^J^. ■m f^:^%^ ^ 0^ ^'' ^ -^^ "^ . \ <. <> « A ""^-S. v/^ * a ft ^ -Ni I 1 » ^*^ "^<< -If ♦T^ -^ \ -^^^ V^ •%. A' ,^^' ,^a^' ^^^ "^ vOO. •^f. ^ S\ "^ .^v rO aC>\..„ <. ^o..-\,^ 0^ r. -^ , , ^ , "^ .' .0 ^/^ rTo^^y;, . ,^%^^r:^^>^- ^ v'^':?r>^cp ° '^^'.^^^ 9p c >> ■«<<. O y" o ^^^ *4 / iw cat \iV'^ <\*' ''■V M «t /V r, x^^^. %^ aV * " \. ■^ ^ O * : 4^ ASE ALL AND LAYERS A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL GAME OF AMERICA AND IM- PORTANT EVENTS CONNECTED THEREWITH FROM ITS ORIGIN DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY EILWOOD A. ROFF CHICAGO E. A. ROFF, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER. 1912 COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY ELWOOD A. ROFF, CHICAGO, ILL. V £CI.A31K977 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ipbtratfll ^ tn tbf JfattB nf Amertta, ^^ Engal (^^Vi^ IFrllomB nf all Ear^a anb dnnbttinna, ml|oap iEntl|uataattr Support l^aa ll^lppfi to Put laa^ lall nn Ua Pr^arnt l^iglj Jp^b^ataL S5 CONTENTS PAGE PART I. - - - 1 From Origin of the Game to Organization of the Professional Association. PART II. - - - 23 From Organization of Professional Association to Revolt of the Players. PART HI. . - - 85 From Revolt of the Players to Entry of the American League. PART IV. - - - 129 From Entry of the American League to the Pres- ent Time. APPENDIX - - - 223 Cummings' Own Story of the Curve Ball — Rec- ords and Record Holders. SUPPLEMENT - - - 251 Strike of the Detroit Club Over the Suspension of Cobb-— Death of Hiram Waldo. READY REFERENCE INDEX. ACCIDENTS PAGE Bennett Crippled by Cars, 1894 107 ACTORS Anson, 1888 76 Callahan, 1909 188 Cobb, 1911 219 Coombs, Bender and Morgan, 1911 219 Dooin, 1908 175 Kelly, 1888 : . 79 Matthewson and Myers, 1910 210 Tinker, 1908 186 White, 1909 197 ASSOCIATIONS First, 1858 4 National Professional Association, 1871 , 22 American Association, 1881 '. 53 Union Association, 1883 58 ATTENDANCE Recovery from Brotherhood War, 1893 106 Largest, 38,281, New York, 1911 217 BASE BALL Origin of, 1825 2 Bryan's Tribute to, 1907 171 BALLS Manufacture of, 1865 7 Cork and rubber, 1880 52 VII. VIII. BANQUETS PAGE Return of World Tourists, 1889 80 Retirement of Conant and Soden, 1906 159 Farewell to Monte Cross, 1908 176 BATS Square, 1880 52 Curved, 1890 95 BATTING Beaumont, 6 hits in 6 times up, 1899 125 Delehanty, 4 homers and a single in 5 times up, 1896 113 ; Lajoie, 8 hits in 8 times at bat, 1910 204 v Murphy, 5 hits in 5 times at bat, 1910 202 Wagner, 7 hits in 7 times at bat, 1910 201 Highest batting average, O'Neill, 1887, .492 73 Complete list of .400 batters, 1871-1911 241 BENEFITS Crane, Sam, 1909 193 Davis Day, 1911 212 Galvin, James, 1892 104 Holliday, J. W., 1907 .• 166 Joss, A. , 1911 214 Pfeffer, Fred, 1897 118 Young Day, 1908 180 CATCHING Street, Washington Monument feat, 1908 180 Sullivan, " " " 1910 202 CHAMPIONSHIPS First series, 1858 4 First world's series, 1884 66 Pennant Results American Association, 1882-1891 102 Pennant Results American League, 1900-1911 245 Pennant Results National League, 1876-1911 246 CLUBS First, Knickerbocker, 1845 2 First professional, Cincinnati Reds, 1868 11 DEATHS Addy, Robert, 1910 209 Amole, G., 1912 220 Angus, S. F., 1908 176 Brainard, Asa, 1888 79 Briggs, Herbert. 1911 217 Brown, Edmund, 1908 185 Buffington, C. , 1907 168 BuUas, Sim, 1908 184 Burke, E., 1907 173 Burns, T.. 1902 138 Bushong, Dr. A. J., 1908 " 185 Byrne, C. H. , 1898 .• 122 Byrne, J. K., 1910 209 Carruthers, Robert, 1911 214 Chadwick, H., 1908 178 Clark, "Dad, " 1911 217 IX. DEATHS (Continued) PAGE Clarkson, A., 1911 217 Clarkson, J. G. , 1909 187 Connau;?hton, P. , 1908 184 Corcoran, L. , 1891 lUO Decker, G., 1909 197 Dalehanty, E. J., 1903 148 Devlin, J. A., 1883 59 Dolan, H , 1907 161 Doran, T., 1910 209 Dorgfan, M. J., 1909 197 Dovey, G. B., 1909 190 Do wlin?, Peter, 1905 153 Doyle, J., 1912 220 Durham, I. W., 1909 190 Esper, Charles. 1910 202 Evans, J., 1907 160 Ferguson, C. J. , 1888 74 Flint, Frank, 1892 103 Fivnn, J., 1907 174 Fogarty, J., 1891 97 Foucz. D., 1897 Ii6 Fuller, B. , 1904 149 Galvin, J.. 1902 137 Garvin, Virgil. 1908 184 Gillespie, P. , 1910 209 Hassamer, W., 1910 209 Hastings, W. S., 1907 166 Hatfield, J., 1909 188 Hicks, N., 1907. 161 Hioham. Richard, 1905 152 Hines, M. P.. 1910 208 Hollidav, J. W., 1910 2l8 Hulbert. W. A., 1882 54 Joss, A C. 1911 • 211 Kelly, M. J.. 1894 110 Kennedy, TkI. 1907 172 Klussman, W., 1907 164 Knauff, Edward, 1900 130 Loftus, Thomas J., 1910 199 Long, Herman, 1909 193 Lucas, H. v., 1910 207 Matthews. Robert, 1898 123 Mercer. W. , 1903 146 Miller, G. F., 1909 197 Mills, Everett, 1908 184 McGann, Dan., 1910 2C8 Nealon, J. , 1910 209 Nelson, J., 1910 203 Nimick, W. A, 1907 160 O'Neill. J. Palmer, 1908 176 Parks. W. R., 1911 217 Pedrce, Richard. 1908 ,. .185 Pettit. Robert, 1910 209 Pike, Lipman, 1893 105 Powers. M. R. . 1909 197 Pulliam, H. C, 1909 191 4 X. DEATHS (Concluded) PAGE Radbourne. Charles, 1897 115 Radcliffe, John, 1911 217 Robison, F, Dellaas, 1908 180 Robison, Stanley, 1911 211 Rogers, J. 1., 1910 208 Rowe, J. C, 1911 211 Sears, M., 1909 197 Sebring, J. , 1909 196 Selee, F. G., 1909 197 Sharsig, VV. , ] 902 137 Somers, J. A. , 1908 184 Stahl, C. , 1907 160 Staley, H. G., 1910 208 Storke, A. T., 1910 208 Sutton, E. , 19(»7 163 Sweasy, C, 1908 178 Traffley, W., 1908 184 White, W., 1911 217 Whitfield, J., 1902 139 Williamson, E. , 1894 107 Wright, Harry, 1895 113 EXPULSIONS Louisville Players Convicted of Crookedness, 1877 39 League Refuses to Remove Blacklist, 1880 " 53 GAMES First on Skates, 1865 7 First in Switzerland, 1870 15 First in England, 1874 28 First Professional 1 to 0, 1875 30 First No Hit, Mann, Princeton, 1875 233 First Professional No Hit, Borden, 1875 31 First No Man to First, Galvin, 1876 232 First Professional No Man to First, Richmond, 1880 •. 49 First Under Cover, 1888 79 First by Electric Light, 1883 190 Harvard vs. Manchester, 24 innings, to 0, 1877 88 Fargo vs. Grand Forks, 25 innings, to 0, 1891 97 Longest National League Game, 20 innings, 1892 240 Longest American League Game, 24 innings, 1906 157 Longest College Game, 19 innings, 1907 162 Longest Game on Record, 30 innings, 1907 ^ .164 Longest Professional Game, 26 innings, 1909 189 INTERVIEWS Harry Wright on Disbanding of Reds, 1870 19 Comiskey on the Brotherhood, 1890 92 Johnson on American League Expansion, ] 901 135 LEAGUES Organization of National, 1876 33 First Minor, 1877 38 First Minor in the West, 1879 45 Twelve Clubs in National, 1892 103 National Reduces Circuit, 1899 128 Organization of American, 1900 129 Organization of National Association of Base Ball Leagues, 1901 132 Organization of United States, 1911 218 XI. PITCHING PAGE Origin of Curve, Cammings, 1865 8 Sweeney Strikes Out Nineteen, 1884 59 Radbourne 's Great Record, 1884 64 Glade, American League, Strikes Out Sixteen, 1904 150 Bomar Wins 20 Out of 22 Games, 1907 168 Waddell Strikes Out Sixteen, 1909- 179 Tony Pitches 17 Inning No Hit Game, 1909 188 Mitchell Strikes Out 20, 1909 191 List of No Man to First Pitchers •. 232 List of Major League No Hit Pitchers 233 List of Minor League No Hit Pitchers 235 List of Minor League Strike-Out Pitchers 238 PRIZES AND PRESENTATIONS Gold Ball to Athletics, 1868 11 Williamson Wins Diamond Locket, 1888 78 Kelly Given a Horse and Wagonette, 1891 96 Tom Brown Wins Gold Watch, 1891 99 Dauvray Cup Won by Boston, 1893 106 Silver Service for President Young, 1896 113 Trophy Cup to McGinnity, 1900 131 Medals for Cobb and Wagner, 1907 173 Wagner Gets Loving Cup, 1907 174 Gold Watch for Wagner, 1908 178 Automobiles for Cobb and Lajoie, 1910 205 Cobb and Schulte Get Automobiles, 1911 218 Chests of Silver to McAleer and Stahl, 1912 252 Gold Watch for McRoy, 1912 252 PUBLICATIONS Founding of New York Clipper, 1853 4 Spalding's Official Guide, 1876 . 34 Sporting Life, 1883 57 Reach's Base Ball Guide, 1883 57 Sporting News, 1886 70 "Athletic Sports. " 1890 89 Anson's "A Ball Player's Career," 1900 130 Rice's "Base Ball Ballads," 1910 210 Spink's "The National Game," 1910 210 Spalding's "America's National Game," 1911 .218 REUNIONS Baltimore Orioles, 1907 171 Old Time Players, 1908 180 REVOLTS Organization of Brotherhood, 1885 69 National League Recognizes Brotherhood, 1887 72 Classification Arouses Brotherhood, 1888 78 Brotherhood Issues Address and Organizes League, 1889 85 Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Kansas City and Baltimore Desert the Ameri- can Association, 1889 89 Players' League Disbands, 1890 92 American Association Becomes Outlaw and Later Disbands, 1891. . . .101 American League Gives Battle to the National, 1901 134 Peace Pact Signed, 1903 141 RUNNING Circling the Bases, Lobert, 1907, 13 4-5 seconds 242 Bunt and Run, Thoney, Shaw and Austin, 3 1-5 seconds 242 XII. RULES PAGE First Code of, 1845 2 Urst Reserve, 1879 49 National Agreement Adopted, 1883 57 SALES First on record, 1875 29 Chicago Gets Boston's Big Four, 1876 34 Detroit Secures Buffalo's Big Four, 1885 70 Boston Pays $10,000 for Mike Kelly, 1887 72 Boston Secures Clarkson for S10,000, 1888 74 St. Louis Sells Five Players for $22,750, 1888 '. . 74 Ward Blocks $12,000 Sale, 1889 82 Offer of $15,000 for Comiskey, 1889 82 VVaddell Sold to St. Louis, 1908 177 Dreyfuss Buys O'Toole for $22,500, 1911 214 TOURS First, Nationals. 1867 8 Red Stockings, 1869. 11 Lone Stars of New Orleans, 1870 .- 16 Harvard Players, 1870 17 Boston- Athletic Trip to England, 1874 29 Women Players Tour Country, 1879 46 Hop Bitters Advertising Team, 1879 47 Bancroft's Cuban Trip, 1880 52 Around the World Tour. 1888-9 78 Visit of Australian Ball Players, 1897 117 Reach's AU-Ameri. ans Cross Pacific, 1908 249 University of Wisconsin Team Goes to Japan, 1909 193 Detroits Make a Trip to Cuba, 1909 196 Athletics and All Stars, 1909 197 Oriental Tour by University of Chicago, 1910 209 Athletics and Detroits Go to Cuba, 1910 209 Philadelphia and New York Teams in Cuba, 1911 249 THROWING Hatfield, 400 feet, 7^^ inches,. 1 872 9 LeJeune, 426 feet, 6 '4 inches, 1910 205 TRADES New York-Boston Deal, 1907 174 Kling Secured by Boston 1911 212 Cole and Hofman for Leifield and Leach, 1912 252 St. Louis Trades Pelty, 1912 252 St. Louis Trades George to Cleveland for Stovall, 1911 219 Washington Disposes of Catcher Street to New York, 1911 219 Pittsburg Secures Mike Donlin frcm. Boston, 1911 219 TRIPLE PLAYS (Unassi^ed) Hines, '78; O'Hagan, '02; Schafly, '04; Murch, '06; Ball, "09; Car- lisle, '11; Calvert, '11.. 243 UMPIRES First Staff Appointed, 1878 45 A FEW WORDS BY THE COMPILER. To Base Ball Lovers Everywhere: Within the covers of this small vol- ume---puhlication or which was originally set for a date several years in the past--the compiler presents for your consideration a history of the National Game from the viewpoint of one who has watched its progress and enjoyed its exciting contests for a period of more than forty years. In order to individualize as much as possible the task before him, to be free to treat in his own way the different subjects touched upon and to arrange to suit himself the various other details connected therewith, he purchased a small printing office, set up the book alone by hand, read the proof and worked off the entire edition on a 10x15 Gordon press. As might be ex- pected, sandwiching the book between Jobs of an average one-man shop was not productive of speed of the Twentieth Century variety so the delay mentioned in the opening para- graph was the result. While it is not the intention to have facts above referred to construed as intimating in the least that the work is XIII. XIV. any better on that account than books of this nature which have preceded it, or for that matter even as meritorious, it was con- sidered a little out of the ordinary and of sufficient interest to mention in this connection. Aside, however, from a desire to present in a manner as original as possible his ideas of what a base ball history should be, the writer had in view two objects. First, the preparation of a volume through the me- diumship of which the younger generation may become better acquainted with their favorite sport; second, to compile the lead- ing events connected with the game in such form as will serve to interest those older in the pastime in a reminiscent way, or as a reference work to which they may go when memory is at fault concerning base ball matters of the days gone by. To what extent his effort has been successful is not for him to say. It may be stated, however, that care has been taken to cover the field as fully as possible and it is believed no import- ant event has been overlooked in this re- spect. Old subject matter has been clothed in new garb and a great variety of other topics introduced that never have appeared before in a similar publication, but as these will be readily observed by the reader as he turns the different pages it is not deemed necessary to allude to them at greater length at this particular time. In conclusion, it is hoped the game will show the same progressive spirit XV. in the future that has marked its career in the past, while for those who are behind it with their wealth, the players who demonstrate it to be the greatest of out- door recreations, the umpire who pre- serves its dignity, and the fan who makes all possible by swelling the box office revenues, he can find no better sentiment than the expression of old Rip of the Catskill twenty-year slumber legend: '*May you all live long and prosper,'* ASE HALL AND ASE Be ALL PLAYERS PART I . FROM ORIGIN OF GAME TO FIRST PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ROM the most reliable information bearing upon the subject that can be obtained it is safe to assume that what finally developed into what is known as the ''National Game" was first played as early as 1825. While the earlier contests bore only little resemblance to the scientific exhibi- tions witnessed so often at the present day, they served their purpose and paved the way for greater possibilities in the days to come, the result being the establishment of an athletic sport that in all the history of the world never has been surpassed in the intense degree of its popularity or the firmness of its hold upon the affections of an enlightened people. That the pioneers in the base ball field builded even better than they knew is evidenced by the crowds that at- tend the contests nowadays and the fact that there is scarce- 1825 2 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. ly a town of any considerable size in Uncle Sam's domains where the game is not played. While the American origin of the game is conceded, there is some dispute as to who conceived first the idea of an elaboration of the pastime. The New York Clipper, gen- erally accepted as authority on sporting subjects — especially so with reference to the earlier history of base ball — gives this credit to Alexander J. Cartwright, who, it claims, also formed the first club and furnished the rules for playing the initial contest. A committee appointed in 1905, as the 18 39 result of a discussion between A. G. Spalding and Henry Chadwick, investigated the subject and declared that the first scheme for placing the g:ame on a higher plane was the work of Abner Doubleday and was launched at Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1839. This committee was composed of A. G. Mills, Morgan G. Bulkeley, N. E. Young, A. J. Reach and George Wright, and the report of its finding appeared in Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide for 1908. James E. Sullivan was secretary of the committee. ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST CLUB The first regularly organized club was the Knicker- bockers of New York City. This was in 1845. At this time also the first code of playing rules was adopted, and soon thereafter grounds were secured at Hoboken, N. J., where the first match game was played on June 19, 1846. In this contest the Knickerbockers lost to an unorganized nine, but they remained in the field and until 1851 had things 1 Q 4 5 their own way so far as an associated nine was concerned. In that year, however, new clubs began to make their ap- pearance, and in a short time the list had been increased by the addition of the Gothams, Eagles, Empires and Mutuals, who played at Hoboken; the Unions of Morrisania, the Baltics of Harlem and the Atlantics, Putnams, Excelsiors and Eckfords of Brooklyn. Rivalry then became keen. FIRST CODE OF RULES The first code of rules, referred to in the preceding paragraph, was adopted by the Knickerbocker Club on Sept. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 3 23, 1845. The regulations, interesting as a matter of his- tory, are as follows: The bases shall be from "home" to second base, 42 paces; from first to third base, 42 paces, equi- distant. The game to consist of 21 counts or aces, but at the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played. The ball must be pitched and not thrown for the bat. A ball knocked outside the r^^nge of first or third base is foul . Three balls beins: struck at and missed, and the last one caught, is a hand out; if not caught is con- sidered fair and the striker bound to run. A ball being struck or tipped, and caught either flying or on the first bound, is a hand out. A player running the bases shall be out if the ball is in the hands of an adversary on the base, as the runner is touched by it before he makes his base, 18 45 it being understood, however, that in no instance is a ball to be thrown at him. A player running who shall prevent an adversary from catching or getting the ball before making his base is a hand out. If two hands are already out a player running home at the time a ball is struck cannot make an ace if the striker is caught out. Three hands out, all out. Players must take their strike in regular turn. No ace or base can be made on a foul strike. A runner cannot be put out in making one base when a balk is made by the pitcher. Bu.t one base allowed when the ball bounds out of the field when struck. EARLY PRESS NOTICES The first newspaper: notice concerning base ball ap- peared in the New York Mercury of May 1, 1853. The first 1853 report of a game was published in the same paper about a month later. It was as follows: BASE BALL— The Gotham and Knickerbocker clubs played a match game on the grounds of the latter at Hoboken on the 5th inst. The Knicker- 4 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. bockers won. Gothams, 18 outs, 12 runs; Knicker- bockers, 18 outs, 21 runs -21 runs constituting a game. FOUNDING OF THE NEW YORK CLIPPER The New York Clipper was founded by the late Frank Queen in 1853. Originally the Clipper included sporting affairs in connection with its dramatic review, but several years ago that feature was discontinued. Mr. Queen, 18 53 through his paper and by means of prizes offered to those who excelled in the different positions of the game, did much to awaken interest in base ball, and nearly all of the facts concerning the earlier history of the pastime, used so extensively by sporting historians, were collected and ar- ranged by the able corps of writers constituting his editor- ial staff. FIRST ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED On Jan, 22, 1857, a convention was held in the city of New York at which a set of regulations was adopted for the government of the game, and on March 10, 1858, the organization effected the previous year developed into the National Association of Base Ball Players. Yearly 18 58 meetings were provided for that the rules might be revised as the exigencies of the situation demanded. At this time the number of clubs in the association was twenty-four. In 1866 the number had increased to 202, with delegates present at the annual meeting from many more similar or- ganizations. PIONEER CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES The first battle for the championship occurred in 1858 between a selected team from the Knickerbockers, Eagles, Gothams and Empires, representing New York, and a picked nine from the Atlantics, Excelsiors, Putnams and 1Q5Q Eckfords, acting for the city of Brooklyn. The arrange- ments provided for three games. New York won the first and third, 22-18 and 29-18, and Brooklyn took the second, 29-8. In 1861 a second match was played between these cities for a silver ball offered by the New York Clipper. The BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. game was won by Brooklyn by a score of 18 to 6. airy between the teams was intense. Thariv- LARGEST SCORES ON RECORD The greatest number of runs in a single inning be- tween clubs of recognized ability is 26, made by the Atlan- tics of Brooklyn in a -game with the New York Mutuals on Oct. 16, 1861. The largest number of runs ever made in a single game was on June 6, 1869, in a match between the Niagara club of Buffalo and the Columbias of the same city. The Niagaras won by a score of 209 to 10. On May 13, 1870, the Chicago team defeated the Bluff Citys of Memphis, 157 to L The score follows: 1861 CHICAGO Craver, c McAtee, lb. . Woods, 2b. . . Meyerle, 3b. Treacy, If. . . Cutnbert, rf. Pinkham, p.. King, cf Hodes, ss... Totals. BLUFF CITY Levy, c Burke, lb. . . Winters, 2b, Watson, 3b. , Raff, If Motley, rf. . , Reynolds, p Garvin, cf . . . Dukes, ss... Totals. SCORE BY INNINGS Chicago 7 27 14 1 25 34 16 33—157 Bluff City 100000 0-1 The Forest Citys ot Cleveland in five innings of a 6 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. game played a few days after the Chicago-Memphis contest made 132 runs to 1 by their opponents. The Atlantics of Brooklyn defeated the Athletics of Philadelphia by a score of 51 to 48 on July 5, 1869. This is the largest professional score known. In 1865-6 the Ath- letics participated in a number of contests in which their scores were all the way from 101 to 162. While games of such one-sided character are not wit- nessed nowadays, double figure scores are not uncommon. Some of the more notable large-score games of recent years follow: 1892 — Cleveland, 15; Chicago, 0. Cy. Young pitched for Cleveland and Hutchinson for Chicago. 1895 — Lansing (Mich.), 41; Jackson, 8. Lansing got 37 hits to 6 for Jackson and scored twelve runs in the first inning and fourteen in the eighth. 1896— St. Paul, 41; Minneapolis, 8. Seventeen tallies were made by St. Paul in the first inning. Glasscock made eight hits. 1898-New York, 20; Washington, 6. Chicago, 20; Baltimore, 0, seven innings. Boston, 24; Louisville, 4. 1899— Louisville, 25; Washington, 4. 1900— Philadelphia, 19; Boston, 17. In this game Boston secured nine tallies in the ninth inning, causing a tie, but lost the contest in the tenth. 1901 — Brooklyn, 15; Cincinnati, 6. 1903— New York, 20; Brooklyn, 2. 1906— American League: B^tbn, 19; Washington, 2. Washington, 17; Boston, 3. N^w York, 20; Washington, 0. National League: Chicago, 19; New York, 0; Cincin- nati, 12; St. Louis, 0. 1907 — American League: Chicago, 15; New York, 0. Boston, 14; Cleveland, 1. Chicago, 16; Washington, 2. Washington, 16; New York, 5. National League: Pitts- burg, 20; New York, 5. 1908— American League: Detroit, 18; Washington, 1. Detroit, 21; Athletics, 2. Cleveland, 16; New York,' 1. Chicago, 12; New York, 0. National League: New York, / BASE BALL AND BA^ BALL PLAYERS. 7 14; Philadelphia, 2. Chicago, 14; Boston, 0. Boston, 14; Philadelphia, 5. 1909— American League: Detroit, 10; Chicago, 2. De- troit, 11; New York, 4. New York, 17; Washington, 0. 1910 — American League: Washington, 12; Boston, 4. Boston, 17; Cleveland, 5. New York, 19; St. Louis, 2. Philadelphia, 18; Cleveland, 3. National League: Philadel- phia, 18; Pittsburg, 0. Philadelphia, 12; Brooklyn, 0. Bos- ton, 20; Philadelphia, 7. 1911 — American League: Chicago, 20; Washington, 6. Philadelphia, 17; St. Louis, 13. Cleveland, 20; New York, 9. National League: Philadelphia, 21; Cincinnati, 5. Cincinnati, 26; Boston, 3. 