The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25
HOLLOCHER, CHICAGO
STAR, Is 1913 FIND
Young of Giants and Grimes Of
Dodgers Also Make Dia-
mond History.
BARROW, GRAND PILOT
Despite Loss Of Several Aces
Ed Steers Red Sox Into
League Head. g,
BARROW, GRAND PILOT
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n Is a pretty fair conjecture to make
,bst the baseball season of 1918 will
not be forgotten for years to come. This
vonderful year 1918. the year In which
America threw the fuu weight Of IT.
rssources into the great war for ctvtii-
,atiou. will be 90 firmly impressed on
,hs mind of every American that time
scarecely will be able to erase 1t.
FOR that reason II for no other the
saasou will be remembered. But years
from now the fans will talk Of the sea-
soo eurtsiled by the War Department.
WIEN the players. once the idols Of the
American youth. were ordered to get
into overalis and fight. The marine or
doushboy In khaki. not the naughty
Nr ieaguers. fred the Imagination Of
The youth Of the land in that hghting
rear when Americas sons made their
Mg sacrifice.
Many laughs Will be held Of how the
war and the work or fight order resur-
rected the old timers. like the Kirixes,
The Griggses, the Quinns. the Hyatts
and Fourniers. But 1t ts doubtful II
the 1913 season will ever be renem-
bsrsd for the calibre Of its baseball.
baffOW'o uEhhAIont " OEks
Yet in a dreary. begged down In the
middle and on the sides baseball season
there have been some isolated cases OF
grand playing. Among the men who de-
ssrve to stand out a. top notchers of
the 1lS season none deserves a highes
rttnH than Ed Barrow, manager OF the
Boston Red Sox. whose club should
clinch the American League champion
ship within tho next few days.
Barrow took hold Of the Boston club
after an absence OF fourteen years from
the big leagues and after an eight year
lapse from managerial cares. He never
had met any success as big league
manager. prior to this year. In 1909 his
Detroit team finished nth, and the next
no gave way to Bobby Lowe In mid
season. the Tigers winding UP in seventh
place. .. ,..- ..
While some of his rival clubs were
badly crippled by the draft and play
srs leaving for the shipyards Barrow
lost as many aces az any. including two
Of his best pitchers. Shore and Leon
ard Second Baseman Barry. Outnelder
Dufy Lewis. his cleanup hitter. and
prospective Third Baseman Mike Nc
Nally, without mentioning such other
yAyers A. Hoblitxel, Gsiner, Walsh,
nnotuou ana OtneI1. %
Winning the National League pen.
nant is also quite a feather in the car
Of Moose Mitchell. but ne has beer
In close contact with the playing enc
Of big ieagne hail for years, whils
Barrow has spent his time sighting
minor league politicians. ~ '''-.''
Anent HollecAer ana YosAx,
Two players brought out this season
mould stand out for years to come
Hollocher Of the Cubs and Young Of
the Giants. In Charley Hollocher, tn,
track shortstop of the Cubs, 1t looks q.
though the National League has dis
covered the player who will be tn,
successor Of Hans Wagner an tn,
leagues leading star. For q time
seemed as though Roger Hornsby o.
the Cardinals would win this honor
but Of the. two Hollooher seems de
signed for the greater career.
In many respects Hollocher resem
bles Wagner, as he has very long arms
is rather stopped and has the sam,
driving power at bat that made tn.
Carnegie Dutchman such a terror t.
pitchers
It is only because Of the, fact tina
H0llocher is q player such as come,
up only once In a decade that RIOS,
Young Of the Giants must be satisfied
with second place among the few star
developed in 1918. Young is grea
player now, despite the fact that h,
IS not yet 81. His first year in tn,
big leagues was far more successful
than Cobb's when Ty broke in with
Detroit at the age Of 10. in 1905.
II has been said by some critics tina
Young to-day is as good as he ever vii
ha 10 L.. a. III L. vv.t
handy man for any club to hay,
around, but there is no reason why {
10y OF Youngs age should not improve
for several years before he reaches hi.
top form. ~
Grimes King Of Pitchers.
Burleigh Grimes Of the Brooklyns Il
not a new pitcher in 1918. IN the sens
hat Hollocher and Young are 1911,
finds, but he is nevertheless one of thu
real marvels OF 1913. No pitcher in tht
writer's memory has had such a turn
over as Grimes has had during thu
last two years
Last year with Pittsburg he won tire,
Games and lost sixteen. Including two
defeats this spring he had a string o.
sixteen straight defeats before he started
winning. Since then he las proved the
prize pitcher of the year. He already
mas the biggest winning streak OF any
''tcher in either league. and has wor
more games than any pitcher but John
con and Vaughn, while only johnson
sads him in shutouts When II Is re-
allied that he has been with a team
mat has won less than half Of Its game,
ana Tor long time was in the cellar
o. hshung to keep out OF II, his recort
even more remarkable.
Jim Vaughn's pitching has been q
great asset for Chicago and the leading
reason that the Cubs now are Nationa
league champions. Jim, who was q
azy fellow with the Yankees. has finally
come 70 his own and has brought .ou
'"e ability which nature kas given him
Hendrix Makes Good.
Next to Grimes, Claude Hendrix o.
we Cubs stands out as the pitcher o.
NHon little was expected but much
SSlhe' The Cubs placed all their pitch
,s reliance this year on Alexander
,auenn, Douglas and Tyler They wer,
70 De The Big Four OF the Cubs. How
Ie'. ire induction of Alexander tntl
we national Army and the inability o.
nous'as TO pitch In the first half OF tn,
season gave Hendrix his chance.
p, Hlsuae had been a great pitcher with
.sourg before the Federal League, but
...er that he Just drifted along. Ht
Sose TO the emergency. and has fiiied
-e great Alexander's shoes In a way
Snich was a most pleasant surprise &c
]shaser Mitchell and the Chicago fans.
mahager Barrow also has developed
sa.'e an able pitcher in Sam Jones. who
.she TO Boston in the Speaker deal n
.'o spring OF 1915. but failed to turn In
a"ctory for Boston until this season.
Ruth Batting Sensations.