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Bakers drive the following day was
even a more notable feat. The Giants
we're leading the Athletics by a score
o. to and one out in the ninth in
ming it looked as though the National
League pennant winners would defeat
the Philadelphians. Baker came to bat
and he faced Mathewson, the greatest
tWirler in the senior league. Matty
had in mind the feat Baker accom-.
rlished the previous day and he used
/ I'll the trick and craft at his command
However, Baker was not to be outwit.
ted and he caught one of Mathewson' g
shoots and drove 1t into the grand
stand for home, run, tieing the score.
IN extra innings the Athletics won and
for the first time Mathewson tasted
defeat in a Worlds Series game.
coomhs Featured 1910 series.
In 1910 1t was the work Of pitcher
that featured the Worlds Series.
Jack Coombs, one Of Connie Mack's
twirling stars, was I'M the limelight
throughout the series and it was his
great pitching that earned victory
for the American leaguers. Coombs
took the measure of the Chicago
Cubs in three Of the four games.
However, there had already been
pitchers who had accomplished this
same feat. They were Mathewson
and Adams.
While Mathewson was already the
greatest hurler in the National Lea
que, Babe" Adams gained fame in
the 1909 series by defeating the De-
troit Americans three times, and
winning the worlds title for the
Pirates. Adams was practically new
conner and unknown in the big league
and his triumph was even greater
than that of other pitchers. When
the series started 1t was generally be-
lieved that the Pirates would not
have a chance as the Detroit Tigers.
were such heavy hitters that no.
pitcher would be able to stand up.
against them. However, the base ball
fraternity received big surprise
when Adams, who, was really un.
known, was sent in against theTigers
He came out or the fray VICTORIOUS
and on two other occasions the pit
cher, whom everybody had failed to
even give thought, conquered the
American leaguers. 1t was Adams
who spiked the guns of Cobb, Craw-
ford, Delahanty, and the other
Tigers.
Hit-and-Run Play squashed.
During the Worlds Series in 1907
1t was JOHNNY Kings catching and
ability to outguess his opponents
that won for the Cubs. Cobb, Craw-
ford, Rossman and Davy Jones were
especially skilled in the hit-and-run
play. Ii was with the aid of this play
that Detroit expected to defeat the
Cubs, but the Tigers reckoned with
out Killing.
In executing the hit-and-run play
II is necessary that the catcher be
fooled for IL he is wise he can break
up the play. Had the Tigers been
able to fool king they would have
been able to win the title, but Killing
them on every occasion
and nipped the play In the bud by
simply signaling for q wasted ball,
that is a down pitch that is too far
out for the batter to hit, and invari- |
ably catching the base runner. An
other way of breaking up this play |
Is to allow the man at bat to hit the |
ball. This is done by having the ball
pitched where it is bound to be hit
10 certain spot and have the field
ers waiting for the ball. However,
this is liable to fail and has fallen !
through on more than one occasion. |
The safest way is the wide ball sys-
tenn. BY breaking up their favorite
play the Tigers were deprived OF the
one thing that stood between them
md victory.
Utility Player the Hero. |
One OF tue great achievements of
/ utility player was the success at
aimed by George Robe in 1906 in the
series between the Chicago American
md Chicago National League teams.
He would never have got into the
series had 1t not been that Tannehill
was injured, which made it neces-
;ary to put Robe in at third. In the
first game of the series the score /
vas tied and Robe drove in the win
hing run with triple. Once more |
Robe arose to the occasion in the
.hird game when he pulled out an
,ther triple, scoring three runners as
he bases were full at the time he got
his hit. This was all the scoring done
n the game as Ed Walsh BANKED
he Cubs. However, Robe never did
lnything worthy of note after thatand
vas carried through the season of
.907, but he hit 500 poorly that in
.90S he was relegated to the minors.
In 1905 Mathewsonv created SEN
ation by shutting out the Athletics
hree times, record that has never
'een equaled., Dineen and Young of
he Boston Americans shared the
lonors between them in the first
Worlds Series between National and
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