The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-19
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wa someone plsase tell me exactly
80 institutes a bnus-head paVt
certain a am % The exact definition of
~. Ngre lately am u~eEinning TO
think that a homer q something you
f. anything that Eocs through
Just the other day, IN the second game
eL me recent NsW York H-F4sE 20 be eN-
FOR pulling what the were rleased TO
call an awful IVORY 10 30 happened
ina I didn't 60 through With Shat ]
started and 80 I was branded a. n play
- who iost his head In a pinch. II IL a
necullar thing that 4 have twice tried
Il has gone wrong.
In The seventh inning o. this game.
with the Yankees four runs ahead.
shawkey. sol villa and passed myself.
out ] knew that the New York'mounds-
man was right on the brink OF complete
Soilapse -. when ! got around 20 third.
/ decided 20 worry him a. much as pos
sible. I ran up and down the lines Yell
inE and waving my arms hoping 20 fus-
much room and was caught between
hases ana run down. OF course. that
ended the rally and the fans started TO
ride me.
Naturally. I did look had after they
put me out. but n I had succeeded IN
getting shawkey ~ FAR up In the air
h.Ah AAf HAAAFA NAANFN NNAAl nave nfNn
hnle 10 get a grower or 10 hit or a
pass. I would have been given credit for
using my head lt all depends on how
things come out.
Earlier IN the season. IN a game with
Washington. almost the same thing hap
pened. except that this time the batter
That time. too. i Wa irving 40 rattfs
the pitcher and ! figured that a steal OF
home was just the thing TO do a.. ! real
Win the game. as the NatiohaiS Rad a
lead Of three. but the psychological ef-
feet would have been enough TO have
air.
Looking at the other side OF the pic
That we're really caused By poor head
work and have been hailed as a hero be-
cause l got away with them. other play
crs nave had the same experience
Won the Game.
i remember one lime hat one OF the
Tlgers stole second with the bases Glleo
and two out In "a close game. and be-
fore ST. Louis. the opposing club. had
finished throwing the ball around every
MOST -inexc SSSlse, .bldn.TTsss i5 bS St SRG
history. but IL won that game for US.
because the Browns pitcher was IN
the pinch didn't even get a foul when
things finally settled down.
Another case was in the worlds series
last fall when Charlie Deal got caught
hatfooted on second base hut made
third when Barry couldn't get hold OF
lAAH NNA TO NnNUMa ANEMA MlAllN scored
tried 20 say that he had purposely al
lowed himself to be trapped. knowing
that he would be able TO make third.
Perhaps he did. but n 50. he had about
one chance in n thousand TO succeed.
and if he hadn't been lucky enough to
cover up his faux pas. he would have
been charged with being one OF the big
gest "iyory-skulls" in history.
There Is something about the present
Tigers that reminds me very strougry
OF the team that won our FIRST pennant
In 1907. somehow the 1915 aggregation
seems 20 have acquired the same faculty
for batting out Victories when Il seems
hopelcssly beaten. Eight years ago. we
didn't care much how far we were be-
hind just 50 long as we had an inning or
80 left 10 bat. I believe that We won
half our games by coming from behind
and overcoming a big lead
This year. we are doing the same
thing. Honestly, we hate TO be In frost
before the middle % the game. figuring
low set the pace FOR a time. No matter
how many runs we have 20 make in the
Hast two or three sessions. We believe
THAT We car make them and We very
frequently do against even the best
pitchers.
Last Monday. for instance. in a game
with Boston we overcame leads or I'VE
runs. OF two runs. OF one run and OF
three runs. making a total OF eleven
behind. unfortunately FOR US. Boston
finally got some runs that We couldn't
match, 50 We were beaten; We can't
WIN ~ We Aa"h.f uHA N.N tAfENA We
but there isn't a pitcher IN tho league
who feels safe until our last man f. out
IN tho ninth inning
Il Much Encouraged.
7 am very much encouraged over tho
Tigers nne batting IN tn-tr receive
Enmes and believe that our chances TOR
tho pennant arc a. good a. nnyobdy's
right now. We haven't ~ many rev.
able pitchers as Chicago and Hoston.
but we have q lot more punch" than
! either and. n We do not strike a slump.
should batter our way 90 the nag In
spite OF the weakness OF our hurting
II isn't only the weak pitcher that
We pound either. Men who are con-
sidered the stars % the league are just
as ensy for US as anybody else There
are two notable exceptions. however.
Woiiman and Walter Johnson We did
beat each OF these men once this sea
son. hut Wcilmhn has secured six De-
4 ctstona over ua and Johnson has two
and the time we whipped Walter we
only made n run. while Dubuc shut
out the Nationals.
only three times this season have the
Tigers been shut out. and ~ e. not uu-
usual for them 20 fnake eight or nine
runs IN a game In one series ~ four
games. the opposing club made % tall
lies. vet Detroit won three or these COM
tests You can tell mo that H club
which Possesses such an attack ~ ours
lent a factor in the race. Just watch
us travel n pitchers ever Eet going
me necessity FOR a revision n the
. ruisa code was brought out very f0tci-
bly, in one'cf the HoFfnn games fr ue-
troft. Iris Speaker tried Co. rtaal home
and beat the hell. and Baker. our catch
or. dif not touch him. Umpire Hide