Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1914-06-28
OLD "ElNG SLUMP"
LOOKED Up TO BY
ALL THE MAJORS

the Lead But the Uld INK way
Yet 0vertake Them; Such Is
History of Pennant Winners.
New York, June 27.-While the Ath-
letcs and the Giants are still the fav-
orites in the championship races In
their respective leagues, it cannot be
said that either team has a iewel-stud-
ded cinch to finish at the top.
Baseball history shows that a ma
jority of the teams that have been out
in front for any considerable period In
close race have had to bow sooner
or later to old "Rummy slump" who
is always on the job. slump" has
grabbed more pennant aspirations
than any one thing in the book Of base
ball just when a team is looking like
four million dollars and winning its
games every day is the time when old
"Slump" gets the team in his clutches
and begins his wicked work
The methods pursued by the old
"jinko" have been illustrated in the
work of several Of the big league out
fits this season
At the rise of the curtain last spring
the White Sox jumped out in front and
for a spell burnt up the American
league circuit The race looked so
soft for the SoX that several members
of the team made arrangement to in-
vest their worlds series money Then
something went wrong, the Sox began
to skid and before they could apply
the brakes they were i'm seventh place.
Apparently there was nothing wrong
with the team, so the blame for the
disaster was laid at the door of old
slump"
After the fan of The Sox the Detroit
Tigers caught the step. When they
marched proudly to the front IL was
freely predicted that they would stick
there 10 the finish And then what
happened? The Tigers invaded the
East and after cleaning up the Yam
KEGS found themselves face to face
with slump" The old boy attached
himself to the team and the Tigers lost
everything but their stripes.
A third team that met with a similar
fate was crew called the Pirates
from Pittsburgh Their victories were
so frequent that they attracted little
attention and the Smoketown fans be-
gan to lose interest in the game What
was the use? The 1914 National
league rag was packed and labeled
Pittsburgh and that was an there
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party called slump" blew into Pitts
bureh. From the day Of his arrival
the Pirates fielders couldn't field the
pitchers couldn't pitch and the hitters
couldn't hit,
White SoX, Tigers and Pirates alike
were fortunate in one respect. They
experienced their slump early i'm the
. season and there was a chance to re-
/ cover lost ground before the finish Of
the race With the teams that bump
/ into old slump from now on il viii
/ be different story, for to them will
mean the wiping out Of an chances to
win the peunant
. Superstition plays no small part in
the life of our national FASTENERS.
Columns have been written about the
pet jlnX chasers" of bah players and
. each season adds its quota to the list
Of "hoodoos" and "hoodoo destroyers"
used on the diamond
So far this season three wei devel-
oped cases of battling the "jiux" have
come to light Chief Meyers of the
1 Giants was hitting 'em out regularly
when he lost his bat That settled
30. The batting average Of the Chief
began to wither for how was he TO
hit without his own trusty war club.
True. there We're other bats just like
the one Meyers had lost, but he
couldn't hit a lick with them. Finally
the lost bat was found and the Chief
is once more clouting in good form.
We are told that Heine Zimmerman
the Cubs third baseman. lays his abil-
ity or inability as the case may be- to
his straw hat If the great Zim gets
his quota Of bingles in a game, all Is
we'll but If he fails to hit safely the
straw Kelly is torn to shreds and
thrown to the bowwOws.
Rabbit" Maranville OF the Braves
refuses 20 put on clean pair OF uni
form pants so long as he hits safely.
AS the Rabbit is doing good stick
work. the Boston board of health has
SO far allowed him TO get by with the