The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-20
COUGHING SECOND
ns By John J. Evers andH Hugh S. Fullerton

seemed to end Chicago's final cbanlpn, ap,
LOT inc pcnnant and was the result of
lust such n rally. The ninth ipning saw, W.
une UPS seemingly victorious, the pen.
wave inspired the Reds and VIII ny 1n.c t,,.
men on bases. Lobert at bat and two to
strikes and Two balls called Chance
oruered ms pitcher, Overall. tn nitcb .
stralght low ball. The result of ~"
tniire Inn season seemed to hinge upon that
pall; overall tried. but tho fast hall
.oni "yI0 - "'Sn instead of low, and Lobert
hone 81 oanllhg over second. driving
game. winning the
lnat mt was one of the best testi.
monlals to the honesty of basebali evar
gwen, Tor bobert was wild for Chieago
20 20 Tln me pennant, and great friend
oneIali, whose heart almost was
pr3Ken py the mt his friend made
Nha. probably was the most sensa.
tional finish ever recorded in any Ia,
was that IN the Western league on fbe
laSt DAY or the season of 1909, On tbat
nay tne psychic wave struck Omaha
me situation was this: Des Mo;nes
ana Sioux City practically were tied
I9r the pennant. and each team was
plaNlng two games, the Sioux CITY
Seam LI pIaylng at Omaha. Sioux CITY
na9 10 lose two games and Des Moines
hau TO WIN one to give Des Moines the
championship. Sioux City lost the 6rst
game, but had the second won bv three
runs IN the ninth inning. Manaqer
4. Ducky Holmes of the Sioux did not
ieel inc break coming. He leaped
INTO MS automobile after the first Oma-
I'd ns'Ver IN the ninth inning went out.
called the attention of the crowd to
ms champions, and raced away toward
nome TO start celebrating the victory
Just then the "break'' came Oma
ma needed three runs to tie, four to
WIN. Hits and errors quickly filed the
bases and with two men out. three
men were on the bases, and home run
drive scored four runs, won for Oma.
nant TO Des Moines.
Manager Rourke FASTENED ia The nross
stand and sent a hurried telegram 10
1ne ponce IN town between Omaha
and Holmes s home, which read thus:
:. Arrest Holmes, put him in hand.
cuffs and straight Jacket, gag him and
then break the news. Omaha won out
in The NINTH
One of the plays which turned the
National league tide in 1905 was one
made. in judy and was one of the most
peculiar and decisive double plays on
record. Chicago was leading by score
OF to / when New York came in for
the seventh inning and with Brown
pitching 1t looked as if the game was
Won; Bresnahan, the first batter I'D,
singled, and Donlin smashed two base
M 10 light, sending Bresnahan to
made
- Texas league" fy TO right field. and
ENers played a trick that stopped the
break. Pretending not TO see the ball,
he stood still TO the last possible sec
ond. Donlin, seeing the ball falling safe
and far out of Schultz S reach, made a
frantic dash for third, intent upon scor-
ing behind Bresnahan and giving New
York the lead instead OF only tying
the score. Evers. seeing his trick had
worked, reached the ball by a desper-
ate sprint, caught it and instead of
tossing the ball to Tinker. whirled and
without looking threw to the plate,
knowing Donln could be doubled. and
intending to prevent Bresnahan from
trying to score on the double play.
which he might have done. Bresnaban
was driven back TO third, and King
racing in, met the throw, hurled the ball
back TO Tinker on second base, com
pleting the double play and stopping
the break.
a play which came at the deciding
moment and wrecked Chicago's hope
of the National league pennant of 1903
was peculiar. The Cubs, then young.
were making n spurt. winning games
steadily and pressing the leaders, when
the play came thag broke the winning
streak and robbed Jack Taylor of
record game. IL was at Boston and
in the ninth inning, with a runner on
second base and two men out, the score
/ TO in favor of Chicago. Boston
had made only one hit off Taylor up
to that time. The batsman hit an easy
fly 10 left field and Slagle ran over
and caught the ball fairly in his hands,
but at the instant il struck his hands
he collided with fence and was rem
dered unconscious Before another
player could reach the unconscious man
and pick up the ball. two runners scored
and Boston won the game.
The majority of games are won and
lost by pitchers blundering in the cru.
cial moment. but sometimes 1t rs the
catcher who makes the mistake. One
of the funniest bundcrs of years was
made by "Hackenschmidto Gibson,
Pittsburp's g great catcher, who persisted
in his error. '.Lcfty'' Leifeld is one
of the best and brainest of pitchers,
but essentially fast ball pitcher and
a 'swagter - 4 waster is pitcher
who never puts the ball over the plate
unless compelled so TO do, but keeps
II high. low, inside, outside, his plan
being to make batters hit bad balls.
I ,eiFcld seldom uses curves unless com
nelIcd TO. and his high fast ball which
breaks with an odd little jump. IS one