The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-19
Every Worries series Has
Produced q REGULAR Hero
FANS ARE BUSY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WILL BE THE
BODY GUESSING.
Every worlds series creates it.

Every worlds series creates its
hero.
Some member Of the New York
Nationals or Boston Americans, now
only moderately we'll known to base
ball fame, Is destined. as a result of
the hi gbattle Of e month, to be
lifted to the highest pinnacle Of fame.
Every player that gets into the Sc
ries makes himself responsible for
the triumph Of his club. will be photo
graphed and interviewed. will have
proffers Of marriage and theatrical
engagements. a legion, will be be-
sought to write books and magazine
articles. and will have thrust at him
a hundred ways to make money. pro-
vided he is willing to give part of
the winnings to the clever deviser
Of the schemes.
It may be some pitcher who will
duplicate the feats Of Babe Adams or
John Coomhs. and win three games
in a series: 1t may be an outfielder
with a series Of brilliant catches; an
inflelder with a lot Of great stops. OF
perhaps some pinch hitter, with a
mighty drive at a vital instant of the
play.
lfmelight as the hero of the series.
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ond victory Of the Chicago Nationals
over the Detroit Americans, a tri.
umph that represented the rounded
superiority OF a great team rather
than individual prowess. there has
always been some one player singled
out for the plaudits Of the multitude
Made Famous by Home Runs.
Last year 1t was John Franklin Ba.
ker Of the Philadelphia Americans
with his two remarkable home runs
The first Of these came in the. sec.
ond contest Of the series. New York
had won the first game on its owr
diamond, and the second was being
played In Philadelphia. with the vet.
eran Plank opposed to the youthful
Marquard.
The cor was 1 to 1 in the sixth
inning, with the pitchers performing
SO evenly that all the indication.
pointed to extra innings, with thu
danger for Philadelphia that tn.
younger pitcher would survive a Ions
strain better than the veteran.
With two men out in the sixth in.
ming, Collins doubled. and then Baker
took the first big vault up the ladder
Of fame by driving the ball out of tn.
lot for the home run that gav.. tn.
American leaguers their first victory
l. This smash was dramatic enough
but on the next day Baker performed
a still more notable feat.
New York had the Athletics 1 to 0
in the ninth inning. The first ma,
to bat was out, and victory looked
a certainty for the Nationa l leaguers
Baker faced Mathewson. The grea
pitcher had. keenly in mind how OF
the preceding day Baker with a hom,
run had snatched a game from tn,
Giants. He INDUCED all his craft t,
keep the raw-boned left-hander from
landing on another, but in vain. Ono,
more the powerful fail OF. Baker con
nected with the ball, and lifted It gu
Of the playing field. This tied tn,
score, the Americans won in extra in
nfngs, and for the first time Mathew
son tasted defeat in a worlds serie,
game.
The year before the success of tn,
American league team resulted large
~ from the pitching or coombs, VII,
landed three games Of the four tina
gave victory yer the Chicago Ma
tional league club.
There was already a precedent fol
this three-game winning by one pitch
lie rim a worlds series, two, in fact
the two men who had already per
formed the feat being Mathewson anf
Adams.
Adams Leaps Into Fame.
Mathewson was already the mos
famous pitcher in the National lea
que when he performed his most not
able pitching exploit. but Adams
when he thrice won for Pittsburgh IL
the worlds series of 1909. was an un.
known newcomer, and his triumph
launched him instantly into a fam,
such as few ball players have expert
fenced.
Whe nthis series was started De
troit had the reputation of being sucl
a hard-hitting team that the pitcher.
OF the Pirates would not be able t,
stop 1t. Scouts Of the Detroit clul
followed Pittsburgh in the closin,
days Of the season. and studied, tn,
work Of Camnitz. Maddox, Leifeld
and the other Pirate stars.