss of the Philadelphia hurling corps stopped his streak on May 20. Harry Rice, also of the St. Louis club, had the longest run tallying streak of the year. He made 15 runs in 11 _games before running afoul of the Washington defense on July 12. Four hits in a game were made 154 times, Harry Hellmann getting honors by performing the feat eight times. Five hits in a game were made § times, no player turning the trick more than once. Jimmy Dykes of the Philadelphia team against Yankee hurling garnered five hits in a game on five pitched balls. Ty Cobb, added a few more records to his credit on May 5 in a game against the Browns at Sportsmen’s Park. Ty garnered six hits in this game, being the first time in his long career he had done this feat, and of these gix hits, three were homers, and one was a double, establishing & mod- ern Major League record of 16 total bases in a game. It eclipsed BEd Gharrity’s record of 13 total bases in & game made with Washington in 1919. The next day Ty went out and got two more home runs, establishing an- other modern major league record of five home runs in two consecutive gamés. Everett Scott's remarkable con- secutive playing streak was brought to an end after Scott had reached a total of 1,307 straight games, when on May 6, Paul Wanninger replaced the durable Deacon at the shortfleld for the Yankees. Seven times players made home yns with the bases filled. Cioslin, Washington: Cobh, Detroit, and Gordoa Cochrane, Philadelphia, Each rapped out 43 doubles. €each got three home runs in a game. Meusel of the Yankees, made two homers in a game flve times during the year. The feat was done twenty- five times by American League play- ers. George Stsler turned in a unique performance on July 11, when the Browns were playing against the Nationals. Ceorge batted in seven runs in two consecutive innings. In the third inning he tripled with the sacks loaded, and coming up again in the fourth with the bases again loaded he walloped out & home run. There were no no-hit games in the league, but two hurlers turned in one-hit performances, Joe Bush, of | the St. Louis Browns, and Ted ons, of the Chicago White Sox; iyons u game was a heartbreaker, for he had | N held the Washington club hitless un- T til two were out i{n the ninth, and|s} then Bobby Veach stepped into one for a double and spoiled the day for the young hurler. Bush’'s one-hitter was also against the world cham- pions, nq less a personage than Wal- ter Johnson spoiling a no-hit game. Johnson doubled in the sixth inning, | Ot and this was the only hit to be garner- ed off Bush the entire afternoon. Stanley Coveleskie, Washington spit-baller, had the longest winning streak of the American League hurl. | Dol ers, winning thirteen games in a row. Fuhr, of the Red Sox, had the longest losing streak, seven games. One Triple Play. Only one triple play was made, and that by the Cleveland Indians on Au- gust 25, against the Athletics. Flagstead, of Boston, was the only player to score five runs in & game. The leading moundsmen was Stanley Coveleski, of the world champion Nationals, with 20 victories and § de- feats, Yor a mark of .800. Sherrod Smith, Cleveland, southpaw, hurled the niost complete games, 21. Ted Lyons, of the White Sox hurling staff, hurled the most shutouts, 5. [ Walter Johnson, National star, won twenty games for the tweifth time in his career. Eddie R;&m-l. of the Athletics lost to the Sox after having beaten them nine ht times. He beat them twice in 1924, and seven times this year, before they finally gut over ‘a decision. Harriss, Athletic hurler,-dropped five games to the Browns; Uhle, Cleveland, five to Philadelphia; Jones, New York, five to Washington, and Thurston, Chi- cago, five to Philadelphia. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. MADE 6 WITS N 6 TiMes AT BAT wA He algo it 5 home runs n 2 days . 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Cleveland went to bat the most times, 5,442; while the White Sox led in sacrifices, with 227, Harry Hellmann, De.