Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31
DODGERS MAY MAKE
A WORLDS RECORD
Brooklyn Has Perched in Second
Division for Twelve
Years.
RED S0X GET A BIG BOOST
Harry Brewer, Federals' East
ern Representative, Hands
Out Verbal Bouquets.
RED s0X GET A BIG BOOST

NEW YORK. January, so,--At least
3 TIRE, the mark; Nobcdy but your
Dodgers II is the. record for conse-
cuttve years spent in the second divi-
the St. Louis Cardinals for this queer
made IT twelve straight in 1918, but
lost lest all chance OF setting maximum
Higgins took them into the first divl-
Dodgers. is within six years OF this rec
est contender. will be tho ST. Louis
nrowns; who have spent half dozen
| of the American League.
| Brooklyns last year in the first divi-
sion was 1902. when Ned Hanion pilot
onh unto Place In the Ma
that the responsibility falls on an old
pupil Of Hanlon to keep the team from
baseball can provide. Robinson caught
0n,oi aan Il, old
parture. when the team had been raid
nlsSed il nth piaee e1 isSs, and aoGt tHe
WITH all those; lean : Years Il an n
once, in the season Of 1905.
The Dodgers position is unique in
still another way. Every other, team
first division during the last three
years-an unusual condition in any
In Isla and 1919; Cincinnati fourth in
a9l2 , New York Tst II 1Sls and 1919,
second in isis, Pittsburgh f.' VAS second oas
in 1912 and fourth in 1913. and St
Louis was third In 1914.
|
aSoth s 70 gess m he
division this season, 1t Will shatter. all
precedent by rounding out the first
| team OF an eight-club ma jor league has
seen the first division,
| Another Red SON BOOST.
| "Show me u team that outclasscs it's
rivals in two distinct departments OF
play and I'll name tho -pennnnt winner
representative Of the Federal League.
who Is n keen student of baseball. by
into consideration the separate groups
OF positions, not such things. as base
/ iy-outield. inneid, pitchers and catch
Am I right when I say the Boston
Duffy Lewis have been regarded for
garden trio. and then there ere Is Olaf Hem Hem
riksen in reserve. I believe anybody
will have to concede that the Red Sox
American League. with Dutch Leonard.
Joe Joe Wood. S GeHrgs Foster: Vean Gregg
three star right handlers and two OF
the best southpaws In the game.
"a I LOT OF other people are picking
Red a soS but to ON wn ene
reasoning. They talk lot about what
a good infield the Sox have with Hob
they also speak OF Cady. Thomas and
Manager Bill Carrigan MS catchers. but
hnk they hnvs it cnsSed Of tbs
in two distinct, departments of play
"Loog back a bit for parallels. The
Athletics won when they had the best
sn wsa aa thsy na ;ns b Rsa Sen
and catchers. the Giants with the best
pitchers and catchcrs. the old Cubs with
forth. Wherever theie has been a de-
caiivs y,teto n, by nny club IL has ex.
these four departments"
| John NJ. Ward "A Pitcher.
volumes were written last year about
OF the Brooklyn Federals, His life
story was, told time. and again, with
stop he. had been. Yet nary a word
about his ever having been II pitcher.
Was Was b he P nSh TSpng
official Baseball Record, has served TO
bring that out clearly In this years
beck of s stat I'll Through pe1usns
! ling can be gained OF what John NJ
used to do.
| To begin with, he is one OF two
men who, during the entire history OF
The National League, pitched no,,hi.
games in which not batter reached
wise. II was on June II. 1880. that
he TUNED this trick, twirling for Prov
way. The only other National League
pitcher who ever did that was ]. l..
Torrance for the old Worcester club
| three times, but all before Ward did
his stunt. Thus John NJ. Ward. on
tional League game in which not a
man reached first. Cy Young and the
late Addie loss did it many years later
In the American League.
In the preceding year. 1879. Ward
led the National League in percentages
Of work TO on 'e sSe
mound he played third base for Provi-
fs m have handled o more two
League games than Wards sixtv-five.
They are John GARRISON and Charles
Radbourne. both OF whom broke In AZ
ter Ward had become an infelder. Each
had record OF seventy-two Ward
also was. one OF the best fielding pitch.
1850. with a mark OF $50 for sixty one
games.
Claude Derrick a wandcrer
Claude Derrick Is hot on tho trail OF
Jack knight for the honor. II you
the most traded inhelder OF modern
times. knight was buffeted all over
| tho American League circuit, into tho
minors and back again. spending most
| Of his time In New York. Washington.
Cleveland and Jersey city and finally
winding up now as manager OF tho
Cleveland American Association club
Dcrrick's principal travels have been
thusly--Baltimore to Athletics to Bal
timore to Athletics to Yankees to BAL
timore TO CINCINNATI to the Cubs TO
Louisville. His last jump. to Louis
VILE. has been made In trade by tho
Cubs for Shortstop Polly McIarry. OF
the Kentuckians.
Derrick and knight are similar in
n number OF respects. Not only arc
both long and lean with big feet hut
both are sensational infielders In the
minor leagues and mediocre when they
hold major league berths Their lack
nf mi y, ttSft of IL. h ltt