The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-07

Whp will be the hero Of the world s series this year?
 Inst aa inc worlds series itself is the blue ribbon event of baseball, SO is it the crowning event in the career Of player to achieve fame in the. bf9 rames Each year has seen it's own hero or heroes and annually pe-.. fore the start of the series there IS much speculation as to who will be the new addition to baseballss honor list.
 sfncs 1884, when the first series was played for the cKampionship of the world, between the Providence team of the rTatfonaI League ana the Metro Dolftans Of the American Association fortune has smiled upon many ath-s letes However. most of the perfor- mances Of the days when baseball was really in it's infancy have faded in tho dim nlsts of the pest They have long since ceased to be upper rnosttin the minds of fandofn: in these latter days they exist only in the rec
 Few fans. old ones even, can recall vividlv tAa heroes of the champions shin series that preceded the present ozes between the National and Amer Sean League teams. The memory fails them when they try to dote back far tfaer than the last decade or SO They. the majority. of course do not know that in thes first series ever played to. decide the worlds chanpionshnps Charley 1ssCld H1ss' Radbourne pitched and won all three games for the Providence team And so 1t is right down the line to the modern worlds series contests between the National and American League teams, Therefore stwere better to conhne the review of the heroes from the Red Sox-Pfrate series fH 1908 to date.
 It Is not always that the hero Of a worlds series is a. star player. F're- q1lentIy he is of but mediocre ability. More frequently. though, he5is fair performer who rises in his might dur ing the short series and plays the game Of his life. over-shado lowing for the once the deeds of the more bril- liant or consistent p1eyers. The case of George Rohes of the 1906 White Sox team is an outstanding inst tance Of this and there are others. The real stars of the game who get the op- portunity to commit heroic acts in the series are few. Ty Cobb figured in three consecutive worlds seriass in 1907 3. yet never distinguf shed himself. and Joe Wood. while he won two games from the Giants in the 1912 series was lost in the glare of the spotlight that surrounded Hugh Be- dient just as Adams overshadowe Wagner in 1909.
 The hero of the first series between the National and American Leagues in 1903. was Bill Dineen, now an una- 2 pire in the American League Pitch ing for the Red sox, he won three of the games necessary to cIinch the title He pitched 86 innings and the Pirates, Boston's opponents, were able 10 score in only four of the innings. Deacon Philippe, for Pittsburgh. also won three games in the series. b ut he lost two, and the honors went to Din cen.
 ed to allow the Giants to meet the Boston Americans in 1904, so there was no series. Beginning in 1905, however, 1t was made compulsory for the pennant winning teanas- in the two major leagues srI.ser in a ser world
 The Athletics were the opponents of the Giants in the worlds series of 1905. and Mafhewson was the hero. delphfa team, shutting them out each time.
 h 1s0s. George Rohe,s big bat de- eided the series and made him the hero. Rone was utility player and filled in for Lee Tannehill at third, Fanny being out of the game be- cause o1 fnJurdess In the first game, with the srore tied Roae trip1ed and scored inc winning run on bad re- turn He Knocked in the only runs nadef in the third game when he trip led with the bases full. In all he made seven hits, most of them time ly. ApparentIy he played better than he know how. in the series for he never did much after deciding the champso on snip. After warming the bench and resting on his laure1s dur ing most of the 1907 season. he was relegaked to the minors by the White Sox.
 Johnny King was the hero in tine series of 1907 and 0S, catching fo1 the Cubs he picked up all the signals of the Detroit team and was aaIa r. outguess them at all times He spoil. ed their plays both on the defense and oneuEe and the best the Tigers could do WAS tte one game in the first ser ies and win one in the second
 Pitching three victories over De troit made Babe Adams. then , youngster with the Pirates, the hero ta 1909
 Jack coombs and Eddie Collin. shared the honors in 19Io. Comb. pitched and won three games in sew en days ana had the wonderful CuI and great base running were big fac tors in the series.
 Frank Bakers two home runs 1T the series of 1911, against the Giant, mada him the hero of that year These timely hits won two games fol
 Hugh Bedient was the parffcuIal star in I912, when the Giants played the Red Sox. He Jumped in wher Wood Poston's star pitcher. failed tt work as well as had been expected and gained fame by pitching gains the Giant batters like a veteran. B. fore the series Bedient had not beer sert usly considerel even as a relic pitcher.
 Experts are inclined to share tn. honors Of last year between Eddie Plank the Athletic left handler, anc n afr4