The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-04-12
Something About Past Perform
ances of Rockies Now Ready
to Strive For the PIaudits OF
Baseball Mad Multitudes.
BY oDeERs T. oURNEE.

xTEARS ago Henry Wadsworth
" Longfellow wrote that oft
quoted poem in which he
says:
Heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight.
But they while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night.
Mr.. Longfellow eve saw n big
league baseball game. but he certain
iy knew how to put 'em over the
plate.
Making good in the big league
means Work with n capital W. Many
an aspiring bush league phenom
starts south with visions of n $4,000
contract only TO become a perspiring
rookie and eventually the property of
the Salt River league.
The training camps have been in full
swing for a month nov and when
the big show opens April 10 the chosen
few will trot out their wares in the race
for popular favor and a berth in fast
company.
THREE WORLDS SERIES STARS
Last season saw the arrival of more
embryonic stars than probably any
other in the history of baseball. In
fact, so marked was the rise of three
of the years ''finds'' that they be-
came dominant figures in the worlds
series. Tesreau of the Giants and Be-
dent and Cady of the Red Sox are the
sensational trio.
JEFF T~esreau, the "Ozark bear hunt
err" was picked up by McGraw two
years ago and was Harmed out" TO
Toronto in the International league
for a year Of seasoning. Last spring
the Giants were badly in need of new
timber for their pitching staff, and the
big Missourian filed the gap in great
shape. During the early part OF the
season his work was eclipsed by Mar
guards record breaking string of vic
tories. but when the RUDE went down
to defeat before Jimmy Lavender and
the Chicago Cubs "Tessie" jumped
into the gap and kept the Giants In
the race until the rest of the boxmen
returned to form. His most notable
feat was a no hit contest against the
Phillies on Sept. G.
Later in the worlds series he took
part in three games, allowing nineteen
hits. eleven bases on balls and made
three wild pitches. He struck out nj
teen and won one game. The records
for the season show that of the games
I'm which he had taken part seventeen
were victories, seven defeats and one
a tie. This gives him a percentage of
.7OS on the basis of the games Won and
lost and places him third on the list.
Figuring ON the basis of earned runs.
however, the Giantlet led his field in
splendid fashion with 50 earned runs
for 243 innings pitched.
He was faced by 1905 batsmen, gave
1T hits, 106 bases on balls and sue
ceeded in tanning 40 of the enemy.
@cHlcK. GANDiL'S RISE
The American league also developed
several sensations last year. Chief
among them was Chick Gandil, the
star first sacker of the Senators. AL
though he had been turned down by
the Chicago Americans the year before.
Manager Griffith saw the makings of
a great player in him, and it was on
Grifith's advice that the Washington
club purchased him from Montreal for
$4,000.
He plugged the hole in Washington's
inner defense and furnished a we'll
balanced infield. a thing the Senators
had sorely missed. His bat was also
Instrumental In deciding several air