The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-13
many MANAGERS
HAVE NO HEART
Major League Baseball Heads
Are Stone Hearted With
Little Sympathy

last June between the browns and
White sox shows why Fielder Jones
Is a great leader on the ball field.
The Chicago manager in a. most heart
less manner ignored sentiment entire
ly and wrung victory from the
browns in one of the most desperate
eleven-inning battles ever seen In the
city. 1t was beating that will long
be remembered by the st. Louis fans,
for only the strategy of the cold Mr..
Jones prevented the browns from
winning glorious fashion.
RUDE Waddell and Frank Smith
were the pitchers that day and both
were in excellent form. At the end
of the tenth inning the browns had
made seven hits of the Chicago strong
man and the sox had belted out five
safe ones off Rube's left handed bend
ers. Though both pitchers had ex-
perienced spells Of wildness. sharp
fielding by both teams had prevented
trouble except in two of the innings.
In the third frame, after two men
had been retired, Jimmy Williams,
who was punching the ball without
mercy at times, drove one of Smiths
speedy ones over the right field fence
for home run. In the sixth inning
Fielder Jones poked safe single to
left field, stole second and was driven
home by timely single by Big Jawn
Anderson. That tied up the score and
the teams battled desperately through
the tenth inning with neither one get
ting another counter.
In the eleventh inning the sox rap
ped three singles off Rubs curves and
scored one run, apparently having the
game won. But it was far from over,
as the next few minutes showed, for
before Frank Smith knew what he
was about tho browns had three men
on the bases in their half of the elev-
enth and no one out. That was a sit
uation to give up In despair, but
Fielder Jones never flinched. All he
did was exercise bit of brain power,
George Stone was the next man to
bat and the browns rooters were
nearly wild with excitement. Stone
was standing at the plate, knocking
the dirt from his spikes, eager to get
in the batter's box. Frank Smith was
In the box surrounded by all of the
infielders Of the Chicago team, each
one giving MIN adv1ce.
Then Fielder Jones appeared on the
scene. He trotted in from the out
field, waved Smith from the box,
though the big pitcher had been doing
excellent work, and called in "Doo"
White from the far corner of the
field where he had been warming up.
Jones knew that Stone would be
weaker against a left-hander.
White never threw bigger and faster
curves than he handed George Stone.
With three anxious runners on the
bases. Stone famed out, when a single
would have won the game.
Danny Hartman was the next batter
on the list, but he too, is weak against
left-handers, SO Manager McAleer
held him on the bench and sent Jim
my Stephens to bat
Once more Fielder Jones trotted in
from the outfield. He asked the UNI
pire II Stephens had officially been
substituted for Hoffman, and, learning
such was the case, he waved DOC" to
the bench and called in Big Ed Walsh.
Walsh shot his famous "spitball" at
Stephens like bullet and Jimmy
swung wildly three times. Two men
were out.
Jimmy Williams was the nextbatter
and Walsh was left to handle him.
Jimmy selected a nice one and crack
ed 1t. The ball went in straight
line over Donohue's head. but the ever
ready "Jiggs" leaped into the air and
clutched it. The game was over and
the three st. Louis runners were dead
on the bases.
1t was probably just such actions
as that on the ball field that allowed
Jones to keep the white sox up in the
race until the closing day of the sea-
son. He has no sentiment for any
one of his players on the fiedl. He
plays no favorites whatever.
CARSON APPOINTED