Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-05
BASEBALL STARS
WHO STILL STICK
Diamond Shining Lights Of 1910
Twinkle Brighter Than Ever
MGRAW FOOLS WISE ONES.
Showing ~ Rubs Vanguard This Sea-
son Surprised Many ExPsrts-Many
New World Bsatsrs Make Good, but
Fail to Usurp Many vsts.


son Surprised Many Expsrts-Many
New World Bsatsrs Mako Good, but
Fail to usurp Many vsts.
With the end Of the major league
reason In sight, this seem as good a
time as any to review some OF the
points which will make 1911 history
In the annals Of the game. II there
really be any annals. We do this to
beat some Of the real baseball his
torians like George Morelandt Pop
Morse and Hughie Fullerton to it.
Now for the fatal plunge.
Ty Cobb Of Detroit further strength
ened hts hold on the honor Of being
the worlds greatest ball player. Char
ley Comiskey, owner OF the Chicago
White .Sox, called him this In a fa-
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 much overworked word indt-
Gates.
After having been panned by New
York critics for two years and more
Of the Giants now has the
satisfaction Of seeing his $1,000 beau
ty, Rube MarQuard, develop Into one
Of the best seuthpaws In the country.
Hoftfno ape ~ anothor yrrL oforf this
former American association star has
out Into a world beater,
md 1t is due to him in a great meas
ire that the Giants are very, very
contestants for the Nation
IL league title. The changeab1e New
FORK critics 0 are extoling Nc
travis foresight. So hats or to the
manager, pleased
Player stovall of the Cleveland Maps
las proved himself a first rate man
ger for lone 10 young" The Maps
really played better ball under
i'm than they have In years. The
seem to want to make his re-
lime as mush of a success as possi-
lie, which accounts for the very COM
nendab1e manner I'm which they have
'een playing the past two months.
hey have risen out of the depths to q
osition which is not half bad, being
ontestants with the White Sox, the
rnnKees M tine speed Boys or Bos
On for third notch.
Ed Walsh of the Sox has pitched his
rst no hit game after knocking at the
DOR for years. This caps hts truly
reat career, and he now a rest In
ontent. It would have broken his
Ieart to retire from the game With
nut that honor. Ed has pitched
everal hit games. One tough
n particular. played some four -ea-z
go in Chicago grounds against the
yaps, was a cruel blow to Edward.
rhe one hit was a mighty dinky n
n the eighth inning. Then another
ait that might have bene knocked
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, i to o, which
going some.
Another Ed-ReuIbaeh OF the Cubs
his unchallenged title OF the
man Of the leagues. For years
the Cub fans have shuddered to- see
him ascend the box. AS it generally
happened there were half a dozen men
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
to retain one who is so con
And we still have the same
old headlines In the pnpers--in fact, it
only recently-"Reul5ach
Wild, Cubs Lose"
The grand form shown by the St,
Louis Cardinals and their amazing
squirt earlier n the season are one Of
the years best offerings. It ia posi-
Bile that next year St Louis Will have
a winner.
The Boston Nationals, with two
conebacks-King and Donhn-hava
been Jarrfug several OF the 'thopes" OF
late. The Cubs were severely 1olted
on their last visit to Boston. This
Is noteworthy enough TO deserve mon
don here. inasnuch as Boston general
" is satisfied with one victory 4 year
from Chicago.