The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-05

rsss baliplayers have long
'kored into the q bone yard, y
A pop Time a wallop on the
'.einr through with the best
rfciine efficiency that he
m II 8 long and honorable
"A diamond and topped it off
4 e1ne OF the world IS series
tIsly The most efficient in.
1fofnlarce of elusive hurl-
r5irR considered, that has
',seed on any diamond.
10 Be Impossible.
hight to be beyond the limits
.sdurance for a man of his
4 back, and retain any consid-
.1r Of his average efficiency.
s lace Of all this this 'oid
III "old masters responded
Al aud deciding game of the
he With what deserves TO be
( 10 baseball history as the
pitching perform.
tine, holding the Giant hit
b htsle base hits, one of
little pop fly to the infield,
hing hut one other man to
4 Slater drawing a base on
I; {tth. Considering all these
iAis II undoubtedly the most
iIching performance baseball
l1sn And it was staged by
|Rafa Of age, the entire annals
s'ltsining the name of but
riieher who was ever seeing
Dgue service at this age, that
|-g oy Young.
N this wonderful left arm
b lnrled out last seasop--in
>|tth year, during which it
inning its fifth pennant in
11n league-shows that il
,Fe showing 'em up to the
~ games all told, winning
eapss and being credited
NJ! Of ten, the remaining
'nhsta being largely in the
ylecue duty for the Younger
.lehap hurlers, for which
|Eiear credited with a loss OF
= ile records, But one thing
'lsisl records of the league
and that speaks more for
we manner ID which Plank
Y 70 withstand the .ravages
q my mere record Of games
and forms ample evidence
4 that his victories were
Of the remarkable hitting
'klAn machine that he had
y tae fact that he pitched
oFe iow-hit games than he
hny season since he first
re game, serving in twelve
thleh he allowed but Eve
without counting his two
H series efforts, in the
.alq he held the Grants to
':o 10 rnrs through nine in
y the second of which he
g!asta to two safe pokes.
's seventeen victories we're
nisk Start.
s'ssd to push Old Pop Time
.n 3 ast spring in the very
y or the season, entering
leument in Boston after
niu Knocked both Bender
I. ~. oeI Of tho box and pulling
's iof the Athletics by hold,
s!an! Sox swstters to no
W @ elts through the final
yes.tmfd innings. Two days
;ln saved his team after
Aapckad out both Coombs
Eotne In with the bases
1fgy first inning aud hold.
SoK scoreless through the
.;,ta sat periods of play. This
Y veil be designated as
~ season s play.
s9e a big league pitcher in
NJ 70 TIE Athletics ip the
yssr direct from Gettys.
y. s,itnout wasting any time
lesgue schools. In fact
near TO being a natura'
Il "so didn' 7 require a tern
=. - u = experience as it is pos
t9 De, as the only pitch
20 had before breakiu.
egue was one summe,
4 - ,spurg college team ant
= laEo ,E that knowledge factor,
w plow lots ou the farm
tqis, his debut as a bill
gss a sensation, and b,
A nn;tnis nis first appearance il
|< yealalstics in the spring O
n isssnsr youth, Plank wa
- OF that year TO ge
,;s tho trolley cars an,
sasg up and down in tn
~ % yn that date the Atb
,ng against John Nc
~ = baltimore, the old Orr
|,&rs & McSraw g missile man
rs rsfed srs an Athletic pitche
a MY fIns OF the box in the sey
;rfSsnager Mack decided tha
.qos;ssppaw ought to be we
b htea <ha with city ways b
n = ;p9w What he had, so h
d fba hls Iirst baptism @
haf remaining two neriod
ss., allowed three runs {
3 ~. . triple and a donbl,
bona p permitted to start hi
Iays performances ndt five day
1, h. -, hna haSol, and, pitching Ii
10 g. osst Eat, Washington 6y
'er ana =, showing but six hit
'afsncss out OF the box ia Ii
q = ss, but after this i
IA a. ~ 70 be hailed ss Ii
"a tn6 leaque all rya- ~,