1912— Cincinnati, 10; Chicago, 6. Columbus, 11; Kan- sas City, 4. LONGEST AND SHORTEST GAMES In a game played on July 30, 1862, the Unions of Morrisania and the Eckfords took four hours to secure twelve runs, while in 1868 two clubs at Carrollton, Ky., i8 62 struggled from 10 o'clock in the morning until 6 in the even- ing and only finished seven innings. Forty-seven minutes were used by Dayton and Iron- ton clubs in playing a nine inning game on Sept. 19, 1884. Atlanta and Shreveport finished a full game in forty- four minutes in September, 1904. This was the record. MANUFACTURE OF BASE BALLS With the closing, of the civil war the game grew in favor with the people. Clubs began to spring up all over the country. As a result there was an increased demand for balls, which up to this time had not been constructed as scientifically as desired, and to meet this demand a small lees factory was started in 1865 and thrived so well that in a short time others were established and soon the manufac- ture of base balls became an important industry. Harvey Ross, John Van Horn and E. L, Horsman, all of the me- tropolis, were among the pioneer ball makers. BASE BALL ON SKATES The first game of base ball on skates was played at 8 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Hoboken, N. J., Jan. 16, 1865. The contesting clubs were the Atlantics and the Gothams and the latter team was win- ner by 39 to 19. A large crowd saw the battle for suprem- acy between these riyal organizations. A number of games on ice followed this initial performance, but the sport in this form never became popular. CUMMINGS INTRODUCES CURVE PITCHING The first curve ball was pitched by William A. Cum- mings in 1865, but it was not until two years later, in a 18 65 game between the Excelsior and Harvard teams on Jarvis field, that the new style of delivery was recognized. Mr. Cummings' own story of his invention, written especially for this book, will be found in the Appendix to this volume. What is known as the "spit'' ball has been used with much success since 1903. There are several claimants to the honor of being its originator. FIRST EXTENDED TOUR OF BALL PLAYERS On July 11, 1867, the National Base Ball Club of Washington, D, C, started on a tour of the west and be- fore returning played ten games with the best teams to be found at that time and won nine. This was the first ex- tended trip of a base ball organization. The Nationals were employes of the Treasury office and the expense of the journey, amounting to nearly $3,000, was borne by the club, no admission fee being charged to any of the con- tests. Games were played at Columbus, Cincinnati, Louis- 18 67 ville, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago and other points, and all of the local teanis were defeated except the Forest City nine of Rockford, 111., which won a game played at Chica- go by a score of 29 to 23. The Excelsiors of Chicago, claiming to be champions of the west, were beaten by the Nationals 49 to 4, and the St. Louis Unions fell before the mighty Williams and his associates by a score of 113 to 26. The Westerns of Indi- anapolis fared but little better, being beaten 106 to 21. Williams, the pitcher for the National team, was one of the swiftest and most versatile of the ol(i-time hurlers, BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 9 and during his career many stories were in circulation re- jgarding his prowess. FOREST CITYS Addy, 2b King, c Stearns, lb. . . . Spalding-, p . . . Barker, ct. ... Wheeler, If.... Buckman, 3b. . Lightheart, rf. Barnes, ss . . . . Totals. NATIONALS Parker, If . . . . Williams, p. . Wright, 2b... Fox, 3b Studley, rf... Fletcher, lb. . Smith, cf . . . . Berthrong. c, Norton, ss. . . . Total?. O. 2 2 3 3 2 3 5 6 1 27 O. 3 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 5 27 R. \ 29 1867 R. 1 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 1 23 SCORE BY INNINGS Forest Citys 2 8 5 018014 Nationals 3 5 3 7 3 SUMMARY Fly catches— Forest Citys, 4; Nationals, 12. Out on fouls — Forest Citys, 9; Nationals, 3. Umpire— Dietrich of Bloomington. Scorers— Burns and Munson. 29 2-23 HATFIELD MAKES THROWING RECORD At Cincinnati in July, 1868, John Hatfield made the first attempt to establish a record for long distance throw- ing. He threw a base ball six times, his best effort being on the third trial, when 132 yards was measured. At a base ball tournament held at Brooklyn in October, 1872, Hatfield carried off the honors with a throw of 133 yards. 1868 1868 10 BASE BALL AND. BASE BALL PLAYERS. 1 foot, 7i inches, which stood for many years. Others who made throws at that time were: Leonard, 119 yards, 1 foot, 10 inches; George Wright, 117 yards, 1 foot, 1 inch; Boyd, 115 yards, 1 foot, 6 inches; Fisler, 112 yards, 6 inch- es; Anson, 110 yards, 6 inches. On Sept. 9, 1882, E. N. WilHamson, in a throw for the record, cleared 132 yards, 1 foot. Edward Crane of Boston claimed to have thrown a ball 139 yards in July, 1881, and Hans Wagner, then playing with Louisville, is said to have beaten Hatfield's record by three feet and one-half inch at a contest in the Kentucky city for the benefit of the Louisville club in 1898. Neither of these performances is properly attested and they do not count as records. THE DAWNING OF PROFESSIONALISM When the National Association of Base Ball Players assembled for its annual session in 1868 it had to deal with a serious state of affairs. For ten years it had ministered to the wants and guarded the interests of the amateur to the best of its ability, and up to within a year or two of the gathering of the convention just referred to had encoun- tered little if any opposition in the administration of its official duties. About that time, however, a strong tendency toward professionalism was noticed. Rivalry between the various clubs had grown to such an extent that every effort was made to strengthen individual teams, and, when it could not be done in any other way, salaries were paid in spite of the known illegality of such action. Efforts to put a stop to the practice failed. So the Association determined to take prompt action in the matter. The meeting was a lively one. The sub- ject was discussed at great length and it w^as finally de- cided to divide the players into two classes, amateur and professional. Action to this effect was taken and the con- vention adjourned with the firm conviction that it had set- tled the difficulty for all time to come. To what extent it succeeded events which will be referred to later on in this BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 11- f volume will determine. \ GOLD BALL AS A PRIZE TO PLAYERS In 1868 the Athletics won the championship and re- jceived as a prize for their efforts a gold ball offered by the vNew York Clipper. Medals for individual excellence also (were given by the proprietor of that paper and these were won as follows: McBride, pitcher, Athletics; Radcliff, catch- er, Athletics; Fisler, first base, Athletics; Reach, second base. Athletics; George Wright, short stop. Unions of Mor- risania; Sensenderfer, center field, Athletics; Waterman, third base, Cincinnatis: Hatfield, left field, Cincinnatis; Johnson, right field, Cincinnatis. FIRST PROFESSIONAL CLUB The first professional base ball club was the Cincinnati Red Stockings, organized by Harry Wright in 1868. It was composed of the following players: Douglass Allison .c Asa Brainard p Charles Gculd lb C. J. Sweasy 2b Waterman 3b 1868 Harry Wright cf George Wright ss A. J. Leonard If C. A. McVey rf Hurley sub. The salary li&t of this organization footed $9,400, and of this sum the Wrights received $3,600. The highest paid to any of the other players was $800. RECORD BREAKING TOUR OF RED STOCKINGS In 1869 Harry Wright took his team of ball players for a tour of the country and accomplished the wonderful feat of winning fifty-six games and losing none. One tie game was played. AU of the best teams in the east and west were met and a total of 2,389 runs scored to 574 for i8 69 the opposing nines. The remarkable success of the touring ball tossers spread to all parts of the country and large crowds assembled to witness the contests. Cards about the size of the present postal, containing a picture of the team, found a ready sale. In the trip through the east a game with the New York Mutuals is especially worthy of men- tion on account of the score, 4 to 2, not alone close but also V 12 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. phenomenally low for that period of the game. It is given in full below: 1869 RED STOCKINGS O. R. B. T. G. Wright, ss. Gould, lb Waterman, 3b. Allison, c H. Wright, cf Leonard, If . . . . Brainard, p... Sweasy, 2b. . . . McVey, rf Totals 4 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 27 1 4 6 2 2 4 2 10 MUTUALS C. Hunt, If.. Hatfield, 2b.. E. Mills, lb.. R. Hunt, cf.. Swandell, 3b. C. Mills, c... Eggler, ss. . . . Woiters, p. . . McMahon, rf, Totals . . . . 0. R. 4 4 2 2 1 2 4 3 3 3 1 27 2 B. SCORE BY INNINGS. Red Stockings 1 1 2—4 Mutuals 1 1-2 SUMMARY Fly catches — Red Stockings: G. Wright, Alli- son 2, Sweasy, McVey; total, 5. Mutuals: C. Hunt, Hatfield 4, E. Mills, R. Hunt 5, Swandell 2, E. Mills 2, Eggler, Woiters; total 17. Foul bound catches — Red Stockings: Allison. Mutuals: C. Mills 3, C. Hunt; total 4. Umpire — Walker. Scorers — McCarthy and Hurley. Time of game — 2:00. Of the western teams the Forest Citys of Rockford gave the visitors a bad scare. Three games were' ^]ayed —one of them at Rockford, one at Cincinnati and the BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 13 third in Chicago. The first was won by Harry Wright's men by 34 to 13, the second was in favor of the Rockford boys up to the last half of the ninth inning, when the Reds got three men across the plate and won by 15 to 14, and the last resulted in a victory for Cincinnati by a score of 53 to 32. The Reds made 19 runs in the sixth inning of the con- cluding contest. ORGANIZATION OF CHICAGO WHITE STOCKINGS In 1870 the Chicago White Stockings made their ap- pearance in the arena of professional base ball. According to eastern newspapers of that period the express purpose of organizing the nine was to humble the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who had created so much of a sensation the year before. The club was launched at a total cost of $20,000. The team made a trip south before the regular season opened, defeating every nine it met, and on their return home the boys were given a great reception and soon there- after started on a tour of the east. The first game played i e 7 o was on July 5 with the Atlantics of Brooklyn. A great crowd turned out to seethe contest, which, much to the sur- prise of all concerned, resulted in an easy victory for the home team, the score being 30 to 20. The fans of the west- ern city were stunned by the defeat. Finally, an explana- tion for the distressing occurrence was found in the fact that a different kind of ball from that with which the Chi- cagos had been accustomed to playing was used on this par- ticular occasion. Therefore wrath was smothered for the time being. However, when the New York Mutuals, a few days later, repeated the performance of the Atlantics, de- feating the white-hosed athletes 13 to 4, the storm broke afresh. Ridicule and invective were worked overtime. It was a field day for humorists, and the ''funny man'' of the Cleveland Herald remarked that ''The Chicago White Stock- ings were sired by Tom Foley in the winter of 1869 and d — d by everybody in the summer of 1870." Later in the season, when the Chicagos met and de- feated the Cincinnatis, the fulsome flattery following the I 14 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. victory was as marked as had been the abuse in the other cases. The record for the season's play showed the White Stockings won 62 games and lost 7. Score of White Stockings- Atlantics game: 1870 WHITE STOCKINGS King, lb.... Hodes, ss. . . Wood, 2b. . . . Cuthbert, rf . Flynn, If.... Treacy, cf . . . Meyerle, 3b. Graver, c Pinkham, p. , Totals , ATLANTIGS Pearce, c Smith, 3b.... Start, lb Chapman, If . , Ferguson, ss. Zettlein, p... Hall, cf Pike, 2b, O R. 3 4 3 4 5 2 2 2 2 27 McDonald, rf 4 Totals. 0. 27 1 2 3 2 4 3 3 2 20 R. B. 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 17 B. 5 3 4 5 5 3 2 2 1 30 T. 5 3 2 3 1 8 6 4 6 38 T. 6 i 17 4 3 3 33 47 SCORE BY INNINGS White Stockings 1 3 1 6 15 3-20 Atlantics,... 5 5 6 3 2 5 2 2—30 SUMMARY Home runs— Ferguson 3, Treacy 2, Meyerle and Pinkham. Umpire— Grumm. Scorers — Thatcher and Smith. Time— 2:35. ORIGIN OF "CHICAGO" AS SHUT OUT TERM In July, 1870, the Mutuals of New York made a trip west and on the 23d of that month defeated the Chicago White Stockings 9 to 0. The game was played at Dexter Park. On the return of the Mutuals it was stated that they i BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 15 ^ad ''Chicagoed the Chicagos/' and for years thereafter the ^rm was used almost exclusively in describing a shut-out contest. A Cleveland artist brought out a cartoon in which a solemn looking goose, with white stockings, stood gazing at a nest labelled "Dexter Park," in which nine eggs re- posed. The whole was artistically whitewashed. The car- toon had widespread circulation. Score of game: MUTUALS O. R. B. T. Hatfield, ss. Eggler, cf. . . Patterson, If Nelson, 3b.. E. Mills, lb. Martin, rf.. C. Mills, c. Wolters, p. . Swandell, 2b Totals... WHITE STOCKINGS McAtee, lb. Hodes, ss . , . Wood, 2b.... Cuthbert, c. Flynn, cf Treacy, If . . . M eyerie, 3b. Graver, rf . . Burns, p Totals. 4 1 1 3 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 1 2 2 3 1 1 27 9 8 0. R. i B. 4 3 2 3 1 2 1 4 3 1 3 3 27 3 10 SGORE BY INNINGS Mutuals 1 3 3 2-9 White Stockings 0—0 SUMMARY Umpire — Bouse . Scorers — Thatcher and Dongan. Time -2:10. 1870 PIONEER GAME IN SWITZERLAND A game of base ball was played in Zurich, Switzer- 16 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. land, in 1870 between an All Swiss team and foreigners liv- ing in the city. The foreigners were unable to secure more than eight men, but won the contest. The score: i 1870 FOREIGNERS Brentano, p Bethlen, lb Brettlaner, ss. . Gonsirouski, 2b. Fischer, 3b Fritz, c Miller, If Schoch, rf Totals, ALL SWISS Schroeter, c L. Bodenehr, 3b, Reinacher, 2b . . . Wyss, p Godecker, rf . . . . Escher, cf E. Bodenehr, ss Hoffman, lb. . . . Wanner, If O. 27 Totals. O. 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 1 4 27 R. 20 R. 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 19 SCOYiE BY INNINGS Foreigners 1 2 5 1 1 All Swiss 8 9 3 3 4—20 11 0-19 SUMMARY Umpire— Forbes . Time— 2:15. NEW ORLEANS CLUB ON TRIP NORTH In the summer of 1870 the Lone Star Club of New Orleans made a trip north and met a number of amateur and professional teams. Among the cities visited were Memphis, St. Louis, Springfield, 111., Chicago and Rockford. The tour was fairly successful, the crowds turning out to witness the contests being of goodly proportions and dis- posed to give the visiting players the full measure of credit BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 17 due them. The worst defeat sustained by the southerners was at Chicago on Aug. 4, when they were beaten by the White Stockings 42 to 8. The score of this contest, which follows, gives further details: WHITE STOCKINGS LONE STARS Johnson, 2b... Schwartz, lb . . Condon, p Waterman, ss. Scott, If Carson, cf Thebault, c Tracy, rf Mahen, 3b Totals. O. R. B. McAtee, lb. Wood, 2b.... Cuthbert, cf. Flynn, 3b.., Treacy, If . . Meyerle, p. C raver, c . . . Keerl, ss Burns, rf Totals. . . 27 42 34 0. R. !B. 4 11 6 4 4 6 4 7 5 51 T. 4 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 27 8 8 10 SCORE BY INNINGS. White Stockings. ...18 10 6 2 5 3 7—42 Lone Stars 3 1010000 3—8 1870 HARVARD PLAYERS ON A TOUR The Harvard base ball team made a tour of the prin- cipal cities of the United States in 1870 and played twenty- five games with the best clubs in the field at that period. Of this number the college boys won twenty. It was the first trip of a ball team representing an educational institution, and naturally interest was at a high point, the crowds pres- 1870 18 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. ent being large and more than ordinarily enthusiastic, complete schedule of games played follows: The DATE July 4. " 5. *' 7. " 8. '' 11. '' 12. '* 13. '' 14. " 15. " 16. " 18. ** 20. '' 22. " 26. ♦* 27. " 28. ** 30. Aug. 3. '* 4. " 5. " 6. '* 8. " 10. " 11. " 12. OPPONENTS Yale Rose Hill Haymakers Utica Eckfords, Syracuse Ontarios, Oswego Niagaras, Buffalo Niagaras, Lockport Forest Citys, Cleveland.. Forest Citys, Cleveland- . . Red Stockings, Cincinnati Mutuals, New York Eagles, Louisville Chicago Cream Citys, Milwaukee. Amateurs, Chicago Indianapolis Olympics, Washington Nationals, Washington.... Marylands, Baltimore Pastimes, Baltimore Intrepids. Philadelphia . . . Athletics, Philadelphia . . . . Stars, Brooklyn Atlantics, Brooklyn oi < P4 ffi O 24 22 17 2 9 31 23 30 7 33 6 28 14 62 4 9 14 15 7 17 20 15 22 57 14 11 6 41 15 45 11 45 9 9 39 13 44 11 30 11 33 11 9 27 12 6 4 13 DEFEAT OF RED STOCKI NGS — D 1 S B A N D LATER In 1870 occurred the defeat of the Cincinnati team, after having won 108 straight contests. Several clubs made the Reds bow in submission, the Atlantics being the first to accomplish the hitherto impossible feat. They won an eleven inning contest by a score of 8 to 7, after Capt. Harry Wright had rejected a proposal of Capt. Ferguson to call the game a draw at the end of the ninth inning. Believing a draw would be agreed to, the Atlantics had gone to their club house, the umpire started home and the spectators were dispersing. Players and arbiter were notified and the game resumed. George Wright, according to the scribes of that day, perpetrated a ''sharp trick" by dropping a fly ball in order to make a double play. The game was played on June 14. Crowds watched the bulletins in Cincinnati. At the close of the season the Cincinnati team dis- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 19 banded, the action of the officials being somewhat of a sur- prise. Score of the Reds' first defeat: ATLANTICS RED STOCKINGS G. Wright, ss, Gould, lb Waterman, 3b. Allison, c H. Wright, cf. Leonard, If . . . . Brainard, p. . . Sweasy, 2b. . . McVey rf Totals. Pearce, ss . . . Smith, 3b.... Start, lb Chapman, If. Ferguson, c . , Zettlein, p.. Hall, cf Pike, 2b McDonald, rf Totals... 0. R. ! B. 0. R. B. o 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 1 2 5 1 4 4 1 4 2 33 8 13 17 2 2 2 6 4 2 2 1 2 4 1 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 33 7 11 12 SCORE BY INNINGS. Atlantics .0 2 2 1 3—8 Red Stockings... 2 010002000 2—7 SUMMARY Double plays — Atlantics, 3; Red Stockings, 4. Fly catches — Atlantics, 19; Red Stockings, 15. Passed balls — Ferguson. First base on errors — Atlantics, 4; Red Stockings, 5. Scorers — Atwater and Rives. Time— 2:30. 1870 HARRY WRIGHT ON DISBANDING OF REDS In connection with the disbanding of the Red Stock- ings, Harry Wright was interviewed as follows: ' 'What do the Red Stockings propose for next season ?^ ' "I hear Brainard, Sweasy and Waterman will leave 20 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. for Washington, D. C, where a new club is to be formed. They seem anxious there to secure as many of our old nine as possible and offered George $3,000 for next year." ''When did you first hear that your officers intended to hire no one for next season?" **I heard nothing of it whatever until I read the an- nouncement in the morning paper." ''Can you explain the cause?" "Well, my impression is that they thought salaries too high, and that the public would not support a second class nine." "To how many of the old nine did the officers make definite proposal for next year?" "Only two. They offered Gould $1,000 for next sea- son, but he declined it, saying he could do better. The offi- cers offered $1,000 to McVey to play catcher next year. He accepted, but afteward assented to having his contract 1870 cancelled. Dean was also engaged, but followed the exam- ple of McVey. No definite proposal was made to Waterman, Allison, Brainard, Leonard, Sweasy, George or myself." "How many of the old nine would have remained on reasonable terms?" ' 'All but brother George. He has a chance to enter the new club at Boston and also to embark in business there. * ' "When did you come to Cincinnati?" "In 1866. I came to take charge of a cricket club in this city." "When did the Cincinnati baseball club originate?" "That same year. We cricketers permitted a few lawyers and others calling themselves the Cincinnati Base Ball Club to play on our grounds and that was the starting of the team." "Would it not have been a good idea for the officers of the Red Stockings to have let you train up a new club for next year?" "They made no such proposal to me and I was never called into consultation. I know of a great many young BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 21 men I think would make good players, but of course they might turn out all right and they might not.'' * 'Could you not strengthen the club?'* **Yes. But I was given no intimation that my ser- vices would be needed in any capacity for next year, though I called frequently on the officers. Sweasy says that be- cause some of the players demanded more money they 'chucked us all overboard.' " WRIGHT ORGANIZES BOSTON TEAM When the contract between Harry Wright and the Cincinnati management expired on Dec. 1, 1870, the former >eader of the famous Red Stockings accepted an engage- ment to manage a team which it was contemplated to have in Boston the following season. The first important step taken by Mr. Wright in connection with his new position was a trip to Chicago for the purpose of making contracts ^ q ^ ^ with A. G. Spalding and Ross Barnes of the Rockford club. This he had little difficulty in doing. These noted players, with McVey, Leonard and Gould, who had joined hands with the Wright brothers when they left Cincinnati, made up a combination of base ball ability of most formidable character and left little else to be done in the way of com- pleting the organization. This was successfully carried out and on Jan. 20, 1871, the team formally was placed in the field for championship honors in the National Profes- sional Association to be organized in March that year. This team, which was regarded by many as the strongest ever organized up to that time, was changed very little in the five years the National Professional Association was in existence. It was made up as follows: McVey, c; Spalding, p; Gould, lb; Barnes, 2b; Shafer, 3b; George Wright, ss; Leonard, If; Harry Wright, cf; Rogers, rf; Birdsall and Ryan, substitutes. The firmness of the foundation upon which the club was built could not be illustrated better than by the fact that Boston has been represented in professional base ball ever since. The championship the first year of the National 22 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Professional Association was won by the Athletics; the oth- er four by Boston. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FORMED On March 17, 1871, a convention was held in New York City and the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players organized. The progress of the game was too swift for the old amateur association and it was 18 71 abandoned. James W. Kerns, of the Athletic club of Phil- adelphia, was elected president of the new organization, N. E. Young, of the Olympic club of Washington, D. C, secretary, and J. W. Scofield of Troy treasurer. A cham- pionship title and streamer were provided for. The following teams were entered in the first race for the pennant: Boston, Chicago, Athletics, Mutuals, Olym- pics, Haymakers of Troy, Kekiongas of Fort Wayne, Forest Citys of Rockford and Forest Citys of Cleveland. PART II. FROM FIRST PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION TO THE REVOLT OF THE PLAYERS HE season of the new professional association opened on May 5, 1871, at Fort Wayne, Ind., with a game between the Kekiongas of that city and the Forest Citys of Cleveland. It was an event of more than ordinary import- ance. Not only did it mark the inauguration of champion- ship contests under the supervision of a regularly consti- tuted professional organization, but it laid the foundation for future associations of more elaborate character. These followed in the course of time and the present high stan- \e7\ dard of the game is the result. The attendance at the contest was not as large as an- ticipated, but the greatest interest was manifested, local fans being very enthusiastic and hopeful of the success of their team. The game was close and exciting throughout. Both Matthews and Pratt pitched effectively, J. White be- ing the only Clevelander to gauge the delivery of the Fort Wayne twirler. The local newspapers characterized . it as the ^'Greatest game ever played in this country, 'V and to 23 24 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. what extent this estimate may be true the score below will show to a certain extent: 1871 KEKIONGAS O. R. B. Williams, 3b.. Matthews, p . . Faran, lb Goldsmith, ss.. Lennan, c Carey, 2b. . . Mencher, If . . . McDermott, cf Kelly, rf Totals 4 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 ♦24 2 5 FOREST CITYS J. White, c. . Kimball, cf. . Pabor, rf Allison, If . . . E. White, 2b Pratt, p Sutton, 3b. . . Carleton, lb. Bass, ss..... . Totals. . . 0. R. B. 