Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-06

/ / OmOTTON Is the real Dig Jay Oh
the year in sportdom On Saturday
afternoon the Boston Red Sox, cham.
pions Of the world, If you say il quick.
will meet Wiibert Robinson's BROOKLYN
/, Dodgers, champions of the National
League, in a series of four out CT
seven games for the championship OF
the universe.
Baseball fans in Honolulu are on.
edge, and the Boston and Brooklyn
talk is noticeable. You find little.
knots of men on the corners, and you
will overhear: We'll, Marquard is
good, but Leonard is unbeatable when
right" Watch Jack COMBS" Don't
forget what Hooper did last year"
That is the way it goes, and instead
of pineapple talk 1t is all Wheat, and
Shore has more attention than the
ocean. When they speak of cleaning
they mention Ruth, and the Mays have
the Junes beaten 40 ways.
It's in the Air
Everybody is taking baseball, and
tomorrow they will be talking it every
minute There will be a wild crowd
around the scoreboard, and when the
megaphone man announces that Zaca
Wheat or Harry Hooper has hit one a
mile, the election, strike situation and
high cost of baby carriages will be
forgotten.
The Star-Bulletin has already giveh
a list of the players on both teams.
how they throw and how they bat, in
addition to telling their positions To
day the men who will do the hurting
in the big series are told about, aud
the following Information will give
the fans an idea of what the hurting
corps has done in the past:
The HurIers
Cheney, Lawrence Born Bar
tlesville, Kan, in 1886. Throws and
bats right-handed Height, s feet 1 y
inches. Weight, 1S5 pounds. Played
with Bartelsville, 1905; Topeka, 1906:
Bartelsyille, 1907; Oklahoma City,
1908; indianapolis, 1909; Cincinnati
1910; indianapolis and Louisville,
1911; Chicago. 1912, 1918, 1914; Chi
cago and Brooklyn, 1915; Brooklyn.
1916.
COMBS, John W.-Born lie Grande,
La, in 1888 Throws righthanded.
Bats right and left-handed. Height,
6 feet y inch. Weight. 1S5 pounds.
Pplayed with Colby College, 19O2-19Oo;
Philadelphia Athletics, 19G6-lsl4;
Brooklyn, 1915 and 1916. Coombs has
pitched in two world series.
Foster, Georee-Born Lehigh, Okla,
in 1889. Throws and bats right
handed. Height, 5 feet 5 inches.
Weight, 165 pounds. Played with
Tulsa. 1908: Bartelsville, 1909-1910;
Savannah, Muskogee, st. Louis and
Houston. 1911: Houston, 1912; Boston,
1913-1916. Won two games in series
of 1915.
Gregg, syIvanus A. t"vean'') Born
Chehalis. Wash, 1887. Throws and
bats left-handed Height, 6 feet )
inches. Weight. 1875 pounds. Played
with Lewiston. Idaho, 1908; Spokane.
1909; Portland, 1910; Boston, 1914-
1916. Has never pitched in world
series.
Leonard, Hubert g., {tDutch,O
Born Birmingham, o., 1892. Throws
and bats left-handed. Height. feet
Ii inches. Weight, $50 pounds. Play
ed with st. Mary's College, 1910-1911;
Philadelphia, 1911; Boston. 1912; Wo-
cester, 1912; Denver, 1912; Boston.
1913-1916. Has pitched in one world
series.
Vanguard, Richard lie Marquis
("Rube" Born Cleveland, o., in 1889.
Throws and bats left-handed Height,
6 feet inches. Weight, $50 pounds.
Played with Waterloo. 1906; Indian
apolis, 1907; Canton, 1908; New York
Giants, 190S-1915; Brooklyn, 1915-1916.
Has pitched in three world series.
Pfeffer. Edward-Born Champaign.
H., in 1889. Throws and bats right
handed. Height, feet inches.
Weight, 208 pounds. Played with
Fort Wayne, 1909; La Cross, 1903;
Fort Wayne, 1910; St Louis Browns,
1911; Fort Wayne, 1911; Denver,
1912; Grand Rapids. 19f2-1913; Brook
lyn, 1914-1916 Has never pitched in
world series
Rueker, George ("Nap'1-Born Al
pharetta, Ca, in 1885. Throws left
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