The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05
nv I'M NASIUM.


~ Iced a hero, some one player
.n3;vidual work has been the po
9. stor In deciding the issue IN tn'
icr;ss of games that are annually
~. ..ssJ sloup the brown October tral
'Itas ,he two contending teams fol
ve.-idfs baseball supremacy. There
rt9p;I,,i Dineen of the 1903 series
p;ttsburr and Boston, - Chris
"A 4s.hayson of the 1905 series be
M Giants and Athletics, George
80 the 1906 series between the
white Sox and Chicago Ma.
lfs,s0 J"hnny King and Miner
1s,s' Il the 1907 and '0s series be.
nstroit and Chicago. Babe
~ the 1909 series between De-
snS Pittsburg. and Eddie Collins,
~ ;ndiyidual offensive and defen-
2,;II;ancy in the series of 1910 re.
n the wrecking of the famed
+.>sea, baseball machine of Chicago
Y landing the world s baseball SUI
...ey into the hands OF the Athletics,
pSiladclphia-- it is. safe to say
M onc man in the history OF the
las 81 cornered championship
me ms i. Franklin Baker. OF
rrs Nd. has cornered the world s
'.s Of 1911.
,hs series lust closed between the
ynyt Giants and the Athletics, or
4. 5eIpbia, this Maryland farmer boy
s;mnly been the whole circus from
GJded band wagon right through
awdust arena TO the two-headed
n .be side show and the red lem.
n ssand on the opcn lot without, All
M SteIlar attractions faded into In.
-;6esnce in the face of young Mr..
80 demonstrative performance, and
FRAT had been billed MS headliners
eYabbed BY the impromptu stud
' sr by this "Maryland mauler.
&ker Foils Giants.
n vas Baker. alone and unaided, who
|rmsd the tide Of defeat that had
/, against the Athletics and changed
"a would have been nranding
M victories in the series for the
.|||inr forces of McGraw into an in
noantable obstacle for them to
<ber over. II was Baker. alone and
.;ded, who wrecked the two New
h homes for ultimate success IN the
"a Mathewson and Marqusrd. aud
I'D them among the hors de combat
X other useless impedimcuta in the
a Of the line of battle. who sent tho
Giant sbarpsbooters. who were ere.
In havoc with Philadelphia hopes.
. Or action shattered hopelessly be.
#d,repair,
n a matter of fact. the champion
| OF the baseball world for the. sea
Il of 1911, did not go to Philadelphia
was captured BY Trappe. Md. a
|mnuity Of about 100 souls and fifty
.s Of chin whiskcrs, which, in a
/'hall way, put out the lights along
T. 'Niddy White Way and caused
4 metropolis of the western hemi-
|r'f TO shrivel up aud sink into tho
|tay. Trappe. Md, has no brilliant.
Illuminated Rialio nor subway
n and produces no scandals IN high
|efy; she has nothing much beyond
'acksmth shop and general store
an assorted collection Of chin
fkefs. but-she produces John
<1klin Baker And the chances are
"A Tbs fact alone is enough TO cause
1pe, Nd, to be printed inside req
<k on all United States maps that
5anked of New York printing
<fs in the next decade.
uoralizes New York.
Tine heals all wounds, but John
'kiln Baker has whacked a cash
.aEh New York that will never en-
q heal up. Five years hence it may
'fe somewhat of a mental strain to,
me names of the pitchers who
pitched in thus series and To
hlng has been remarkable; the
themselves may be forgotten, and
pisappolntMent Of the losers will
'mofheted beneath the glory Of fu.
Victories; hut John Franklin Ba
Pas battered his name through the
hrobblng world Of baseball in
poelipie hand that time cannot eft
3 story of Bakers vicious assault
new York S hopes for the supreme
oil the baseball world has al
toeen lIeralded broadcast through.
as land, Following the great
ong OF Mathcwsou in the opening
on lne series and the initial vic
lor the Giants in such impressive
Vo, with Mathewson pitching the
or MS life and plainly showing
einty to foil the malignant ma
'loHs OF the Philadelphia foe. and
SUNDAY intervening as an ad-
ssi nay of rest in preparation for
',uIe iabors In the series and the
siarqnard, considered the best
.saw IN the business, to spell him,
'pslphla hopes for grabbing down
eua world s championship emblem
l9 iake on 4 pale blue tint and
MN down on the horizon line. As
gl'sls has produced The cppor.
LOT some heroic figure to break
~ ~ inc gathering gloom and butt
.5ssg limeiight. this crisis that sur
<.s MS teammates created the op.
Ivy ior-Johu franklin Baker.
POT the Game.
Maransrd pitching even more
.|itsly IN the second game than had
-ss'm ~ the opening contest, with
tied at one all with two down
,hAlh inning. and the clouting
*;oS3 pnlahs struggling vainly for a
rcs Grlng Of four aud two thirds
Without tho semblance of hit
Srest pitching Of the New York
a tsuvl, - tho single Philadelphia tally
iae result Of some fuzzy work on
w. Of Marauard IS supporting
...a Fhlladelphia g hopes for sue.