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 27 3 ♦Storm stopped game as Kekiongas were going to bat in the ninth inning. SCOREI BY INNINGS. Kekiongas 10 10 ♦— 2 Forest Citys 0-0 SUMMARY Errors — Kekiongas, 3. Fly catches — Kekiongas, 13; Forest Citys, 17. Passed balls — Lennan, 2; White, 1. Scorers — Johnson and Rockhill. Umpire — J. L. Boake, Cincinnati. Time— 2:00. ANSON'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL GAME On May 7, 1871, A. C. Anson made his first profes- sional appearance, with the Forest Citys of Rockford, 111. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 25 The Forest City club of Cleveland was the opposing nine. At the last moment Hastings, the regular catcher, informed the Rockf ord management that he would not be able to fill the position on that occasion and he was sent to center field and Anson put behind the bat. The visitors won, 12 to 4. One thousand persons witnessed the game. Score: ROCKFORD Mack, lb Addy, 2b.... Fisher, p . .' . . Hastings, cf. Ham, 3b Anson, c Sager, ss . . . . Bird, If Stires, rf . . . . Totals FOREST CITYS J. White, c . . Kimball, 2b. Pabor, If.... Allison, cf.. . . E. White, rf. Pratt, p Sutton, 3b... Carleton, lb. Bass, ss Totals O. 27 R. B. 0, R. B. 27 12 SUMMARY Errors — Rockford, 15; Forest Citys, 8. Passed balls — Anson, 3; White, 5. 11 11 14 T871 CLINTON HUMILIATES CHICAGO The Active Base Ball Club of Clinton, Iowa, paid a visit to Chicago on June 27, 1871, and defeated the White Stockings by a score of 8 to 5. The Iowa club came with only a local reputation, and it was looked upon as a certainty that the Chicagos would win. As a result there was only a small crowd to witness the contest. The outcome was a big 26 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. surprise, however, for the ''country*' lads, as they had been termed previous to the game, put up an article of ball they had not been considered capable of. The score: 1871 WHITE STOCKINGS O. McAtee, lb. . King, cf Hodes, c Wood, 2b.... Simmons, rf. Treacy, If... Duffy, ss Pinkham, 3b. Zettlein, p. . . R. B. Totals 27 4 1 5 3 2 1 3 4 4 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 27 5 8 ACTIVES O. R. B. T, Lapham, lb.. Haskin, If Jones, cf Keerl, 2b Sanglier, rf . . Maigne, 3b. . . Sawyer, p . . . Foley, c , Brannock, ss. Totals, 27 8 11 13 SCORE BY INNINGS White Stockings 10 10 3—5 Actives ....2 10 111 2—8 SUMMARY Left on bases— White Stockings, 8; Actives 6 Passed balls— Hodes, 3; Foley. 1. Bases on balls —White Stockings, 2. Bases on errors— White Stockings, 2: Actives. 4 Time -1:50. Umpire— Joseph Wheelock, McVicker club. The Chicago Times, in speaking of the game, had this to say: At the conclusion of the game Capt. Wood, in discussing the contest with officials of the Chicago BASE BALL AND BASE BALL. PLAYERS. 27 club, explained that it was the Kelly ball that did it. Thacher suggested that they arrange another game. Various suggestions were made, but none could offer a specific for that ever-haunting mem- ory of defeat. All mourned in a common cause, but Capt. Wood probably felt the sting more se- verely than any other. It is probable this last misfortune, the most humiliating of all, will be of 18 71 benefit to the club as well as to the managers. It had already been decided to make a change in the nine. Now it is asserted positively by the presi- dent that there will be a change. Perhaps the best method of reorganizing would be to trade off the nine en masse for the Clinton club. But the trade could hardly be effected. At least, Clinton people are too sharp to trade off a lively amateur organization for nine professional sticks. ATHLETICS WIN FIRST PROFESSIONAL PENNANT The first championship season of the National Profes- sional Association closed with the Athletics as winners of the pennant. Boston was a close second. The Kekiongas and the Rockfords were the tail-enders, the Fort Wayne club leading the Illinois boys by one game. Result: Clubs Won Lost Athletics 22 7 , ^ ^ , Boston 22 10 1 8 ' ^ Chicago 20 9 Mutuals 17 18 Olympics 16 15 Haymakers 15 15 Cleveland 10 19 Kekiongas 7 21 Rockford 6 21 Members composing winning team: McBride, p; Ma- lone, c; Fisler, lb; Reach, 2b; Meyerle, 3b; Radcliffe, ss; Cuthbert, If; Sensenderfer, cf; Heubel, rf; Bechtel, rf; Tom Pratt, sub. SECOND PENNANT TO BOSTON There were eleven contestants for championship hon- ors in 1872 and great interest was manifested. Boston was the winner. The Athletics, champions of the previous 1372 season, finished fourth, being beaten out by Baltimore and the Mutuals. The Nationals failed to win a single game. 1872 28 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The Chicago club was wiped out by the fire of 1871 and was, therefore, not a member of the association this year. Following is the record : Clubs Won Lost Boston 39 8 Baltimore 34 19 Mutuals 34 20 Athletics 30 14 Troy 15 10 Atlantics 8 27 Cleveland 6 15 Mansfield 5 19 Eckfords 3 26 Olympics 2 7 Nationals 11 The winning team was as follows: Spalding, p; C. McVey, c; C. Gould, lb; Barnes, 2b; Schafer, 3b; George Wright, ss; Leonard, If; H. Wright, cf ; F. Rogers, rf ; D. Birdsall, substitute. Pitchers were allowed to use the underhand throw this year. BOSTON AGAIN WINS PENNANT There were nine clubs fighting for the championship in 1873. Boston was again winner. The record: Clubs Won Lost Boston : 43 16 Philadelphia 36 17 Baltimore 33 22 18 7 3 Mutuals 29 24 Athletics 28 23 Atlantics 17 37 Washington 8 31 Resolutes......... 2 21 Maryland 5 The winning team was composed of: Spalding, p; J. White, c; Manning, lb; Barnes, 2b; Schafer, 3b; George Wright, ss; Leonard, If; H. Wright, cf; J. O'Rourke, rf and lb; Addy, rf ; Birdsall, substitute. FIRST GAME OF BASE BALL IN ENGLAND The first game of base ball in England was played on Feb. 27, 1874. A. G. Spalding was in London at that ^Qj4, time arranging for a visit to England by the Boston and Athletic teams later in the year and agitated the game in order to create interest in the sport. Two nines, composed BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 29 of cricket and foot ball players, Spalding being the pitcher for one team, and Briggs, of the Boston Beacons, catcher for the other, met on the Lords cricket oval and the Briggs men won, 17 to 5. Six innings only were played. PENNANT FOR THIRD TIME GOES TO BOSTON Boston was the pennant winner again at the close of the season of 1874, making its third successive victory. Chicago, having recovered from the effects of the great fire, was once more a member of the Association. Result: Clubs . Won Lost Boston 52 18 Mutuals 42 23 Athletics 33 23 Philadelphia 29 29 Chicag^o ♦ 27 31 Atlantics 23 33 Hartford 17 37 Baltimore 9 38 On the winning team were: Spalding, p; J. White, c; O'Rourke, lb; Barnes, 2b; Schaffer, 3b; George Wright, ss; Leonard, If; Harry Wright, cf; McVey, rf; Beals, sub. BOSTONS AND ATHLETICS GO TO ENGLAND July 16, 1874, the Boston and Athletic teams sailed for England. They played fourteen games while away, two of the number at Dublin, and of this total the Bostons won eight. The trip was not a financial success, but the money made from exhibition games at home offset the loss abroad. The players who made the trip were: Bostons — O'Rourke, c; Spalding, p; McVey, lb; Barnes, 2b; Schaffer, 3b; George Wright, ss; Leonard, If; Harry Wright, cf ; Hall, rf ; .Kent and Beals, subs. Athletics — Clapp, c; McBride, p; Fisler, lb; Battin, 2b; Sutton, 3b; McGeary, ss; Gedney, If; McMullen, cf; Anson, rf ; Sensenderfer and Murnane, subs. A number of friends accompanied the teams on the trip. FIRST SALE OF PLAYERS The first recorded sale of players was brought about in the spring of 1875, Graver and Bechtel of the Centenni- 1874 30 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. als being disposed of to the Athletics for $1,500. The Cen- tennial club also was a Philadelphia organization. Graver and Bechtel were the best players the nine possessed, and the sale weakened the team to such an extent it disbanded.. FIRST PROFESSIONAL 1 TO O GAME The first 1 to game by professional clubs was played May 12, 1875, at St. Louis between the Red Stockings of that city and the White Stockings of Chicago. A running left-hand catch by Hastings in the sixth inning prevented the Reds from scoring. t875 WHITE STOCKINGS Higham, c. Hastings, rf Warren, 3b. Devlin, lb. . Bielaski, cf. Keerl, 2b. . . Peters, ss. . Glenn, If... Zettltin, p.. Totals. . 0. I R. H. iP.O. 3 1 3 4 3 3 1 2 5 0' 4 2 1 2 3 I 2 4 2 1 1 7 2 1 2 27 1 5 27 11 RED STOCKINGS 0. I R. H. P.O. A. Orrin, rf Redmond, ss Blong, p Houtz, lb. . . . Sweasy, 2b. . . Croft, If Morgan, cf. . . Flint, c McSorley, 3b. Totals. . . . 3 1 3 4 2 3 1 8 2 2 4 1 4 1 4 10 3 27 2 4 27 SCORE BY INNINGS White Stockings 10 0—1 Red Stockings 0-0 FIRST EXTRA INNING 1 TO O GAME June 19, 1875, Chicago defeated Hartford 1 to in eleven innings, a record performance. The run was scored BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 31 on a bad throw to first by Burdock, giving Devlin third, Hines bringing him home with a hit to left. Local writers attributed Chicago's lack of hits to the ''peculiar delivery of Cummings. '^ Score: CHICAGO R. H. P.O. E. Higham, c. . Hastings, rf Devlin, lb.. Hines, cf. . . Glenn, If.... Peters, ss . . Warren, 3b. Zettlein, p. . Miller, 2b... Totals... 5 1 3 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 5 1 3 4 1 6 33 10 HARTFORD Allison, c Burdock, 2b. . . Carey, ss . . . Cummings, p York, If Ferguson, 3b. , Remsen, cf . . . Mills, lb Bond, rf R. Totals H. P.O. E. 6 2 1 5 3 7 1 1 8 33 SCORE BY INNINGS Chicago 00 000000 1—1 Hartford 000000000 0—0 SUMMARY First base on errors— Chicago, 3; Hartford, 3. Left on bases — Chicago, 9; Hartford, 9. Passed ball -Chicago. Umpire — McLean. Time— 2:00. 1875 FIRST PROFESSIONAL NO-HIT GAME The first no-hit game between professional clubs was played in Philadelphia on July 28, 1875, when the home team defeated Chicago 4 to 0. Only one Chicagoan reached 1875 32 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. first base. Borden was tlie pitcher who performed the feat. Score by innings: Philadelphia 12 1 0—4 Chicago 0—0 Base hits —Philadelphia, 7. Time of game — 1:35. Umpire— N. E. Young. BOSTON TAKES FOURTH PENNANT Thirteen clubs were entered for the 1875 pennant race, the new teams being the Centennials of Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis, Red Stockings of St. Louis, New Haven and the Westerns, a nine representing Keokuk, Iowa. Boston won. The result of the struggle follows: Clubs Won Lost Boston 71 8 Athletics 53 20 Hartford 54 28 St. Louis 39 29 Philadelphia 37 31 Chicago 30 37 Mutuals 29 38 New Haven 7 39 Red Stockings 4 14 Washington 4 22 Centennials 2 13 Atlantics 2 42 Westerns 1 12 The winners: Spalding, p; White, c; McVey, lb: Barnes, 2b; SchaflPer, 3b; George Wright, ss; Leonard, If; O'Rourke, cf ; Manning, rf; Beals, sub. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION GOES TO PIECES The National Association, which had controlled the destiny of professional base ball since 1871, ceased to exist shortly after the close of the season of 1875. The game had progressed to such an extent that it had outgrown the organization, and it was apparent to the wiser heads that an association founded on strict business principles was necessary. The geographical distribution of membership also was a cause for complaint. Besides, the gambling fra- ternity had worked itself into the game to such a degree that a change was deemed advisable as a measure of self- preservation. As a result steps were taken to form a BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 33 new body and the National Association retired from the field. ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE William A. Hulbert of Chicago was the leading spirit in the movement for a new association, and through his ef- forts a meeting was held at Louisville in December, 1875, at which it was decided to act at the earliest possible moment. This meeting was attended by J . A. Joyce, Cincinnati; W. A. Hulbert and A. G. Spalding, Chicago; C. A. Fowle, St. Louis; Charles E. Chase, William Haldeman and Thomas E. Sherley, Louisville. On Feb. 2, 1876, a second meeting leye was held, at the Grand Central Hotel, New York, and the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs formally organized. The magnates present at the meeting were: Messrs. Hulbert and Fowle, representing Chicago, Louis- ville, Cincinnati and St. Louis; N. A. Appollonio, Boston; W. H. Cammeyer, Mutuals, New York; G. W. Thompson, Athletics; Morgan G. Bulkeley, Hartford. Mr. Bulkeley was chosen chairman of the meeting. Harry Wright acted as secretary. A constitution was presented by Mr. Hulbert and adopted after a few slight changes had been made. Morgan G. Bulkeley then was elected president of the new organization and N. E. Young secretary. The constitution raised the entrance fee from $10 to $100, provided for a players' contract with expulsion ^s a penalty for breaking the same, prohibited gambling pn the grounds of the clubs and put the minimum population cities must have in order to enter the League at 75,000. A circuit of eight cities was completed for 1876. The places chosen, with the club membership, follow: 1876 Chicago — Spalding, captain and manager; James White, Anson, Barnes, McVey, Peters, Glenn, Hines, Addy, Cedes, Bielaski and Andrus. Hartford — Robert Ferguson, captain and manager; D. Allison, Cummings, Bond, E. Mills, Burdock, Carey, York, Remsen, Cassidy, Higham and Harbridge. St. Louis — S. W. Graff en, manager; Bradley, Pike, 1876 34 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Cuthbert, Battin, Pearce, Blong, Mack, Miller, Dehlman, McGeary and Clapp. Boston— Harry Wright, manager; Borden, Murnane, Beals, Schafer, Leonard, O'Rourke, Manning, Whitney, G. Wright, Morrill, L. Brown, McGinley and Parks. Louisville — J. C. Chapman, manager; Devlin, Hast- ings, Snyder, Hague, Gerhardt, Fulmer, A. Allison, Car- bine, Bechtel, Ryan, Holbert, Somerville, Collins, Clinton. Mutual s—Wm. PL Cammeyer. manager; Robert Mathews, Hicks, Start, Hallinan, Nichols, Booth, Craver, Holds worth and Treacy. Athletics — Alfred H. Wright, manager; A. Knight, Coons, Fisler, Fouser, Force, Zettlein, Sutton, Hall, Mey- erle, Eggler and Malone. Cincinnati — C. H. Gould, manager; Fields, Fisher, Sweasy, Kessler, Snyder, Jones, Clack, Pierson, Booth, Dean and Foley. CHICAGO GETS BOSTON'S BIG FOUR As will be noticed White, Barnes and McVey--who, with Spalding, constituted what was known as Boston's *'Big Four'' — were on the Chicago team. Their decision to leave the Massachusetts capital caused a big sensation. The local papers were filled with the subject, Chicago was de- nounced in a most vehement manner for inducing the play- ers to leave the eastern city and the westerners were given to understand that they need not think they were going to capture the pennant, as it took more than four men to make a championship team. The war of words raged for some time. Finally, the conclusion was reached that the men had a right to play wherever they wished and peace was restored. SPALDING'S BASE BALL GUIDE APPEARS Spalding's Base Ball Guide made its appearance in the spring of 1876. It was originally published in Chicago. John B. Foster is editor, succeeding the late Henry Chad- wick, who held the position from 1881 to the time of his death in 1908. The Guide is published by the American BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 35 Sports Publishing Company, New York City. It has an ex- tended circulation, FIRST GAME IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE The opening of the championship season of the Na- tional League occurred April 22, 1876, at Philadelphia, be- fore a record crowd. The score is given below: BOSTON Wright, ss . . Leonard, 2b . O'Rourke, cf. Murnane, lb . Schafer, 3b.. McGinley, c . . Manning, rf . . Parks, If.... Borden, p . . . , Totals PHILADELPHIA Force, ss Eggler, cf... Fisler, lb... Meyerle, 2b, Sutton, 3b... Coons, c Hall, If Fouser, rf . . . Knight, p... Totals R. H. P.O. R. H. P.O. A, 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 8 3 3 1 6 6 27 A. 1 4 1 3 13 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 5 10 27 14 SCORE BY INNINGS Boston Philadelphia . 1 2 1 2—6 1 3 1—5 1876 CHICAGO WINS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP The first championship of the National League was won b3^ Chicago. Boston, which captured four successive pennants in the National Association, dropped to fourth place, plainly showing the effects of the Big Four desertion. 36 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The following is the record of the several clubs for the sea- son's play: Clubs Won Lost Chicago 52 14 Hartford 47 21 St. Louis 45 19 Boston 39 31 Louisville 30 36 Mutuals 21 35 Athletics 14 45 Cincinnati 9 56 Ross Barnes was the leading batsman, with an aver- age of .403. Anson was next, .342. In fielding, Fisler led 1876 the first basemen, .978; Gerhardt, 2b, .950; Battin, 3b, .867; Peters, ss, .932; Leonard, If, .913; Hines, cf, .917; Cassidy, rf, .998. Bradley led the pitchers; Allison was the premier catcher. MUTUALS AND ATHLETICS EXPELLED At the annual meeting of the National League on Dec. 7, 1876, the Mutuals and Athletics were expelled from the organization for failure to play out the schedule of western games. The action came as a surprise to the offending clubs. The subject caused a lively discussion at the gathering, and it was mainly through the strong stand taken by Mr. Hulbert in favor of expulsion that the motion to that effect was put through. HULBERT HEADS THE LEAGUE William A, Hulbert of Chicago was elected president of the National League at the annual meeting held at Cleve- land Dec. 7, 1876. The pay of umpires was fixed at $5 per game and it was agreed to respect all contracts with play- ers made by league or non-league clubs. It was decided to have a six-club circuit for 1877. SPALDING ENDS GREAT CAREER ON THE DIAMOND At the close of the season of 1876 Albert G. Spalding, 1876 ^^^ ^^ ^^^ greatest pitchers of his time, retired from the diamond and entered upon a commercial career that has been fully as successful in every way as were the efforts he put forth for so many years as an exponent of the na- / 1876 VI BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 37 tional game. Spalding came into prominence as a player in 1867 as pitcher of the Forest City club of Rockford, 111., when he defeated the Nationals. He continued a member of that organization until 1871, when the National Profes- sional Association was established, at which time he joined the Boston club, under the management of Harry Wright. With this team he remained five years, winning four suc- cessive pennants. He then assisted in forming the National League, and when that object was accomplished took charge of the Chicago club, occupying the positions of manager, captain and pitcher. With this club he won another pen- nant. In the meantime he had become interested in the manufacture of base ball supplies, and the business in- creased with such rapidity that he decided to retire as a player and devote his time to his sporting goods establish- ment. He retained the position of secretary of the Chicago club, however, and on the death of Mr. Hulbert succeeded to the post of president. This office he held until 1892. Spalding conceived and carried out the trip to Eng- land in 1874 and the Around the World tour of 1888-9, and before sailing on the first voyage was thus referred to by Henry Chadwick in a publication of that period: Spalding is justly regarded as one of the most successful of the strategic class of pitchers. In judgment, command of the ball, pluck, endurance and nerve in his position he has no superior; while his education and gentlemanly qualities place him above the generality of base ball pitchers. As a batsman he now equals the best of what are called "scientific" batsmen — men who use their heads more than their muscle in handling the ash. His forte in delivery is the success with which he dis- guises a change of pace from swift to medium, a 18 7 6 great essential in successful pitching. Spalding is a thorough representative of the spirited young men of the western states, he being from Illinois. MANY NON-LEAGUE CLUBS There were many clubs during the season of 1876 that were not members of the National League. Among the more prominent were the Actives of Reading, Pa. ; Fall 38 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Rivers, Buckeyes of Columbus, Rhode Islands, Providence; Crickets of Binghamton, Stars of Syracuse, Indianapolis, St. Louis Reds, Quicksteps of Wilmington and the Alle- ghenys. The teams were composed of players of ability, many of them graduating to the big organization and shin- ing with more or less briUiancy. FIRST MINOR LEAGUE ORGANIZED The first minor league to spring into being was the International Association, which was organized at Pitts- burg Feb. 20, 1877. James Williams, afterward identified ^Qjj with the American Asso3iation, was at the head of the movement. The membership was: Alleghenys, Pittsburg; Live Oaks, Lynn; Buckeyes, Columbus; Rochesters, Man- chesters, Maple Leafs, Guelph, Ont. ; Tecumsehs, London, Ont. The League Alliance, another minor organization, also made its appearance this year. It had thirteen clubs as members, headed by the Red Caps of St. Paul. These were the pioneers in what has since proved to be a great field, as such organizations are now scattered all over the country, and in most cases are paying invest- ments to their stockholders. TWENTY-FOUR INNING GAME WITHOUT A RUN One of the greatest games of ball ever played oc- curred May 11, 1877, between Harvard and Manchester. The latter club was a professional organization. Twenty- four innings were played without a run being scored, when the game was called on account of darkness. Few of the 187 7 balls were knocked outside of the diamond, so that the in- field was kept busy during the entire contest, Coggswell, the Manchester first baseman, having 81 put-cuts and Snigg, pitcher, 12 assists, while Tyng, Harvard^s catcher, put out 31 men and Ernst, pitcher, had 20 assists. There was a large crowd to witness the game and con- siderable excitement was manifested as the contest length- ened into a record-breaker. The score, which will prove interesting from a sport- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 39 ing as well as historical point of view, is given in full below: HARVARD Leeds, ss . Tynff, c... Tower, cf. Thayer, 3b Ernst, p . , . Latham, If Wright, lb. Dow, rf Sawyer, 2b. Totals. AB. R. H. P.O. A, 9 2 4 9 1 31 3 9- 1 9 1 3 6 9 3 20 8 4 8 1 26 8 2 8 1 3 4 77 7 72 37 MANCHESTER AB. R. H. P.O. Coggswell, lb, Woodhed, 3b.. Mincher, If Saye, ss Dailey, 2b Snigg, p Blogg, cf Lannahan, rf . , Carl, c Totals 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 81 31 3 3 4 4 4 6 3 14 72 6 4 5 12 1 4 32 E. A. E. SCORE BY INNINGS Har 00000000.0 0000000000000 0—0 Man, .. .00000000000000000000000 0—0 SUMMARY Two base hit — Tyng. First base on errors — Harvard, 1; Manchester, 4. Struck out— Ernst, 15; Snigg, 5. Double play — Snigg-Carl-Coggswell. Wild pitch — Snigg. Wild throws — Tyng, Carl, Woodhed. Time of game — 3:25. Umpire — Holmes, Harvard '78. 