Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-07
TEBEAu's HOME-RIN DREAM.
Cleveland Won First Temple Cul
Series Through Pats Great Drive.

series rats Sfe0t
Oliver Tebeau. the retired manager of the
Cardinals. while flaming with a party of
friends the other afternoon, says the ST.
Louis Republic. told of the home run he
made that gave his old Cleveland Indians
the first Temple cup series.
IT was in Oysterville. then the stamping
ground Of Johnny McGraw, Joe Kelley
Billy Keller. Hughie Jennings and the rest
of that crack band of Hanlons," said Pat
sy. THE year was 81 and We we're play
ing the deciding game. IL remember cor
rectly there were fully $4,000 persons at
the park. every mothers son of whom
cheered for the BRIDES. We were ostra-
cized completely when it came to getting
plaudits and cheers. There wasn't single
person in that big gathering that wanted
to see us win. We had battled twenty odd
innings with nothing doing in the scoring
line. Young and Hotter were the opposing
pitchers. 'Cy was shooting the ball over
the pan with the speed of a Mauser rifle
and Bits shoots curved so much that
we never saw the ball at all after he de-
l!vered it until 1t brought up in Robinson's
hands. 1t was well after o'clock, with
darkness threatening to stop hostflities any
moment. We were last to the bat. Bur-
kett lined to deep left, but Kelley made
one Of those sensational running catches
of his turning three distinct and separate
somersaults and catching the leather with
OConnor. was called out on strikes by the
ever-truthful Hurst. 1t was up to me.
Amid chorus of jeegs that was grand
opera to my ears soaked one of Hotter $
mighty drive. but inside the Enclosure. and
had to run 1t out.lTOni on raced Kelley,
Keeler and Holmes after the ball. and on
sped for first. mAgipe my surprise when
/ reached 1t to f1ndelto unguarded JACK
Doyle nobody else being in sight Not a
whit daunted l kept on. to second. But
where were Heine ReitE and, Jennings?
Nowhere in sight. Iran Hike chain light
to cut me down andgtrample me to the
four winds I was fprettN we'll exhausted,
but dashed for the plate, finishing up my
s6o-foot sprint with 81 head-hrst slide. l
way to the bench @ Bit where were my
companions? Not a single one of them
there. and the crowdIfto9. was gone COM
pletey.'
1T was only a dream" chimed in Billy
Joyce. Pats told that story before
Trying to Freeze Out the Giants.
The fact that George Davis now Is man
ager Of the New York team. while Affecting
| the playing of the Giants. has not had the
effect of increasing the size OF the au-
diences. despite the fact that the team IL
winning more games than 1t did under
Ewing There is no getting behind the fact
that some radical changes will have to be
| made In the team and management Of the
| Giants before the New Yorkers again will
attend games as they did eight and ten
| years ago. As 1t now sfands. the New York
| team 10 source of loss. not only to the
| owners of the club. but to the owners Of
every club In the National League circuit.
| THIS observation brings to mind that there
was conspiracy Oh foot not 40 very long
] ago-and It may be sprung ct the end OF the
present agreement. which expires after next
season-to eliminate New York from the
National League circuit entirely. One mag
nate. speAkin1 on this sub3ect. se!d at the
] the use OF carrying IL New York club q