| B - 1O b b O tOms 1 s 10000800000 C0CODORMOOOHOCHOROROOOOSSOCHMONEOCOOOOHESOOHOOIOREMOWASO DD HOODH OO OHIEIDHOOHE R EE HITR A OO OSS Cor- - i COCOTHONETIR Gt o i B 2O (2 420 B R e R e e Ll e < o e e R LR IO DOCII DI LI ALAD I DD IR OIS BB -TDEU TS GO TSI b N i G IS I IBBO DD O RSO 18 89 T AT DD O DO D NS IO OB DB oI -F AN R DT BOBOOBOOOOBICOOOOO OO HOMHOHOOHIMHHONMIIEOOOH OO WU DO HOBHOMD ML BUEBIRSREABIREB22TIRI IR The (nl|l.mnx players engaged in less than 15 _cor X .182: He 3 py: s T hien 7 and SHle: £T g ham;n gaies“Kecr, 933: Welch. 280, 'weive mames—Herrera, = 385: Yowell, 2157 Mogridge. 087 and Blokes. 000, Fullerion, ang G Yowell, Miller,” Clev, Wingtleld, Robe: Danforth, St an raxton, New ‘¥ork, 1 vi ach. ‘Leveen, "Cleveland. 3 Zrie T base ball over a decade ago. 1llowed the White Sox of 1906, only one hit. >n the opening tionals’ series, a WASHINGTON, D (Rer. t cames—Mack, _.G00: bber. .00, and Bel el games—Mangum, Stewart, .368: Kallio. ames—Husta, .130: Johnson, .000: Kelly, 000, and Andrews, . ‘ive games—RKeasey. .400U. and Wa ur games—Myer, .280; Lavseon. & 8007 Shieids. -195: Clancy. ree ga .333; Tolson, Hlanage. 200 Gusgan L183: Riviers, Hofman, 000, and Caldwell. 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L) ® s isiolotoisiotorstataicicivioisistataioi NERRRIARER cet - EERPRARERNR PEERE St e i oon oo cats E3 S PR et & - Goomian BT BT IO DL e DT I DT TOO 5 YIS 1 1S 1 G0 B X DUIIADLS BONIBORWO SOOI ITOWIIIO O SIS DI Ot 10 1O BB e DI IR E L B O BOE B S 2 Bt 56 D B DO iolsis 4322833 2 bare me e o & CORD FOR SERIES SLAB WINS By the Associated Press. HE world series’ record for slab victories was set by Jack Coombs, | Bixe: the mound marvel who came out of Colby College to aid materially in lifting Connie Mack’s: mighty Athletics to the highest plane in Coombs participated in three world series, two as a Mack mounds- Adams gained his honors when the Plratelgcvnquer:d the Detroit Tygers in 1909. Coveleskie won three w! ‘or Cleveland against 1920, and Zachary captured two for Washington from the Giants last sea- son. He is now 44 years old. hile hing Brockiyn i Christy (“Blg 8ix") Mathewson, pitching” for the New York Giants n 1906 against the Philadelphia Amer- icans, scored three shutouts that year. Outstanding facts on world series oltching follow: Ed Reulbach of the Chicago Cubs “hitless wonders,” the There have been five two-hit games, pitched by Ed Walsh of the White Sox, Mordecai Brown of the Cul ile Plank of the »f the Braves the Yankees. be, EA- thletics, Bill James d Walte Hoyt of Bender Won Six Games. Chief Bender holds the mark for most victories—elx. And the famous Athletics’ atruck out 59 men in five series. moundsman of the past But he famous Indian also tasted s lefeats. ‘Walter Johnson of the Nationals in 924 equaled Ed Walsh's 1906 record or strikeouts in one game, with 12 ug of the Giants-Na- 12-nning battle. Jack Coombs {ssued 14 passes in the 1810 series, nine of them in one game. Art Neht of the Glants Has allow- d 31 bases on balls in' the four serles in which he has a; red. ppoa Jeft Tesreau had three wild pitches in the Red Sox-Glants’ battles of 1912, . The late Wild Bill Donovan hit three man and one as a Brooklyn hurler in the series of 1916, against the Bos- ton Red Sox. He won five games and lost none to establish his record. Babe Adams of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Stanley Coveleskie of the Washington Nationals each has ‘won three games in a series without defeat, and Tom Zachary of the Nationals two. batsmen in the series of 1907 between the Tygers and Cubs. Four pitchers have suffered five de- feats in the base ball classics, Plank, Mathewson, Rube. Marquard and Joe | g oc” Bush. Charles Phillippe of the old Pirates' pitched the largest number of innings In a series—44—against the Boston | May, ns, led by Jimmy Collins, in | Rin America 1908. Johnson pitched 24 for Wash- ington last year. Mathewson holds the record for all- time world series mound work—108 2-8 | Eirb innings in four series. Babe Ruth, home-run slugger of the Yankees, has a world series record aside from his efforts as a batsman. He left-handed through 29 scoreless 1;;!;“1" for the Red Sox in 1916 and ‘WILL PLAY WINTER BALL. More than 40 major ieague stars will play in a Winter base ball league in Florida. The season will open De- cember 1, winding up in the middle of March, There will aleo be play- and the American ns. and Southern CY WILLIAMS TO QUIT. After 14 years in the major league Cy Williams of the Philadelphia Na- tionala is about to retire. Hé never played minor league base ball. Soccer is becoming the popular sport in Spatn, and, it is said, will eventu- ally supsrseds 3 i —BY RIPLEY. 