Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

vr,erv worlds series in the history ol
tn+arlearue clashes in the great natioiiai
fro,ic has produced n hero. some one
,,ayer whose individual work has oeeh
Tho notent factor in deciding the issue III
tho short series Of games that arc All
rualIv contested along tic brown octo-
bcr trail between the two contenoliis
,ooms for The worlds base bail suprem-
-. Tbcre was Bill Dineen OF the leCS
series between Pittsburgh and boston.
.T,brtety" Mathewson of the 1910 series
ba.vean the Giants ard Athletics, George
T,ohe NJ the 1896 series between the thi-
capo White Sox and the Chicago Nation
els. Johnny King and Miner" Brown OF
the 1907 and 1905 series between Desfoi'
and Chicago. Babe" Adams o. the i9s
series between Detroit and Pittspurgh'
and Eddie Collins, whose individual Often
siye and defensive brilliancS in the series
or 1910 resulted in the wrecking oil the
famed Chance base ball machine OF
Chicago. and handing the worlds base
ball supremacy into the hands OF the
Athletics of Philadelphia II Is saie
- say that no one man IN the niStoiS VI
the game has so cGrnereu = claihpioh
shin scramble as !. Franklin Baker OF
Trappe. Md. has cornered the "oriu
series Of 1911
In the series just closed between the
New York Giants and the Athletics Oh
Philadelphia this Maryland farmer boy
has simply been the whole circus from
The cilded band wagon right through the
sawdust arena to the two-headed lady IN
the side show and the red lemonade STAND
on the open lot without. All other stellar
attractions faded into insisnificance in
the face of Young Mr.. Bakers demonstra-
tive performance, and acts that had peeh
billed as headlners were Grabbed DN tHe
inpromptu stun put on py TINS hais
land mauler.
1T was Baker alone and unaided, who
stemmed the tide of defeat that had
SET in against the Athletics and changed
what would have been Il commahdiiiS
lead of victories i'm the series Ter the
battling forces Of McGraw into an IN
surmountable obstacle for them 70
Chamber over. 1t was Baker, alone ana
unaided. who wrecked the two New
York hopes for ultimate success in the
series. Mathewson and Vanguard. and
DIaced them among the hors de combat
and other useless impedimenta In the
rear OF the line of battle, who sent the
two Giant sharpshooters. VINO were
creating havoc with Philadelphia
hopes. out of action, shattered nope
lessly beyond repair.
As matter of fact. the champion
ship OF the base ball world for the
season of 1911 did not go to Phila-
delphia-it was captured by Trappe,
Md. a community of about one nun
bred souls and fifty pairs of chin
whiskers which, in a base bail way.
nut out the lights along the "Giddy
White Way" and caused the metropolis
Of the western hemisphere TO shrivel
up and sink into the subway. Trappe.
Md has no brilliantly illuminated
rialto nor subway crush. and produces
no scandals In high society. she has
nothing much beyond II blacksmith
shop and a general store and an as
sorted collection of chin whiskers, but
she produced John Franklin Baker.
and the chances are that this fact
alone is enough TO cause Trappe. Nd.
10 be printed inside red circle on all
United States maps that are yanked ON
New York printing presses in the next
decade.
Time heals all wounds" but John
Franklin Baker has whacked = cash
through New York that will never en-
tirely heal up. Five years hence 1t
may require somewhat of a mental
strain to recall the names of the pitch
ers who have pitched in this series.
and the pitching has been remarkable;
the scores themselves may be forgot
ten. and the disappointment of the
losers will be smothered beneath the
glory of future victories: but John