Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-03

| of the twelfth inning. The next
| day the Cubs won from Detroit. 8
to 1, and that was just as good as
the first game for the Cubs as they
won the series.
In the year 1908 the Cubs de-
| feated Detroit in the first game 10
to 6. and won the series for the
second time from the Tigers. In
1909 Detroit got in again and this
time was defeated by Pittsburgh,
IA to l, and lost the series in the
seventh game.
In 1910 the Cubs were set to de-
YOUR the Athletics. They left Chi
cago so full of rash endeavor and
other things that they did not get
over it until the next week. The
Athletics won the first game, 4 to
1, and won the series in five games.
The popular bunch was stood
upon its devoted old head" in 1911.
New York was mixed UP with the
Athletics. The Giants won the
first game, to 1, and then lost
the series in six games. There
was ten-inning and an eleventh.
ming contest and Baker was also
present. He found Matty for d
home run after Matty had dis
cussed in print how Marquard
should not have let Baker hit him
for a home run. That was once
where Matty's venture into jour-
nalism got him in line for a little
good natured railery.
The best old series ever was that
of 1912. which started out with a
victory for Boston over the Giants,
A to 3, and finished by the Giants
losing. One tie of eleven innings
was played. Then came 1913. in
which the Giants lost again. The
Athletics won the first game, to
A. New York put a punk team in
the field. Its players had been
badly crippled before the season
finished.
In 1914 Boston trimmed the Ath-
letics in the first game, to /. and
won the next three. That is the
only four-game series and 1t was
also the straw that led Connie
Mack to break the back of his ia
nous team. He more than broke
it. He broke the spirit Of his or
gdnization as well.
Exception No. 2: Philadelphia
won the first game in 1915 by 8 to
/ from the Boston Americans and
never won another. In 1915 Bos-
ton won the first game from
Brooklyn, to 6. and won the
series. The Brooklyn players fig
ured on the losers share almost
before the series had started,
In 1917 the wind blew hit over
George Burns head into the left
field bleachers in Chicago and the
Giants lost the first game, to /.
They also lost the series, and there
was a lot of criticism of the man
aging.
Boston won the first game from
the Cubs in 1918, l to 0, aud lifted
the series. That was the season in
which the players struck. and If
the worlds series had been sus-
pended right there it would have
done baseball a lot of good. The
national commission temporized
when it should have used the broad
sword.
Cincinnati won the first game in
1919, 8 to 1, and the less said
about the rest of the series the bet
ter although there are plenty Of
persons who believe that Cincin-
natl was a better team than Chi
cago.
In 1920 Cleveland won the first
game, 8 to l, and won the series
too, 1t was the second time that
a series of nine games had been
started, the first going in 1919.
Whether nine games are advisable
is still another matter for discus
sion. Most folks think they were
inaugurated merely to get a little
more out of the public.
There's still another worlds
series bunch which must not be
overlooked. The fourth inning is
thought to be one of eventful i'm
portance. If one team gets ahead
of the other in the fourth inning
look out for trouble along the line
for the team which is passed.