El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-11

looping the living daEnGntS OUT OF re
trOft all season It was the Hilltop
pers that first put the Jungaleers on
the tObOEgan- The first rev Weshs
threa tened a walkOver for Detroit Inc
sensational winning streak OF the BEN
gals was broken by New York Every
time after that when Detroit gave any
evidence of pulling together and. mead
ing Off the Athletics fl met with re-
verse at the hands of Gotham Hal
Chase's club lost as consistently 20 ne
white Elephants as it won from the
Cfty-Of- the-Straits-
In the " OrId-s Series.
And then tine worlds series w mere
would Baker have been without MS
formidable bat2 But for simmons. who
is now n Yankee. this slugger Would
never have seen the piece OF wood Jhat
he loves dearly as his immortal soul-
Bush may claim the credit OF aiding
the AfhIetfcs to the highest honors Of
baseball But DO you not think that
Simmons ~ least shares the halo with
Baker and with Bush3
Just another little speculation before
the veil is drawn. Did YOU ever stop
TO consider how lucky both Baker and
his bat were to gain such undying fame
on two hits2 In 1903 Fred Clark won
a worlds championship for Pittsourg
in identically the same fashion de
robbed Detroit Of the honor by annex
ing two separate games with home
rurs And both OF his demon blows
fell with men on the bases This Won
Is campaigns, attracted not even
passing mention through his perform
ance. That was q series that went the
fun limit or seven games and one IN
which the scores on both sides were
unusually high and fluctuating. Neither
blow fell at such critical points OF nigh
tension as the circuit smashes OF J.
Franklin Baker.
Who ever mentions the deadly blow
OF "Rube" Oldring in the fifth game
OF the worlds series with the Giants ?
His home ruu smash off Marquard in
the third inning or that tilt at the Polo
grounds was the most damaging smash
OF the series His liner cleared the
center left field bleacher, carried far
into the crowd and tailed two runs
ahead OF the batter It was the pref
test pinch hit imaginable, for 10 fell
with two men down. 1t gave Jack
COMBS a TO 9 handicap. let strange
TO say ~Rube" OldTing was but an
eight inning hero. The Giants got to
CoOmbs for run in the seventh. then
tied the count on him in the ninth.
who was substituted too late for Con-
MES great pitcher who had strained
himself earlier in the game Oldring' S
home run did not stand out because
Philadelphia lost. Joe Tinker's home
run IN 1908 in all probability decided
a worlds championship in favor OF the
Cubs over Detroit Tt unnerYed Wild
Bill Donovan who for seven innings
games Of history. But Joe Thinkers
swat was clOuded by the fusilade Of
hits Off Donovan that succeeded once
the ice was broken.
Watch II just For Fun.
There are some strange superstitiOns
In base ball One in connection with
Bakers bat may De interesting enough
TO bear watching. Both Simmons and
Bush declare there's hOOdoo in Ba-
keT's stick that will get q fellow sooner
or later The first time I'm his life
that simmons fell from the 300 hitting
class was when he used this same cud-
gel Bush started out uDOn his owner
ship of the club like a Ty Cobb In a
couple % months he couldn't hit q
lick with &c.
Frank Baker had his renowned ash
but a short time last fall before the
opening or the worlds series With II
he sWatted like @ demon. He is using
the cudgel stills but his hitting so far
this season has been away below par
Is there ink in that piece OF timber
ard is it working on Baker now2 II
you are at ell interested in supersti.
lions watch the batting averages.