The Washington times., 1922-07-19

hen he is in good shape and h
: trouble that he is constantly
SCleveland last winter hailed as (
Indians. The other day iris Spe
Yankees and, though Wally Pipp
three years, the champions decli
sort of a deal.
Baker and McInnis became men
the same year. Baker had been
Reading, Pa, in 1908. McInnis v
rhill in the old New England Leag
three the year he reported to Co
Baker was a third baseman and hs
: McInnis came up as a shortstop a
the Mackmen in that position in
-Stepped aside and McInnis played
{ : The first of that famous "SlOO. 900
infield" to cave in was Black
: 5ack" Barry, one of the greatest
shortstops in the history of base
= ball. He hoped from a semi.pro.
club in Rockville. Conn, into the
big league. He played forty games
at second base for Connie Mack in
1908 and the next year went to
,shortstop to let Eddie Collins play
second
4. For six years Barry was the in
comparable shortstop of Connie
Mack's great team. He was an i'm
portant cog in the many Barry-Io-
= Collins-to McInnis double killings.
/. In 1913 he hit for .275. high water
mark for him. Usually he was down
Z around .240. But no pitcher in the
league ever wanted to see him come
to the plate in a pinch. That was
when he shone his brightest.
Connie Mack broke up his great
team after its defeat by the BOs-
ton Braves of 1914, and Barry was
sold to the Boston Red SOx for
$500 on July 5, 1915. There he
closed his career as manager and
second baseman i'm the season Of
1917. He Is now coaching the
Holy Cross College team, being an
> alumnus Of that institution.
Eddie Collins, considered the best
OF the Philadelphia infield, was sold
to the Chicago White Sox for $780,
900. He is with them yet, showing
: almost all his old-time speed and
batting skill.
Frank Baker did not play in 1918.
performing with Upland, Md, a
semi-pro. team, and attending TO
his farm at Trappe, Md. He refused
10 report to the Mackmen for rea-
n sons never made public, and the
Yankees bought him for $25, 900 the
following year.
Baker has been with the Yankees
ever since. True, he has never been
the sensation with them that he was
when with the Mackmen, but he has
played fine ball, nevertheless, and
has earned his salary. Baker Is an
honest. hard-working athlete who
makes friends to keep them.
This year Baker was apparently
slower than ever when the curtain
went up on the campaign, but Miller
Huggins kept him in the lineup be.
cause he was hitting the ball. He
had a rib broken by a pitched ball in
et. Louis on the Yanks' first swing
through the West, and is only now
-Getting ready to play again.
Mike McNally, q brilliant fielder
and runner, tried to fill Bakers
~ shoes at third. Light hitting makes
: him impossible TO be more than a
high-class utility player. Now
Miller Huggins Is drilling Norman
Mcmillan, q hard-hitting player, to
take Bakers job next year. The
once "home-run king" Of Shibe
park may retire when this season
: ends.
Tf,s
3 McInnis was the last of the famous
hnfield to leave Shibe Park. On jan
nary 10. 1918, he was traded to the
Boston Red Sox. At first Ed Barrow
8 tried TO make him a third baseman.
It was a failure. and he went back
to first base, where he was more at
home.
: ter, Mass, a short ride from Boston,
was traded to Cleveland last winter
for Elmer Smith, George Burns and
Joe Harris. 1t was confidently be-
lieved by Cleveland fans that ne
would be a great influence in hold.
Ing the Indians in first place.
s"Stuffy" is still a first-class first
beseman, but he has lost much of
his dash and fire that made him so
brilliant when with the Mackmen.
Neither is he so dangerous at bat
now, though his latest average Is
PEI, which il respectable.
Cleveland fans do not hesitate to
express their sorrow az "Stuffy's"
failure to set the world afire on
Dunn Field. and II will he no surprise
to them when McInnis Is traded to
T; some other ball club. He Is but
: thirty-one years old right now, his
: birthday coming on September 49,
. There are several stars of the game
older than "Stuffy"
: II Ia not likely that McInnis
: will quit playing ball for several
: years yet. Indeed, there are at
F: least four major league clubs
f: which would be greatly benefited
I BIZ obtaining him.
Today Iris Speakers Indians are
: due to open four-game series at
Georgia avenue with the Griftmen.
The redskins have been moving at
top speed ever since coming East
, and hope to finish in the same man
: ner. This will be unfortunate for
, zeb Milan's gang; which has not
rbeen going any too well since COM
ing home. -
- Next Sunday Connie Mack's tail
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