The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-14
j. BAKER HOLDS
BATTING RECORD
IN TnEE WORLDS SERIES uAs
Hr OVER 800.
connts sLack's One and Only Btg Pur-
chase Proves Faiiure--othsr
winter Base Bail.

Frank Baker. OF the Athletics. Is the
only player In base ball who has hit more
than 800 In three world series. Baker
teiform-d this feat by batting over the
nark In 1910. 1911 and 1913 John Nfey-
rrs. the Giants catcher. missed a very
GOOD chance 20 join him By getting hurt
'arly In the big series this year.
lie is In the class with Chance. Ever~
ana Schulte OF the cubs. and Danny
Murphy and Jack Barry Of the Athletics.
cries. Hoffman. OF the cubs. and I'd
He Collins. Of the Athletics. have hit sou
vice. but skipped a series between.
Better IN the Series.
one peculiarly or Bakers record Is
mat he has batted better in the series
raan in the regular season. In 1919 he
70 400 In the series. .345 In the season.
Do Lsil II was 80 against .3a5. and ,his
ar ne boosted his series mark TO $50.
ME ne hit but .33a through the year.
With Eddie Collins. he l. one OF the
Two men who have hit over 400 in two
series. Chance. ~Steiufeldt. Rossman and
Ilerzog are also 400 series strikers. white
ltenrikseu and Arthur Wilson. OF tho
Giants. are the only Loco batters. Both
set the mark in the 1912 series.
In this same series Charley Hall bat
ted go. while In the last ARRAY Christv
M~athewson svstted 500. Bin Kennedy.
OF the Pirates. Ed killian. OF the Tiger.
Leon Ames. OTIS randall Hairy Nc
cormick and Larry Mclean. OF tho
Giants. have all done better than 500 in
one series.
Records OF Pitchers.
Many twirlers find their way into tho
800 ranks in the worlds series. Muuin.
Kennedy. Charlie Hall. Coombs. Knlian.
hewson are the swatting twirlers. some
OF these are regular hitters. but many
are far from the regular 800 class.
Others besides pitchers have battcd
tiers who have never made that mark In
me championship season follow Barry,
Bender and SChaug. OF the Athletics. Sc
bring. or the Pirates. Jiggs bonOhue. Is
heil and Robe. OF the White SoN. overall
and Brown. 81 the cubs. Ames. MURRAY.
M~Athewson. Tesreau and Mclean. Of the
Giants. and Engle. Of the Red Sox.
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An Australian paper. speaking Of
The coming visit OF the Giants and
White SoN world touring baseball
teams. SAYS The tour should give a
much-to-be-desired nllip To the game
here by enabling local players TO Wit
ness the skill displayed by some OF this
best players In America. II Is TO be
hoped as a result Of the tour that in
due course strong combinations Of
Australian and other British players
will visit America to take part IN In
~ternauonal games
Hearing What the Sew York Yankees
intend 10 send Jack knight back. sew
eral international league clubs are
announced as IN the market for his
services Jersey city naturally would
have first choice. but that club Is al
ready provided Tor with Joe Aglsr At
hrst base, so that the market is an
knight TO succeed Harry SwRcina. and
Buffalo also - said 10 be DESTROYS OF
securing his services. Talking about
first basemen fOr Buffalo. IL - also
said that might lake a chance
ON SWacina, 1911 Clymer believing he
can keep the big fellow level in spite
line.
There Is only one instance in Connie
Mack managerial career when he paid
a big sum OF money Tor a ball player
and that one player proved an absolute
failure. II waz Lefty Russell. The
~uufhrdw Mack purchased from Balfi-
NOR" Tor a hgure said 20 be somewhere
near the twelve hundred dollar mark.
but who never made good. There Is
not A memle of Macks r~euar.alI.
team who cost him much more than
nothing and some OF his greatest stars
came 20 him without the outlay Of "a
cent. II is questionable whether base
hall hunters amons its manager an
other individual who has developed so
many phenomenal players procured
from sand lots and school teams 49,
Mack can boast Of. The average man
aver considers himself fortunate when
Boz" develops a y~ouur~ter every two or
ZION over which Mack presIdes "
brought 20 the front IN a YEAR or two
and promises 20 remain formidable Tor
several years 10 come.
All that Mack seems % need o. re-
pleuish hi- team with is pitchers. and
81 is a muttero z record that there are
always more pitchers available Than
PLAYERS Tor any OF the other positions
That wonderful iuueid on which "a
price ~ 100000 has been placed lId
NOT cost Mack more than the price ~
900 ordinary SUIT OF clothes. ana while
his outheid does mot class ouIte ae
high 10. too. was procured FOR 1.-THE Or
nothing
EDDIE Collins is tho only second base
man 500 tile American feaeu. who DUs-
classes RAY Morgan. Morgan So one ~
90" most valuable players the wash
irrton club has picked up 90 recent
ears. and DO ie sti1r ~ thar ne
whore DO e. art 90 show marked inn
Urnv"mert Collins o. course. DO .n "a
Dinse h' himself u g. questi1nahI.
whether ths game has over had a bet
tor man 800 his position. FOR Do = nor
only "a great felder. but classes Win
tho hest rs an all-round hall player
Tho most encouraging feature ah.r.
Morgan &C. that he has shown steady
i~mHrnvem@nf ever since DO Joined the
team Since he has grown ar..4.
TONED 20 socor base he has deveIared
rapidly. Tor he is also a good base rlr-
nor ard q dangerous hitter.