El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-11

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w Young Of the Giants leaped on
Hod Eller OF the Reds for a trio
Of triples he did something out OF the
ordinary. for the list OF National
League players who have turned this
trick since the parent organl1alion
got back to common sense and an
eight club circuit is not large one.
sack in the DAYS when the National
was operating with a dozen clubs
Scrappy Bill Joyce Of the Giants
arose one afternoon and smote four
three agEers, but since 1901 three
triples in one combat has been the
limit for FASTENERS
Failed to Hit Safely
The Giants lost the game in which
Young blasted his three Triples - On
the basis OF 9 to 4. Ross OF IeNas
batting against Eller four times ana
only once failing TO come through
with a safety In the fifth the New
York right fielder popped to BIZ
Kopf, Red shortstop.
On his other three trips to the
plate Young. tripled. each blow
being aimed TO left George
Burns was on the runway when
Young batted in the first and
easily scored. In the third Young
was the first hitter Of the IN
ming. so OF course he had no
chance to zcorce anyone with his
over the plate on Fietcher's sac
In the fifth. as before related.
Young popped out TO shortstop KOpf.
but in the seventh he resumed his
habit OF slamming three-baggers to
left and his last blow Of this kind
chased Burns in. The Giant cOacher
on third wig-wagged the information
TO Young that his hit was worth
four bases, but he was in error on
this point. Ross being nailed at the
This was the second time in
Young's career he had assembled
other occasion being on Oct 3, 1917,
when Ross got to Joe Oeschger, then
Of the Phillies, for a double and q
brace OF triples
Here Is Another One
The last man. prior TO Young, to
saw off three triples in National
league game also was a Texan
Owen Wilson OF the Pirates, native
OF Austin Owen had a field day
with the bat against Eros Barger OF
the Superbas on July "a. 1911. being
credited with three three-baggers
and one single when all the returns
were in
Davy Brain. who did a lot Of wan
dering around the National league
circuit, is the one man who twice
tripled thrice in games in the senior
organization. starring in this manner
once when he was with the CASH
nails and once when he was with the
Pirates.
samuel James Tnden Sheckard.
long a Cub. was the first man to
triple three times in a National
league game after the circuit was
cut from u clubs to eight
Jimmy. in the winter OF 1900
and 1901, didn't know whether
he wanted to play In the National
or American league. signing 80
many contracts with Ned HanIOn
and John MeGraw that he got
the title OF Grnsshopuer jim
Finally Sheck decided TO string
along with the Superbas- who
opened their season in PhIla-
dolphin, which at that time was
n red hot American league city,
with the fans having no use for
contract Jumpers $ J. T. 5.
was bOoed every time he came to
bat against Jack Dunn and BIZ
DuEEleby on April Is. 1901, the
reception he got squirting him 10
such an extent that he accumu-
lnted three triples before the
game was over.
Let out by Connie Mack after the
season OF 1902. Fred Mitchell, now
manager OF the Cubs caught on with
the Phillies the next season and
pitching for them on September % OF
that year Mitch was hoped for three
triples by Nike Donlin, who was an
actor in Turn 10 the Right" last
season II memory serves right. this
game lasted only seven innings
Nineteen five was the greatest OF
years in the National league for play
ers to go out and triple three times
in one game, Davy Brain turning this
to
the Boston club named P J. Moran
turning It once The dates when
Brain starred were Nay % and Aug.
s. Moran's large afternoon was Aug.