1877 EXPULSION OF "CROOKED" PLAYERS A bomb was exploded in 1877 when Louisville expelled four players for throwing games in connection with a 40 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. pool of gamblers in New York City. It was the first in- stance of the kind on record. The men upon whom judg- ment fell were William H. Graver, A. H. Nichols, George Hall and James A. Devlin, all of whom were expert play- ers, Devlin being a pitcher of remarkable ability. A great deal of money is believed to have been made by the guilty men as a result of their operations, but no estimate of the amount ever was made public, ^gyy GhaHes E. Ghase, a director of the Louisville club, thus tells how the exposure was brought about: When the "coming champions" started upon their last eastern trip they had some twelve games to play, out of which they had less than half to win in order to insure them the pennant, for it was al- most an assured fact that they could win a major- ity of the games they had yet to play in the west. The Hartfords, then playing upon the old Mutual grounds in Brooklyn, had before capitulated to the "Giants" without much of a struggle, anH it was considered certain that at least four out of the six games with that club could be counted as victories, while at least one-half should be won from Boston. The first of the series was played in Brooklyn, and the morning the game was to be played I re- ceived an anonymous dispatch from Hoboken (the poolrooms having been driven out of New York) stating that something was wrong with the Louis- ville players, as the gamblers were betting on the Hartfords, and advising me to "watch your men." Presuming this dispatch was from some crank, I paid no attention to it, but when I learned that af- ternoon that our club had been badly beaten 1 came to the conclusion that possibly the game might stand investigation. When the full reports were received that night I was surprised to find Hague left off and Nichols put in his place at third base, and I also found that it was through errors of Gra- ver, Hall and Nichols that the game had been lost. I at once telegraphed Manager Ghapman, asking why Nichols had been substituted for Hague, and he replied that Hall had requested it, giving as a reason that as Nichols was a Brooklyn boy he nat- urally wanted to play on his home grounds. This BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 41 answer seemed sufficient, and my suspicions were for the time being allayed. Upon the morning the next game was to be played, however, my anony- mous correspondent again wired me from Hoboken that the Louisville-Hartford game was to be crook- ed and Louisville lose, and lose they did, through errors of Devlin, Hall and Nichols. It is hardly necessary to say that Manager Chapman was im- mediately notified not to permit Nichols to partici- pate in any more games. This was the commence- ment of the last eastern series of games, and when the Louisville club returned home it had only two victories placed to its credit. It was decided by the directors of the club to accuse the suspected men in the hope that one or more might con- fess and the whole truth be known. This plan was carried out and worked even better than anticipated. The result was that Devlin and Hall gave the whole plot away and the four players implicated in it were expelled at once. Nichols was secured by Louisville, on the recommendation of Hall, to fill temporarily the position of third base, as Hague had a lame arm. BOSTON WINS CHAMPIONSHIP The championship for 1877 went to Boston. The season was not a profitable one, and Cincinnati was compelled to forfeit its membership in the league. Its games, therefore, were thrown out. The record follows: Clubs Won Lost Boston 31 17 Louisville 28 20 Hartford • 24 24 St Louis 19 29 Chicago 18 30 The Boston team was composed of Bond, p; L. Brown, c; Murnane, lb and cf; Wright, 2b; Morrill, 3b and If; Sutton, 3b and ss; Leonard, ss and If; O'Rourke, cf and If; J. White, rf and c; W. White and H. Schafer, subs. J. White led the batsmen with .385; Croft, lb, .965; Burdock, 2b, .905; McGeary, 3b, .907; Force, ss, .903; Glenn, If, .941; Remsen, cf, .902; J. White, rf, .954. Lar- kin was the star pitcher and Snyder first among catchers. 1877 1877 42 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Snyder's average for the playing season was given as .913. MINES AND SWEASY MAKE TRIPLE PLAY Paul Hines is credited by some authorities with an un- assisted triple play on May 8, 1878. The score of that game shows that Hines and Sweasy made the play. Score: 1878 BOSTON Wrig^ht, ss . . . Leonard, If. . O'Rourke, cf Manning, rf . Sutton, 3b ... , Burdock. 2b., Morrill, lb... Bond, p Snyder, c Totals.... AB. R. H. P.O. A, 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 4 1 4 4 3 12 4 2 8 4 8 1 33 2 5 27 17 E. 11 PROVIDENCE Higham, rf. . York, If Murnane, lb. Hines, cf Carey, ss Hague. 3b. . . Nichols, p. . . Allison, c Sweasy, 2b. . Totals AB. R. H. P.O. A. 4 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 4 9 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 3 4 4 3 6 4 36 1 2 3 7 27 14 E. SCORE BY INNINGS 1 1—2 1 1 1 0—3 Boston Providence , SUMMARY Passed balls— Allison, 1; Snyder, 5. Triple play — Hines and Sweasy. Double play — Burdock and Morrill. Bases on balls —Boston, 1 . Wild pitches— Nichols, 1 . Umpire — Cross. PEORIA REDS DEFEAT BOSTON An unusually strong independent team located at BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 43 Peoria, 111. , defeated the Boston champions by a score of 3 to 1 in a game played in July, 1878. The contest took place in Peoria. Rowe, the local pitcher, proved a surprise to the easterners, holding them to two hits and passing none. Only twenty-nine Bostonians went to bat. The victory caused great enthusiasm among Peorians. The score: PEORIA AB. R. H. J. Gleason, 3b. Lof tus, 2b Alvaretta, cf.. J. Rowe, c W. Gleason, ss Carroll, lb Taylor, If Radbourne, rf, D. Rowe, p Totals 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 35 P.O. A. E. 11 1 3 12 1 8 1 1 27 2 2 1 1 1 12 19 BOSTON G. Wright, ss, Leonard, If. . . . O'Rourke, lb. , Manning, rf , . , Burdock, 2b.. Sutton, 3b Schafer, cf . . . Bond, p Snyder, c Totals AB. R. H. P.O. A. 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 9 3 2 3 5 5 3 1 1 3 1 3 7 3 29 1 7 1 2 27 19 E. Peoria Boston SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 0-3 1 0—1 1878 CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN GOES TO BOSTON Championship honors were again Boston's as a result of the league contest of 1878. Cincinnati, which forfeited its membership the previous year, was reinstated and fin- ished second. Poor financial returns marked the progress 1878 44 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. of the race in 1878. The standing of the clubs is shown in the following table: Clubs Won Lost Boston 41 19 Cincinnati 37 23 Providence 33 27 Chicago 30 30 Indianapolis 24 36 Milwaukee 15 45 The winning team was: G. Wright, ss; O'Rourke, cf; Morrill, lb; Burdock, 2b; Sutton, 3b; Leonard, If; Manning, rf; Bond, p; Snyder, c; Schafer, sub. Dalrymple, of the tail-enders, was the leading bats- man, with a percentage of .356; Wright, ss, .947; Sullivan, lb, .974; Burdock, 2b, .917; Hague, 3b, .918; Jones, If, .893; Remsen, cf, .934; G. Schaffer, rf, .844. Ward headed the pitchers and Snyder the catchers. NEW YORK CLIPPER GIVES MEDALS In 1878 the New York Clipper offered a silk pennant to the champion team and a gold badge to the player hav- ing the best average in each position at the close of the race for that year in the International Association, a minor league organization. The pennant went to the Buffalo club and the medals were distributed as follows: Henry Mc- Cormick, pitcher, Syracuse Stars; Michael Dorgan, catcher, Syracuse Stars; Stephen Libby, lb, Buffalo; Barnes, 2b, Tecumsehs; Force, ss, Buffalo; Hornung, If, Tecumsehs; D. Richardson, cf, Utica; McGunnigle, rf, Buffalo. The Buffalo team was composed of Galvin, Dolan, Libby, Fulmer, Allen, Force, Crowley, Eggler, McGunnigle, Mack and McSorley. PROPOSED CHANGE PROVES A FAILURE At an exhibition game between the Chicago and 18 78 Milwaukee clubs, played in the Illinois city Oct. 4, 1878, a proposed new scheme in connection with the pastime was given a trial and declared a failure. The change sought was to have players return to the bases on which they had been left the previous inning. This was found to be not only a hindrance to the scorers and a source of annov- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 45 ance to the spectators, but in several instances the players themselves could not remember the place at which they were anchored when the side was retired. The scheme never was adopted. NATIONAL LEAGUE ADOPTS SPALDING BALL At the meeting of the National League on Dec. 5, 1878, the Spalding ball was adopted as the official ball of that organization. Previous to this different makes had been used and great dissatisfaction and charges of un- fairness were the result. Hence the change. Complaint was made against the Mahn ball in 1877 because it ' 'stung the hands when caught, ' ' but this the manufacturer agreed to remedy. The change caused some ill feeling in the east, but it soon passed away. 1878 FIRST STAFF OF UMPIRES APPOINTED : ^ The umpire question caused considerable discussion at the 1878 meeting of the league and resulted in the appoint- ment of twenty-one men to act as arbiters. From this list, the first regular staff, the clubs were to select the um- pire they desired. The men named as handlers of the in- dicator were: Summers, Cross and Hodges, Boston . Morgan, Fountain and Faber, Cleveland . Young, Geer and Dunn, Syracuse. Wheeler, Cincinnati. Stambaugh and Bredeburg, Chicago. Brouton and Gillian, London. McLean, Philadelphia. Daniels, Hartford. Walsh, Louisville. Furlong, Milwaukee. Wilbur, Rochester. Seward, St. Louis. Williams, Columbus. 7 FIRST MINOR LEAGUE IN THE WEST The first exclusively western minor association was organized Jan. 2, 1879, and was known as the Northwestern 1879 46 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. League. It was composed of the cities of Rockford, 111., Dubuque and Davenport, Iowa, and Omaha. A schedule of games was arranged and the season inaugurated under con- ditions of the most favorable character and indications of a close contest. Each town was represented by a good club, Dubuque being especially strong, as it comprised a large part of the Peoria Reds of the previous year. This club, as before stated, defeated Boston. GEORGE WRIGHT GOES TO PROVIDENCE In 1879 George Wright, who had been a star on the Boston team ever since its organization, left the Hub and went to Providence to manage a team in that city. The departure of Wright caused great regret among the Boston fans, as he was not only a powerful factor in the club's suc- cess, but popular with all classes as well. The departing short stop took O'Rourke with him. O'Rourke also was a star of the first magnitude and contributed in no small de- gree to the subsequent triumph of the Providence repre- sentatives in the National League. CHICAGO FAILS TO HIT RICHMOND Lee Richmond, a young left-hander pitching for the Worcester minor league nine, prevented the Chicago team from scoring or making a hit in a game played during the season of 1879. The contest was stopped by rain at the end of the seventh inning. Up to that time the big leaguers had not knocked a ball out of the diamond and only one man had reached first base and he on the solitary pass given out by Richmond during the combat. Eight of the Chica- 1879 ^^^ struck out and a total of eleven errors was marked up against them. Worcester made twelve hits, with a total cf twenty, and played errorless ball. The score: Worcester 3 1 3 4 0—11 Chicago 0—0 Batteries — ^Worcester, Richmond and Winslow; Chicago, Hankinson and Harbridge. WOMEN BALL PLAYERS TOUR THE COUNTRY During the summer of 1879 two clubs of women ball players, known as the Red Stockings and the Bhie Stock- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 47 ings, respectively, made a tour of the east and west and succeeded in arousing considerable curiosity. Crowds greet- ed them in all of the larger cities visited, but the exhibition given was of such a farcical character that the female ath- letes had great difficulty on one or two occasions in escaping the wrath of the spectators and reaching their hotel in safety. At most points, however, the disgust of the on- lookers was vented in noisy demonstrations and jests at the expense of the different players. Once or twice since this pioneer venture attempts have been made to gather in the money of the people by similar enterprises, but they failed to accomplish in any considerable degree the object sought by the promoters. BASE BALL AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM The first instance of the use of base ball as an adver- tising medium was in 1879 when a team financed by the proprietors of a patent medicine known as "Hop Bitters^' toured the country and made quite a reputation . The club was composed of the following well known players: T. H. Murnane, Andrew Leonard, Jack Manning, Dick Higham, Fred Lewis, Harry Schafer, Ed. Rowan, Harold McClure and William Smiley. The peculiarity of the name gave the newspaper humorists a chance to display their wit, and one at Cincinnati arose to remark that there was not a mem- ber of the team from that city who would either "Hop, skip or jump bitters/' Games were played at any point where a club of merit existed. COMISKEY AS A MINOR LEAGUER On Oct. 4, 1879, the Dubuque team, winners of the Northwestern League's pennant, went to Chicago to play two games with the White Stockings. They lost both. On the visiting nine, in addition to Radbourne, Loftus and the Gleasons, was Charles Comiskey, present owner of the Chi- cago American League team, and famed in base ball history as first baseman and captain of Von der Ahe's St. Louis Browns. The score appended is the game in which Larry Corcoran, just signed by Chicago, was given a try-out. 1879 1879 48 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The showing made by the young pitcher was considered to be most favorable, although critics held it was not as severe a test as desired. 1879 DUBUQUE CHICAGO Dairy mple, If.. Williamson, lb. Anson, 3b Corcoran, p Carey, ss Flint, c Quest, 2b Gore, rf Remsen, cf Totals AB. H. J. Gleason, 3b. Radbourne, 2b. Loftus, rf Sullivan, c W. Gleason, ss Comiskey, If . . . Alvaretta, cf.. Laphan;!, lb. . . Reis, p Totals 34 P.O. A. E. 27 13 14 AB. H. P.O. A. 5 2 2 4 1 13 5 1 1 5 13 5 1 1 5 2 11 2 5 7 5 2 1 5 1 44 9 27 25 E. SCORE BY INNINGS Dubuque 3 0010000 3-7 Chicago 2 4 1110 1—10 SUMMARY First base on errors— Chicago, 7; Dubuque, 3. Bases on balls — Chicago, 1; Dubuque, 2. Struck out — Chicago, 3; Dubuque, 9. Wild pitches — Corcoran, 4; Reis, 4. Passed balls — Flint, 2; Sullivan, 5. Umpire— Lewis. PROVIDENCE IS PENNANT WINNER George Wright and his Providence ball tossers won the championship of the National League in 1879. The 1879 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 49 struggle for supremacy was hotly contested, with Boston second. The record: Clubs Won Lost Providence 55 23 Boston 49 29 Chicago 44 32 Buffalo 44 32 Cincinnati .38 36 Cleveland 24 53 Troy 19 56 Syracuse' 15 27 The winning team was composed of Ward and Mat- thews, p; Brown, c; Start, lb; McGeary, 2b; Hague, 3b; Wright, ss; York, If; Hines, cf; O'Rourke, rf; Gross, c; Farrell, 3b. Anson led the batters, with a percentage of .407, and he also was at the head of the first basemen, with .974; Quest, 2b, .926; Morrill, 3b, .873; Wright and Force, ss, .926; Eggler, cf, .918; Strief, rf, .903; Jones, If, .933; Flint, c, ,830. Ward led the pitchers. FIRST RESERVE RULE ADOPTED ^ ^ At the meeting of the National League late in 1879 the first reserve rule was adopted. This, a signed agree- ment, was one of the most important pieces of legislation ever enacted by the league for the betterment of the game. By its provisions each club was permitted to reserve the services of five players for the season of 1880. LEAGUE MOVES IN INTEREST OF TEMPERANCE A special meeting of the league was held at Roches- ter Feb. 26, 1880, at which measures were taken to eradicate evils arising from intemperance. Clubs were given power is so to suspend offending members without pay for a season, or longer if thought advisable, and the practice of negotiating with players before the close of the season— taken advan- tage of frequently by men of unreliable character — was abolished. An address covering the points was issued. 7 FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE PERFECT GAME June 12, 1880, the Worcester team, with Richmond pitching, shut out Cleveland without a run, hit or man get- 50 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. ting to first base. The feat was unprecedented in major league history and caused a sensation in base ball cir- cles. The score follows: 1880 WORCESTER CLEVELAND Dunlap, 2b Hankinson, 3b. Kennedy, c. . . . Phillips, lb.... Shaffer, rf . . . . McCormick, p. . Gilligan, cf . .. . Glasscock, ss.. Hanlon, If Totals AB. H. P.O. Wood, If... Richmond, p Knight, rf . . Irwin, ss. . . Bennett, c. . Whitney, 3b Sullivan, lb Corey, cf . . . Creamer, 2b Totals. . AB. 27 E. 4 3 1 6 3 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 8 3 1 2 3 14 3 1 3 27 4 27 3 16 H. P.O. A. E. 4 2 1 9 1 7 2 10 1 2 1 24 15 SCORE BY INNINGS Worcester 10 *— 1 Cleveland 0—0 SUMMARY Struck out- By Richmond, 5; by McCormick, 7. Balls called— On Richmond, 44; on McCormick, 78. Strikes called — Off Richmond, 9; off McCormick, 15. Double play — Glasscock-Dunlap- Phillips. Time— 1:26. Umpire — Bradley. WARD DUPLICATES RICHMOND'S FEAT Five days after the above performance, on June 17, Providence shut out Buffalo in a similar manner. Ward BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 51 did the pitching. Galvin, for Buffalo, was hit hard, Provi- dence finding the "little steam engine" for eighteen hits. The score follows: PROVIDENCE Hines, cf... Start, lb... Dorgan, rf Gross, c . . . Farrell, 2b. Ward, p . . . Peters, ss. . York, If... Bradley, 3b Totals. . AB. H. P.O. A. 5 2 2 5 5 1 2 14 5 5 1 4 4 2 4 1 2 6 4 1 6 4 4 3 4 3 1 4 40 18 27 19 E. BUFFALO Crowley, rf Richardson, 3b. Rowe, c Walker, If Hornung, 2b . . . Mack, ss Esterbrook, lb. Poorman, cf Galvin, p Totals. AB. H. P.O. A. 3 3 3 1 3 4 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 3 2 3 27 5 27 13 Providence . Buffalo.... Two base hit— Farrell. Three base hits— Start, York, Bradley. Struck out— By Ward, 4; by Galvin, 2. Passed ball — Rowe. Wild pitches— Galvin, 2. Time— 1:15. Umpire — Daniels. E. SCORE BY INNINGS 10 10 11 1—5 0-0 SUMMARY 1680 CHICAGO WINS PENNANT RACE Chicago was first in the race for the 1880 pennant, with a fifteen-game lead over Providence, which was second. / / 52 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The record of the contest for leadership is herewith ap- pended: Clubs Won Lost Chicago 67 17 Providence 52 32 Cleveland 47 37 Troy 41 42 Worcester 40 43 Boston 40 44 Buffalo 24 58 Cincinnati 21 59 Winning team: Corcoran and Goldsmith, p; Flint, c; Anson, lb; Quest, 2b; Williamson, 3b; Burns, ss; Dalrym- ple. Gore and Kelly, fielders; Beals, sub. Gore had the highest batting percentage, .365; An- son, lb, .977; Force, 2b, .926; WilHamson, 3b, .893; Peters, ss, .898; York, If, .932; Hines, cf, .925; Evans, rf, .906; Flint, c, .829. Corcoran ranked the pitchers. SQUARE BAT GIVEN A TRIAL An exhibition game between the Chicago and Buffalo 1880 teams was played at Chicago Oct. 20, 1880, at which a square bat was used for the first time. It was found that the new kind of stick did not increase batting to any per- ceptible extent and that it also stung the hands when it came in contact with the ball In certain positions. During the same game a proposed new ball, a combination of cork and rubber, also was given a trial. Neither, however, met with approval. The square bat idea was credited to Harry Wright. BANCROFT TAKES PLAYERS TO CUBA ^In the fall of 1880 Frank Bancroft and a number of American players departed for Cuba. Several games were played, but the islanders did not take kindiy to the idea of paying to see the contests and the trip was abandoned. The tourists returned to the United States shortly before Christmas. • CINCINNATI QUITS WHEN LIQUOR IS BARRED Action of the league forbidding the sale of liquor on club grounds caused Cincinnati to withdraw from the organ- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 53 ization at the close of the season of 1880. Detroit was giv- en the franchise. Cincinnati made a hard fight against the new order, but the league ofl^cials refused to recede from their position, giving the opposing club time to consider its course of action, with the result stated. REFUSES TO REMOVE BLACK LIST At the annual meeting of the National League in 1880 applications for reinstatement of the players expelled by the Louisville club in 1877 were rejected and a resolution adopted that in the future no consideration would be given to such appeals for clemency. Up to this time the men and their friends had been persistent in their efforts to have the ban removed. CHICAGO WINS 1881 PENNANT The championship for 1881 went "to Chicago, with Providence again second. The complete standing will be found below: Clubs. Won Lost Chicago 56 28 Providence 47 37 Buffalo 45 38 Detroit 41 43 Troy 39 45 Boston 38 45 Cleveland 36 48 Worcester 32 50 The championship team was made up of the follow- ing players: Corcoran and Goldsmith, p; Flint, c; Anson, lb; Quest, 2b; Williamson, 3b; Burns, ss; Dalrymple, If; Gore, cf ; Kelly, rf ; Nicol. Anson led the batters with .399. He also ranked the first basemen with .975; Force, 2b, .936; Williamson, 3b, .909; Glasscock, ss, .911; Hornung, If, .947; Gillespie, cf, .932, Evans, rf, .933. Corcoran was leader of the pitchers and Bennett was first among catchers, .896. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED At a meeting held in Cincinnati on Nov. 2, 1881, the American Association was formed with H. D. McKnight as president, J. H. Pank vice-president and James A. Williams 1880 1881 54 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. secretary. The clubs represented at the meeting are here- with given: Cincinnati — Thorner, Caylor and Long. Athletics — Lew Simmons, Charles Mason. Louisville— J. H. Pank, J. W. Reccius. Pittsburg— H. D. McKnight. St. Louis— Chris Von der Ahe, D. S. Reid. ^QQ^ Brooklyn — William Barnie. Philadelphia — Charles Fulmer. The last named club was ruled out, leaving a circuit of six, but Mr. Barnie was unable to secure the necessary financial assistance in Brooklyn and Baltimore, represented by Henry C. Meyers, was admitted. Arrangements were made for opening the season in 1882. The Association's chief aim was to furnish the public with 25 cent ball. DEATH OF PRESIDENT HULBERT On April 10, 1882, William A. Hulbert, president of the National League, died of heart disease at his home in Chicago. The event was unexpected and caused widespread regret. Mr. Hulbert was born in Burlington Plat, Otsego county, New York, Oct. 30, 1832. Two years later the / family removed to Chicago, where Mr. Hulbert received his schooling, being subsequently graduated from Beloit Col- lege and entering soon thereafter upon a commercial career 188 2 which had its finality in a membership on the Board of Trade. As a business man Mr. Hulbert was noted for his honesty and persistency of purpose, and he had the respect of all who knew him. He became interested in base ball in 1875, conceived the idea of forming the National League, and was untiring in his efforts to have the game free from all suspicion of crookedness. Burial was on the 13th. RADBOURNE'S HOMER IN 18TH WINS On Aug. 17, 1882, at Providence, a hit over the left field fence by Radbourne at the opening of the last half of the eighteenth inning won the game with Detroit by a score of 1 to 0. In the fifteenth inning Wright sent the BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 55 ball through the carriage gate but was caught at the plate. Providence claimed a home run, but the umpire would not allow it. Hines cut off a run by a throw from center. PROVIDENCE Hines, cf Farrell, 2b... Start, lb Ward, p York, If Radbourne, rf Wright, ss. . . Denny, 3b. . . . Nava, c Totals.... DETROIT H. R. P.O. 1 6 26 3 2 2 5 9 54 1 9 5 5 11 1 32 Wood,. If .. Hanlon, cf . . Powell, lb.. Bennett, 3b Trott, c... Knight, rf. . Weidman, p Whitney, ss Foster, 2b.. Totals.. H. R. P.O. A. 3 5 21 3 13 1 2 1 2 51 1 3 1 1 9 10 4 29 E. E. 1882 SCORE BY INNINGS. Providence. .0 0000000000000000 1—1 Detroit 0000000000000000 0—0 SUMMARY Home Run — Radbourne. Three-base hit — Wright. Two-base hits — Bennett, Weidman. Bases on balls — Ward, 1. Struck out — By Ward, 4; Weidman, 6. Umpire — Bradley . CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI PENNANT WINNERS Chicago was winner of the National League cham- pionship in 1882, making its third successive victory, and 56 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Cincinnati captured the pennant in the American Associa- tion. The first season of the new organization was suc- cessful beyond expectations. As will be noticed the Asso- ciation adopted the percentage system in reporting the standing of its clubs. This was an innovation. The tables follow : NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Won Lost Chicago 55 29 Providence 52 32 Buffalo 45 39 Boston 45 39 Cleveland 42 40 Detroit 42 41 Troy 35 48 Worcester 18 66 Winning team: Corcoran and Goldsmith, p; Flint, c; Anson, lb; Quest, 2b; Burns, ss and 2b; Williamson, 3b; Kelly, rf and ss; Dalrymple, If; Gore, cf; Nicol, rf. Brouthers headed the batters with .367 and also the 1882 first basemen with ,974; Burdock, 2b, .929; Williamson, 3b, .880; Force, ss, .907; Hornung, If, .930; Wood, cf, .89:1; Evans, rf, .910. Goldsmith made the best record among -^ the pitchers and Bennett and Deasley tied at .874 for catch- ing honors. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs Per Ct. Cincinnati 680 Athletics ". 