The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-01-27
RED SOX REAL HOODOO
OF NATIONALS LAST YEAR
Boston Club Won Is Out of d Games Shipke Leads
Omaha Again-Other Sport Gossip.
By WILLIAM PEET.

Manager Jim McAleefS, tne NaCOn0lS
chief, ask him if he remembers a series
OF five ball games played in Boston last
June
McAleer will probably slip you a short
answer and tell you not to mention the
word Boston in his presence as he
never did like that town, anyway.
The fans who followed the Nationals
closely last summer remember well the
successful Western invasion, starting
about the first of June, how the team,
after a whirl around the circuit split
even out West. winning seven games and
losing the same number.
Then came the wind-up-four regularly
scheduled games and one postponed con-
test in Boston. The Red Sox gently
lifted all five games, four of themt by
ore-run margins, and right here may 1t
be said, the luck of baseball showed with
the vividness of lightning fash The
Nationals played the grandest kind OF
ball. but every bit of luck fell to Boston.
Time and again, with the score tied,
two gone and the bases loaded vicious
Erounder over second would be scooped'
up by Wagner, who pulled on more SEN
sational stuff in this series than any
time during the season.
In a couple of the games the Nationals
made one error in each contest 1nheld
slip-ups by Mcbride and Elberfeld. and
both of these muffs let in enough runs
to win for Boston.
This is but a sample 70 how the Ma
tionals Jared at the hands of the merry
hoSed tribe from Beantown- On the
Florida avenue ball yard Boston won
every series played.
Take peep at the records for last
season. Twenty-one games were played
between the Nationals and the Red SoX,
and of these McAleer's henchmen won
only five. In fact. Boston captured more
games from our boys than from any club
in the American League
Is it any wonder that McAleer SWears
softly under his breath when the Boston
Red SoX are mentioned?
As mas been said before. il was the
Eastern clubs which kept the Nationals
down in the race. Cleveland, Chicago.
and St Louis were all easy picking, Wash
ington getting away with each series,
Is victories against 9 defeats. but Bos-
ton. New York and the Athletics put the
damper on our first division aspirations.
the Yankees beating us 10 out of -
games Athletics. II out of %, and Bos-
ton. 10 out of q
Bill Shpke. who formerly guarded the
third corner for the Nationals. will again
captain the Omaha club of the Western
League. Shipke plans 10 go to Hot
Springs two weeks before the season
opens for a good boiling out
Here's a funny situation. A Newark
dispatch states that Bob Ganley will
likely be made captain of the Newark
team of the Eastern League. replacing
Larry Schlafy. If memory serves. Can
ley succeeded Larry as captain of the
Washington club four or five years ago.
There is no use talking" remarked
National Lacquer at the recent meet
ing in New York, that man Connie
Mack has more men tipping him off on
star young players than any other man.
ager in the big leagues.
Roger Bresnahan. of the Cardinals, was
the man who was doing the talking. and
he continued:
Il did some OF my own scouting last
summer. ! received a tip that down in
Greenville. S. G., was youngster by the
name of Derrick, who was the greatest
young shortstop in the business. L
thought enough of the tip to make the
trip to Greenville. I looked Derrick over
and decided he was good enough for any
big league club He looked to me to
be a second Hans Wagner. and l was
ready to pay a fancy price for him
right then and there, but was told that
Connie Mack had beaten me by just
twelve hours, having purchased Derrick
that very morning.
And Bresnahan was not the only scout
that arrived in Greenvlle too late. John
Ganzen of Rochester. and Bobby Gilks
of theeNaps, were two others who looked
the youREster over. Camel was too late
while Gilks was not impressed by Der
ricks work the days he looked him over.
The following is from the pen of Elmer
Bates of the Cleveland Leader:
''One OF the funniest things about this
game of baseball is that one can never
anticipate anything that is going to hap
pen says Hughey Jennings, who. in
his day, was the star shortstop of the
old Baltimore team, probably. indeed. the
best shortstop that ever lived. lives now.
or that ever will live.
There was time. ! remember, when
the old Baltimore team started out on
the road Catcher Robinson was sick:
SO was Pitcher Mcmahon. So, too, in
deed, were Second Baseman Reitz. Out
fielders Kelley and Brodie. and First
Baseman Carey.
when We came tumbling into Cleve-
land the advance tip was to bet to l
that We wouldn't win one of the four
games in the Forest City. Indeed, it did
not look as if We had chance to score,
SO many of our men were i'll.
We put in team of SUBSTITUTES and,
say. you should have seen that team of
substitutes play. There was never before
and there never will be again any such
exhibition of speed.
such hitting; Such fielding, Such base
running. Nothing like it will ever be
looked at again..
I'VE won the opening game to !, the
second game to 4, and the third game,
as l remember it. Il to 10. And all the
time We had only four regular players on
the job. while Young, Cuppy. and Clark
son were going at their best ticks for
Cleveland; thinner and O'Connor were IN
great form, and the whole Cleveland
team-Tebeau. Childs, Mexican, Wallace.
McAleer, Burkett. and Blake-was intact.
II remainder, too, a series We played in
New York that season AS I recall it the
sition was Joe Kelley out in center. The
crowd at the old Polo grounds gave US
a great 'hoot' as we walked out on the
held-new men in every corner for the
opening game. but we beat the home
team to in the first frolic and gave 1t
a sound wailopfng the next day.
NO. sir: baseball Is something that no
man or no combination of men can I'M
derstand When an unknown boy like
George Robe hobs up as George Robe
Always the Same.
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