The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-10-17
RIOTERS D|SGUSTEO
WITH BIG SERIES
BASEBALL DISPLAY
Even in Victory Red Sox
Show Minor League
Form on Diamond /
By SENATOR"


It's ali over. and the noble young
athletes should be thoroughly ashamed
OF themselves. The worlds series OF
1913 will 70 down in baseball history a.
the worst played since they were insti-
tuted. In Boston and New York II pro-
vided thrills a-plenty until the fans be-
came tired Of the whole affair. In the
rest Of the country It set the fans yawn-
ing. 1t was decided on q misplay that
would have brought the release Of the
player making It had It taken p,aos
during the regular season.
30 tiresome has the worlds series of
1872 become today that many fans. sen-
orally Intelligent looking. too. believe
"frame-up" for the beneft Of the two
major league clubs. the players acced-
Ing to their wishes and carrying the
thing as far as possible IN order to
make as much money as possible. or
course. this argument hardly holds
water. but It shows better than any
thing else the poor opinion most of the
fans hold Of the series Just closed yes
terday.. The fans are dissusted with
the series as a whole-thats all.
Last year the baseball world rang
with the ticket scandal. This year no
such talk Is heard. Indeed. thanks to
John Heydler, secretary Of the National
League, scheme was adopted by
which Il Was practically impossible for
the spectators to make II worth while
to get q few tickets for the series. But
Boston has a fine little scandal ali lis
own.
McRoy q Bonehead.
Through the boneheadedness Of Treas
urer McRoy In falling to reserve seats
for the royal rooters," an aggregation
OF baseball maniscs who mad seen every
game OF the series. the club 10 I'm bad
In every way with many OF the most
influential fans in the HUI. McRoy
lame excuse tnar he did not know they
hardly be swallowed.
Then. too. despite NE efforts Of Jimmy
McAieer. the truth OF the alleged quar-
rel between Joe wood and "Buck'
Q'Brien will be known before many
days. McAieer has a smooth way OF
denying the truth on occasions. He'll
deny 1t all now, but the fact remains
that some trouble must have taken
place to have SO upset " God as to hav.
MIN knocked from the box in q single
inning ny the very men who had nither.
to been unable to do anything with
him.
Maybe Joe Wood did chide o'Brien,
and maybe O'Brien did caress him with
tive knotty fingers on the nose, Anu
maybe Bill Carrigan did hand the same
y. vse.., ~ Ii.e..u ..i~... 49,. -. .--....
somebody snould have taken the whole
bunch Of them out to the woodshed for
side OF a board. They needed II Is
punishment for the kind Of ball they
were showing.
Heroes and Boobs.
However. the series. bad as It was,
has It's heroes and its boobs. For
the winners there are Joe Wood. Hugh
Bedient. Cady. Wagner. Yerkes. and
Harry Hooper, all heroes In one way
Or another. Gardner. the terrible clout-
err; iris Speaker, greatest clouter Of
all: Duffy Lewis. one of the famous out
field trio; OBrien, spitballer extraordi-
nary: Ray Collins. marvellous left-hand-
er; Bill Carrigan. splendid baekstopper,
all have been found to be boobs or
greater or lesser caliber.
RED" Murray, last years lemon and
this years diamond: Buck Herzog,
Lightning third baseman: ,Rube Mar
guard: eccentric but victorious ~ ii'n ,i,sI
Josh Devore. all have done heroic stunts
during the series.
Where was the mighty Swatting OF
the terrible Chief MeysAf Where
and fielding OF that Incompatible Larrj
Doyle? Where was the great fielding
OF Snodgrass, the excellent twirlng OF
Tesreau. the Ozark mudhook?" They
were the Giants boobs. whose failings
cost their mates $4,000
It was minor league ball throughout.
Even when the two teams ran down the
line neck and neck. II was only Class
B ball. Either team might blow at
any minute and generally they both
did. Gone was the brainwork OF the
"Ney Of the diamond" John "Muggsy''
McGraw. the moment the series opened.
Gone was the dead-and-alive method
of running a club said to be POSSESSED
by Jake Stahl. He looked as good as
McGraw, and that's nothing to crow
about.