The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-08
1912 YEAR OF
BIG SURPRISES
Many Remarkable Events on the
Diamond This Season

In many respe ets-and in all re-
spects, perhaps-Ihe baseball year
which has Just drawn To n close has
been one of the most remarkabla in
the history of the game. writes " 3.
Reasley in the Detroit Journal.
To retrospect:
There has been Rube Ma Guards
remarkable run of 10 consecutive lie
tories
There has been Walter Johnson's
run of 16 consecutive victories.
There has been Joe Woods run of
IS consecutive victories.
Tyrus Cobb has been performing
just as brilliantly as he did In 1911,
but the glare from the work OF the
peerless one has been lost In the blaze
set by Marquard, Johnson and, WOOD
There has been the remarkable show
ing OF the washington Nationals I'M
der Clark Griffith. man who was
considered the joke manager of the
National league.
There has been the remarkable run
OF victories by the Washington club.
when on western trip IL cleaned up
ON every game--a sweep that almost
carried II into the leadership of the
league.
Two young pitchers. Jean Dubuc Of
Detroit and Hugh Bedient of Boston.
s..t. A. .f
leading pitchers. while numerous 9TH
crs, such as Baumgardner of st. Louis
Cashion of Washington and Heating Of
New York, have won their spurs.
There has been the SCATTERING of the
Jennings machine machine tha1
won three American league pennants
and finished in the first division twice
III five years. In fact, the downfall OF
the Tigers has been one of the sur
prises of baseball. At the beginning
of the season the Detroit team was
spoken of in the same breath with
Boston and Philadelphia. But now
Detroit is hopeless and Hugh Jennings
will be forced to draw upon all his
reserve forces to make the Tigers a
contender in 1913.
The famous Mack machine has also
crumpled. Cy Morgan and Paddy Liv-
ingstone are gone: CHIEF Bender seems
to have lost some of his cunning. and
Eddie Plank, alone of the Mackmen,
has retained the form that made the
Philadelphia Athletics one of the
Aa 80 tI.
game.
Jake Stahl has come out of retire
ment ard into q pennant, Stahl has
made Larry Gardner, Hugh Bradley,
Hugh Bedient, Ray Collins and several
others on the Boston team regular
leaguers There isn't any question in
the minds of the unprejudiced base
ball followers that Jake Stahl's wits
Won pennant for Boston this season.
Another TRANSPORTING of 1912 wac the
strike of the Detroit players in Phil
adelphin. the Cobb incident in New
York city, the Cobb incident in Chi
cago, the suspension of RUDE Oldrin-
and Chief Bender of the Athletics. the
Topping OF Harry Davis from the man
agerial reins of the Cleveland club. the
alleged offer by James McAleer of
Boston of $50, 900 for Walter Johnson
the slipping of James Delehanty. Ed
die Summers and Charley O'I.eary of
the Tigers 10 the minors.
In the National league there have
been the periodic rows OF Manager
Bresnahan OF the Browns with the club
owners. the recent "brawr' between
Owner Murphy of the Cubs and Man
ager Frank Chance. the development
OF Vic Safer, the Lansing youth. into
one Of the best first sackers in the
organization, the uninterrupted run NJ
i'll luck after the Philadelphia club. the
sudden slipping OF Rube Marquard af-
ter winning 10 straight. the rise of
Tesreau. the unhappy death of Bugs
the rise and fall Of the Gin
cinnati Reds.
In truth. remarkable occurrences
have ceased to be considered remark
able--they have sunk into the ordi-
nary