Evening journal., 1915-02-22
LEADS IN
BASEBALL HONORS
Hub Teams Have Won 1S
PennantS in Five Leagues
Since 1872
WORLDS TITLES
HELD BY CLUB

baseball honors. The victory OF thel
Braves in the National League race last
October gave Boston eighteen pcnnantsI
in major leagues. The championship OF
the National League was won in lS77l
1878, 1882, 1891, 1892. 1898, 1897, 1898
and last year.
Other pennants were won by the
Boston Brotherhood club in $500, the
Boston American Association in 1897 and
the Boston Red SoN also capturing theI
worlds series from the Pirates and
Giants in 1908 and 1912 respectively.
Boston teams of 1872, 1873, 1874 and
1879. fnnr years running, won the PEN
nants of the National Association, which
became the National League in lsI6.l
Among the noted players who wore Bos-
ton uniforms in those days were A. e..
Spalding, Cal McNey, Ross Barnes,
George Wright, Harry Wright, Andy
Leonard. Jack Manning, Jim 0Rourke,
and Jim White. The first Boston team
10 win the National League pennant IN
lS77 was made up as follows;
Tom Bond. pitcher; Lew Brown,
catcher: Jim White. John Morrill,,
George Wright, Ezra Sutton and Andy
Leonard. iuhcldcrs. and Jim ORourke,
Tim Murname and II. Schaefcr, outiicld-
crs.
The champion team of 1878 included
Bond with the famous Charley Snyder
behind the bat. The basemen were Nor
ril. Burdock and Sutton with Wright
at short stop and Leonard, ORourke and
Manning in the outicd.
In 1888 the Bostons, under the man
agreement of Morrill,, who played rirst
base. won the flag after coming from
nowhere In the final strides of the
campaign. Morrill, had two great
pitchers in Jim Whitney and Charley
Bufhnton, with Mike Hines and Mertie
Hackett behind the bat, BurdOck at
second. Sutton at third, Sam Wise at
short. and the outfeld guarded by
Joe Hornung, Paul Radford and c.
( Smith. who is now a Supreme Court
/ Judge in Pennsylvania.
The late Frank G. Selee, one OF
| the best managers that ever sat on
/ the bench, handled the champion Bos-
I tons in 1891. 1892, 1898, 1897 and 1898,
/ Selee's first pennant winner was COM
posed of Clarkson, Nichols and Staley,
pitchers: Bennett and Camel, catch
/ crs Tucker Quinn and Nash on the
bases; Long, shortstop; Lowe. Brodie,
! Stovcy. Mike Kelly and Martin Sulll-
van in the outfed.
Selecs men. with Stivetts added 10
I the pitching stan, and the placing OF
Hugh Duffy and Tom Mccarthy in
the outfield TO help out Lowe. pres
entod almost the same lineup in 1892.
Cnn Carroll supplanted Lowe In 1898,
while Kelly was released and a new
catcher named Merritt was signed TO
aid Bennett and Camel. Lowe was
assigned to second base in place Of
Quinn
Tho victorious Bostons in 1907 in
/ cluded Nichols. Nlobcdanz. Lewis and
/ Siivetts. pitchers Bergen. Camel and
/ Lake. catchers; Tenncy, Lowe aud
] Collins on the bases Long and Allen,
shortstops; Dufiy. Billy Hamilton and
Chick Stahl, outfelders. Selee had
the same team in 1898. with the eX-
ccption of Camel. Lake and Allen
Vic Willis. pitcher. and Yeager, a
catcher we're added.
That was Boston's last National
League pennant winner up to last
year. Several years later Selee lef
the club and signed TO handle the
Chicago Cubs. Oddly enough. Stal
lings. like the lamented Selee, is
hcnch manager. employing many o
, the lattors successful methods.
Arthur Irwin. who was scout 70
the Yankees under the Farrell re
, gime, was the manager of the Bosto
q brotherhood champions in 1880. I'll
roster included Radbourn. Gumber
70 Daley. Kilroy and Madden. pitchers
D Mike Kelly. Murphy and Hardi'
catchers; Brouthers. Quinn and Nasl
basemen: Irwin. shortstop: Hard
n Richardson. Tom Brown and Stove!
n outiielders.
s The Boston Association team
n 1891 also was managed by Irwin. VIII
s sat on the bench and handled Had
Z dock. Burlington. Daily. Griffith an
!, OBrien. pitchers; Kelly. Murphy an
!, Duke Farrell catchers; BrOuther
n Stricken and Bill Joyce. basemen
:. Radford shortstop: Richardson
q Brown and Dufiy. Outfelders.
Jimmy Collins led the Boston re
Sox TO victory I'm 1903 and 1904. II
= players in 1908 were Cy Young, Dil
neen, Winters and Gibson. pitchers
Criger. Farrell and Jake Stahl, catcl
ers; Lachance. Ferris and Collin
basemen: Parent. shortstop; Dougl
erty. Chick Stahl and Freeman, on
] helders In 1904 Collins added jess
Tannehill TO his pitching staff an
. supplanted Dougherty with Selbacl
otherwise the team remained ui
changed
= The World Champion Red Sox
\ 1912 were made up Of Joe Wood HUI
Bedient. Hall. pape Collins. CicOt
and O'Brien, pitchers; Carrigan. Ca
\ and Nunamakcr. catcher: Jake Stal
4 Hugh Bradley. Engle Yerkes, Wagn
and Gardner. inhelders, with Hoop'
y Lewis. Speaker and Henriksen in I
u outfeld Jake Stahl was manager.