New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Crowds Storm the Tickers to Get
Word from Giants.
REJOICE IN THE VICTORY
" Deacon Philippe, 0netime
Great Pitcher, May Manage
Cincinnati Reds.

Crowds storrned the tckers and other
crowds eagerly scanned the bulletin boards
IN this city yesterday 20 get the latest news
from the seat Of baseball hostillties In Chi.
caeo. where the Giants were beating the
cubs ard clinching their hold on the Ma
ttonal League pennant. When the last inn
ing was played and victory was assured
there was much smiling and much reJo!c-
ing. after three more or less anxious days.
oI,s ALL over now!" one enthusiast shouted
at a place where two or three hundred
fans" were gathered together, and Shout
OF approval attested. to the genera feeling
that a worlds championship series would
ha fought out in this city and Philadelphia.
Altar winding up I'm Chicago to-day the
Giants will make their way East 70 play
out the schedule. They must stop on In
Pittsburgh for one game tomorrow, and
,ben move on TO Philadelphia for one game
on Tuesday. The next day VIII find them
at home. TO all intents and purposes,
thev will be over in Brooklyn Tor iva
games. Friday will find them at the Polo
Grounds after making complete trip
around the circuit and playing In every
citv IN the league. BY that time they may
no welcomed as champions Of the National
League. but I'm any case host VIII be
on hand TO encourage them TO further
efforts or to cheer them as vlctors' Inc
Phillies will be the opposing team on IN
day for two games, while Boston VIII %
here on Saturday. 1t Is quite ho1se-
nodge for one week, and no easy row 70
travel. either. with I'VE different teams 10
no faced I'm eight games. The end Will
come next week in five games with Brook
Ivn. one each on Monday and TUESDAY
across the bridge, two on "Wednesday az
The polo Grounds and one on Thursday 70
celebrate Columbus Day and wind up the
season.
The American League season VIII come
tc an end in Philadelphia on SATURDAY so
far as the Yankees are concerned hA
Chase and his men will play three games
with Boston and one with the Athleucs
on the hilltop this week before moving over
10 Philadelphia on Friday TO ring the cur
tain down with two games. There Is sun
chance fSr the team 10 land in third
Mace. but interest has been lost 20 a large
/ extent with the burlesque OF last Ihufs'sy
! fresh in mind.
| Nine PLAYERS at least have been suggested
as the successor TO Clark Grimth, 10"
manager of the Cincinnati CUB IN the VA
tional League and the tenth Is none o'her
| than Charles Lewis Philippe, the deacon
NJ Redwood. s. D., and for years pltcner
With the Pittsburgh Pirates. IL Is not gen.
erallv known that Fhillippe's name was
left of the reserve list Of the PittspursH
! Club a week ago. The veteran pltcher mas
dropped out OF sight for almost year
although he has been under contract WIN
the Pirates and his name was not missed
| from the published list.
Deacon" Philippe was a great pltcher
In his day, and almost single-handed ious"'
I Roston off I'm the world series of 1905 "heh
| no went TO the mound in five games as
the only man on whom the Pirates coulu
denend. He won three Of these ganes IN
row but lost the next two, and the hea
sox captured the championship The strain
OF that series was so great that he never
fullv recovered his effectiveness, although
| he has won many games for the Pirates
since Philippe was a member Of the Ola
| ouisvllle team before Barney Dreyfuss
moved IL. bag and baggage, to Pittsburgh
| While with LOUISVILLE lAt "'''
pitching no-hit game.
Baseball fans" who do not cross the
Hudson River to see the Rochester cham
pions Of the Eastern League play one OF
! the post-season games with the AH-Sl"r
team on the grounds of the Newark cluo
/ have another chance to indulge their ap'
petite for the sport. A detailed account OK
| ha
! Giants will be furnished or the electric
scoreboard at the New York Roof Iheaue'
| II will be the next best thing to seeing 'ne
struggle
Williams secretary Of the Cleveland
club is said to be the man who Will sue
ceed Robert McRoy as secretary OF the
| American League. Mercy, it viii ~ re-
membered. bought a half interest in the
/ Roston Red Sox with Jim McAleer.
/ Failing in his effort to inveigle Mat
J Wells. Knockout Brown or any OIL t''
! other lightweights around New YORK lh'o "
match. Freddie Welsh, the former Hs"'-
weight champion Of Great Britain mas
/ COMPROMISED and accepted bout win
Harlem" Tommy Murphy The pair WI!
meet at the National Sporting CIuD ''
]
| America I'm two weeks.
Q p. Powers says in The Pittsburgh
Times Gazette: III there is a better nrst
baseman in the country than Dauoert' Oh
Rroo<yn, he has not appeared In our most
This season The young man can also III
the bail with much force
John J. McGraw says Fred Merkle mas
no eoual as a first baseman, and hundreds
Of good judges point to Hal Chase OF inc
Yankees, as the peer Of all konetcheN D.
81 Louis too and "Suffy' Mclnnis' Oh.
the Athletics, are rated as stars, Dut
the Pittsburgh critic is not taf "Io"e
Douhert has few equals.
RUNS GO TO CELTIC PARK
Three Big Fixtures To Be De-
cided There in November.