The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
ncportcd lie Is .eYcllor.e

tn.Tllere has been a report that WaS-
n is yellow which In baseball Is
- cardinal Sin, meaning that lie is
crt mi The evidence to back up
ded charge is lacking entirely, but
"a, tarted because of one of the real
es.6dies of Wagnor's career.
d.P Gttsburg had won the champion
ny. .Iofi the National League and was
,r.ttfing With Boston for the worlds
sampionship. Three out OF the first
ur games Were won by %Pittsburg:
.s'en the pitchers. worn out by the
1erain. weakened. and Boston. by IA
cIagnifcent squirt, won all the other
Times and the coveted flag.
ot"ln the deciding game Wagner FUN
mold a ball near third base. His team
80 leading by two runs. His error
<e Boston the victory, and Wagner
hd>s the most broken man on the team.
en- some of his fellows charged he
Luni shown the white feather, but
tgner In his grief said. I wouldn't
Dad it for myself-but the boys de-
lhavcd TO win
EseLast fall Wagner at last had his
leIIp,ortunity to rebuke his critics. When
Boaally Pittsburg had won the National
cllcague championship and came to
rtaate Detroit in the series for the high
honors In baseball many even OF
,,asner's admirers said, THE Dutch
OF mn will quit In that heart-brcak-
baos series. pittcd against Cobb, the
bcsaerican League hero, Wagner atoned
p ud the loss of the Boston series and
rome perhaps the greatest exhibition
plet.mdiyidual batting and fielding ever
sm.
Works Liz a Machine.
He was II machine. and there was
chance TO Judge his range on two
Us that came one after another in
lHrHeFyMtf n T,.J ', ,,... 40 4 L. ~ Sa,tap. n ~ - Z,
pr. &, hard hit ground balls that
he'd the line between second and
d perhaps In one and a half see
One went just out of Byrne's
lcl, perhaps twelve feet from third
nose. and Wagner, covering about
plesrty-scvcn feet of ground, travelling
wa. his right and outward, feldsd st
tcsl threw his man out. The next
isn't straight over second base. and
notigner, travelling probably forty feet.
was tcfled that Que back of the bag and
ired the runner.
thissThe in which Pittsburg
oofpsnrcd other victories and most Of
to fjir runs in the seven games grew
Siyeiast moi1otonous in It's certainty.
ton IT Is small wonder that the thing
on the if~Ives. IS the Tiger pitchers.
a snaee grcarsmrrorlty of Pittsburg,s runs
mine.e made in the following manhcr.
luligs most of their winning rallies show
same process; Byrne reached first.
silly on a base on balls; then Leach
led the Detroit intield out OF at
n POSITION by pretending he would
in %n,rifice. and instead of bunting he
Ogdeihed h ball hard past the in
der. who was unbalanced or run
6 forward to meet a bunt.
CutN Decided Once to Retire.
Clarke followed, ana If he failed
& yr,1opt WA led IA, t1,.sE Mat ~ tnnlrE,.i
Iun,sing swing at the ball and the runs
le home. Wagner was dcmonstrat-
his gaIaeness.
saw rheumatism and violent exercise
pern;e affected Wagner's legs. aud he
tendirs to retire before he begins To re-
PIE, sade in Ills efficiency as a player.
II is 20 The has quit entirely, thinkirg
is no md OF his days of usefulness vast,
q sif.l Last spring when the PittsburgEl
Ben started training Fred Clarke and
bem9gner both had decided to retire II
yonever from baseball. Clarke to his