The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-25
ODDITIES OF The
BASEBALL GAME

Baseball is full of curiosities, n of
the oddities of the 1913 campaign BEL
ing that on the Polo grounds this year
the opponents Of the Giants have made
more home runs than were manufac-
tured by the McGTawites. The play
ers that invaded Gotham rid their
systems of twenty-five l~oop-the-loop
sn1ashes, while the Manhattan repre-
sentatives punched out nineteen round
trip clouts. The homers made by the
Giants advetrsaries generally turned
the tide of the battle, while the four
oaggers poled by the Giants had sell
dom much effect on the results of con-
tests, generally being made after the
verdict a been decided one way or
the other.
1t would be well for the Athletic
pitchers, during the coming worlds
series, to keep a watchful eye on AR
thur Shafer. as the Californian, a
player Mack was after before he was
gathered into the McGraw fold, has
been the Giants most active manu-
Gacturer of home runs on their home
lot this season. Shafer secured five
homers, all off right handlers. Larry
Doyle, who won the Chalmers car Of
Tered to the National leagues most.
valuable player last season, has made
three homers at the Polo grounds this
season, one of these, procured off Otto
Hess OF the Braves. came with the
bases full. CHIEF Meyers has made
three homers in New York this sea
son and so has Charley Herzog, who.
by the way, now has a better record
as a pinch hitter than Harry McCor-
mick. Fred Snodgrass has made two,
Fred Merkle one, Arthur Fletcher one
and George Burns one.
OF the homers made by the Giants
opponents al the Polo grounds this.
season, the Pirates had six, the Braves
four, the Superbas and Cardinals three,
and the Reds, Phillies and Cubs two.
Tesreau, Fromme and Marquard each
yielded five fo~ur-baggers. Mathewson
was located for our and Crandall,.
Demaree and Wiltse were each found
for one. Max Carey of the Pirates was
the only visiting player to make two
homers in the sarne game, Che did this
at the expense of Fromme on Aug. 1917,
and Ham Hyatt of the same combina-
ton was the only athlete to hit for the
circuit when acting as a pinch hitter.
Hyatt accomplished this feat on May
16, when facing Christy M~athewson.
The list of the homers made at the.
Polo grounds by National lea play
ers this season follows:
HoMERs BY NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Giants f9.
Shafer-Of Rudolph, Boston; Moore,
Philadelphia; Adams, Pittsburgh;
Camnitz, Pittsburgh; Perritt, st.
Louis. Total, s,
Doyle-of Hess, Boston; Griner. st.
Louis; Ragan, Brooklyn. Total, 8.
Meyers-Om Hess. Boston; Perritt, St.
Louis; Alexander, Philadelphia. Total.
8.
Herzog-off Fromme. CINCINNATI;
Geyer. st. Louis; Richie. Chicago. To-
tai, 8.
Snodgrass-of Brown, Cincinnati;
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Merkle-Of Chalmers. Philadelphia.
Fetcher-on Fsagan. Brooklyn. To
tall /.
Burns-of Adams. Pittsburgh. To-
aal, /.
Boston q.
Rariden-Of Tesreau and Marquard.
Total, 2.
Brown-of Marauard. Total, I.
Lord-OT Marquard. Total, /.
Brooklyn 8.
Smith-Of T~esreau, Q. Total, q.
Wheaton C~randall. Total, /
Chicago 2.
Leach--Of Marquard. Total, /.
Evers--C.f. Mathewson. Total, /.
Cincinnati z,
Tinker-Om Fromme. Total, /.
Devore-Off Mathewson. Total, 1.
Philadelphia 2.
Luderus-off Tesreau. Total, I.
,Cravath---of Fromme. Total, /.
Pittsburgh 6.
Wagner--Of Mathewson and Wiltse.
Total, 2.
Carey-of Fromme, 2 Cloth in same
game. Total, q.
Mitchell-lOf Demaree. Total II.
Hyatt-Of Matfewson. Total, i.
ST. Louis 8.
Konekchy-of Marquard and Tes-
Seau. Total, q.
Wingo--Cf Fromme. Total, 1.