540 Eclipse 520 Alleghenv 500 St. Louis 460 Baltimore 260 Composition of winning club: W. White and H. Mc- Cormick, p; Snyder and Powers, c; Stearns, lb; McPhee, 2b; Carpenter, 3b; Fulmer, ss; Sommer, Macullar and Wheeler, fielders; Luff and Kemmler, subs. Browning was Association's leading batter; Lane, lb; McPhee, 2b; Battin, -3b; Mack, ss; Macullar, cf; Blackis- ton, rf; Sommer, If; Dorr, p; O'Brien, c. A. G. MILLS SUCCEEDS HULBERT At the annual meeting of the National League in 1882 A. G. Mills was elected president to fill the vacancy BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 57 caused by the death of Mr. Hulbert and N. E. Young was for the seventh time chosen secretary and treasurer. Troy and Worcester resigned memberships and New York and Philadelphia were admitted. Requests for reinstatement were received from a number of players and the prayers of the petitioners granted. The offenses of which they had been found guilty were of minor importance. NATIONAL AGREEMENT ADOPTED 'The arbitration committees of the National League and the American Association met in New York City March 17, 1883, for the purpose of considering the piracy of play- ers, a practice which had grown to such an extent as to call for action of the most drastic nature on the part of the gov- erning bodies. As a result of their labors the National Agreement was adopted and the effect of the document was of a most beneficial character. Those who assisted in fram- ing this important base ball measure were: A. G. Mills, A. i883 H. Soden and John B. Day of the National League; 0. P. Caylor, William Barnie and Lewis Simmons of the Ameri- can Association and Elias Mather of the Northwestern League. The agreement has been amended from time to time as circumstances demanded. ' "SPORTING LIFE" ENTERS THE FIELD "Sporting Life," a weekly publication devoted to the interests of base ball, made its first appearance in Philadel- phia on April 15, 1883. Francis B. Richter, Thomas S. Dando and August Rudolph were the gentlemen responsi- ble for the new venture. The paper was a success from the start, has an extended circulation and is read with great interest. Francis B. Richter is the editor. REACH ISSUES A BASE BALL GUIDE A. J. Reach issued the first number of his Base Ball Guide in 1883. Reach was a member of the Athletics in the early days of the game and was noted for his batting . ^ and base running ability, scoring 34 runs in two games on Oct. 20, 1865. ' The morning contest was with Williamsport, the Athletics winning 163 to 11, and the afternoon game. 58 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. with the Alerts of Danville, and also won by the Athletics, was noteworthy from the fact that all the bats were broken by the Philadelphians and the game finished with the han- dle of a shovel. The score of the morning game was 101 to 8, (not 163 to 11, as printed on the preceding page), and the afternoon contest resulted 162 to 11. Reach is also credited with being the first player to receive a salary for his ser- vices. He retired from the game, went into the base ball supply business at Philadelphia and has made a fortune. The Guide is a valuable publication. UNION ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED The Union Association was organized at Pittsburg on Sept. 12, 1883, with H. R. Bennett of Washington as presi- dent and Warren White secretary. Later a reorganization was effected at St. Louis with Henry V. Lucas of that city president, T. J. Pratt vice president and Warren White sec- 1883 retary. Washington, St. Louis, Altcona, Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Chicago were selected as the cities in which clubs were to be located and April 17, 1884, set as the date for opening the season. The abolition of the reserve rule was the object of the promoters of the new association. The men behind it were: St. Louis — Henry V. Lucas, Theodore Benoist. Chicago — A. H. Henderson, E. S. Engle. Cincinnati — Justus Thorner. Philadelphia~T. J. Pratt. Baltimore— L W. Lowe, B. F. Matthews. Washington — H. B. Bennett, M. B. Scanlan. Boston— F. E. Winslow, George Wright, T. H. Mur- nane. Altoona— W. Rilz. BOSTON AND ATHLETICS WINNERS Boston won the National League pennant for 1883 and the Athletics were the leaders in the American Associ- ation. The race was fine in both organizations. In the National Chicago closely pressed the winning team, while in the Association St. Louis and Cincinnati were hot on the BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 59 trail of the Athletics. The result is given in full in the tables below: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Won Lost Boston 63 35 Chicago. 59 ' 3S Providence 58 40 Cleveland 55 42 Buffalo 52 45 New York 46 50 Detroit 40 58 Philadelphia 17 81 Winning team: Whitney, p; BufRngton, p; Haekett and Hines, c; Morrill, lb; Burdock, 2b; Sutton, 3b; Wise, ss; Hornung, If; Radford, rf; C. Smith, of. Brouthers was the leading batter with .371; Morrill, lb, .974; Farrell, 2b, .925; Denny, 3b, .875; Glasscock, ss, .918; Hornung, If, .936; Hines, cf, .913; Evans, rf, .902. Whitney headed the pitchers; Bennett, .859, the catchers. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs Per Ct. Athletics 670 St. Louis 660 Cincinnati 640 Metropolitan , 560 Eclipse, 530 Columbus 330 Alleghenv 300 Baltimore 290 The champions were: Matthews, Carey, Bradley and Jones, p; O'Brien and Rowan, c; Stovey, lb; Strieker, 2b; Bradley, 3b; Carey, ss; Birchall, Blackiston, Knight and Crowley, fielders. Mullane was the leading pitcher; Wolf, c; Stovey, lb; McPhee, 2b; Battin, 3b; Nelson, ss; Maskrey, cf; Corkhill, rf ; Kennedy, If. Mansell was the best batter. DEATH OF JAMES A. DEVLIN James A. Devlin, at the time of his expulsion by the Louisville club in 1877 one of the best pitchers in the busi- ness, died in Philadelphia Oct. 10, 1883. Devlin tried hard for reinstatement but failed in every instance. SWEENEY STRIKES OUT NINETEEN On June 7, 1884, Charles Sweeney of Providence made a major league record by striking cut nineteen Bostonians. 1883 60 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Whitney pitched a masterly game, but his fine work was overshadowed by the marvelous performance of Sweeney. 1884 PROVIDENCE Hines, cf Farrell, 2b.... Radbourne, lb Sweeney, p. . . Irwin, ss Denny, 3b Carroll, If Nava, c 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 Radford, rf I 3 I AB. I R. H. P.O.! A. Totals I 31 BOSTON Hornung, If, Sutton, 3b.., Burdock, 2b. Whitney, p . . Morrill, lb. . Manning, cf, Crowley, rf. . Hines, c Wise, ss. — Totals AB. R. 1 5 1 1 19 19 i 1 3 27 24 H. 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 33 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 1 2 7 6 1 1 1 4 27 24 1 1 E. P.O. A. E. SCORE BY INNINGS. Providence 1 1 0—2 Boston 1 0—1 SUMMARY. Two-base hit — Sutton, Crowley. Passed balls — Hines, 1. Bases on balls — Whitney, 1. Struck out — By Whitney, 10; by Sweeney, 19. Triple play— Manning, Morrill and Sutton. Umpire — Burns. Time— 1:45. PROVIDENCE GETS 6 OF 8 HOME RUNS Providence defeated Chicago 13 to 4 on June 28, 1884, a total of eight home runs being made, of which number BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 61 Providence secured six. Chicago was trying out a new man in the pitcher's position and the Grays found him without difficulty. Radbourne also was hit hard. Score: PROVIDENCE R. H. P.O. E. Hines, cf Start, lb Sweeney, rf . , Radbourne, p, Irwin, ss Denny, 3b Carroll, If.... Farrell, 2b. . . Gilligan, c Totals... 2 3 2 1 1 3 12 1 1 7 3 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 6 1 13 13 27 17 CHICAGO R. Dalrymple, If. , Gore, cf Kelly, c Anson, lb Pfeffer, 2b Williamson, 3b. Burns,^ ss Sunday, rf Lee, p Totals H. P.O. A. E. 10 3 1 14 2 3 1 3 27 11 11 SCORE BY INNINGS Providence 12 4 14 1 0—13 Chicago 1 10 2 0—4 SUMMARY Home runs— Dalrymple, Anson, Hines, Denny, Carroll 2, Start, Irwin. i Two base hit — Hines. Double plays -Williamson-Anson, 2. Struck out— Chicago, 3; Providence, 2. Umpire — McLean. Time— 2.20. 1884 SWEENEY EXPELLED BY PROVIDENCE Charles Sweeney, of the Providence team, was ex- pelled by officials of that organization on July 22, 1884, for 62 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. refusing to obey orders. In the seventh inning of a game played on that date with Philadelphia, on the Providence grounds, with the score standing 6 to 2 in favor of the lo- cals and only five hits by Philadelphia, Manager Bancroft asked Sweeney to exchange places with Miller, who was playing right field, in order that the latter player might get a little more experience in the pitcher's position. Swee- ney refused to do this and ended the argument by walking off the field. He was warned that this action meant ex- pulsion, but he replied that he didn't care, as he could get more money playing somewhere else. The game proceed- ed with only eight Providence players and was won by 1884 Philadelphia 10 to 6, the visitors scoring eight runs in the ninth inning. There had been rumors for some time that repre- sentatives of the Union Association were tampering with Providence players, and, despite the uneasiness it caused, and the fact that the loss of Sweeney might necessitate the disbanding of the team, as the suspension of Radbourne left the club without experienced pitchers, the offending twirler was expelled that same evening. Later he joined the St. Louis Union Association team. As a way out of the dilemma, Radbourne was rein- stated and pitched nearly every game from that date to the close of the season. PROVIDENCE, NEW YORK AND ST. LOUIS WIN The pennants for 1884 were won by Providence in the National League, New York (Metropolitans) in the Ameri- can Association and St. Louis in the Union Association. The Americans had a twelve-club circuit. Washing- ton, Brooklyn, Indianapolis and Toledo were the new mem- bers, and all of them finished the season except Washing- ton, which weakened in August and was succeeded by the Virginias of Richmond. The voyage of the Union Association was an unusu- ally stormy one, several changes taking place in the circuit and only five clubs playing out the schedule. None of the teams made any money. Altoona gave up first, then Phil- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 63 adelphia and finally Chicago. Kansas City, Wilmington, Pittsburg, Milwaukee and St. Paul figured in the make-up of the Association during the season. The National League adopted the percentage system in recording the result of its championship race for the first time this year. NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Providence 750 Boston 650 Buffalo 570 Chicapro 550 New York 550 Philadelphia 340 Cleveland 310 Detroit 250 The winning team was made up of Radbourne, Miller i8 84 and Conley, p; Gilligan and Nava, c; Start, lb; Farrell, 2b; Denny, 3b; Irwin, ss; Carroll, If; Hines, cf, and Rad- ford, rf. O'Rourke was the leading batter, having a percent- age of .350; Hackett, c, .879; Start, lb, .974; Burdock, 2b, .925; Sutton, 3b, .906; Force, ss, .901; Fogarty, If, .915; Hines, cf, .895; Evans, rf, .911. Radbourne was the star pitcher. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs. Per ct. Metropolitan 700 Columbus 638 Louisville 629 St. Louis 626 Cincinnati 623 Baltimore 594 Athletics 564 Toledo 442 Brooklyn 384 Virginia 285 Pittsburg 277 Indianapolis 271 Washington 190 Members of winning team: Halbert and Reipslager, c; ' Keefe and Lynch, p; Orr, S. Crane, Esterbrook, Nelson and Troy, infielders; Kennedy, Roseman and Brady, out- fielders. Association's leaders: Esterbrook, batting; Hecker, 64 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. p; Milligan, c; Orr, lb; Creamer, 2b; Battin, 3b; Houck, ss; Browning, cf; Swartwood, rf ; Kennedy, If. UNION ASSOCIATION Clubs. Per ct. St. Louis 850 Cincinnati 660 Baltimore 538 Boston 532 Pittsburg 500 Nationals 410 Keystone 312 Kansas City , 182 Winning team: Sweeney, Boyle, Hodnett and Wer- den, p; Dolan, Brennan and Baker, c; Quinn, lb; Dunlap, 2b; Gleason, 3b; Whitehead, ss; Dave Rowe, Schaffer and 18 84 one of the battery players in the field. RADBOURNE'S WONDERFUL RECORD The feature of the season of 1884 was the remark- able work of Charles Radbourne, of the victorious Provi- dence team, who pitched seventy-four games during the campaign, winning sixty and losing twelve. Two games were ties. During the latter part of July, August and September he pitched thirty-seven games, and of this num- ber won thirty-two and lost four, one being a tie. Of the total of seventy-four games there were eight that went into extra innings— one of sixteen, a tie in which Boston made only four hits; one of fifteen, one of fourteen, three of eleven and two of ten. In the fifteen inning game Whitney for Boston struck out eighteen men and Radbourne fanned thirteen, and in the game with Boston on Aug. 9 Irwin knocked the ball through a hole in the fence in the eleventh inning and scored the winning and only run of the contest. The table on the opposite page gives the record of Radbourne's phenomenal performance, showing the scores of the games and the number of hits made by each of the contending clubs. The games enclosed by the brace are eighteen of the twenty straight which gave Providence this major league record. The other two games were won by other members of the pitching staff who "spelled*' the "Old Hoss'* durinofhis test of endurance. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 65 - 1 PROVIDENCE VERSUS RUNS HITS \jf\ 1 n. Opt. ~T 2 1 5 3 2 2 1 4 9 2 5 12 4 3 1. 6 4 5 3 4 2 9 5 5 7 6 5 5 3 4 5 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 1 5 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 5 6 7 5 3 1 7 1 Prov. Opt. Prov. May 2 3 Cleveland Buffalo 5 5 3 25 5 4 3 8 10 12 9 6 7 1 4 13 15 10 1 8 13 4 10 2 4 14 6 1 2 1 9 2 11 16 11 8 7 1 4 1 3 4 1 3 4 5 7 5 6 7 6 ^^ 3 5 3 5 9 8 6 10 4 9 9 1 3 8 4 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 8 4 3 6 13 12 7 18 IE 7 5 1 2 3 12 10 10 10 12 10 12 9 9 4 7 6 9 9 10 4 6 7 8 4 2 2 7 6 5 5 8 6 6 11 6 10 3 9 8 5 6 5 9 3 6 7 9 6 7 10 9 7 8 6 10 4 5 4 9 4 •• 12 4 " !4 " 17 Detroit 23 6 '• 19 '• 6 " 21 .... New York 9 *' 23 . . Philadelphia 8 " 26 . . New York 11 " 30 16 " 30 " 31 10 innings 11 12 June 3 11 " 11 Bo^on 4 " 14 " 16 ... ** 18 .... Philadelphia 14 12 23 " 21 .... *' 24 .... " 26 . Detroit 12 11 13 " 28 13 " 30' «« 9 July 1 9 2 8 4 7 8 9 * 11 * 12 14 ' 16 ' 23 ' 26 * 28 11 Buffalo 18 9 8 6 J 8 " 5 New York 15 Philadelphia 14 8 ■ 30 Aug. 1 New York 9 10 " 6 1 1 innings 8 7 5 4 8 4 6 8 5 4 " 9 Boston, 11 innings . . . " 11 ... " 12 " •• 14'" •* 15 Cleveland *' 19 .... " 21 .... Chicago " 23 l\ " 27 ... *♦ 9 8 6 9 6 11 7 9 6 " 28 . " 29 ... •' 30 . Detroit Sept. 2 Buffalo .¥ 3 " 4 5 ... Cleveland 6 .. " •• Q 4 •• 10 Cleveland 5 " 11 .. 9 " 12 Buffalo 8 .. 13 7 •• 15 '* 16 Cleveland 15 5 " 17 " 18 13 12 •* 20 «' 6 •* 24 6 " 26 6 Oa 4 8 7 8 " 11 11 1884 1884 66 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The two tie games are omitted from the table. One of these was the sixteen inning 1 to 1 game with Boston on June 6, in which Providence secured six hits to Boston's four, and the 3 to 3 game with New York on July 31. In this game the first triple play seen in New York was made by Richardson, Ward and Laughran. The distribution of the games by months was as follows: Month. Won. Lost. Tie. Ex. Inng. May 12 10 1 June 7 3 1 3 July." 10 4 1 1 August 14 10 3 September 14 3 October 3 60 12 2 8 . Radbourne's record with the different clubs is here- with appended: Won From Lost To Tie. Ex. Inng. Cleveland 12 10 Buffalo 9 2 1 Chicago 7 3 Detroit 11 10 2 New York.... 8 2 11 Philadelphia... 6 1 Boston 7 3 13 60 12 2 8 PROVIDENCE WINS FIRST WORLD'S SERIES The first series of games for the championship of the world was held at the close of the season of 1884. Provi- dence, which won the National League pennant, met the Metropolitans, leaders of the American Association, and Radbourne added more glory to his name. Notwithstand- ing the strain of his seventy- four game record, he pitched his team to victory by winning the series in three straight contests. The opening event, played on Oct. 23, resulted 6 to 0, the second 3 to 1 and the third 12 to 2. Keef e pitched the first two games for the Metropolitans and Becannon of- ficiated in the final struggle. The games were played late in the season, but were well attended, the unpropitious weather doubtless keeping BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 67 many away. The score of the first game is given as a mat- ter of historical interest: PROVIDENCE R. H. P.O. Hines, cf. . . . Carroll, If... Radbourne, p, Start, lb Farrell, 2b. . . Irwin, ss. . . . Gilligan, c Denny, 3b . . . Radford, rf. . Totals . . . 2 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 2 2 1 1 6 1 1 8 2 1 2 2 27 13 6 5 METROPOLITANS R. Nelson, ss Brady, rf Esterbrook, 3b. Roseman, cf . . . Orr, lb Troy, 2b .... Reipslager, c. . Kennedy, If . . . Keefe, p Totals H. P.O. A. 2 1 1 13 7 24 13 E. E. SCORE BY INNINGS Providence 2 1 3 *— 6 Metropolitans 0—0 SUMMARY Bases on balls — Off Keefe, 2. Struck out — By Radbourne, 9; by Keefe. 6. Umpire — Kelly. 1884 MILLS RESIGNS LEAGUE PRESIDENCY The annnal meeting of the National League in 1884 was an unusually interesting one and resulted in the resig- nation of its president. H. V. Lucas, on the failure of his Union League, sought to keep his head above water by se- curing a berth in the National and filed his application. At this meeting of the League the question of admitting his St. 68 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Louis team of the Union Association to membership came up and caused much discussion. President Mills was op- posed to the proposition. Others favored the idea, howev- er, and when it became apparent that the matter would be favorably acted upon Mr. Mills resigned his position as head of the organization. N. E. Young was chosen to suc- ceed him. The offices of president,, secretary and treasurer were consolidated and an adjournment taken, leaving the St. Louis question to be disposed of at a special meeting to be held later. Five meetings were necessary, however, before the question was settled. Finally, on March 5, 1885, the St. 188 5 Louis team was admitted and on April 18 Glasscock, Brior- dy, McCormick, Schaffer, Dunlap and Sweeney were rein- stated. The first three were fined $1,000 each and the oth- ers were given individual assessments of $500. Cleveland dropped out of the league. SEEK TO OUST METROPOLITANS In the spring of 1885 the American Association ex- pelled James Mutrie, manager of the Metropolitans, for al- leged assistance in signing players with the National League. The club resented this action and the Association retaliated by ousting the New Yorkers from membership. Appeal was made to the courts and a temporary injunction granted. Later this was made permanent, the court holding that no club could be expelled from a base ball organization without previous notice and trial, and the war was brought to an end. Mutrie was reinstated. BILLY SUNDAY BECOMES CONVERTED Ir In September, 1885, W. A. Sunday, a member of the Chicago team, announced his conversion to Christianity and* also stated that at some future time he would retire from the ball field and enter upon religious work; Later he be- came an evangelist and the success which has crowned his his efforts has been almost phenomenal. Sunday was driving an undertaker's wagon in Mar- shalltown, Iowa, when Anson first met him. A firemen's tournament was in progress at the time and Sunday, who BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 69 was entered in some of the races, attracted the attention of the Chicagoan by his abihty as a runner and he was se- cured for the White Stocking organization. Sunday's career as a ball player was confined to the Chicago and Pittsburg clubs. While not a batter of great degree, he was a fine fielder and exceedingly fast on the bases. ORGANIZATION OF THE BROTHERHOOD The National Brotherhood of Base Ball Players was organized in October, 1885, but the fact was kept a secret until Aug. 4, 1886, when Sporting Life gave the news to the public. John M. Ward was the moving spirit in the new association. Its objects were to protect and benefit its members individually and collectively, to promote a high standard of professional conduct and to advance the inter- ests of the national game. There was a chapter in each league city. The beneficial part of the scheme provided for the appointment of a relief committee, whose duty was to investigate cases reported or coming under its observation, and, when found necessary, to grant assistance in a sum not to exceed $10 per week, dating from the time of appli- cation and continuing as long as circumstances required. PENNANTS TO CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS The pennants for 1885 were won by Chicago and St. Louis. The American Association went back to the old eight-club idea. The tables follow: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per Ct. Chicago 770 New York 759 Philadelphia 509 Providence 482 Boston 411 Detroit 380 Buffalo 339 St. Louis 333 Winning team: Clarkson and McCormick, p; Flint, c; Kelly, c and rf; Anson, lb; Pfeffer, 2b; Williamson, 3b; Burns, ss; Dalrymple, If; Gore, cf; Sunday, rf. Roger Connor headed the batters with an average of .371; Bennett, c, .885; McKinnon, lb, .978; Dunlap, 2b, 1885 1885 70 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. .933; Williamson, 3b, .891; Glasscock, ss, .917; Gillespie, If, .941; O'Rourke, cf, .939; Schaffer, rf, .917. Clarkson was leading pitcher. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs. Per ct. St. Louis 705 Cincinnati. 562 Allegheny 504 Brooklyn 473 Louisville 473 Metropolitans 407 Athletics 401 Baltimore 376 Following was the champion team: Foutz, Carruthers and McGinnis, p; Bushong, Sullivan and Broughton, c; Co- miskey, lb; Robinson, 2b; Latham, 3b; Gleason, ss; O'Neill, If; Welch, cf; Nicol, rf. Association leaders: Browning, batting; Ramsey, p; Sullivan, c; Scott, lb; Barkley, 2b; Hankinson, 3b; Whit- ney, ss; Welch, cf ; Corkhill, rf; Sommer, If. DETROIT GETS BUFFALO'S "BIG FOUR" Buffalo and Providence dropped out of the National League at the close of the season of 1885 and Kansas City and Washington were admitted. Buffalo's "Big Four" — White, Rowe, Brouthers and Richardson — went to Detroit and greatly strengthened that team. WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP A TIE The world's championship for 1885 was a tie, Chicago and St. Louis each winning three games and one game be- ing drawn. One was played at Chicago, three at St. Louis, two at Cincinnati and one at Pittsburg." SPORTING NEWS APPEARS Sporting News, a St. Louis publication, came into existence in 1886. It is devoted exclusively to base ball, 188 6 covers the field admirably and is a model of typographical neatness. Charles C. Spink & Son are the publishers. M'CORMICK WINS SIXTEEN STRAIGHT GAMES McCormick, pitching for the Chicago club, won six- teen straight games in the season of 1886. Starting with his first game for that year, May 5, his winning streak con- tinued until July 3, when he was beaten by New York. The BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 71 table below shows the clubs defeated and the scores by which the different games were won: DATE May 5 , "^ 7. '' 10. ■" 13. " 18. " 21. '* 24. '' 28. June 2. ** 12. " 19. '' 24. • '* 28. July 1. OPPONENT St. Louis Detroit Boston New York. . . Washington . Philadelphia. Washington . Boston New York. . . Kansas City. Detroit Washington , Philadelphia , New York. . . OPNT. CHGO 9 6 7 7 7 9 8 20 9 4 3 8 5 9 3 7 CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS AGAIN LEAD The close of the season of 1886 found Chicago and St. Louis again at the head of their respective organiza- tions and the latter team also won the world's championship by taking four games out of six. NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per Ct. Chicago 726 Detroit 707 New York 630 Philadelphia 623 Boston 479 St. Louis 352 Kansas City 242 Washington 235 Chicago team: McCormick, Flynn and Clarkson, p; Flint and Kelly, c; Anson, lb; Pfeffer, 2b; Burns, 3b; Wil- liamson, ss; Dalrymple, If; Gore, cf; Ryan, rf; Sunday, rf and cf . League leaders: M. J. Kelly, batting, .388; Baldwin, p; Bennett, c, .912; Farrar, lb, .979; Bastian, 2b, .944; Denny and Esterbrook, 3b, .895; Force, ss, .908; Fogarty, If, .953; D. Richardson, cf, .951; Thompson, rf, .945. A feature of the American season was the deposing of the president of the organization, H. D. McKnight, 1886 72 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. and the election of W. C. Wikoff . The action was due to the fining- and suspension of S. W. Barkley. