The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-13
DOOM [00SES
THE RECORD
His Broken Leg Prevents Him
From Catching 1000
Games

H"1ioueAphla, sept. ia broken
leg deprived the Phillies Of their
pennant hopes. deprived Manager
Doom OF an opportunity of establish
ing a wonderful record and will also
permit Johnny King, the veteran
catcher Of the Cubs, to pass Doom in
number Of games caught in the big
leagues. e
Had he not been injured, Doom
would have been, the first man in
baseball to catch. 1000 games and the
Philly leader may yet attain this hon
or by o~verhauling! King at the start
OF next season. Killing can reach the
MARI this season. but to do it he will
nave to catch all but four of the
Rustler's games and it is not likely
n q Rariden will be allowed to sit
idle all the time.
Until the day he was injured. Doc.
in had caught 976 games, all of which
were for the Phillies.
King caught his first game of ball
In the National league in the latter
part of April, 1901s while Dooin's first
effort was on opening day, April IA,
1902. The Phillies' opponents on that
day were the Giants who made all
manner Of fun of Doom because
Charley was such a little fellow.
Doom has never forgotten that day
and this explains in a large measure
why Doom and. this Phiilies fight 80
hard against New York even now.
In his first year Doom caught
eighty-three games, while king
caught f1fty-nine. Doom was weigh
ing 0n1v 12n mounds ~ %h,t 49, 80
was even lighter when the season
was over as the result of being first
catcher during a strenuous cam
pafgn. Killing weighed 40 pounds at
that time and was always a power
fully built chap in the shoulders and
upper part of his body.
Scribes throughout the country
claimed that Doom was too light and
could not stand the pace and that he
would have to 60 back to the minors
for a few years at least. The fans
marveled at Dooin's ability to stick
behind the bat day after day, but
when the season closed Doom was
still there.
Frank Roth, formerly with the
Reds, helped out behind the bat in
1908 and Doom, who was injured for
q time, caught but 81 games. Killing
had in the meantime caught SO games
in 1901 (having a seasons start on
Dooin), 101 games in 1902 and caught
his greatest number Of games in
1903, which was 1872.
In 1904 Doom caught Sc games
while Killing was behind the plate 104
times. In 1905 and 1906 Doom caught
107 games each season while Kings
totals were LOG and SO. In 1907 and
1908 Doom caught "a and 1872 games
against SO and 1T.
king had his scrap with the Cub
management and did not catch a
single game in 1909, thus evening up
the number of seasons, while Doom
caught 40 games. Last year Doom
caught 81 times while Kings total
was Sc.
This season Doom had caught "a
games including that on July 26, when
he broke his leg. With but 25 games
to catch to equal the thousand mark,
Doom would surely have accomplish
ed the feat had he not been injured.
AS it stands 10 Killing is almost GER
tain to reach the mark first, unless
he is also injured.
Doom and Killing have caught more
games than any other backstops in
the game today, with Bill Bergen, Of
the Dodgers, as their nearest rival.
Bergen has averaged more games per
season than either Doom or Killing,
but Bill is still over 200 games be-
hind because he has not been in the
league a long as the Philly manager
and the Ru%sflera, hackaf0n