The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-12
FREAK PLAYS IN FORMER BIG
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bdSFbdll iAldlil pAbilSli'D ouNh DNNhA rences are recalled each year in fan dom and lend to the speculative in terest in the championship games be- ing played.
 The outstanding feature of the series in 1908. in which the Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers, was the hurling of Pitchers Overall and Brown of the Cnbs overall won two games, the second. in which he al. lowed the Detroits four hits and won six to one. and the fifth in which he allowed three hits and won two to nothing. Brown shut out the Tigers in the fourth game, three to nothing The Tigers getting but four hits off his weird delivery.
 In 1909. Babe" Adams, the veteran Pittsburg hurler. won three games for the Pirates, the first fifth and seventh against Detroit Hans Wagner, the Pirate shortstop, played brilliantly, as did Moriarity, the Detroit third.sacker
 Bender and Coombs pitched and won the entire series for the Athletics against the Cubs in 1910. Coombs won all three games in which he start ed and Bender won one and lost one. Eddie Collins performed brilliantly afield and at bat for the Mackmen The Cubs were favorites to win in the series.
 The home runs of Frank Home Run" Baker contributed largely to the Athletics victory over the Giants in the series of 1911. In the second game Bakers homer put the Athletics In the lead and his homer in the third game tied the score after the Giants appeared to have the game on ice
 Thrills aplenty were had in the 1912 games between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants. In the eighth game at Boston. on October l6, the score was tie in the ninth. The Giants scored one in the tenth and led. Harry Hooper robbed them of a run that may have staved off defeat by leaning over the fence and taking Doyles long hit which would have | been homer Then disaster befell | the Giants in Boston's half. Snod- grass muffed a long fly by Engle who batted in place of Wood. the Boston hurler, whose hand was injured in the | previous inning when he stopped Catcher Meyers hard liner Engle i took second on the huff Snodgrass | then made a magnificent catch of Hooper's fly which seemed good for | three bases. Mathewson tried all his cunning to strike out Yerkes. and | failed, Yerkes walking. Speaker hit the first ball pitched for an easy foul which should have been caught by first baseman Merkle. As it occurred later by capturing this foul Merkt would have saved the game for the Giants for Speaker singled, sending Engle across the pan with the tieine run. Yerkes stopped at third. Gardner sent a long fly sacrifice to Devore and Yerkes sped across with the win ming run.
 In 1913. the Athletics won from the Giants again. One of the bright spots in this series was the great pitching duel between Mathewson of the Giants and Plank. of the Athletics, in the second game The Giants won in the tenth inning, batting Plank for three runs. Barry. Collins and Baker the great Athletic infielders performed we'll Bender pitched Philadelphia tc victory in two games.
 The Boston Braves. who had made great fight in the National league and won their way from the cellar to the pennant, upset all dope in 1914 by l winning four games straight from the 1 worlds champion Athletics. Little John Eyers pulled one of the greatest "bone-head" plays in worlds series history in the tenth inning of the third game. With the bases fuli Baker hit hard grounder to John. 1 John juggled the ball and looked dumb while two men crossed the plate
 The hitting and fielding of George Duffy Lewis featured the 1915 series between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Nationals, He drove in Speaker with the Sox's only run in the eighth inning. first game. In the fourth game his two-bagger sent nrrnsa tho yrippipp ruu for Rnaton in