Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

tWirlers.
Mathewson, Bill Dineen.
Babe" Adams, Mordecai
Brown, Jack Coombs and
Ed Walsh are the great
worlds championship pitch
ers of modern baseball his
tory.
Browns Won in 1886.
Comiskeys Browns beat Pop"
Ansons Chicago White Sox in the
1885 series. Caruthers and Foutz
wiring great ball for St. Louis
In the 1885 series between st:
Louis and Chicago each team won
three games and one game was a
tie. The players got S41 apiece
out of this series. Last year each
Of the Athletics drew down $3,654
for his share. Quite a difference,
Ell?
Comiskey's Browns figured in
four worlds championship clashes.
Detroit beat the Browns in 1881
Lady" Baldwin, one of the great
est southpaWs of his time, won SIX
and lost one game for Detroit. Co
miskey's right handers-Caruther
Foutz and Hudson-were soft pick
ing for the Detroit sluggers. Nearly
every member Of the Detroit team
was a 800 hitter.
keefe Outpitched King.
The worlds series of 1888 between
St. Louis and New York was
marked by tremendous pitching
duel between Timothy Keefe and
Charlie King. Keefe beat King
three straight, FL, Az and GA,
and won the series for New York.
King, whose real name is Koenig,
is noN a prosperous contractor in
St Louis He was known as Can
non Ball" King, on account of his
wonderful speed. He sure could
ling the ball over the plate.
Charlie Comiskey managed the
St Louis Browns of 1888. Arlie
Latham, Tip O'Neill, Curt WEIGH
and other stars played under the
odd Roman"
In the Temple Cup series of
1895 between Cleveland and Balti-
more. old Cy Young won three
straight games for Cleveland. Bal
timore won one game, Charlie Es-
per defeating Mig" Cuppy. Te-
beau, O'Connor, Wallace and Bur-
kett we're with Cleveland that year.
McGraw, Jennings and Joe Kelley
played with Baltimore.
Baltimore and Cleveland also
tied up in 1896. Young was knocked
off the rubber by the Orioles in the
first game. Hoffer and Joe Cor
bett pitched four straight victories
for Baltimore. Bobby Wallace
pitched the second game for Cleve-
land, working against Corbett.
William Dineen turned the trick
for the Boston Americans in 1905
in the memorable tight-gam Sc
ries with the Pittsburg Nationals,
Dineen, now an American league
umpire, WAS lIlG SlShbCSt Aio'1
handler of his time.
Thanks 20 the wonderful pitching
Of Deacon" Philippe, Pittsburg
obtained a flying start. capturing
three out of the first four games.
Dinecn beat "Schoolmaster Sam
Lever in the second game. The
betting was 10 to | on Pittsburg,
Clarke. Wagner. Leach and compa-
ny thought they had the series
Sewed up tight, especially when
Philippe beat Dineen in the fourth
game.
old Cy Young saved the series
Tor Boston b. whipping Kennedy in
the fifth game Dineen beat Lever
in the sixth. Young thra shed
Philippe in the seventh and Di-
neon Knocked down Philippe in the
eighth and deciding battle. He
struck out HQnus Wagner with
the fght out of the Pittsburg Pr
'a.es, Dineen SHUT them out, SO,
In the final game
mattY Won Three Straight.
Aathewson still holds the rec
ora Of three straight shut-out tri-
umpns over the Athletics in 1905.
MattJ's record is a mark they have
all been shooting at since the
GIANTS victory.
Big Six" surely was a wonderful
pitcher in 1905. He had the White
Elephants eating out Of his great
Lgaj hand. He beat Eddie Plank
"-o IN the 1rst game, trimmed An
ol Oakley, 80, in the third game
vi the series. and olanked the great
Isdshin, Chief Bender, 20 in the
MIN and deciding game of the Sc
r.es
I'd Walsh pitched Fielder Jones
Hi. ago White Sox to victory over
I'D" Chicago Cubs in 1906. Walsh
won two games. including a 20
S.',-out that took all the fight out
VI the cubs and made Chances