The mirror., 1919-06-26
Baseball Chatter
Bv Mr.. r. X.


Sunday baseball was thing much desired. And
why not2 The greater majority of the fans
working people who have time during the week
to attend games Should those people be denied the
recreation they most desire? Some people think
they should have tried to oppose the game either be-
they themselves too miserly to spend half
dollar or so because they too selfish to see
anyone else have some enjoyment.
With the Grants setting the pace in the Nation
al and the Yankees gradually increasing their
age. the Polo grounds is none too big, though
it has seating capacity of 35 900. If the Yankees
could get lead of game or two, New York would
just about go baseball mad, and world series be-
tween the two would surpass any previous series
far that there would be comparison. though of
course it's too early yet say who will be in the
big series.
Speaking of pennants brings this thought to
mind: Why do the New York. Boston and Chicago
teams win most of the pennants? Is it because the
bigger cities have larger ateudence which gives the
magnates more money to buy players is it the
managers the scouts or the method of developing
young players, team work and system? Take the
Giants infeld for instance Chase, Do7le Fletcher
and Zimmerman. They all old timers. base
ball goes, and all the other managers of the National
league say they will crack under the strain, at
least hope they w but they still go playing the
game like lot of youngsters. Why don't Brooklyn
win more games? They have lot of good players,
young and old but after getting away to a fairly
good start, they now losing games right and left
to everybody. The Phillies. who were scheduled
place near the bottom, have brought many
prses by sticking up in the first division and nobody
begrudges Jack Coombs his place either. 1t always
has and always will be hard to forecast anything in
baseball.
1t is said that Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, who has
purchased the Vernon team in the Pacific Coast
league, is telling all the players on the team that they
swell movie actors. No doubt Fatty is Matching
up scheme to pull off some baseball comedy,
and if he does, you bet it will be good He said
when he bought the team, that he going to have
winner The last reports show Vernon in second
place. having nosed out San Francisco, but whether
Fatty is responsible for the advance, it is hard
to say.
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game played occurred in Atlanta Georgia,
September IL. 1910, between Atlanta and Mobile,
the teams doing the trick in just thirty-two minutes.
Mobile winning 81. The Giants and Philies tried
to beat that record on October 2 1913 but it took
them thrtythree minutes to play eight and one half
innings, though the teams hustled to and from the
field each inning. The day that Mobile and Atlanta
made their record another game was played by
Nashville, Tenn. and New Orleans in forty 1.-TWO min
utes, thinking they had established record only to
find later they were beaten ten minutes.
In Carroton, KY, in 1868. two teams started
game at ten in the morning and played until six in
the evening, the game being stopped by darkness,
tho only seven innings had been played Of course
in those days when the game in the rough, large
scores were the rule. The famous Cincinnati Reds
were organized in 1869 and played ffty-seven
games. winning Sc and tying one They scored
1896 runs or average of AZ runs per game while
| their opponents scored but 574 or about 10 per
game. They won the first twenty three games in
/ 1870 but lost the next. They scored 1928 runs
against 153 by opponents Scores like 1858 and 947
| were frequently made.
We often see player go up to bat that doubles
himself up. puts his feet in awkward position and
tries to hit Now of the main features in batting
is standing right and of the good batters stand
nearly erect if not quite erect. Burns, Athletics
| first sacker, says that if man could be dropped
along side of the plate in standing position from
| an areoplane flying at low altitude, he would be
in an almost perfect position. Burns hit 1852 and
| says Ty Cobb taught him to bat. Now if Ty. the
swatsmith king, doesn't know how it should be done,
| who does? There is onlv one Ty Cobb
We noticed on the scoreboard the other day
| Cleveland 13, New York 3. That's got us puzzled
even though we know the Indians have some power
! full batters like Speaker, Wood. Graney. Smith,
| Johnston, Chapman and Others but 1873 seems too
| much against those Yankee pitchers. Johnston was
in second place. right behind Ty Cobb who is lead