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs. Per ct, St. Louis 669 Allegheny 584 Brooklyn 555 Louisville 485 Cincinnati 471 Athletics 467 Metropolitans 393 Baltimore 366 ^88 6 The winning team was composed of Foutz, Carruth- ers, McGinnis and Hudson, p; Bushong and Kemmler, c; Comiskey, lb; Robinson, 2b; Latham, 3b; Gleason, ss; O'Neill, If; Welch, cf ; Nicol rf. Those who ranked first in the different positions at the close of the season were: Orr, batting; Ramsey, p; Traffley, c; Orr, lb; McPhee, 2b; Whitney, 3b; Smith, ss; Welch, cf; Corkhill, rf; O'Neill, If. BOSTON PAYS $10,000 FOR MIKE KELLY In the early part of 1887 Boston bought the release of Michael J. Kelly from the Chicago club for the sum of $10,000. Kelly was a great favorite with the Chicago fans and the sale was severely criticised. The price paid was a record one, however, and Anson, thinking that Kelly had seen his best days, deemed it wise to cinch the bank- roll while he had the chance. Kelly received a big increase in salary from Boston. 18 8 7 Another deal was the transfer of Dunlap from De- troit to Pittsburg for $5,000. LEAGUE RECOGNIZES BROTHERHOOD An important event of 1887 was the recognition of the Brotherhood by the League. It came in the form of a contract for the players drawn up to meet the views of the Brotherhood's committee. This committee was com- posed of Ward, Hanlon and Brouthers. DETROIT AND ST. LOUIS WINNERS The pennants for 1887 were won by Detroit and St. Louis, the latter club having little difficulty in landing its BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 73 third successive victory. Batting averages were increased considerably in the National League by the adoption of a rule making bases on balls count as hits. NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per Ct. Detroit 637 Philadelphia 610 Chicago 587 New York 553 Boston 504 Pittsburg 443 Washington 377 Indianapolis 293 The champions: Getzein, Baldwin and Conway, p; Bennett, Ganzel and Briordy, c; Brouthers, lb; Dunlap, 2b; H. Richardson, 2b and If; White, 3b; Shindle, 3b; Rowe, ss; Twitchell, If; Hanlon, cf; Thompson, rf. Anson headed the League in batting, with an average of .421; Bennett, c, .905; Morrill, lb, .985; Dunlap, 2b, .953; Whitney, 3b, .924; Ward, ss, .919; Hornung, If, .934; Gillespie, cf, .946; H. Richardson, rf, .936. Ferguson was the leading pitcher. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs. Perct. St. Louis 704 Cincinnati 600 Baltimore 570 Louisville 559 Athletics 481 Brooklyn 448 Metropolitans — 331 Cleveland 298 St. Louis team: Foutz, Carruthers, Hudson and King, p; Bushong and Boyle, c; Comiskey, lb; Robinson, 2b; Latham, 3b; Gleason, ss; O'Neill, If; Welch, cf; Nicol and Sylvester, rf. O'Neill, of the St. Louis team, headed the batsmen with a percentage of .492, the highest average ever attained by a major league player; Smith, p; Milligan, c; Reilly, lb; Bierbauer, 2b; Lyons, 3b; Gleason, ss; Corkhill, cf; Wolf, rf; O'Brien, If. WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP TO DETROIT The world's championsnip for 1887 went to Detroit. Fifteen games were played and of this number the Na- 1887 74 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 1887 1888 tional League champions won ten. Attendance, 51,455. At the game on Oct. 24 Brouthers was presented with a zylonite bat, Ganzel got a watch and Bennett 500 silver dol- lars, which the appreciative catcher wheeled around the bases to the delight of the crowd: DATE. Oct. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 18. 19. 21. 21. 22. 24. 25. 26. WHERE PLAYED. St. Louis, Detroit Pittsburg Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Boston Philadelphia Washing-ton Baltimore (P. M.) New York Detroit Chicago St. Louis ST. L. DET 6 3 1 5 1 2 2 11 3 5 3 3 9 1 5 2 8 2 9 3 9 4 4 13 1 6 4 2 The victories and defeats of the pitchers follow: Won. Lost. Baldwin 4 1 Getzein. 4 2 Carruthers 4 4 Conway 2 2 King 1 3 Foutz 3 BOSTON PAYS $10,000 FOR CLARKSON Boston again startled the base ball world in the spring of 1888 by paying $10,000 to the Chicago club for the release of John Clarkson. As was the case with Kelly Ghicagoans were displeased. After the transfer Clark- son and Kelly became known as the $20,000 battery. ST. LOUIS SELLS FIVE PLAYERS Another sensation of the year was the sale by the St. Louis team of five of its star players for the sum of $22,750. Brooklyn purchased Carruthers for $8,250, Foutz for $5,500 and Bushong for $5,000, while the Athletics gave $3,000 for Welch and $1,000 for Gleason. Brooklyn also bought the Metropolitan club and franchise for $25,0007 CHARLES J. FERGUSON PASSES AWAY Charles J. Ferguson, pitcher of the Philadelphia club, BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 75 died at the residence of Arthur Irwin in Philadelphia on the night of April 29, 1888. Ferguson was a Virginian and joined the Philadelphias in 1885. He was in the front rank as a pitcher and was a general player of great ability. NEW YORK AND ST. LOUIS LEAD IN RACE New York and St. Louis were pennant winners in 1888. The Association raised the price of admission to 50 cents this year but was obliged to return to 25 cents. NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per Ct. New York 641 Chicago 571 Philadelphia 531 Boston 522 Detroit 519 Pittsburg 493 Indianapolis 370 Washington 358 Winning team: Keefe, Welch, Titcomb, p; Ewing, Murphy and Brown, c; Connor, lb; D. Richardson, 2b; Whit- lass ney, 3b; Ward, ss; O'Rourke, If; Slattery, cf; Tiernan, rf; Gore and Foster, cf. Leaders: Anson, batting, .343; Keefe, p; Bennett, c, .941; Anson, lb, .985; Bastian, 2b, .946; Nash, 3b, .913; Kuehne, ss, .915; O'Rourke, If, .959; Sunday, cf, .938; Tier- nan, rf, .959. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs. Per ct. St. Louis 681 Brooklyn 629 Athletics 609 Cincinnati 594 Baltimore 423 Cleveland 374 Louisville 360 Kansas City 326 The winners: King, Hudson, Chamberlain, Devlin, p; Boyle, Dolan, c; Comiskey, Robinson, Latham, Kerr, White, McGarr, infielders; O'Neill, Lyons, McCarthy, outfielders. Leaders: O'Neill, batting; Terry, p; Donohue, c; An- derson, lb; Barkley, 2b; Shindle, 3b; Farrell, ss; Welch, cf. ; Hogan, rf; Stovey, If. NEW YORK WINS WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP New York won the world's championship in 1888. 76 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The scores of the games and the cities in which they were played follow: DATE. WHERE PLAYED. ST. L. 1 3 2 3 4 5 7 3 14 18 N. Y. Oct. 16... New York 2 '' 17.. < ( " 18.. < < 4 " 19.. Brooklyn 6 " 20.. New York 6 *' 22.. Philadelphia 12 " 24.. St, Louis . 5 *• 25.. < < 11 " 26.. ( ( 11 " 27.. < < 7 The work of the pitchers will be found in the sum- mary below : Won. Lost. Keefe 4 1888 King 2 3 Chamberlain 2 3 Welch 1 1 Crane 1 1 George 1 Titeomb 1 ANSON MAKES DEBUT AS AN ACTOR On the evening of Oct. 4, 1888, A. C. Anson made his debut as an actor at Harlem, New York, with Evans and Hoey in "A Bunch of Keys." One who witnessed the dra- matic sensation thus describes the event: It was a great audience that the old man made his debut before, with the Chicago base ball club occupying one of the boxes and the New York team another. The place was blazing with lights. Anson, who had been made up to resemble a Seven- teenth century pirate, looked about to see if he was known as he emerged from behind the scenes. The house was in an uproar of laughter at his ap- pearance, but nobody recognized him. The man with the bull fiddle drew his rip-saw over the strings and to the zumpa-zump of this m.elodious instru- ment the old man crossed the stage. The scene was digging for treasure or some- thing of that kind and a lot of laborers were toss- ing property mud out of a big hole in the center of the stage. Anson's role was Terence Maguire, captain of the laborers. As he entered he said: "Good mornin', me bould men. " BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 77 "Mornin', cap'n." "Indade it's a tough job yez has before ye." **Indade and it is, cap'n." "Then phwy not loighten it wid a song?" "Bully for ye, cap'n, ye're de bye." Thereupon Anson strode to the front of the stage, removed his skypiece, ran his fingers through his whiskers, which were light green in color, and sang a chorus in which ten men joined: "Picks and shovels hard we ply, Divil take the man who shirks, Foind the gould we will or die — Here everybody danced five steps of a break- down, the old man throwing his feet around the stage in a reckless way, and then — We are ten chuveling Tipperary Turks." The effect was irresistible, as the three-sheet poster says. The house rose as one man. Anson pulled his whiskers away from his mouth and start- ed the second verse just as the comedian in the 1888 wings drove the piston rod into a syringe of soap suds and sent a stream of blue water across the stage. The old man was never hit by a pitched ball in his life and he gracefully dodged the shot. As he did so an Italian musician who was playing a flute clapped his hands to his eye, gave a frantic yell of "God preserve us" and dived through a back door. Anson moved over near the hole in the center of the stage and one of the laborers caught him by the legs and pulled him in. The old man fell on the laborer and almost broke his spine. When he crawled out of the hole, amid frenzied applause, the line was just forming for the march off the stage. He got in front of a little man with a plug hat and the little man with a plug hat got under a gallon of muddy water which was dropped out of the flies. This made the little man with the plug hat mad and he called Anson a robber. The house was crazy by this time and so, by the way, were the people who were waiting to go on. The old man had been on now ten minutes long- er than the action of the play called for, and in his ar- gument with the little man with the plug hat and the uproar of the audience he could not hear the voice of the prompter howling for him to remove him- 78 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. self. Finally, the situation dawned upon him and he made his exit. WILLIAMSON WINS DIAMOND LOCKET Ed. Williamson, of the Chicago team, came within a few inches of equalling the long-distance throwing record in a contest at Cincinnati in October, 1888, and incidentally won a diamond locket offered by John R. McLean. Wil- liamson's throw, made under adverse weather conditions, was 133 yards and 11 inches, 8i inches short of the mark set by Hatfield. . The prize won by Williamson Was made to represent a base ball field, with a white enameled ball in the center and base paths made of diamonds. There were fifty-two gems in the locket. DISBANDING OF THE DETROIT CLUB 188 8 "^^^ ^^^ event in the base ball world in 1888 was the sale of the great Detroit team, which took place in October of that year. Boston gathered in the best of the talent by purchasing Brouthers, Bennett, Richardson and Ganzel, the price stated at the time being $20,000, while Hanlon, Dun- lap, Conway, Rowe and White went to Pittsburg and Thompson to Philadelphia. The balance of the players se- cured positions on the Cleveland team, which city succeeded Detroit in the League. AROUND THE WORLD TOUR On Oct. 20, 1888, the Chicagos and a team of players picked from various clubs, and known as the All- Americas, left the Union station in Chicago for a tour of the world. The trip was directed by A. G. Spalding. The following players were in the party: Chicagos — A. C. Anson, Ed. Williamson, Tom Burns, Tom Daly, Mark Baldwin, James Ryan, Fred Pfeffer, John Tener, Mark Sullivan, Robert Pettit. All-Americas- -John M. Ward, John Healy, Edward Crane, William Earle, Fred Carroll, James Manning, George Wood, James Fogarty, Edward Hanlon, T. Brown. CLASSIFICATION AROUSES THE BROTHERHOOD At the annual meeting of the National League in 1888 petitions were presented by the Pittsburg, Washington and BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 79 Indianapolis clubs asking that the League put a limit to the salaries to be paid players, as the sums required had grown to such an extent as to make it almost impossible for clubs in the smaller cities of the organization to realize enough to warrant them continuing in the business. There was con- siderable opposition to the scheme, but it finally was adopt- ed and the following classification agreed upon: Class A, $2,500; Class B, $2,250; Class C, $2,000; Class D, $1,750; Class E, $1,500. It was provided, however, that this clas- sification should not apply to players with whom clubs already had agreements, or to those players who should make agree- ments before Dec. 15, while it was further stipulated that the members of the different organizations on a tour of the world should have two weeks after their return to shape their affairs before coming under the provisions of the new rule. The members of the Brotherhood were much wrought up over the matter and trouble seemed certain on the return of Ward, the head of the organization. FIRST GAME OF BASE BALL UNDER COVER The first game of base ball under cover was played iii the main building of the Pennsylvania state fair grounds at Philadelphia on the afternoon of Dec. 25, 1888. There were about 2,000 persons present. The teams, which were com- posed of players wintering in the city — among whom were Clements, Andrews, Welch, Burns, Fusselbach, Kilroy and Knauff — were known as the Uptowns and Downtowns and the latter were victorious by a score of 6 to 1. ASA BRAINARD EXPIRES IN DENVER Asa Brainard, pitcher for the old Cincinnati Red Stockings, died in Denver, Colo., Dec. 29, 1888. He was about 42 years old. After the disbanding of the Reds in 1870 Brainard went to Washington, D. C, and later played with Baltimore. His most effective season was in 1869, when his team did not lose a game. MIKE KELLY GIVES STAGE EXPERIENCE On Dec. 30, 1888, Mike Kelly, who had been appear- ing in New York City that week as one of the characters in 1888 80 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. '*A Tin Soldier/' was interviewed in his dressing room by a reporter and thus related his stage experience: I can play ball before 30,000 people and not know they are on the grounds, but eight people out there [the auditorium] pull the heart out of me. ^ After I get through with this engagement there will be no more for me. 1 have lost fifteen pounds and have been perspiring like a fountain ever since my first appearance. I have heard of people get- ting stage struck, but I don't see where it oomes in. I am getting big money, it is true, but I'd give a cool hundred if Frank McKee would come in here now and say: **Well, Kel, I guess we won't require your services after to-night." I'd go through the back door so quick he'd think that I was spirited away. When I made my entrance on the first night I was made up so tough my own mother wouldn't 133 3 have known me. For an instant the audience did not recognize me. I started in to speak my lines when^suddenly I heard a noise as if the roof was falling in. I had been recognized and the people out in front began to shake the house down. Ot* course, the lines were knocked clean out of my memory and I came near dropping the trunk off my shoulder, too. In the midst of all the turmoil came a big base ball of flowers which was handed to me over the footlights. This muddled me some more and I don't know what I would have done had not Mrs. McKee thrown my lines to me and saved my life. People on the other side of the footlights who have seen me on the ball field never suspected that I caught those lines with much more eager- ness than I ever caught liners. Finally I was done and went off the stage, I'm blessed if I know how, and ever since I've been all nerves. I never dared to look across the footlights until Friday night, and then it seemed to me as if I had never seen so many people at one time before. RECEPTIONS TO RETURNING TOURISTS The Around the World party returned to the United States on April 6, 1889, and was given great receptions at New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. Many no- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 81 tables attended. At New York Chauncey M. Depew, Daniel Dougherty, Mark Twain, Capt. Ward and Capt. An- son made addresses and DeWolf Hopper and Digby Bell gave recitations. x At Philadelphia a banquet was given by the publish- ers of Sporting Life. Speeches were made by Col. John L Rogers, C. H. Byrne, Col. McClure, Henry Chadwick, A. J. Reach, Harry Wright, Timothy Murnane and Leigh Lynch. At Chicago an illuminated parade and a banquet at the Palmer House were the features. Addresses were made by the Rev. Dr. Thomas, Maj. Henry L. Turner, Carter H. Harrison, James W. Scott and George Driggs. Record of games played abroad follows: DATE. PLACE. Dec. 10.. Auckland < < 15.. Sydney > < 17.. 18.. 22.. < < < < < < < < Melbourne < ( 24... i i < < 26.. Adelaide < < 27.. < < <( 28.. < ( ( < 29.. Ballarat Jan. 1.. Melbourne < ( 5.. < < «( 26.. Columbo Feb 9.. 19.. Cairo << Naples < < 23.. 25.. Rome << Florence Mar 8.. 12.. Paris it London << 13.. it *i 14.. ti << 15.. Bristol it 16.. London i I 18.. Birmingham. . . i < 21.. Glasgow a 22.. Manchester 1 1 23.. Liverpool i t 24.. Belfast It 27.. Dublin WINNER AT'ND Chicago, All- Am., Chicago, All-Am., < < Chicago, All- Am., Chicago, < i Tie, 3-3. . All- Am., a Chicago, All- Am., < < Chicago, All- Am., Chicago, Tie, 4-4. . All- Am., a Tie, 2-2. . All-Am., 22-13. 5-4. . . 7-5 .. 6-2. . . 5-3... 15-13. 19-14. 12-9., 11-4., 11-7., 14-7., 5-0. . , 'io-L 8-2., 3-2. . , 7-4. . , 6-2., 7-4. . , 7-6. . . 9-5. . . 10-3.. 12-6. . 8-41 '. '. 7-6... '9-8.'.' 4-3.. 4,500 5,500 3,000 2,500 10,000 6,000 2,000 2,200 2,000 4,500 2,500 11,000 4,000 1,200 3,000 4,000 2,000 3,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 3,000 8,000 3,000 3,000 3,500 6,500 2,500 4,000 1889 Previous to embarking at San Francisco and after the return from the journey games were played at different points throughout the country. In all, fifty-three contests 82 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. took place, of which the All- Americas won twenty-eight and the Chicagos twenty-two. Three tie games were played. WARD BLOCKS A $12,000 SALE Shortly after John M. Ward left with the Around the World tourists in the latter part of 1888 an agreement was made between the New York and Washington club owners by which the great player was to be released to the capital city for $12,000. On the return of Mr. Ward in the spring of 1889, however, he refused to agree to the transfer and the deal fell through. $15,000 OFFERED FOR COMISKEY W. F. Voltz, representing the Pittsburg National League club, visited St. Louis in 1889 for the purpose of 1889 securing Capt. Comiskey of the Browns. He made an of- fer of $15,000 and Von der Ahe expressed his willingness to make the sale. When Comiskey was notified, according to reports published at the time, he demanded $5,000 of the purchase money and a three-year contract aggregating $25,000. This ended the negotiations. About the same time President Stern of the Cincin- nati club offered $5,000 for Latham. Von der Ahe wanted $6,000 and the deal was off. PENNANTS TO NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN The race for the pennant in 1889 resulted in New York winning first honors in the National League and Brooklyn leading in the American Association. The battle in the Association was a hot one between Brooklyn and St. Louis and developed so much ill-feeling that the organization came near being wrecked. At a game in the eastern city Capt. Comiskey took his men off the field, the umpire awarding the contest to Brooklyn, but a special meeting of the Association to consider the matter was held at Cincinnati and the action of the arbiter overruled. In spite of the loss of this game the Brooklyns went to the front and won by twelve points. The race was the most, exciting in the history of the younger organiza- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 83 tion. The complete record of the two leagues is presented below: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per Ct. New York 659 Boston 648 Chicag-o 508 Philadelphia 469 Pittsburg 462 Cleveland 459 Indianapolis .440 Washington 331 The winners: Keefe, Welch, Crane, O'Day, p; Ewing and Brown, c; Connor, lb; D. Richardson, 2b; Whitney, 3b; Ward, ss; Hatfield, ss; O'Rourke, If; Gore, cf; Tiernan, rf. Titcomb, Foster and George played a few games. Leaders of the League: Clarkson, p; Bennett, c, .916; Anson, lb, .982; Dunlap, 2b, .949; Denny, 3b, .913; Glass- i889 cock, ss, .915; Wilmot, If, .919; Fogarty, cf, .960; Maul, rf, .946; Brouthers, batting, .373. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs. Per ct. Brooklyn 679 St. Louis 667 Athletics 560 Cincinnati 547 Baltimore 519 Columbus : . .439 Kansas City 399 Louisville 196 The Brooklyns:Carruthers, Terry, Hughes, Lovett, p; Clark, Visner, Bushong, c; Foutz, lb; Collins, 2b; Pinkney, 3b; Smith, ss; W. D. O'Brien, If; Corkhill, cf; Burns, rf. Association leaders: Batting, Tucker; Stivetts, p; O'Connor, Keenan, c; Reilly, lb; McPhee, 2b; Pinkney, 3b; Fuller, ss; Corkhill, If; Wolf, cf ; Hornung, rf. NEW YORKS ARE WORLD'S CHAMPIONS In the contest for the world's championship the New Yorks were easy victors over Brooklyn. Nine games were played, the National Leaguers winning six, five in a row. Crane and O'Day were the star pitchers of the series. For Brooklyn, Terry and Hughes were the winning twirlers, Carruthers and Lovett being unable to capture a game, as was the case also with Keefe and Welch of the New Yorks. 84 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The total attendance was 47,666, the greatest for one game being 16,172, at Brooklyn on Oct. 19. The record: 1889 DATE. WHERE PLAYED. BR'KN 12 2 8 10 3 1 7 7 2 N. Y. Oct. 18.. New York 10 ** 19.. Brooklyn 6 " 22.. New York 7 " 23.. *' 24.. Brooklyn << 7 11 *' 25.. ** 26.. New York 2 11 ** 28. Brooklyn, 16 " 29.. New York 3 The work of the pitchers is shown below: Won Lost Crane 4 1 O'Day 2 Terry 2 3 Hughes 1 Welch 1 Lovett 1 Keefe 1 Carruthers 2 The New York players received $380.13 each and the Brooklyns $389.85 each. The clubs profited to the ex- tent of $6,000 each. PART III. FROM REVOLT OF THE PLAYERS TO ENTRY OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE \ / y AR between the Brotherhood and the National jL \ League, which had been expected for some time, was declared on Nov. 4, 1889. On that date the players^ or- ganization issued an address to the public reciting its griev- ances and announcing its intention of putting clubs in the field the following season. The League sought to smooth the matter over and rescinded its classification rule. It was too late, however, as the Brotherhood had gone so far it did not care to turn back or put further trust in the prom- ises of its former employers. The courts were then ap- pealed to. Four of them upheld the right of the players to organize for themselves and the fight was on in earnest. Prominent capitalists were financing the Brotherhood and the prospect for a successful career was considered as most favorable by those interested. The address of the players was brief and to the point, presenting its argument in a forceful manner, and was, in fact, a sort of later Declaration of Independence. 