Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-05-29


tanned. He needed first baseman to
take the place Of Abstein, whose use
fulness he said had vanished. He
looked around, drafted two or three
men and tried them out IN the spring
training. It wasn't long until he &C.
lected Jack Flynn, obtained from st.
Paul, to hold down the first sack.
Flynn has been doing it to the queens
taste. The former captain Of the st.
Paul bunch not only covers first and
the territory that goes with the initial
corner, but he is some punkins" with
the stick.
Flynn did most everything but pitch
on the st. Paul team. He may have
done that, but there's no record Of 1t
in the dope books. First base, how.
ever, was his proper spot. but he was
shifted from that position to others to
fool the scouts for the big league
teams. Clarke heard about him and
suspected that st. Paul was covering
Flynn up, so he just grabbed him
without sending a man out to see him
play.
Flynn has strengthened the team, of
this there's no doubt. Abstein, whom
Clarke released, has not done well
with the st. Louis Browns, which
shows that Clarke knew what he was
doing when he cut the German of the
Pittsburg pay roll.
When Hughie Jennings took his cage
of tigers into Philadelphia and turned
them loose at shibe park they spoiled
the Athletics chances Of equalinS tho
worlds record for number Of games
won successfully. Connie Mack's
bunch had annexed 10 straight when
the Detroit team reached the Quaker
city. They were playing like house
af1re and wanted to win seven more to
tie the record. OF course they would
liked to have had eight and beat the
mark.
But the willy jennings had differ
ent idea and when his Tigers were
through with the first game the Mack
men had suffered the worst defeat of
the year for them. Detroit only made
10 hits "Nuff ced."
When Providence was in the Ma
tional league in 1884 the team won 20
straight games, which still stands as
the record for big leagues. They won
the league championship. Lancaster,
In the Atlantic league in 1897. won Fl
consecutive games, which is the minor
league record as we'll as the record for
all organized ball.
While Philadelphia was piling up
victories the st. Louis Browns were
doing about as we'll with defeats. Out
Of Is games played the St. Louis
bunch, under the leadership of Jack
O'Connor, lost 20, won four and tied
one. The losses weren't in consecu-
tive order, however, so the Browns
had a little consolation.
Back in 1899 in the American asso-
citation race the Louisville club lost &c
straight games before they won. You
might not believe it in these days Of
Wagner, Chance, Leach, Adams and
Gibson, but In 1890 the Pittsburg team
went without victory for % games.
In 1906 the Boston American league
team lost 20 straight
The first year Detroit won the
American league championship, the
team started of with more than a
dozen losses. So it might be we'll to
suspend judgment for while to see
just how this thing Is coming out.
One thing is certain, there's going to.
be an awful hot race in both big
leagues, and it will be dog eat dog"
right up to the finish. While we're
talking about 1t, we might point to
that battle for first honors between
St. Paul and Minneapolis in the Amer
lean association. They say the Twin
City bugs are actually maniacs. Can
you blame them?
When the Athletics captured tho
1902 championship. the clubs inAeld
was Davis, Murphy, Monte Cross and
Lave Cross. Davis Is the only one left.
Boston won the next two years with
Lachance. Ferris, Collins and Parent.
Lachance is gone. Parent il a White
Sox; Hobe Ferris and Collins are
minor leaguers. In 1905 the Athletics
again won with the same infield as In
1902. The White Sox were the 1906
winners, with Donahue, 1sbell. Davis,
Tannehill and Robe. These have all
passed out but Tannehill, who is but a