Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-12

hasehan. On last Monday he accom-
n,ished the feat Of pitching potn games
If a double header against Pnliaoel-
mia, and being victorious In eacn.
,rb,. was not fiuke performance, for
no performed a similar act against the
Hcs ton Nationals in Boston a Saturday
afternoon earlier in the season. anu
right in this city too. In all ne mas ac-
complished such an act four tlnies'
three this year and once last season.
II ia a record for all times, and must NC
reckoned when phenomenal and rare
hs.ppenings of the national game "ie
talked about.
NcGinnitv shares with MatheWsoii
the credit of placing the Ne" ,oin
national League Club, composed VI
s.cond raters. mostly, near the top Oh the
p,,,,;n league race. He is one OF tne
best pitchers who ever curve. :"
and baseball writer's all over the coui'-
trv have given much attention 10 h'i'.
in the last few weeks. HIS style VI
delivery has been told about ana HIS
wonderful work has been SUBJECT oi
much comment. :.
ue wac first called the Iron Man In
1oOO when he officiated in the poA III
s,,o straieht games in six days for the
Erooklyus, by which the Hanlon Team
won the National League champion
shin The Fittsburgs made spurt
and Kennedy, Kitson and others OF the
trolley Dodger pitchers took prolonged
balloon ascensions. But McGinnlty
wss game and stepped into the breacn'
and the other pitchers took courage
from his display of nerve ana strens.h'
His most remarkable game was IN
1903. when he helped Peoria win the
Western League championship, the
second wear of his professional career
Tho contest lasted for twenty-one inn
ings and was against st. Joseph at tne
latter city, too. McCinnity pitched MS
team to victory, allowing only eieVel.
hits in twenty-one innings. He hao
three nut outs, ten assists and only one
error. He BANKED the st. Joseph team
from the fourth to the twentieth nm
inc. In the twenty-first his opponents
made one run. but it wasn't enough as
hi, own nine had previously made Jour
He started with Springfield liI:' IN
1887. and Joined the Brooklyn Clup IN
1899. being recommended by George
picLney. the veteran third baseman.
Tn the next year when the Brooklyns
and the Baltimore teams were con-
solidated McGinnity went with NC
Graw and others to the Orioie city.
THE black and yellow team the rest Oh
the teams a hot race, Mcilnnlty WIN
ming twenty-eight out OF forty-tVe
games he pitched. The next year ne
was transferred to Brooklyn when the
National League circuit was reduced
and Baltimore frozen out.
In 1901 he jumped and pitched Tor the
Baltimore American League CUB ana
of,ciated in two double headers. But
he only won one Of the two games on
each occasion. Last year he was with
Mctsraw until Johnny was induced to
lump to the New York National CLUB,
when McCinnity jumped with him.
He is an iron molder by trade, and
for seven years worked in handling the
hot molten fluid. When one considers
the fact that two or three winning
double header performances this year
&ook Mace within one week and that
Ice pitched in four winning games In
seven Gays OUc Sdtl easily N''NSAS
what a remarkable record 1t is; for
NEST pitchers balk at two games per
week.-Boston Journal.
There are some baseball players who
can stand to play in any city in any
circuit in the country, while others must
have certain climates in which to per-
form before they can show what they
really can do. Tom Corcoran, the
Reds captain, was asked the other day
how it was that some players could not
make good in certain cities, while In
others they played like stars.
1T is all owing to climatic condl-
tions," said Corcoran. Take Tom
DAILY, for instance. He Is playing as
fine a game at second as any man IN
the National League today. Yet when
he was with the Chicago Americans ne
was not fielding up to his standard.
nor was he hitting much. The climate
OF Chicago did not agree with him, and
It required a change to bring him
around right again. There are a num-
Der OF players in the business who in
variably fall down when they strike St.
Louis, for the reason that they cannot
stand the heat there. Others find the
salt air dampness Of Brooklyn and
Boston disastrous to their abilities,
while with others the smoky condition
of Pittsburg works handicap that
makes them look like minor leaguers
whenever they play there. One hears
frequently of star being praised by
men who see games in all the cities Of
the circuit, and then some other chap
will step up and declare that he could
never see where this particular player
came in, as he never plays good ball
in our town. There are many such
players in the big leagues who hate to
visit certain cities. because they cannot
do themselves justice there. because of
the climatic conditions. and many a
good man has been ruined by being
compelled to remain in a city where
the climate did not agree with him.
IF he keeps his health and does not
die or get killed, I predict that Sam
Crawford, formerly of the Reds, and
now with the Detroits, will establish a
rev record for a player remaining in
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