85 1889 1889 86 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The document in full is given below. It is one of the most interesting features of base ball history: TO THE PUBLIC: At last the Brotherhood of Ball Players feels at liberty to make known its intentions and to de- fend itself against the aspersions and misrepre- sentations which for weeks it has been forced to suffer in silence. It is no longer a secret that the players of the League have determined to play next season under different management, but for reasons which will, we think, be understood, it was deemed advisable to make no announcement of this intention until the close of the present season; but now that the struggles for the different pennants are over, and the terms of our contracts expired, there is no longer reason for withholding it. In taking this step we feel that we owe it to the public and to ourselves to explain briefly some of the reasons by which we have been moved. There was a time when the League stood for integ- rity and fair dealing; to-day it stands for dollars and cents. Once it looked to the elevation of the game and an honest exhibition of the sport; to-day its eyes are upon the turnstile. Men have come into the business for no other motive than to exploit it for every dollar in sight. Measures originally intended for the good of the game have been perverted into instruments of wrong. The reserve rule and the provisions of the national agreement gave the managers unlimited power, and they have not hesitated to use this in the most arbitrary and mercenary way. Players have been bought, sold and exchanged as though they were sheep instead of American citizens. "Reservation" became with them anoth- er name for proprietary right in the player. By a combination among themselves, stronger than the strongest trust, they were able to enforce the most arbitrary measures, and the player had either to submit or get out of the profession in which he had spent years in attaining proficiency. Even the disbandment and retirement of a club did not free the players from the octopus clutch, for they were then peddled around to the highest bidder. That the players sometimes profited by the BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 87 sale has nothinji: to do with the case, but only proves the injustice of his previous restraint. Two years ago we met the League and attempted to remedy some of these evils, but, through what has been called League "diplomacy," we completely failed . Unwilling longer to submit to such treat- ment, we made a strong effort last spring to reach an understanding with the League. To our appli- cation for a hearing they replied "that the matter was not of sufficient importance to warrant a meet- ing, " and suggested that it be put off until fall. Our committee replied that the players felt that the League had broken faith with them; that while the results might be of little importance to the mana- gers, they were of great importance to the play- ers; that if the League would not concede what was fair we would adopt other measures to protect our- selves; that if postponed until fall we would be sep- 18 89 arated and at the mercy of the League, and that, as the only course left us required time and labor to develop, we must therefore insist upon an imme- diate conference. Then, upon their final refusal to meet us, we began organizing for ourselves and are in shape to go ahead next year under new management and new auspices. We believe it is possible to conduct our national game upon lines which will not infringe upon individual or natural rights. We ask to be judged solely upon our work, and believing that the game can be played more fairly and its business conducted more intelligently under a plan which excludes everything arbitrary and un-American, we look forward with confidence to the support of the public and the future of the national game. NAT. BROTHERHOOD OF BALL PLAYERS NOTED PLAYERS JOIN BROTHERHOOD While the fight of the players was against the Na- tional League, the Brotherhood membership was not con- fined to men in its employ. On the contrary, many of the stars of the American Association joined the new move- ment. Among these was Capt. Comiskey of the St. Louis Browns, who announced his acceptance of the leadership of the Chicago team on his return from a tour of the west 88 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. with Von der Abe's athletic aggregation. The Brotherhood's complete roster will be found below: 1889 Andrews Sakely BAKER BALDWIN BARTSON BASSETT BASTIAN BAUER BECKLEY BEECHER BIERBAUER BOYLE BRENNAN BROUTHERS BROWN BROWNING BUCKLEY buffington (Carney CARROLL CLARK COMISKEY CONNOR COOK CORCORAN CRANE CROSS cunningham Sarling delehanty DOE DUNLAP DUFFY DWYER ■EwiNG. J. EWING. W. iFAATZ FARRAR FERSON FIELDS FOGARTY FOREMAN O^ALVIN GORE GRIFFIN GRUBER GUMBERT I^ADDOCK HALLIGAN HALLMAN HANLON HATFIELD. G HEMMING HOY HUSTED Jrwin. a. IRWIN. J. dIOHNSTON JOYCE Keefe. G. W. KEEFE. T. J. KELLY, M. J. KILROY KING KINSLOW KNELL KUEHNE Earkin LATHAM iHACK MAUL MILLER MILLIGAN MORRIS MURPHY MULVEY MYERS McALEER McGEACHY McGILL Nash 09*BRIEN O'DAY O'NEILL O'ROURKE ORR 5^ICKETT PFEFFER QpUlNN. J. QUINN. W. Sadbourne RADFORD RAINEY RICHARDSON, D. RICHARDSON, H. ROBINSON ROWE RYAN ^TALEY SEERY SHANNON SHINDLE SHUGART SLATTERY STAFFORD STOVEY SNYDER SOWDERS STRICKER SUTCLIFFE SWETT Sebeau TENER THOMPSON TWITCHELL TUCKER ^AN HALTREN VAUGHN VISNER Hard WELCH WEYHING WHITNEY WHITE WILLIAMSON WISE WOOD The circuit was made up of Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland and 1889 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 89 Chicago, with well balanced clubs at each point and a deter- mination manifested to give battle royal to the old or- ganization. The season of 1890 was, therefore, awaited with more than ordinary interest by the lovers of the game all over the country, as the fight was to be a test of popu- larity and all were anxious to get a line on the outcome. ASSOCIATION CLUBS SECEDE The ill feeling brought about by the closeness of the American Association pennant race broke out afresh at the annual meeting of the Association in New York on Nov. 13, 1889. Z. Phelps of Louisville was supported for the presidency by St. Louis, Philadelphia, Louisville and Colum- bus, while Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Baltimore and Kansas City were united on S. C. Krauthoff of the latter place. Brook- lyn claimed the Phelps faction was trying to oust her. For two days, during which forty ballots were taken, the vote was 4 to 4, and there seemed to be no possibility of a break in the deadlock. Finally, Brooklyn and Cincinnati resigned from the Association and joined the National League. The following day Kansas City seceded and went to the Western Association. Baltimore sought to enter the National League, but being unable to do so disposed of some of its best play- ers to Washington and became a member of the Atlantic Association. This left the American in a precarious condition and its collapse was looked upon as a possibility; but it finally succeeded in getting cities to fill the vacancies and was in the field as usual when the season of 1890 opened. "ATHLETIC SPORTS" APPEARS Early in 1890 * 'Athletic Sports, '' a large volume treat- ing of base ball, foot ball, cricket, la crosse, tennis, rowing and cycling, was issued from the press of Hubbard Broth- 1990 ers. J. Austin Fynes was the editor of the work and he was assisted by Harry Clay Palmer, Francis V. Richter, W. L Harris, J. C. Morse and other authorities on out-door recreation. A detailed account of the trip around the world by the American ball teams was a feature of the pub- 90 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. lication. Henry Chadwick furnished the introduction to the book. FAIL TO CATCH BALL TOSSED FROM MONUMENT During one of their trips to the city of Washington in 1890 the members of the Boston National League team be- came involved in an argument over the possibility of catch- ing a ball dropped from the top of the Washington monu- ment. After considerable discussion it was resolved to try the experiment. For this purpose three of their number — Nichols, Donovan and Hodgman — went to the top of the structure, carrying with them three base balls of the regu- lation kind. When they reached the top of the monument a hat was dropped to ascertain the direction of the wind, at which time it also was learned that it required twenty sec- 1890 onds for the piece of headgear to accomplish the journey. Then the first ball was dropped. It took the little sphere seven seconds to cover the distance of 542 feet, and although it could plainly be seen during the progress of its entire flight not a member of the receiving party was able to gauge its course and make a catch. The second and third balls made the drop in six and a quarter seconds each. As was the case with the first one tossed, however, no one was able to gather them in before they touched the groun^. BROOKLYN, BOSTON AND LOUISVILLE WIN The Brooklyn team won the National League pen- nant, Boston was first in the Players' League and Louis- ville was the leader in the American Association in 1890. The result of the contest for supremacy: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per Ct. Brooklyn 667 Chicago 610 Philadelphia 595 Cincinnati 586 Boston 571 New York 481 Cleveland 333 Pittsburg 168 The winning team comprised: Lovett, Carruthers, Terry and Hughes, p; Daly, Clark and Bushong, c; Foutz, BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 91 lb; Collins, 2b; Pinkney, 3b; Smith, ss; O'Brien, If; Cork- . hill, cf; Burns, rf; Donovan, sub. League leaders: Lovett, p; Bennett, c, .944; Virtue, lb, .982; Bassett, 2b, .951; McGarr, 3b, .933; Cooney, ss., .936; M. Sullivan, If, .951; HoUiday, cf, .948; Brodie, rf, .953. Luby, who participated in thirty games and had a batting average of .342, was given precedence in that re- spect over Glasscock, who played in 124 games and batted at .336. PLAYERS' LEAGU E Clubs. Per ct, Boston 628 Brooklyn 576 New York 565 Chicago 547 Philadelphia 519 Pittsburg- 469 Cleveland 423 Buffalo 273 1890 Winning team: Radbourne, Gumbert, Daily, Kilroy and Madden, p; Kelly, Murphy and Swett, c; Brouthers, Quinn and Nash, basemen; Irwin, ss; Richardson, Brown and Stovey, outfield. Browning, .391, led the batters; King, p; Ewing, c, .955; Connor, lb, .987; Bierbauer, 2b, .956; White, 3b, .901; D. . ichardson, ss, .932; Fogarty, rf, .974; Griffin, cf, .973; H. Richardson, If, .964. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs. Per ct. Louisville 667 Columbus 590 St. Louis ■ 574 Toledo 515 Rochester 500 Baltimore 441 Syracuse 433 Athletics 409 Louisville team: Stratton, Ehret, Daily and Meekin, p; Ryan, Bligh and Weckbecker, c; Taylor, Shinnick, Ray- mond, basemen; Tomney, ss; Hamburg, Weaver and Wolf, outfield. WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP A TIE Brooklyn and Louisville tied for the 1890 world's championship. Players' League team not allowed to play. 92 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. There was little interest in the contests, which were called off on account of cold weather: 1890 DATE. WHERE PLAYED. BR'KN 9 5 7 4 7 1 L'VLE Oct. 17.. Louisville ** 18.. < < 3 " 20.. ( ( 7 " 21.. (< 5 " 25.. Brooklyn 2 " 27.. " 28.. < < 9 6 The pitching record of the series is given in the fol- lowing table: Won Lost Ehret 3 Lovett 2 2 Terry 1 1 Stratton 1 Daily 2 The tie game was pitched by Stratton and Ryan, Meekin and Bligh for Louisville; Terry and Daly for Brooklyn. PLAYERS' LEAGUE DISBANDS The result of the season of 1890 demonstrated most conclusively that the fight between the rival organizations could not be continued without great financial loss to both and efforts to effect some kind of a settlement were insti- tuted shortly after the close of the race for the pennant. The League was moved to act in the matter by the fact that the Brotherhood had purchased the Cincinnati club and thereby considerably weakened its rival. Several confer- ences were held and all sorts of rumors were afloat. The Brotherhood people were confident of ultimate success, and in an interview with a St. Louis reporter Capt. Comiskey of the Chicago club thus voiced the sentiment of his side of the controversy: "I don't look very well, perhaps, but that's because I've been laid up. Worry and sickness have made me look blue. Do I look blue because I didn't get my money? Well, I should say not. We made good money, our Chicago club. So did Boston, but the others did not. I didn't expect it, to tell the truth." ''Don't you think the Brotherhood- and the BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 93 League would have lost a good deal less money on the season if they hadn't clashed on the schedule?" *'Yes. But it's a good thing for the Broth- erhood that the League did play against us in the same cities. It gave us the best possible test to find which was the most popular. We find that we are. ' ' "Do you think there is room for the Broth- erhood, National League and American Association to exist and make money?" **I should say not. One or the other will go under next season, I think. That is, the League or us, but it won't be us." But Fate ruled otherwise. Financiers of both the leagues saw a sinking of their wealth if the war continued, and it was finally agreed by those concerned that the New York, Brooklyn, Pittsburg and Chicago teams of the Play- ers' League should be consolidated with the National League teams in those cities. In accordance with the programme agreed upon by the men furnishing the money for the clubs the teams named announced their withdrawal from the or- ganization at the annual meeting of the Players' League held late in the fall of 1890. The action came as a surprise, as negotiations had been conducted secretly. It proved an awful blow to the Brotherhood people, and as there was a desire on the part of other players of the younger league to climb into the band wagon before it was too late, the only course to be pursued was to disband. This after some dis- cussion was done. "CY." YOUNG'S FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE GAME On Aug. 6, 1890, Cy. Young made his bow to a ma- jor league audience at Cleveland as pitcher for the local team. He had Chicago, with Hutchinson doing the twirling, as an opponent. Cleveland was victor 8 to 1. Chicago se- cured only 3 hits. Young was described as a tall and ath- letic young man from Canton, 0. , with a knowledge , of curves only equalled by the engineer of a West Virginia railroad, and a style of delivery resembling somewhat the operation of a coif ee mill. It was stated also that he had 1890 94 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. a strike-out record of eighteen. The score of the game, which was the first of a double-header, follows: 1890 CHICAGO Cooney, ss. . . . Carroll, If ... . Wilmot, cf Anson, lb ... . Burns, 3b Earle, rf Glenalvin, 2b . Hutchinson, p Kittredge, c. . Totals CLEVELAND Gilks, If . . . McKean, ss. Smalley, 3b. Virtue, lb. . Davis, cf... West, rf . . . Zimmer, c. . Ardner, 2b . Young, p... Totals. R. H. P.O. E. 2 3 5 1 1 7 I 1 2 1 1 3 5 2 3 1 4 1 3 27 14 R. H. 11 P.O E. 5 2 10 2 1 6 1 27 SCORE BY INNINGS Chicago 10 0—1 Cleveland 3 2 2 1 0—8 SUMMARY Two base hits — Davis, Ardner. Three base hits — Zimmer, Ardner. Home run— Virtue. Struck out— By Hutchinson, 3; by Young, 5. Bases on balls — Off Young, 3. A remarkable catch by Cliff Carroll — the fielder turn- ing a double somersault — was made in the second game. WASHINGTON WINS A DOUBLE-HEADER The national capital was not represented in major league ball in 1890, but had a team in a minor organization, BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 95 the Atlantic Association. It won two games in one day dur- ing the season, and the event being of such an unusual na- ture it caused much wonderment among followers of the sport. The Washingtons played better ball in the minor as- sociation than at any time when a member of the big or- ganizations. In referring to the double victory the Wash- ington Star had the following: Go hang the diamond banner out High on the outer wall, For yesterday the Washingtons Did win two games of ball. Let loose the clarions of the sky, Let stars to planets call The joyous news that Washington Did win two games of ball. Let sun to moon, in circling orbs. From now until next fall Proclaim each day that Washington Has won two games of ball. And then we may to some extent Our sorrows less recall. That Washington in other years Lost every game of ball. INVENTOR BRINGS FORTH CURVED BAT A bat with a curved end, resembling somewhat a small sickle with a long handle, was presented to the base ball public in 1890. The inventor was a Chicago man. It was claimed for the new club that it made catching the ball harder by reason of the spinning motion imparted to the sphere and that this made playing more difficult. It was figured out that the game would be revolutionized as a result of the invention. The revolution, however, failed to appear. LUBY WINS EIGHTEEN STRAIGHT GAMES Luby, of the Chicago National League team, won eighteen straight games during the season of 1890, the vic- tories extending from August 6 to October 3, inclusive. 1890 96 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The complete record of Luby's work will be found in the appended table: . 1890 DATE. June 16. " 18.. " 24 . " 26.. " 28.. July 2.. 5.. 8.. *' 10.. " 14.. '* 17. *' 19. " 22.. ** 26.. Aug. 6. 9., " 13., *' 19., *' 25. " 28. Sept. 1. '' 5. '* 9., " 10., " 12., " 13.. '' 15.. " 18.. *' 19.. " 20. " 22. ♦' 24. " 27.. 30. 3. Oct, CHICAGO VS. Pittsburg . . Cincinnati. . ♦New York. Brooklyn. . . Philadelphia. **Boston . . . . New York . Boston Brooklyn. . . . Philadelphia. New York . . . Brooklyn Cleveland . . . Pittsburg Cincinnati . . . Pittsburg. . . . New York . . . Philadelphia Boston Cincinnati . . . ** Pittsburg . Cleveland . << Cincinnati . Brooklyn . , , ♦♦Brooklyn, ♦Philadelphia. Boston New York , ♦ Relieved losing pitchers. ♦♦ Played other positions. OPP. CHGO. 4 3 6 2 12 5 5 11 8 4 7 5 7 2 3 5 3 10 3 7 5 4 7 14 10 4 1 7 4 6 4 6 4 7 5 6 3 13 1 4 8 12 4 12 1 8 2 17 6 11 3 6 4 8 5 10 9 1 14 9 3 2 6 4 6 2 3 1891 KELLY GIVEN HORSE AND WAGONETTE On May 6, 1891, Mike Kelly, who accepted the man- agement of the Cincinnati team in the American Associa- tion on the disbanding of the Players* League, made his first appearance in Boston with his aggregation and was given an ovation. The park was filled with the admirers of the "Only Kel/' and every time he hove in sight the fans went wild with delight. During the afternoon he was pre- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 97 sented with a wagonette and spirited gray horse and also a floral horseshoe four feet high. Mike responded in a brief speech. FOGARTY DIES IN PHILADELPHIA James Fogarty, who gained fame as a fielder with the Philadelphia National League team, died in that city on May 20, 1891, of consumption after being unable to leave his bed for three months. He was 26 years old and his home was in Los Angeles, Cal. Fogarty returned from the west in February of that year for the purpose of preparing for the approaching season, but a severe cold contracted on the journey from the coast caused him to seek the services of a physician. The disease had too strong a hold upon him to be overcome, however, and the end came. Fogarty was the league's premier left fielder in 1884 and again in 1886 and was a member of the base ball party that made a tour of the world. In 1889 he was presented with a watch and chain in recognition of his ability as a stealer of bases. BALL CLUBS MAKE RAPID JOURNEY The Philadelphia and Cincinnati teams arrived in the home city of the Reds on May 24, 1891, after a trip from the Pennsylvania metropolis that consumed only eighteen hours and twenty-two minutes, including stops. At some stages of the run seventy miles an hour were recorded. The swift journey was made in order to get the players into Cin- cinnati in time for a game Sunday afternoon, and shortly after their arrival the teams went to the park for that purpose. The game was stopped by the police, however, after an inning or two had been played. In court the fol- lowing day the case was dismissed, the magistrate holding that while there was a law against playing a game of ball on Sunday there was no enactment that he knew of cover- ing an attempt to play one. TWENTY-FIVE INNING RUNLESS GAME On July 18, 1891, Fargo and Grand Forks met on the reservation ball grounds at Devil's Lake and played a tie game of twenty-five innings. Not a run was scored by 1891 98 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. either team. The Grand Forks Herald of July 19, 1891, referred to the game as follows: RECORD SMASHED. A Phenomenal Game Between Grand Forks and Fargo Ball Teams. TWENTY-FIVE INNINGS. Time, Three Hours and Fifty Minutes, and No Runs On Either Side. Twenty-five innings played and not a run made! ^ ^ That was the result of a game played yesterday between Grand Forks and Fargo at the state en- campment at Devil's Lake. Wasn't that a hummer! The record was bro- ken and the new one probably will stand a long time before any other teams lower it. The game started off in a manner promising nothing unusual; the pitchers, Gibbs and Raymer, having good control of the ball and the batters be- ing in fairly good form. ♦ * Watson was playing second and accepted nineteen chances without an error. McDonald, third base for Fargo, accepted fourteen chances, playing an errorless game, and Hearn accepted sixteen out of the seventeen chan- ces. There were eleven double plays, each pitcher had eighteen strike-outs, twenty-five men were left on bases and the game lasted nearly four hours. The Fargo Forum had the following in reference to the game: The game was the longest ever played, neither team getting a man across the plate in twenty-five inninsrs. The struggle lasted nearly four hours and was called to enable the clubs to catch a train for the east. No less than eleven double plays were made. During the game twenty-five men were left on bases. The batteries were: Grand Forks, Gibbs and Cardno; Fargo, Raymer and Adams. Each pitcher struck out eighteen men. Hank Hearn, Fargo's second baseman, accepted sixteen chances out of seventeen; Jack McDonald, Fargo's BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 99 third baseman, put out five and had ten assists and no errors. Jimmie Banning, shortstop for Fargo, and Bob Hiil for Grand Forks, played errorless games. The playing of Al. Watson, second base- man for Grand Forks, was phenomenal. He accept- ed nineteen chances without an error. But one fly ball was dropped by the outfield. The work of both catchers was almost perfect, Sid Adams' throwing to second being unusually accurate. Vboth boston teams win pennants ^ ^^HBoston won in both leagues in 1891. The American Association broke the national agreement and played the season as an outlaw. War followed. Results: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Boston 630 Chicago 607 New York 538 Philadelphia 495 Cleveland 468 Brooklyn. 445 Cincinnati 409 Pittsburg 407 The champions: Clarkson, Nichols, Staley, p; Bennett, Ganzel, c; Tucker, lb; Quinn, 2b; Nash, 3b; Long, ss; Lowe, If and 2b; Brodie, cf ; Stovey, Kelly, rf ; M. Sullivan, If. Leaders: Hamilton, batting, .338; Buckley, c, .944; Brown, lb, .986; McPhee, 2b, .960; Bassett, 3b, .910; Coo- ney, ss, .924; O'Brien, If, .958; Brodie, cf, .963; Thompson, rf , .946. Hutchinson was the leading pitcher. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs. Per ct. Boston 689 St. Louis • 620 Bal Limore 526 Athletics 525 Milwaukee 471 Columbus 445 Louisville 396 Washington 328 Boston: Haddock, Buffington, Daily, Griffith, O'Brien, p; Murphy, Farrell, Kelly, c; Brouthers, Strieker, Joyce, basemen; Radford, ss; Richardson, T. Brown, Duffy, outfield.^^ TOM BROWN WINS GOLD WATCH As the result of a voting contest, the object of which was to determine who was the most popular of the players 1891 100 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. on the two teams that Boston had in the field in 1891, Tom Brown, of the American Association club, was the winner of a gold watch offered by the Boston Referee. Brown received a total of 11,692 votes to 8,983 for William Nash, of the National League. YOUNG DECLINES WORLD'S SERIES CHALLENGE At the conclusion of the regular season President Phelps, of the American Association, sent a challenge on behalf of the Boston club, winners of the 1891 pennant in his organization, to President Young,of the National League, for a series of games for the world's championship with the National leaders, also a Boston club. Mr. Young de- 18 91 clined in the following letter: Washington, D. C, Oct. 9, 1891. To Zach. Phelps, Pres. American Association. Dear Sir: I hold in my possession an agree- ment, called the National Agreement, -which was solemnly signed by three parties, one of which was your association. I sincerely regret that the break- ing of that agreement by your association renders such a series of games as you propose impossible. Your kind waiver of technicalities, etc., means, as I construe it, that you are perfectly willing that the National League should trample the National Agreement under foot in order that a single club, a member of your association, should be accommo- dated with a series of games. I hope the day is not far distant when the action and good judgment of your association, in resuming its allegiance to the National Agreement, will ren- der such a series of games possible without the vi- olation of an agreement, at which time you will find the champions of the National League ready and willing to compete with the champions of your as- sociation for the title of world's champions. N. E. YOUNG, President of National League. DEATH OF LARRY CORCORAN Lawrence J. Corcoran died at his home in Newark, N. J., on Oct. 14, 1891, of heart failure superinduced by Bright's disease. Corcoran was born in Brooklyn about BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. ^101 1860 and started playinpf ball professionally with the Chica- go club in 1880, remaining with and doing yeoman service for that organization until the close of the season of 1884, when he was released. In 1886-7 he played with New York and later was with Washington. He then retired from ac- tive service on the field and went to umpiring. Corcoran had a record of three no-hit games. Referring to him, Anson has this to say in his book ''A Ball Player's Career'': '*He was a very little fellow, with an unusual amount of speed and the endurance of an Indian pony. As a batter he was only fair, but as a fielder in his position he was remarkable, being as quick as a cat and as plucky as they make them. " 1 8 9 1 CHARGES OF THROWN GAMES MADE Charges of unfairness were made against the New York team by Chicago as a result of the pennant race in 1891. It was claimed that in the final series with the Bos- tons the Giants purposely weakened their team in order to enable the Bay State club to win enough games to keep the pennant from Chicago. At the opening of the series the standing was: Chicago, .628; Boston, .615. The New York men, who, for one reason or another, did not play at Boston were Ewing, Rusie and Connor. An investigation was made by the New York management, the committee's fi- nal report being that there was no truth in the charges and no foundation even upon which to lay them. This ended the incident. END OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION The refusal of the American Association to live up to the terms of the National Agreement in 1891 was the cause of its downfall. The National League determined upon drastic measures to put it out of business, and as a result of secret negotiations four Association clubs were pur- chased at a total cost of $135,000 and the work was done. The Association thus weakened went to the wall while the League increased its membership to twelve. The table on the following page gives interesting figures regarding the Association's career of ten years in the base ball arena. 