The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-02
RECORD
YEAR FOR
BY Harold D. Johnson,

BY Harold D. Johnson.J
Chicago, Jan. 1.-Record-breaking
performance, both on the field and
In the box Office, characterized tho
baseball season of 1912. Sensation
paigns in the Am -rican and National
leagues from the tap of the inaugural
bell April IL till the last u was cali
ed in the world series, which ended
with another triumph from the cir
cult presided over by Byron Bancroft
Johnson.
Scacely had Boston and the fans
who stood by Jake Stahl's Red Sox
in their desperately fought battles for
the highest honors in organized ball.
ceased cheering and %gloating over the
victory than the New York giants, the
defeated contenders. suffered another
heavy loss in the dealt. of John Tom
linson Brush. club owner The pass
ing Of this great character removed
n Of the real hulwarks Of baseball,
the end coming while Mr.. Brush was
fastening westward hopeful Of re-
gaining his health. In the death OF
Thomas %oyes. president Of the Wash
ington American league club. the sport
lost another loyal friend.
Little d%issension married the con-
duct of the national game. Tyrus
Cohb's encounter will, a fan in the
New York grounds and the subsequent
strike of the Detroit players which
resulted in the application Of heavy
fines was the biggest disturbance cre-
ated in the Junior organization. The
trial of Horace Fogel, president of
the Phillies. for alleged remarks tend
ing to show that President Lynch's
umpires had favored the giants in at
laocS fu.oNtS. .,ho ~ ri.archf, Du,,,nc
stirred up a racket in the National
league n as tn. old year is pass
ing out the affairs of the Quaker city
are in chaotic condition. Another
move toward lettering the conditions
of the ball player was taken when the
Protective association was formed
with Dave Fultz president
Prosperity-the keynote of the 1911
season-was again predominant. as
witness the opening Of three new and
modern ball plants. each built to &C
that now flock to the games. Cincin-
natl opened the race On Redland field:
Boston's Red SoX, under new manage
ment. started at Fenway Park and
the Detroit club got away under new
conditions on Navin field Work was
started in lnidseason on a new ALL
concrete n steel plant to replace
the old Washington Park grounds.
Brooklyn. and this fan palace should
be ready for occupancy next spring
Chief among the athletes who won
recognition were Ruhe Marquard. the
New York giant pitcher, who suspend
ed a new world record by winning
nineteen straight victories. Joe Wood
of the Boston Red SoX and Walter
Johnson of washington also surpass-
ed the former higl-water mark of
fourteen in a row and finished In a
deadlock with sixteen straight. An
other new record was established by
the Washington club, which won sew
enteen consecutive victories on the
road.
Brilliant playing n keen eompeti-
ton featured the American league
race. particularly the showing Of the
Washington club. hitherto a tail-end-
er. With Clark Griffith in command
the senator's ran a close second to the
Red SoX and made a snug fortune
for the owners The slump of the Ath-
ietics, twice world champions. was M
Of the surprises of the year. In the
National league the acquisition by
reau virtually enabled McGraw's club
to repeat.
The illness of Frank Chance. dis
sension in the club and the subsequent
ousting Of the peerless leader" fur
nished a sensation. and the famous
Chicago organization for the first time
in eight years finished below second
place. Then followed the dismantling
81 the old machine. Miner Brown
was turned adrift. Joe Tinker assuin-
ed manager Of the Reds. Johnny Ev-
ers replaced Chance as Cub manager
and Chance in turn was projected to
freedom and plans made to give him
the management Of the New York's
Yankees.
other mana gerial twists came when
Harry Davis gave up the Nap leader
ship Labor day in favor of Joe Bir-
mingham and George Stovall sup
planted Bobby Wallace AS skipper Of
the st. Louis Browns. Hank O'Day
verton failed with the Yankees and
johnny King was ousted from the
Boston Braves after the season clos
ed.
Desperate fighting marked the work
Of the pennant contenders in both
leagues, but the p~ost-season conflicts.
particularly those for the world hon.
ors between the Red Sox and Giants.
who battled in eight games before
deciding the issue. and the Cubs and
White Sox. who required nine contests
before Jimmy Callahan's South Siders
were awarded the championship Of
Chicago. will long be remembered.
Pitching honors for the year go to
Joe Wood in the American league
and to Claude Hendrix Of Pittsburgh
in the National. while Tyrus Raymond
Cobb OF Detroit proves the boss batter,
with ,Heine Zimmerman OF the Cubs
first in this department among the
sluggers Of the present organization.
Another definition for a worthy
YOUNG man is n who gets through
without having to ask his ia |
To Sand q rclief exnedition.