Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-11-17
BASEBALL HERO
OF 1910 SEASON
Players Who Established Them
selves In Good Graces Of Fans.
COLLINS SHONE BRILLIANTLY.
Philadelphia Americans Star Second
Baseman Earned Place In Gallery of
Fame-Ford and Coombs Years
Crack Pitchers.

Fame-Ford and Coombs Years
Crack Pitchers.
Now that the baseball season of 1910
is over and the Philadelphia Americans
have won the honors of the universe.
the Giants the championship of Great
er New York and the Cincinnati Reds
the honors Of Ohio Mr.. Magnate will
leap into the limelight in the near flu
ture, but before he does so the follow
ers of the national pastime will make
mental notes of what the gladiators did
and how the season of 1910 compared
with previous campaigns.
The year brought out a lot of new
heroes. particularly neal the close. Ed
die Collins of the Athletics had es-
tabiished his reputation as a grand
ball player in the American league long
before the wind-up. but it was not
until the games for the worlds title
that the entire baseball community
was willing to concede him a place in
the gallery of fame right alongside
that other marvel. Johnny Evers of
the Cubs. From now on Eddie will be
alluded to as the Evers of the Amer
lean league. a title which he was
worthy Of bearing long before lie play
ed in the worlds series.
Long Schedule Not Popular.
If the fans have any complaint to
make about the season of 1910 their
kicks will be directed at the magnates
and not at the FASTENERS. In general
the quality of ball played was not up
to the standard of previous years. An
enormous number of double headers
were piled up for the major league
teams by the inclement weather in
April. May and June, and it was only
natural that toward the end of the
campaign the players. compelled to en-.
gage in as many as ten conflicts in
SIX days, should not perform with the
same vim as they ordinarily would have
shown had not so much extra labor in
Il given time been crowded Oh them.
There is Slight danger of the club
owners trying to schedule 1853 games
next season. 1t has been proved this
Year that 154 contests are sufficient
for each club during Il season. and
there are many persons who think
that the ideal major league schedule
would be one calling for l4U combats.
No major league club lost money
his season. but the box office receipts
OF several teams did not come up to
their owners expectations. The Amer
lean league clubs collectively made
more money for their proprietors than
ever before: individually they didn't.
In the National league all the clubs
prospered. the Cubs being the greatest
box office attraction in the senior or
ganizatiOn and the Doves the poorest.
The managerial hero of the year is
Connie Mack. who now bosses Il set
of youngsters just about as speedy and
as crafty as the Baltimore Orioles of
1894, 1895 and 1896. Mack has dem.
onstrated his right to be classed with
Ned Hanlon and Frank Selee as a dis
coverer and developer of talent. He
does not pan his men as Frank Chance
frequently does, but he obtains the
same results.
The man who wrote his name high
est in the pitching annals of 1910
was. according to Philadelphians. Jack
Coombs and. in the opinion of New
Workers, Russell Ford. Coombs did
wonderful work for the Mack men
both during the American league
championship season and in the
worlds series. Ford twirled great
ball during the 1910 campaign. He is
easily the pitcher find Of the season.
The backstop who came fast was
Ed Sweeney Of the New York Ameri-
cans. who had the misfortune to be
crippled thrice when his team needed
his services most.
The best first baseman developed
was Jake Daubert Of the Brooklyn
Nationals, who now is called the Hal
Chase of the National league-a title
of which he may well be proud. Dau.
bert has made Brooklyn fans forget
that such a person as Timothy Jordan
ever existed.
Helnle Zimmerman made himself a
hero by playing grand ball for the
Cubs after Johnny Evers met with the
untimely accident that sent him to
the hospital and kept him out of the
worlds series.
Other finds of the year were Daniels
of the New York Americans, even if he
didn't show to advantage in the series
for the championship Of New York. and
Josh Devore of the Giants, who was a
bench warmer in 1909. Zeider Of the
Chicago Americans proved himself to
be n of the best infielders discovered
in years. Lewis of the Boston Ameri-
cans played sensational ball for the
Red Sox all season.
Players who showed their ability to
come back were Johnny King Of the
Cubs and Charley Hemphill of the
New York Americans.
Nineteen hundred and ten was a
great baseball season. but from all in
dications the campaign of 1911 will be
a greater u