123 FEET A SECOND SPEED OF “BIG TRAIN’S” SPHERES Wink of an Eye All Time Needed for Completing His | c t test the speed of rifle bullets. = Throw, Tests Showed—Uses Full Throughout Entire Game. N 1913 Walter Johnson was at his best as a speed merchant. With five years' experience and still young, the big hurler was at the peak of his career, for 1912 and 1913 werc his banner scasons, everything onsidered. During the Summer of 1913, at the Remington Arms Co. gun shed. he speed of Johnson's fast ball was taken by an apparatus designed to The apparatus modificd to take 2 test of a base ball thrown by a hurler. cl a who was acclaimed by ncarly every fan in the al Johnson of the Washington c! lub were taken out to the Remington itcher could throw a base ball, and e and Nap Rucker of the Brook Arins plant to ascertain how fas a ball hurled by Johnson. C A. to be the king of 1l speed kings. PLENTY OF FANNING w Heathicote. 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Nine oFan. 286; Meiale t! t wakl, ©000: - McNamaca, .0 Ssinons. 383 ol Standaerts, -000; Roberts, .000; Catiér, :000: Baldwin. 000, and Witkrow. ouoe e & PITCHING RECORDS. stintsesr, SNy b v, Sherdel, 8t: L. Vance, "Bkin, nhart, ] o O OO o “TIW G E OrOIE-IOE ™ paais 2 TIORINBIONI DN O TOIMII P A Lo B2 DB I TD S JARI ot DO O b arsbars bare #on, g ight, Cooney. Bos. sufmann, s e Othostns Bur L. ! uque, tin. " . e s bk birs pabensrans e BRDR D DABDLIINDLD DD OB L DB O DD-IDIRA pare - > b pas Parararrs para o PECK ENDS FIFTEENTH YEAR AS SHORT FIELDER Roger Peckinpaugh, of the Wash- ington Senators, who was selected as the most valuable player in the Amer jcan League for the 1025 season, served 16 years in the major leagues as a shortstop. The previous winners were George Sisler for the season of 1922, Babe !1{’1;21 for 1923 and Waler Johnson for their credit in the world ec: Ocg, 8, 1 och H5hurg 0o oc o pe 2 0t o o, 1 Ot %‘l‘"h?}?&i‘dmn (Detroit A.) ve. oct! oct 4 104~ fimes (Boston N.) vs. P oct Gelph oci 10, 38 ! ork ; : S| oqf. 6. 1021—Douclae (Glants N.) vs. Yan- ees A, Oct . oct, " 8. 0 Oct. 1. 1903—Phllipve (Pittst 8ot inctnnat when Elie: nt in succe. the next | struck o1 cession, making six straighi ste BABE RUTH MISSING | as the Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth's name does not appear in the annual | all by Collier's Weekly. ca; ing in the order named: ‘Washington: Coveleskie, Washington; Rommel, Philadelphia Americans, and Yde, Pittaburgh. choice for catcher, with Ruel of Wash- ington and Hartnett of the Cubs next in line. 1925 squad are: 8| Glants; outfield, Cuyler of Pittsburgh, and pttcher, Marberry of Washingto: ‘Walter and Rucker removed their 1coats, having no vests on. the bi: hurier didn’t even roll up his sleeves Three re TITLE STRUGGLES | :cc...x lN l L | second: se nd, 1 feet; third, 123 feet I~ | Racker, who dldn't posc us a spaed | king, he S D's best Following s a record of the pitchers | o 'ho have even or more sirike Iy accurate. how baull travel t he éun send pitcher's position to than half a second- outs to | Paraty A it records ta | fast Johnson for this test n a ball from th the plate in les: BEVEN. 03—Dinneen (Boston &) 5 kR nneen (Boston A) ittaburgh N, 4 o Brown (Chlcazo X.) s speed, w that he such smoke. ve-l " In 1884, 4 Ay | was tuken | Longine chre 1stonishes { mitting er witne va. Chicago A A 1669—Donoran {Chicago te! hia A 11 18b5—Donovan _ (Detroit ) (Detroft 4 teburgh N. 2 £ 83 1010 prown X0 oieread Phtladel " speed i, rr‘lu—Coomb- (Philadelphia the vs. New York N. 3 15, l]g]{-}——kudoluh (Boston N.) b D05~ biser (Philadelphia X0 ve.