Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
ADAMS PITCHES KID
BUNCH TO VICTORY
With Babe on the Mound, Mt.
M0riahs Win the Harrison
County Championship.

Charles B. Adams, the sensational pitch
er of the Pittsburg worlds champions.
was born at Upton, Ind, May is, 1888: he
weighs $50 pounds and stands ) feet liz
inches.
When Babe" as he is known by thou
sands. was a little chap his parents
moved to Missouri. After moving to sew
eral places his parents settled at Mount
Moriah, Mo. When just of age Babe, -
who had made g. local reputation among
the amateur clubs in the village in which
he lived. was much sought after by the
clubs organized by boys in that town.
After playing with several he joined the
best team of his home town, the Mount
Moriahs. This team contained the pick of
the best in that place and had no trouble
winning every game in which they par
ticipated. They went TO the county fair
in Harrison county, in which there was a
base ball tournament. The Mount Moriah
team. although it had made a great repu-
tation AT rome, was not considered strong
enough, as it contained nothing but a lot
of kids. The management was in the act
of turning them down, when the club
management made the statement that the
followers of his town were backing them
to win the tournament.
That argument turned the tide In their
favor and they were permitted to go in
and try for the prize. which was 500 to
the winning team. The Mount Moriah
team was the opening attraction. and it
was pitted against what was thought to
be the strongest team entered. When the
game had finished the Kids had won by
q score of to ]. 1t was the sterling
work of Adams that won the game. Be
fore the week was over the little chaps
had won three games and first prize.
Adams Makes Good.
After that the reputation of Adams was
made, and managers around that section
of the country were hot on the chase Of
the great young pitcher
The manager of the Parsons kans.)
team was the first to reach him, with al
offer of $50 per month. He landed his
team in second place. finishing behind the
Pittsburg Kans) team, with a percentage
Of .6O4. George Tebeau signed Adams for
his Denver team for the following season.
In 1906 he started at Denver and pitched
eighteen games. winning eight, for a per-
centage of IA. The Denver team fin
ished last. with sixty-eight games won
and eighty-one lost.
At the end of the season the ST. Louis
National League team decided to give
him a trial. the purchase being provi-
sional on his making good in the big
league. The try-out given to Adams was
not thorough one, and the management
of the Cardinals did not think him worth
the price dema nded, so sent him back to
Denver
The young pitcher did even better his
second year with Denver than he did the
first.
The tip was sent out that Adams was
the best twirler in that league and finally
President Dreyfuss decided to go after
him. After going to see him personally
of such future star. and he decided to
buy him outright. That was in August
of 1907.
Joins Team in st: Louis.
The terms of the sale were that Adams
was to join the Pirates at the conclusion
of the Western League season for trial
and accordingly, after the season in the
west had finished. the young twirler re-
ported to Manager Clarke when the team
was playing In st. Louis. That was Sep
tember 1907, when Pittsburg was playing
the last series Of the season with the Car
dinals.
A double-header was on for that after
noon. and Adams was sent to the firing
game.
His first appearance was not a slittering
success. for the Cardinals made six hits
and scored five runs in Ave innings.
His next game was against Boston at
Pittsburg September 81. Like his first
trial, he was pounded hard. the Bean
Eaters making nine hits and scoring four
runs in six innings. With the. score tied,
Camnitz was sent to the rubber and won