South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-18

and eventually was acknowledged
champions Of the United States by
reason of their defeat of the Chicago
Athletic club, up to then acknOwl-
edged supreme, by the score Of 10
to IL. That team was captained and
coached by +. +. Herring, later ma
tional head of the Order of Eagles,
and managed by r.. A. Schnelle. The
team comprised Peter Studebaker, f..
]. Fogarty, Joseph Singler. DR.. +. p.
Wagner, Frank (Buck) Hanley,
Charles Moritz, Joe Luther, Albert
Award, Frank Murphy, Charles
Zeitler +. G. Duncan. VIM. S. Moore.
Mike Hanley, Geo. Taylor and Lloyd
Brown. AS Chicago had already de-
feated the best teams in the east and
west South Bend was acknowledged
as the champions of the United States
Considering the fact that existing
laws require major leagues to carry
but active players the fact that South
Bend has five players actively en-
gagged in the big leagues means
better representation pro rata than
any other city in the country.
This percentage is even greater
when NOtre Dame is embraced for
Vic. Dubuc is the mainst9y in the
box for Detroit; Ed Ruhlbach has
been for many years a star pitcher
and Red Morgan is second basing IT
for Washington. Recent graduatiOns
Of Williams, Lathrop and Grantield,
to the Cubs. Sox and Cincinnati
teams. respectively are big league
material but have not had a chance
to grow in full bloom.
Back in the Independent ball days
South Bend sent timber TO the big
leagues when Harvey Bailey was
rietxa1 mn nv 10 ROStOn
However, Bailey did not acquit him
self with credit for he was disposed
of in short time because he would not
work hard enough TO attain perfec-
ton.
In this respect George Mullin diff
fered materially when given his
chance with Detroit for he tOiled dill
igently and soon forged 10 the front
sufficiently to be feared as one of the
greatest pitchers known TO baseball.
George was a member Of the De-
troit Tigers many years until sold to
Washington this spring and his effec-
i've work was instrumental in giving
Detroit all its championship teams.
in the American league, but who
were never successful in winning a
worlds pennant
In Central League.
When the Central League was first
given it's first taste of organized base
ball. 1t required eight years of toll
before a championship was won by
a South Bend club in the Organiza-
ton although we will always contend
that South Bend was entitled TO the
first flag Central League clubs battled
for
League ball gave South Bend much
foreign advertising although this was
not very we'll developed until the
reign of Or. f. r. Carson. who sue
ceeded Geo. W. Bement, of Evansville
to the presidency of the Central
League. Through faithful toll. un-
ceasing vigilance and his pleasing
personality. the Central League
bounded from an unknown quantity
10 one of the best governed minor
leagues in the National Association,
and. although at present retired from
active service of the affairs of the
league DR.. Carson is still a power
in the offices OF the National AssO-
citation, of Minor Baseball Leagues
where he is still a member Of the
board of arbitration.
IL is natural to assume that many
players graduated TO higher leagues