Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-22
CUBS HAvED PULLED
DOWN SIX FLAGS
IN THEIR DAY
Overall. Pfeister. Reulbaoh
Evers and Archer Some Of
the Reasons Why They
Are Slow This Season.

% would OBJ. an apologi-t of some
hardness who would rome io bar
with any Nauin- alibi Tor The Chlcaso
Cubs TINS season lu the first place.
the cubs have pulled down four
league Championships and Two world +.
championships In the last 1--WE years.
which Is about as much as any one
CLUB should bc emitted TO In the
second place. tine CUB machine. nom
The yerN opening OF the pTeseat scat
son, has no, looked good enough 10
occupy anything like us present posi-
lion in the race. where 1t appears in
be- hnishing a pretty fair second, 10
not hait.bleath first
Aud the said Cub machine. shot Ca
pieces az 10 was when the season
opened. has been q contender for the
lead All the way iu The face Of some
at The bittoIost luck a club ever en-
Counlcyed and that isn't by way OF
an alibi or an apology. but merely
preliminary 10 natural wondciment
as 10 where the cubs would be If they
had travelled with fair amount oil
wv h. 'fAA INtAINfA NAANe AlNAi n 'i'N'.' ~
the place they now hold hut whore
would they have been II all on some
or the following things had not hap
pcncd-pnd there are clubs IN the
National league today which have run
along on a nearly even keel all sea
son
Here are some OF the things that
have heset the path of the champions,
beginning with the season
The detection of Orvie overall, ioi
years a mainslay of the pitching stan
Rig len didn't even start the sea.
son
The slipping of Jack Pncstcr long
known as Jack the Giant Killer
from the useful regularity with which
he WIS wont Go wollup the Giante.
and up to this season one ct the best
sOuthpaWs in the business. Jack
never rounded into form this wear
and finally waivers were asked and
obtained ana he was released 60
Loui-Nllc IN the \ y. Whcr. hr has
done only fair work
The gradual failing OF MordrUai
Brown. three years ago tu. greatest
lot pitchers The thro,-tusrrcd mar
vel, with ail hls skill aud rNrriI,u,,
has had 90 r'iy mainly ON uis Nis
old noodle since the middle uf ut
SEASON. and that ana his srpat ,.ur-
.ugc have caused him Co rruUl 60
valued member CO.. tho QUO slab stat.
no has won neat majority 90 MS
gaines this N,ar. hut tho uId-tIu,
power that made hm practically %
sure winner uf ans gam, boz, str;.i
has lri' him ana tho miner hu- ..,n
relieved iu many gaines this -,u.nu ..
games which were needed sadly
Tho delay of Ed Gculbach bon roe. be-
Eg cflrrtN, FORM "Iig Ed. N ho
hls Iced tu" league thr., season. u
poryrnlag, ut victories. WAS so wilt
and ineffective in the first months ut
the present season that chance ou, .
asked waivers ON him Then he de-
rlinod 10 Dot the bis follow go Yt
10 was only last week that Eruludch
rewarded his manager by ptonu-
"a couple of grand games ugaiust Cu-
Oiuuau and "pptroutlN showne rp.
nun tp form. H'ulbach formerly md
'ho Indian sigu ou nrookhu TH#
Year he has eaten that vWb upN
once
Tho illness ai johnny Evorg, N1' %
Kept m" hraiuiost of second htscm,n
out of tho game from near the start
until week before last. while Zimu.r-
man, q hard hitter but yer, sad field
or, hcid down the keystone sack IN,
recent injury to Jimmy Archer who
succeeded John kung as first catcher
Ncedham, q steady ard reliable chap
bat no great hackstop aud "a very slow
base runner Was used in tho ltri
games OF the important eastern in,a.
sion.