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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 0 and one out in the ninth in
ming it looked as though the Nationa
League pennant winners would defeat
the Philadelphians. Baker came to bal
and he faced Mathewson, the greatest
tWirler in the senior league. Matty
had in mind the feat Baker accom-
plished 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's
shoots and drove it into the grand
stand for a home, run, tieing the score
III extra innings the Athletics won and
for the first time Mathewson tasted
defeat in a Worlds Series game.
coombs Featured 1910 series.
In 1910 it was the work Of pitcher
that featured thei Worlds Series
Jack Coombs, one of Connie Macks
twirling stars, was in the limelight
throughout the series and 1t 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. .s...-.. I Is /
While Mathewson was already the
greatest hurler in the National Lea
que, Babe" Adams gained fame in
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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 it was generally be-
lieved that the Pirates would not
have 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
re meseuts Of the. Fray Eictorious.
and on two other occasipns 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. .....: 4
Play Squashed. a
During the Worlds Series in 1907
it was Johnny Kings, catching and
ability to outguess his opponents
that won for the Cubs. Cobb, Craw-
ford, Rossman and Davy Jones were.
skilled in the hit-and-runs
play. 1t was with the aid of this play
that Detroit expected to defeat the
Cubs, but the Tigers reckoned with
out King. I
In executing the hit-and-run play
It is necessary that the catcher be
fooled for if he is wise he can break
I'D 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 wasted ball,
hat is a down pitch that is too far
,ut for the batter to hit, and inyari-
IDLY catching the base runner. An
,ther way of breaking up this play
s 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
% a certain spot and have the field
srs waiting for the ball. However,
his is liable to fail and has fallen
through on more than one occasion.
rhe safest way is the wide ball sys-
EN-. By breaking up their favorite
,lay the Tigers were deprived of the
,ne thing that stood between them
Ind victory.
Utility Player the Hero.
One OF the great achievements of
/ utility player was the success at
aimed by George Robe in 1906 in the
series between the Chicago American
ind Chicago National League teams.
lie would never have got into the
series had it not been that Tannehill
vas injured, which made it neces-
AIRY to put Robe in at third. In the
irst game of the series the score
vas tied and Robe drove in the win
ling run with a triple. Once more
Sohe arose. to the occasion m the
bird gam& when he pulled out an
,ther triple, scoring three runners as
he bases were full at the time he got
lis hit. This was all the scoring done
n the game as Ed Walsh BANKED
he Cubs. However, Robe never did |
worthy of note after thatand |
vas carried through the season of
9O7, but he hit 500 poorly that in |
9OS he was relegated to the minors. |
In 1905. Mathewson created a SEN
alton by shutting out the Athletics
hree times, record that has never
'een eQualed. Dineen and Young. of |
he Boston Americans shared the
onors between them in the first
Worlds Series between National and
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