The Washington herald., 1919-10-07
HEROES MADE IN
SERIES CLASHES
Robe and Gowdy, Obscure
Players Won Fame Over
Night. ~.

There have been few world series
in which 30 many players appeared In
stellar roles as in the present one. In
past series Il ofttimes remained for
one player to perform some feat that
was SO brilliant or timely ss TO make
the deeds OF other players fade into
the background. SO far in the present
series the calcium has been turned
from player TO player focusing first
ON Ruether and then switching 10
Roush, SsIIee. Kerr and Groh. Both
newcomer and seasoned worlds series
veterans shared the limelight.
In the past some 8taIs have GER
tainly lived up TO all pre- world series
calculations. Some star players. like
Collins. Baker. Mathewson. Coombs,
Lewis and Hooper. always played
even above their normal clip in
world series games. Lewis and
HOOPER have been especially brilliant
in world series, both of them sur
passing Speaker. ordinarily far
greater player. Cobb was perhaps the
biggest world series disappointment
and Alexander played far below ex-
pectations in 1915.
Lesser Lights Often Surprise.
Thrice players who were not given
tumble in discussions before the
series were the stars of their respec-
tive teams. These were George Rohe.
White SoX substitute in1elder of 1890.
whose triples enabled the Chicago
Americans to win their first world
series victory; Hank Gowdy. the
Brave catcher who was a color ser
seant in an Ohio Field Artillery regi-
ment during the war. and George
Whiteman. the veteran bush league
outfielder. who starred both at bat
and in the field in the Red Sox vic
tory over the Cubs last fall. White
mans reward was II through ticket
back to the bushes when the Red
SoX war veterans returned to the Bos-
ton club.
Gowdy's play in the 1914 would Sc
ries was the greatest individual effort
ever put up by a world series player.
Looked upon as a catcher of not even
average ability. a player who seldom
arose above 30 i'm the batting ave-
RACES. Hank batted AS in the four
games Of the series. He got six hits.
of which only one was a single. The
rest of the collection consisted Of
three doubles. a triple and a homer.
Hank also walked five times in the
four games. His catching was of the
highest grade.
Duffy Lewis Stars.
The next most brilliant performance
to that of Gowdy was the allround
play of Duffy Lewis. now of the Yam
KEGS. in the 1915 world series be
tween the Red Sox and the Phillies.
Duffy hit "A. being especially hard
OF Alexander. His fielding will never
be forgotten by any one who saw the
series.
The greatest all-round play by a
world series infielder was the work
of Eddie Collins at second base in 1910
1918 and 1917. or the general play Of
Charley HerzoE of the Giants in the
1872 series with the Red SoX Both
players were so brilliant that il is
hard TO draw the line. Collins hit
.f29 in the games with the Cubs in 1910
.42l in the Giant series ofl913 and .40l
against the Giants in 1877. tn all three
series Eddie was a marvel in the
field.
The player with the highest world
series batting average over stretch
of years is Frank Baker. formerly of
the Athletics. with BIS for four series
His averages We're .40a in 1910. .375 in
1911. $50 in 1913 and 30 in 1914 His
world series home runs of 1911 and
1913. OF Marquard and Mathewson. are
among the greatest swats in baseball