Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-03

over Monday. and so far as the Blue
Ridgers are concerned, there is no
more. We've all had a pretty good
time out Of the game, praising
knocking, boosting, hooting. But
now We forget everything, and say,
Just wait till next season.
Clark. our hustling right fielder.
has been called to his home, by
the sudden illness of his mother.
and will not be seen in action To-
day. Bobbie Widmyer, a member Of
he West Virginia Varsity will play
GIT in his place.
The New Haven club lost the val
liable services OF Clark when thev
HTed that they had already made
deal and that they couldn't use
Lin.
Joe Miller left yesterday for the
New Haven town, where he will hurl
Tor Chief Bender.
Everything has been finished up
on the deal for Johnny Neun aud
lie goes to Birmingham, Ala, for
a certain sum, not known as yet,
and the release of Dave Black, who
WAS the property of this club,
The Yanks put over their fifth
straight victory, and Babe Ruth
again appeared on the horizon with
his 49th homer That leaves but
five more to 90.
The baseball team claims to have
a basket ball team, and although it
is little early vet, they have been
promised a game by the Collegians.
1t ought to he good contest, for
we know the Collegians will have
good team, and the Sox boys are
unanimous in their declarations of
ability.
Fat Spears is sort of revolution
ling the methods formerly employ
ed by the w Y T. coaches He
says he is working for future years,
that he may not have such a good
team this year nut watch out for
the following season.
Michigan athletics are going To
hurry up in all DEPARTMENTS from
now on. Sports Al Ann Arbor win
be given a new shot of ginger and it
viii be well for all rivals to look
out for the Wolverines. Why?
Well, old man Hurry I'm" Field.
ing Ii. Yost is at the head of every
thlng athletic at Michigan. We
could have answered the question
with just one word ost"-a word
that speaks volumes to readers OF
the sport pages.
For twenty long years Yost has
been the boss of Michigan football.
In that time he has turned out some
OF the greatest gridiron teams and
stars the country has ever known
and his record is embIazoned with
success after success. He has won
his reWard-the dictatorship of all
athletics at Michigan-and no man
was ever more deserving. Good
luck to you, ole Hurry Up"
Miracle managers Of the last
few years have come from behind
the bat. And the National League
has had all of them.
Starting back in 1914 George
Stallings, a catcher though never a
great one in his playing days, led
the Braves from the ruck to the
worlds championship. Stallings
was hailed as a miracle man" right /
Of the bat.
In 1915 Pat Moran took a hand
full of castoff players and drove
the Phillies to the National League
pennant, and the following year
JTyiII,oy,+
ed the Dodgers from the trailing
class to National League champ
ions, repeating with them last year.
Robby brought Brooklyn back into
the spotlight after sixteen years of
obscurity. In his day he was one
OF the greatest of catchers.
: Fred Mitchell, who aided Stall
ings at Boston in 1914, made cham
pions of the 1918 Cubs. He had
big money bag bac kof him yet it
was his managerial ability that
landed the pennant. And Mitchell
was a catcher bygone days.
The 1919 Reds, under Moran,
won the first National League pen
nant flown at Cincinnati in some
thing like half a century and
emerged from the clouded worlds
series champions of the universe.
Regardless Of the cloud cast over
that now Infamous series, Moran
was something of a miracle man in
Redville. and, like his predecessors
in the miraculous business, Moran
came IN from catching ranks.
VIII 1921 produce a miracle man
in George Gibson? Pittsburgh fans
believe it will Gibson, of course,
has a nicely balanced ball club,
but he has been performing mir
acles with it in the way of morale
ard considering the opposition he
has to contend with the winning Of
peannant by the Buccaneers will
Re something of q miracle after
all