The Washington times., 1920-09-29

So backed by Charles A. Comisl
in Ohio's coal fields, and the Wsb
claimed, Ban formed the American
The National League owners did not
take kindly TO the appearance OF the
new circuit. and for several years war
was wsged.
In a lot OF ways. Johnsons fore
| casts concerning the games future
came true. Two clubs In q city really
proved but one. as nonconnieting
| schedules were arranged following
the decla tion OF peace. Further
more, the rivalry has helped the turn
stie clicking. This, too. WAS prophe-
sled by Biz Ban. q.
| Peace was declared and Johnson put
over another OF his ideas:
The world series.
NOW A PREMIER EVENT.
Big Ban always had II that II would
not be many years before the world
| series would become the biggest of all
annual events in Americas sport life.
The last man to make peace with
the American League WAS the late
John T. Brush. owner of the Giants.
He was 80 bitter against the new or
| ganisatiop that even after peace was
| declared and the Boston Plymouth
Rocks Of Jimmy Collins and the
| Pittsburgh Pirates of Fred Clarke had
| engaged in a world series in 1908. he
| would not allow his Giants. who won
| the National League title in 1904. to
| play Connie Mack's Athletics, who
| finished first In the American League.
BRUsH's REASONS.
Mr. Brush had two reasons for not
permitting his ball club to compete
| in world series. They were Cd
his continued hatred for the American
League; (z) his claim that the big
series was not feasible for the best
Interests OF baseball
THE series cannot help but becom-
ing so big that the professional gam
bling interests will endeavor TO Fix
them" Mr.. Brush said more than
once. Time will show the series is
a mistake"
Barney Dreyfuss. owner OF the
Pittsburgh club, another man who
has been in baseball all his life. made
| a like prophecy. As far back as 1903
they both declared that with the ex-
change of games in the fall between
| the rival pennant winners big gam
bling sensation was bound to break
Eventually and that when IT did
good by TO the game.
| Brush's colleagues out-talked John
l i
the Giants won the pennant again he
consented to the fall series with the
lAthletics. who repeated in the Ameri-
can League
SENSATION "BROKE."
| This WAS the second world series
and here il was that the first sensa-
| ton broke"
| Rube waddell, the greatest of all
| lefthanders, was Mack's star hurler.
He did not pitch against the Giants
AS the championship season ended ehe
| report came out Of Philadelphia that
the Rube's mighty left was ailing him
| and that he would be unable to take
his turn in the box. Stories were
printed limiting that the gamblers
| got" to the Rube and paid him
big amount to remain out OF the
game so as to make 1t sure thing
| the Giants would win.
| 1t was also hinted that McGraw had
seen to it that the Rube missed the
series. This John J. stoutly denied
and it was called silly buncome by
his friends, as the Giant leader had a
| wonderful club, Mathewson, 1ronman
McGinty. Bresnahan, Dahlen, Gilbert,
Donlin. Mertes, and other stars. and
could probably win from any club in
| the world.
With Waddell, the Athletics might
| have won or come close, anyhow. AS
] IL was, Chief Bender alone took n
game and the series ended four games
to one in favor OF the Giants.
Nothing more OF scandal stuff hap
pened in baseball until the wind up
| Of the American League season in
1912.
OFFERED A MACHINE.
| That year a big automobile concern
offered machines to the champion bat
ter in each big league. The handy
legged Hans wagner won for the Ma
tional League. All season Lajoie and
Cobb had had a great battle in the
American League.
with the season only a week or 90
away, and with Ty leading the
Frenchman by some ten or dozen
points. the former laid aside his big
bludgeon and quit his club. Detroit
could not improve its position, 80
| there was no further toll for Ty.
| He was accused to getting out OF
the lineup because he had an appar-
ent safe lead in his batting struggle
with Lajoie, which he might lose were
he to continue playing and fall into a
slump.
| So the fans called Ty a gutter and
A lot Of the baseball scribes got after
him.
Cleveland wound up the season In
st. Louis with a double header on a
Sunday. That morning the Post-Dis-
patch printed a two-column box, stat
ing that were Lajoie to go to bat nine
times in the two games and pole out
as many hits he would succeed in
passing Ty.
First time up Lajoic doubled to deep
center. A loud cheer went up. Then
the stage was set to "shoo in" the
Frenchman.
THEN he LoBBED 1T.
Every time thereafter in both
games that he went to bat the st
Louis pitcher Iobbed the ball up tc
the plate. straight as string with
nothing on II. the st. Louis third base