| thrown b the Bt ¢ | now dean of Nt ! and st that time the star hurle: Baltimore club of the old - Assoctation, were se 50 Feet in 2 The distanee w lation pitching dis ch sent the ball t a N ve (Chlcazo N.) Tan- 02i—Barnes (Giants N ve " J9%1—Mass (Tankees A 1621—Hoyt (Taukses A.) EIGNT. 90L—Mathewson (N | | o s . the regu nce at that time e distance in 2 York N.)» N, . 1900—Adams (Distsd: ot 0 $610_Bender (Philadelohia A | worked under -Coomba (Philadelphia A registering. first half of | exceeded the pace of one can fmogine the &p 6| ball if he wi ! 50-foot distanc o much for s sed on the ball The test J d to throw the second befor d of the ball the nd must have 1e last haif, so ed of his ng under the 18127 Wood (Doston A} va. S 3. “inl4—Rudolsh (Boston XN. deiphia A ) iphita A i l)'mg_;‘omr (Boston A.) vs. Phila: | Y 17—Cicotts (Chicago A.) ve. 1 ntific tests. Listen ett, at one tim n the game and diest of all old “Galvln wiis nd old timer alnst him man: n't_so speedy Whitney, ~and < Amos Rusfe.” t Rusie for si at the “Indiana Thun derbolt” threw the fastest curve he had ever seen; also, t Rusie had phenonemal speed 1 threw; like Johnson speed from it NINE. der (Philadelohia A} vs. times, but ‘Grasshopg # neither wa. @+ spoed Bennett 191 wd years and sajA * 3 s k0 A t. %8 18i1—Coombs (Philadelphia A.) Ve New York N 8. 1818 (Cincinnatt N.) cazo A e N —Eller TEN. ve. Cn h N ove (Cutcago N.) (Detroit A v N.) va. Yan- s let up ELEVEN. —Dinneen (Boston A.) vs Pitts sle's 2 r the game ever b elolia A.) V8. | Qrein, now living in Detroit, one time the star hurler of the Brook club and en, the old-tin { speed king Wood (Boston TWELVE. ke, 1006—aleh cag N. .“Irnna\yon otk A ve New | el this form Walter Johu game he nson {Washington A) v (Twelve fnnings.) sertes pitching wae 910, at Ch tio! d Chicago r of the Reds, struck out Gandil, Rist rft man . The in ssion. Williama. 80 fanne nd Eddie Col nz. Buet 1l the old-tini : s have a firm Walter Johnson ing. ol t e speed kings and knowledge of w | has to offer. T » i eow Walter Johnson, not one of them being a bit prejudiced S0_their opinion is worth while. Walter Johnson, from the gong until the last man 1, uses more speed than any hurler the game ever had and there were hurlers in the game of Dall with as much speed as Johnson, that Is, throw & fast one occasionally. but no hurler, save Rusie, could keep up full speed for the entire game, for an entire season and for 19 sea sons, as this speed king hne; he has Amos Rusle's gpeed shaded from the fact that he lived right and was always fit, The fast-ball hurlers of Johneon's earlier days were Waddell, Bender, Walsh, Joss, Donovan, Joe Wood and Cy Young, and while all possessed rare speed not one of them used the speed that Johnson does throughout a game for the “Idaho Cyclone’ is conceded by all fandom and nearly all the ex perts to be the speediest of all hurl Walter Johnson, like a high-pov motor boat, a racing auto, a fast horse, is bullt for throwing a fast ball. Hurlers of the type he is are born with the physical accessories, built with the strensth of muscle, sinews and action. Born with an arm adjusted by nature to throw things— & human slungshot is about the way to express it, for he hase the natural abil- ity to get just a little more speed on the ball than the avcrage fast-ball pitcher. FROM AI.l.-AMERI(:Ai For the first time since he emerged merica base ball team published s nfleld. First base, Sisler, St. Louis Ameri- ns. Becond base, Hornsby, St. Louis Na- lonals. Shortstop, Bancroft, Boston Na- fonals. Third base, Frisch, New York Na- fonals. Outfleld. Left fleld, Roush, Cincinnati. Center field, Speaker, Cleveland. Right fleld, Cobb, Detroit. Dazzy Vance of Brooklyn gets first hoice as pitcher, with these follow:- Johnson, Cochrane of the Athletics is first The utility men for the all-America Infleld, Kelly of the A NewLowPrice That Puts Omohundro Tailored- to-Measure Clothes in Reach of Every Man!! 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