The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-03
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Rossman and Chance, few of the wise
ones gave hard hitting Rossman even
a scant look in. While Rossman had
played excellent ball during the sea-
son in all departments of the game,
still no one cared to place him in
class with Chance.
While it is very possible that Ross
man will never equal the deeds Of
Chance as the guardian of the initial
sack, yet there is no getting away
from the fact that he was the biggest
sensation of the first Chicago Detroit
contests.
Always regarded as a hard hitter a
player liable to break up game In
a pinch, Rossman lived up to his repu-
tation. In fact he fairly outdid himself
havoc with the Chicago pitchers were
failing in their efforts to get the ball
safe, Rossman was recording bingles
with surprising regularity.
At the close of the series the pub
fishing of the official averages proved
that big Claude was the leading slug
ger of the entire aggregation, while his
work in the field would have been hard
to improve upon. Detroit lost the Sc
ries, but the brilliant showing of Ross
man was a choice morsel for the Zig
ers to cogitate
While the work of Johnny King, the
brilliant catcher of the Cubs, was the
feature of the second clash between
the Tigers in 1908, still there were
others of less renoWn who did merito-
rious work.
Schaefer Plays Great Ball.
Captain Herman Schaefer played a
game at second base that caused John
ny Evers to set up and take all kinds
of notice, while the brilliant little
Charley O'Leary fielded in such Won
derful style that he caused even the
most rabid Cub fan to admit that Joe
Tinker was not the only shortstop i'll
the world. The fact that O'Leary
played throughout the series with a
broken finger that would have kept
a less game chap on the bench made
his performance all the more note
worthy.
In the recent series between the De-
troit Tigers and the Pittsburg Pirates
in which the latter team emerged from
the fray victorious, Pitcher Adams, OF
the Pirates, and Second Baseman Del
ehanty of the Tigers, were the loud
noise.
The average Pittsburg fan didn't
think for a minute that Manager Fred
Clarke of the Pirates would call upon
the youngster, Adams, to do the brunt
of the work on the hurting line. While
Adams was regarded as most prom
Using twirler, still it was generally be-
lieved that the veterans like Willis
Camnitz and Phillip, would be forced
to do most of the work.
1t was a big surprise when Adams
was selected as the pitcher for the
opening game. Even after the victory
few thought he would be called upon
to repeat and then be selected for the
final and deciding game, his third ap-
pearance against the same team Il side
Clarke asked of the youngster. and ne
responded by thrice defeating the IL
gers and equaling the record set by
Christy Mathewson in 1905.
Perhaps no youngster has ever met
with greater success in his first veal
as a major Lacquer than Second Base.
man Miller, of the Pittsburg team
His phenomenal work at the secont
sack was of great aid to the Pirates II
the bitter struggle for first honors.
In comparing the two second base
men, Delehanty of Detroit, and Mille1
of Pittsburg, few gave Delehanty thu
preference. While no one question:
the well-known ability of the Tige
player, still most of the wise one!
thought the youngster would outpla!
the veteran.
Baseball fans, fortunate enough U
have witnessed the series are SUI
talking about Delehanty's great Worl
in all departments of the game. tn
averages of the recent series show
that Delehanty led the players In pat
ting, and his fielding was sensational
at all times.
In practically every game Delehant.
pulled off one or more Sensational
plays while his sticking kept the II
} gers in many a battle. The average
at that fail to show how hard the I'll