The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-22
BASEBALL STARS
WHO STILL STICK
Diamond Shining Lights Of 1910
Twinkle Brighter Than Ever.
M'GRAW FOOLS WISE ONES.
Showing Of Rube Marquard This Sea-
son Surprised Many Experts-Many
New World Beaters Make Good, but
Fail to usurp Many Vets, ~

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With the end of the major league
season in sight, this seems as good
time as any to review some of the
points which will make 1911 history
in the annals Of the game, If there
really be any annals. We do this to
beat some of the real baseball his
torians like George Moreland, Pop
Morse and Hughie Fullerton to it.
Now for the fatal plunge:
Ty Cobb of Detroit further strength
ened his hold on the honor of being
the worlds greatest ball player Char
ley Comiskey, owner of the Chicago
White Sox, called him this. in q IA
nous interview last year. Nothing
the Georgia Cracker has done so far
can take this remarkable title from
him. He has been largely responsible
in keeping the Tigers in their high es-
tate. In batting, base running and
fielding he has been premier in all
that that much overworked word indi-
Gates.
After having been panned by New
York critics for two years and more
McGraw of the Giants now has the
satisfaction Of seeing his $1,000 beau
ty, Rube Marquard, develop into one
of the best southpaws in the country.
Getting off to another punk start, this
former American association star has
blossomed out into a world beater,
and 1t Is due to him in great meas
ure that the Giants are very, very
formidable contestants for the Nation
nj league title. The changeable New
York critics now are extolling Nc
Graw's foresight. So hats off to the
Giants manager, please!
Player Stovall of the Cleveland Maps
has proved himself a first rate man
ager for "one so young" The Maps
have really played better ball under
him than they have in years. The
players seem to want to make his re-
gime as much of a success as possi- |
BILE, which accounts for the verY COM
mendable manner in which they have
L5een playing the past two months. |
pG'hey have risen out of the depths to |
uso sosition which is not half bad, being |
q 'ntestants with the White Sox, the
n tankees and the Speed Boys of Bos-
z on for third notch.
Ed Walsh Of the Sox has pitched his
first no hit game after knocking at the
door for years. This caps his truly
great career, and he now can rest in
content. 1t would have broken his
heart to retire from the game with
out that honor. Ed has pitched
several one hit games. One tough one
in particular, played some four years
ago in Chicago grounds against the
Maps, was a cruel blow to Edward.
The one hit was mighty dinky one
In the eighth inning. Then another
hit that might have bene knocked
down occurred a couple of weeks ago
against Boston. But the best game
Walsh ever pitched was against Ches-
bro of the Yankees six years ago.
That former spitball king held the
Sox to one hit and lost, to 0, which
is going some.
Another Ed-Reulbach of the Cubs
retains his unchallenged title Of the
widest man Of the leagues. For years
the Cub fans have shuddered to see
him ascend the box. AS 1t generally
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passed, one or two hit, and then Ed
ward was called to the bench. Most
of the Chicago fans wonder why he
has been kept this long time. But
perhaps the Cub management feels
compelled to retain one who is so con-
sistent. And we still have the same
old headlines in the papers-in fact, it
happened only recently - "Reulbach
Wild, Cubs Lose"
The grand form shown by the St
Louis Cardinals and their amazing
squirt earlier in the season are one of
the years best offerings. 1t Is possi-
BILE that next year st. Louis will have
a winner.
The Boston Nationals, with two
comebacks-Kling and Donlin-have
been jarring several Of the "hopes" of
late. The Cubs were severely jolted
on their last visit to Boston. This
is noteworthy enough to deserve men-
1on here, inasmuch as Boston general
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