El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-08
National League Official
Began Career as Twirler
D By ERNEST LANIGAN

TOHN X TENER, soon TO be re-
elected president OF the National
- and soon TO becoms a real resi-
dent OF Gotham. failed IN his first
attempt to make a conquest on Man
haitian soil The date he tried to DO
this vas October 4. 1858. unless Mr.
Tener's memory is at fault. Then.
pitching for Anson's famous Chicago
White soI against Jim Mutrle's New
York Giants. the present president q
iAe NaLonal league lost out in 4
wonderful box duel with Ned Crane.
Le Ter team getting no runs and
cranes one Tene- struck out four
men, Crane 10. The White Sox gained
one MT off Crane, that being made BY
Jimmy Ryan in the eighth.
There vas nothing fluky about this
rap, according to a chronicle- Of
those days. for he says;
Listen to This.
AFTER New York had zone out IN
one-two-three order IN the eighth.
chicago got her only clean hit OF the
game-a liner By Ryan 10 center.
M Tener remembers that when he
first pitched in New York. where lie
Is soon 10 take up his residence, he
struck out every time he faced Crane.
but thinks he struck out four times.
y
Tener struck out only three times.
and as Chicago got only one hit Off
Crane and only five passes IL is quite
likely that the governor only batted
three times
He says from memory, lhat The
game was lost On a passed ball By
duke" Farrell and the more or
less running account CT the game
says that the one run scored was
due to a Wild pitch TINT got by
Farrell The Farrell of October
4ths ISIS, was Charles A. Farrell.
the "Duke" Of the New York
American Icaguers while they
were owned by Frank J. Farrell
and since they have been owned
by Rupert end Huston.
The year before Mr.. Tener losc his
Ilrst game IN New York, the National
league and the American association
had rule that when a man drew q
base on balls he was TO be credited
Win basehit Under this ruling
Jim CTip) C'Neills who died in Non
treaL a couple Of years ago. ran up
an average close TO 500. slici1ns
since have wondered what O'NeilVs
real batting average was. They prob
ably could find out " consulting the
1iles OF the New York Herald which
IN those days carried the numbe. Of
times each man was awarded a pass
Has Dope on Hand.
The account Of Tener's first game
IN New York reproduced with Ger
tain slight Examinations below. is
from clipping from the New York
Herald, said clipping being contained
IN sc1apeboOk which was given 10
the late John T. Brush. was thrown
INTO waste basket apparently as OF
little value and was rescued there
from by Eddie Brannick, then an Of
flee boy in the National Exhibition
company and now secretlry John 3.
fF'me#nwHr auafe#na@ IN
ton.
Fans viii be interested to know
how baseball was written in -he
Herald in 1855. The account OF Mr..
Tener's first game in New York IS
reproduced, with certain eliminz-
tons
SHUT OUT AGAIN.
New York gives Chicago another
beautiful coat OF whitewash.
New York and Chicago met again
yesterday afternoon at the Polo
ground. and once more the Windy
City aggregat Baby" and all
was sent to grass. It was a great
knockout. Not n run for Chicago and
only one wee, little base hit
And the beauty OF the wallOpinC
was that It was administered by New
York's colts" Crane was in the box
for the champions and pitched Won
derful pretty game. as the summary