Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-04
WORLD SERIES RECEIPTS HAVE
GROWN FROM 5000 S4gO, 449

therefore. participate in the worlds
series which was decided by Brooklyn,
winner of the National League pen
nant, and Louisville, winner in the
American association. One game was
tie, and each team won three Of the
six additional games Reasons for
not playing off the deadlock are Civ
en- In the foregoing. This year pro-
vided the first and last instance OF a
team In one organization winning the
pennant, and then having transferred
, to the other organization, again win
ming the pennant in consecutive
years
In 1897 the National League con.
sisted of IL clubs, with no rival or.
ganization. AS a result the best sub
stitute that could be devised for the
worlds series was the Temple cup
series, a trophy to be played for by
teams finishing first and second in
the league race. 1t was first offered
in 1894, and first played for by the
Giants and Baltimore. * (.
Modern Series Starts in 1908.
The first Of the so-called modern
worlds series was played in 1903 be-
tween Boston of the American league
and Pittsburgh of the National league
Boston won five out of the eight.
games. Curiously enough, Pittsburgh
won three out of the first four con-
tests. !. In the first game, Philippe.
for Pittsburgh, beat Cy Young, pitch
ing for Boston, to 8. Boston won
the second game, Dineon pitching
against Lever and Vail, 3 to o.; Phil
lippe won for his team in the next
contest, opposing Young and Hughes,
A to 2. The next game, at Pittsburgh,
Philippe won, TO 4. Thereafter,
Boston breezed through the series,
giving the Pirates no more games,
thanks chiefly to the work Of Dineen
and the exhaustion of Philippe. OF
that Boston team, not man remains
in the big leagues. OF Pittsburgh's
team Wagner is still in business at
the old stand. Clark is the Pittsburgh
manager, Tommy Leach is playing
good ball for Chicago, and Eddie
Phelps is with Brooklyn. Some hint
as to the pace of baseball is con-,
tanned therein.
In 1904 no worlds championship
was decided, through the refusal of
the New York club to meet. the Red
Sox The 1905 series between thei
Giants and Athletics Is justly regard
ed as the greatest series Of games
ever played. Five games were de-
cided, and there were five shut outs.
Mathewson beat Plank in the first
game. 3 to O. Bender beat McGinnity
and Ames In the second, 3 to O; Mat
thewson beat Coakiey in the next, g.
to O.; McGinnity beat Plank in the
fourth, ! to 0, and Mathewson beat
Bender in the final game, to 0.
Mathewson in this series worked q
full innings for no score, unques-
tionably the greatest pitching
achievement ever made by pitcher.
TWO CHICAGO TEAMS IN 1906.
The year 1906 marked the first and !,
only time that two teams of the same
city met in the worlds series-the
Cubs and the White Sox, both of Chi.
cage. 1t is interesting to note also
that two teams of the same city fin.
ished in last place. Boston was the
city. The White Sex won the SERIES
four games TO two. In all games butt
the last, each team won its games on
grounds, the deciding game
going to the White Sox pitchers WHO
were then with the team, Walsh and
White remain: one OF the Cub twirl.
ers who were with that famous az
gregation then are now members of
the nine.
The Cubs won the National League
pennant in 1907 and beat Detroit I'M
the post-season series, four straight
games after the first game had gone
to a tie, to 3, in twelve innings. The
following year the Detroits and Cubs
again met, and Chicago won the
series, four games to one. In 1909
Detroit was again the American
League leader. and Pittsburg won the
National League flag; the ! Smoky
City Players won the worlds series.
their success being due mainly to
Babe" Adams, who won three of the
games for the Pirates through the;
excellence of his pitching. !
CeOmbs Is Unbeaten .>......-~'
In 1910 the Cubs and Athletics we're
the contenders, the Mackmen winning
four out of five games. Jack Coombs,
winning three games from Chicago,
was tae hero of the series::s In later
year. Coombs won one game from the
Giants and consequently holds a rec
ord as pitcher unbeaten in worlds
championship games. He wifi not
have an opportunity to enhance his
prestige this season, however, be-
cause Of injuries which will prevent
his appearance in the box. The 1911
series between the Giants and the Ath-
Ietics will be remembered because of
]. Franklin Bakers work. with the bat
it will be recalled, won :
the series, four games to two. Math- !
ewson beat Bender in the first game;
Plank beat Marquard' and Crandall in ;,
the second game: Coombs beat Math-
ewson in the third game-eleven inn
Ings, score 8 to 2; Bender beat Matty
and Wiltse in the. fourth game at
Marquard, Anes and
Crandall beat COMBS. and Plank, the
latter going into the box in the last :,
inning with the score a tie, being