102 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 1691 .^[Pl OOOOOCOOCX300000000 0o|-v7-Tr>AD w2- 1 ^'X>000000000000CO00 YJCjAK rn ^ 1 t-' O ^c;iai>ti.tti.4:».cnO^O" ►i; _ to O Ci O 00 Oi ?£> 05 VJ rfi O I-* , en ;d o to t-i -q 1-1 rf^ o c ! 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CD Oi KANSAS CITY »— ' 1 >t^; .' 1 -^ • 1 *— ' • MILWAUKEE >— ' ! 483 SYRACUSE (— ' • 500 ROCHESTER BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 103 The black figures in the table indicate pennant win- ners, and the totals the number of pennants won by the city heading that particular column and the number of years in the Association. The 1890 Brooklyn club and the 1891 Cincinnati club do not appear as they were transferred to other cities. The Association introduced the percentage system in figuring out club standings and brought out many prom- inent players. FRANK FLINT PASSES AWAY At 6:55 o'clock on the evening of Jan. 14, 1892, having been totally blind since shortly before noon of that day, Frank Flint, popularly known as "Old Silver," died at his home in Chicago of consumption. He was a little over 36 years of age. He had been confined to his bed since No- vember of the preceding year and was wasted almost to a skeleton at the time of his death. Flint was born in Philadelphia on Aug. 3, 1855, the family at an early period in Frank's life removing to St. Louis. There he picked up the rudiments of the game as a member of different amateur organizations and so rapid was his progress in mastering the intricacies of the pastime that he was in the professional ranks before he was 19 years old. He came into prominence as catcher of the Indianap- olis team when **the Only Nolan" was in his prime and from there went to Chicago, where he remained a member of the team in that city until his retirement in 1890. He then embarked in the saloon business. Flint was a fine ball player, a hard worker and gener- ally reliable. During his career as a professional he caught in 835 games, a record shown to be more remarkable than it appears when it is considered that he faced the best of the old-time pitchers and his catching was done with un- protected hands. In 1877 he was behind the bat in 120 of 121 games played by his club. TWELVE CLUBS IN NATIONAL LEAGUE The National League branched out as a twelve club affair for the season of 1892, the cities of Baltimore, 1892 1892 104 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Washington, St. Louis and Louisville of the defunct Amer- ican Association having been given franchises. The sched- ule provided for a double season, the first running from April to July and the second from July to October. Having no opposition in the field, the season opened up most au- spiciously. BOSTON WINS PENNANT Boston won the first season in the pennant race for 1892 with a percentage of .703 and Cleveland won the sec- ond half with .697. In the final test Boston was the vic- tor, winning five out of six games, the first contest being a to battle of eleven innings. The final percentage was as follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Boston 680 Cleveland 624 Brooklyn 617 Philadelphia 569 Cincinnati 547 Pittsburg 516 Chicago 479 New York 470 Louisville 414 Washington 384 St. Louis 373 Baltimore 313 The Boston team was composed of Nichols, Clarkson, Stivetts and Staley, p; Bennett, Ganzel and Kelly, c; Tuck- er, lb; Quinn, 2b; Nash, 3b; Long, ss; Lowe, If; Duffy, cf; McCarthy, rf. Brouthers and Childs tied for League batting honors at .335; Kittredge, c, .921; Connor, lb, .985; Bierbauer, 2b, .956; Dahlen, 3b, .943; D. Richardson, ss, .944; W. O'Brien, If, .959; Griffin, cf, .969; Thompson, rf, .945. Stivetts was the leading pitcher. GALVIN IS GIVEN A BENEFIT The base ball lovers in Pittsburg showed their appre- ciation of the work of James F. Galvin when in his prime by turning out in large numbers at a benefit arranged in his honor on Oct. 17, 1892. An interesting programme of BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 105 sporting events was carried out and $3,000 realized. Promi- inent base ball men attended. DEATH OF LIPMAN PIKE Lipman Pike, one of the stars of the amateur period, and who also gave a good account of himself after the es- tablishment of professional ball playing, died at his home in Brooklyn in October, 1893, of heart disease. In a game played in 1866 Pike scored six home runs, five of which were made in succession, and the record of games of the early period of the sport give much evidence of his ability to line them out. Pike was a member of the Cincinnati club in 1878, but owing to differences with the management he asked for and was given his release in the summer of 1393 that year. Before leaving the city, however, he was pre- sented with a diamond badge by the patrons of the game. Pike played right field. He retired about 1880 and estab- lished himself in business in Brooklyn. BOSTON AGAIN WINS PENNANT The Bostons were again victors in the race for the National League pennant in 1893. The two season plan was abolished and a return to the original scheme of one sched- ule decided upon. The result: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Boston 667 Pittsburg 628 Cleveland 570 Philadelphia 558 New York 515 Brooklyn 508 Cincinnati 508 Baltimore 462 Chicago 445 St. Louis 432 Louisville 400 * Washington 310 The winning team: Nichols, Gastright, Staley, Stiv- etts, p; Bennett, Ganzel, Merritt, c; Tucker, lb; Lowe, 2b; Nash, 3b; Long, ss; Carroll, If; Duffy, cf; McCarthy, rf. The leaders of the League for the year were: Sten- zell, batting, .409; Bennett, c, .912; W. Brown, lb, .987; . / 106 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Bierbauer, 2b, .959; McGarr, 3b, .944; Smith, ss, .935; Kel- ley, If, .952; Griffin, cf, .960; Duffy, rf, .958. Killen was the leading pitcher. DAUVRAY CUP WON BY BOSTON Additional interest was given to the campaign of 1893 by the contests at the close of the regular season for the Dauvray cup, a trophy offered by Helen Dauvray, a well- known actress of that period. The games were played be- ~ . tween the Bostons and a picked team known as the All- Americas. Boston was the winner. EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY A pleasing feature of the year of 1893 was the increased attendance and the recovery from the depressed 18 93 condition caused by the wars with the Brotherhood and the American Association. The obligations assumed in taking over the latter organization also were paid this year. At the close of the season the following unofficial statement was made public: ATTENDANCE City. Total Av. Chicago 156,000 2,200 NtwYork 200,000 3,500 Brooklyn 175,000 2,750 Boston 175,000 2,800 Philadelphia 290,000 4,750 Cincinnati 125,000 1,750 St. Louis 200,000 3,000 Pittsburg 184,000 3,000 Cleveland 110,000 1,600 Washington 60,000 1,100 Total 1,675,000 PROFITS Cleveland $ 10,000 ♦Boston 20,000 Philadelphia 20,000 St. Louis 10,000 Baltimore 16,000 Cincinnati 15,000 Pittsburg 25,000 Louisville 6,000 Chicago 13,000 Brooklyn 5,000 New York 20,000 Total : $160,000 ♦Estimated BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 107 This showing, while not of great proportions, was of encouraging character. CATCHER BENNETT CRIPPLED BY CARS Charles W. Bennett, who caught for the Detroit champions of 1887 and later occupied a similar position on the Boston team, met with an accident on Jan. 10, 1894, which ended his career on the diamond and nearly cost him his life. Bennett, who was on his way from Kansas City to Williamsburg, stepped off the train at Wellsville, Kan., to greet a friend who was standing on the station platform. In attempting to return to his car he slipped and fell under the wheels, his legs being mangled so badly that amputation of both was necessary, one near the ankle and the other above the knee. The accident occurred in the evening. On his recovery Bennett went into business at Detroit, where he still is located. Bennett first became known as a ball player as a member of the Milwaukee club in 1878. In 1880 he joined the Worcester team and caught Richmond when that clever left-hander shut out Cleveland without a hit or run or a man getting to first base, the first time this feat had been accomplished in league ball and the second time on record. In 1881 he went to Detroit and remained there until the dis- banding of the team at the close of the season of 1888, when he went to Boston. He was catcher of this team when the mishap referred to compelled him to retire. Be- ing immensely popular with the lovers of the game in that city, they were not slow in coming to his assistance when the extent of his misfortune became known, and a benefit was given in his behalf which was a grand affair. Bennett was a heavy batter, an accurate thrower and led National League catchers for ten seasons. DEATH COMES TO ED. WILLIAMSON Ed. Williamson, noted as a third baseman, died at Mountain Valley Springs, Ark., March 3, 1894, of dropsy. He was 38 years old. Williamson started playing ball pro- fessionally in 1876, joined the Chicago team in 1880 and re- mained (being one of the ''stonewall infield'') until 1890. 1894 108 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. He went to Arkansas in the hope of regaining his health but grew worse. The funeral occurred in Chicago. Fred. Pfeffer and W. A. Sunday were among the pall bearers. In speaking of his old team-mate Anson said: Williamson was, in my opinion, the greatest all-around ball player the country ever saw. He was better than an average batsman and one of the few that knew how to wait for a ball and get the one he wanted before striking. He was a good third baseman, a good catcher and could pitch more than fairly well, too, when the necessity for doing so arose. After his retirement he went into busi- ness with Jimmie Wood, another ball player. 1894 TRY TO STOP BALL GAME BY PRAYING On Sunday, July 1, 1894, about 200 attendants of a Milwaukee Sunday school, accompanied by the pastor of the church and other ecclesiasts, proceeded to a portion of the city where a ball game was in progress for the purpose of inducing the players to cease their sport. They arrived on the scene during the progress of the second inning, sur- rounded the diamond and started to pray in a most fer- vent manner. Still the game went on. The worshipers stuck to their task, however, but their efforts were un- successful, as the full nine innings were played. WELCOME TO VICTORIOUS ORIOLES Oct. 2, 1894, was a gala day in Baltimore. On that date Hanlon and his Orioles returned home after having won the National League pennant in an exciting finish with New York and thousands were on the streets to bid them welcome. At night the city was ablaze with redfire and everybody wore the Oriole colors. A procession of amateur ball clubs, local societies and individuals carrying transpar- encies marched through the streets and created the great- est enthusiasm, while so large was the crowd that at some points the marchers were unable to force their way through the mass of people. A dozen bands discoursed music dur- ing the progress of the parade, a feature of which was a 500-pound live porker mounted on a drag. This represented BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 109 a genuine * 'rooter. ' ' Following the parade a reception was held at the armory. BALTIMORE LEADS IN PENNANT RACE The pennant for 1894 was won by Baltimore after a lively fight with the New York team, under Ward. Hanlon headed the Baltimores. The result: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Baltimore 695 New York 667 Boston 629 Philadelphia 559 Brooklyn 534 Cleveland 527 Pittsburg 500 Chicago 432 St. Louis 424 Cincinnati 419 Washington 341 Louisville 277 The champion team was: McMahon, Hawke, Glea- son, Esper, p; Robinson and Clarke, c; Brouthers, lb; Reitz, 2b; Bonner, 2b; McGraw, 3b; Jennings, ss; Kelley, If; Brodie, cf; Keeler, rf. Leaders of the League: Duffy, batting, .438; Zim- mer, c, .931; Anson, lb, '.988; Reitz, 2b, .966; Nash, 3b, .932; Glasscock, ss, .934; Hamilton, If, .961; Grifl^n, cf, .963; Thompson, rf, .961. Meekin took pitching honors. GIANTS WIN TEMPLE CUP SERIES At the close of the pennant race in 1894 a new post- season series of games was introduced by the offering of a cup by Mr. Temple of Pittsburg to be contested for at the close of each season by the two leaders in the League cham- pionship battle. It was called the Temple Cup Series in honor of the donor. The contests for the trophy opened Oct. 4 and the re- sult was somewhat of a surprise, as the New Yorks won the series by defeating the Baltimores four games in succes- sion. Rusie and Meekin were in great form. The contests netted a little over $18,000 and this sum was divided on a basis of 65 and 35 per cent. The following is a summary 1894 no BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. of the series, showing the scores and the cities in which the games were played: 1894 DATE WHERE PLAYED BALT. N. Y. Oct. 4.... " 5.... Baltimore < < 1 6 1 3 4 9 " 6.... " 8 New York < < 4 16 The work of the pitchers: Won Lost Rusie 2 Meekin 2 Esper 1 Hemming 1 Gleason 2 RUMORS OF A BIG REVOLT During the latter part of 1894 the air was filled with rumors of another association to combat the National League. Prominent men were mentioned as being connect- ed with the movement, which was expected to accomplish what the Brotherhood had failed to do a few years before, but they either denied such an intention on their part when asked to state their position or maintained discreet silence. Harry Wright was said to be slated for a prominent place in the new organization, but he made an emphatic denial. The Overman Wheel Co. also was charged with being con- cerned in the venture. This the firm denied. In spite of denials, however, there still was considerable fear lest the National Association, as the new concern was to be known, became a reality. It failed to do so. MIKE KELLY DIES OF PNEUMONIA Michael J. Kelly, familiar to the older followers of the game as the "Ten Thousand Dollar Beauty'* and "King Kel," and also hero of a popular song entitled "Slide, Kelly, Slide," died of pneumonia at the Emergency Hospital in Boston on the evening of Nov. 8, 1894. He was about 38 years of age. Kelly was one of the greatest players the game has produced, but his brilliant career on the diamond BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Ill was marred in great degree by habits which brought on the disease that finally resulted in his death. He started his base ball career at Paterson, N. J., in 1877 and shortly thereafter joined the Cincinnati National League club. In 1880 he was secured by Anson for the Chi- cago team and remained a member of that organization through the season of 1887 when he was sold to Boston for $10,000, forming, with John Clarkson, who was disposed of by Chicago to the same club for a similar amount the year following, what was popularly known as the "twenty thou- sand dollar battery. '^ Kelly joined the players' revolt in 1890 and was a mem- ber of the Boston team in that organization. When it dis- i89 5 banded he went to Cincinnati as manager of the American Association club in that city, but returned to Boston when the Cincinnati franchise was transferred to Milwaukee. A short time previous to his death he managed a team at Al- toona. Pa. He was a heavy batter, great thrower and had few equals behind the bat. Joseph Quinn, who was a team-mate of Kelly's on the Boston club, said: Kelly was the first catcher to scare base run- ners sliding for the plate by dropping his mask on the plate when the runner was on the point of slid- ing across it. He was the first right fielder to throw a runner out at first on a clean hit to right by getting the ball on the first bound and shooting ^ it back^in^ime to get the runner. He taught John Clarkson how to signal the men behind him so the infield knew what he was going to pitch, and he could throw a ball to second without moving out of his* tracks. He whs chock full of base ball brains and a headier player never walked on the field. Kelly died penniless after earning a fortune. The day he died he slipped off a hospital stretcher and his last words were: "This is my last slide." BALTIMORE AGAIN WINS Baltimore again was winner at the close of the race in 1895. Cleveland was second and Philadelphia was third. 1895 112 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The standing of each club at the finish is shown in the ta- ble below: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Baltimore 669 Cleveland 646 Philadelphia 595 Chicago 554' Brooklyn 542 Boston 542 Pittsburg 538 Cincinnati 508 New York 504 Washington 336 St. Louis 298 Louisville 267 Baltimore team : Hoffer, Esper, Clarkson, McMahon, Hemming, p; Robinson and Clarke, c; Carey, lb; Rietz, 2b; W. Gleason, 2b; McGraw, 3b; Jennings, ss; Kelley, If; Brodie, cf ; Keeler, rf. League leaders: Burkett, batting, .423; Robinson and Clements, c, .952; Tebeau, lb, .992; Lowe, 2b, .957; Cross, 3b, .930; Jennings, ss, .943; Delehanty, If, .945; Griffin, cf, .972; Thompson, rf, .961. Hoffer was premier pitcher. TEMPLE CUP SERIES TO CLEVELAND The contests for the Temple Cup in 1895 resulted in favor of Cleveland by four games to one. The scores: DATE WHERE PLAYED BALT. CLEV. Oct. 2.... " 3 . Cleveland 4 2 1 5 2 5 7 " 5 < < 7 " 7 Baltimore " 8.... < i 5 The work of the pitchers: Won Lost Young 3 Cuppy 1 Esper. 1 McMahon 2 Hoffer 2 There was considerable rowdyism on the part of the Baltimore team at the opening game on their grounds, but 1695 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 113 nothing of a serious nature occurred. The net receipts were $14,752. DEATH OF HARRY WRIGHT Shortly after noon of Oct. 3, 1895, Harry Wright, one of the most prominent figures in the base ball profes- sion, and a man who had done great service in placing the game on its present high pedestal, died at a sanitarium in Atlantic City, N. J. , of catarrhal pneumonia. He was ill a long time and death came after three operations. Mr. Wright was born in Sheffield, Eng., on Jan. 10, 1835, and came to the United States in 1836. He originally was a cricket player. He took up ball playing in 1857 and was organizer of the famous Cincinnati Red Stockings, man- ager of the Boston team that won four pennants in succes- sion and was holder of the home run record, he having se- cured seven four-baggers in a game at Newport, Ky., in 1867. It was as a manager, however, that Mr. Wright ex- celled. At the time of his death he was chief of staff of National League umpires. SILVER SERVICE FOR PRESIDENT YOUNG As a testimonial of their appreciation of his efforts in behalf of base ball, the members of the several National League clubs in 1896 presented to President Young a mag- nificent silver service. The gift consisted of 300 pieces and cost nearly $3,000. When the Chicago club called upon the League executive at his Washington home later in the sea- son the testimonial played an important part in their en- tertainment. 18 9 6 DELEHANTY GETS FOUR HOMERS AND A SINGLE On July 13, 1896, eleven hundred Chicago fans saw the home team defeat Philadelphia despite the terrific bat- ting of Ed. Delehanty, the visitors' first baseman. In five times at bat he knocked out four home runs and one sin- gle. This extraordinary performance won the admiration of the crowd, which fully appreciated the slugging out- break even if it was on the wrong side of the house. Ex- cept for this feature there was nothing out of the ordinary to the game. But it was enough for one day. The box J 114 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. score is of historical interest and for that reason it is given in connection with this article: 1896 CHICAGO Everett, 3b. 3 Dahlen, ss. Lange, cf.. Anson, lb,, Ryan, rf... Decker, If. . Pfeffer, 2b. Terry, p . . . Donahue, c. AB. Totals 31 PHILADELPHIA AB. R. H. P.O A. 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 U 1 4 12 2 1 2 5 27 11 R. i H. Cooley, If I 3 Hulen, ss ] 4 Mertes, cf j 5 Delehanty, lb ! 5 Thompson, rf | ,5 Hallman, 2b i 4 Clements, c | 2 Nash, 3b j 4 Garvin, p 1 4 Totals 36 8 SCORE BY INNINGS E. P.O. A. E. 24 i 14 1 Chicago .1 Philadelphia 2 1 4 G 4 ♦— 9 3 10 1—8 SUMMARY Two base hits — Lange, Terry, Decker, Thompson. Three base hits — Lange, Pfeffer. Home runs — Delehanty, 4. Struck out— Garvin, 4; Terry, 5. Stolen bases— Everett 2, Dahlen 2, Lange, Anson. Umpire — Emslie. THIRD F=»ENNANT FOR BALTIMORE The National League pennant race for 1896 was won by Baltimore, making the third successive victory for the Orioles. The Clevelands again finished jn second place. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 115 Cincinnati was a close third. The standings are given in the following table: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Baltimore 698 Cleveland 625 Cincinnati 606 Boston 565 Chicag-o . 555 Pittsburg 512 New York 489 Philadelphia 477 Washington 443 Brooklyn 443 St. Louis : 308 Louisville 290 The winners: Corbett, Hoffer, Esper, Pond, McMa- hon and Hemming, p; Robinson and Clark, c; Doyle, lb; Reitz, 2b; McGraw, 3b; Donnelly, 3b; Jennings, ss; Kelley, If; Brodie, cf; Keeler, rf. League leaders: Burkett, batting, .410; Vaughan, c, .951; Tebeau, lb, .987; McPhee, 2b, .982; Cross, 3b, .945; Connaughton, ss, .929: Kelley, If, .955; Brodie, cf, .971; Keeler, rf, .931. Hoffer again led the pitchers. BALTIMORE WINS CUP SERIES Baltimore and Cleveland again met for the Temple Cup in 1896. This time Baltimore won. DATE WHERE PLAYED BALT. CLEV. Oct. 2. ... Baltimore ...1 7 1 " 3.... .1 7 2 " 5.... < < 6 2 " 8... Cleveland 5 The work of the pitchers: Won Lost Corbett 2 Hoffer ......■...;.....: 2 Cuppy 2 Young 1 Wallace 1 CHARLES RAD BOURNE DIES Charles Radbourne, regarded by many as the great- est pitcher, died at Bloomington, 111., Feb. 5, 1897, of pare- sis, the malady being greatly aggravated and hastened 1896 116 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. by the loss of one of his eyes, the result of an accidental discharge of a gun. Radbourne was born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1854. When he was very young his parents removed to Blooming- ton, 111. , and it was there he learned to play the game that made him famous. His first professional engagement of consequence was with the Peoria Reds in 1878. The follow- ing year he played with Comiskey, Loftus and the Gleasons on the Dubuque team in the Northwestern League and in 1880 he was a member of the Buffalo club. He signed with the Providence team for 1881, and it was while with that organization that he demonstrated his ability as a pitcher, his work in 1884 being without a parallel in the history of the national game. With the burden of the pitcher's work resting almost entirely upon his shoulders by reason of the desertion of Sweeney, the "Old Hoss,'' as he was popu- larly called, stuck to his post and brought his club to vic- tory in the National League contest and then captured the 1897 world's championship by defeating the Metropolitans of the American Association three straight games. Providence dropped out of the League the following year and Radbourne went to Boston. He remained with the National League club there until 1890, when he cast his fortune with the players' organization. The strain he had undergone in the campaign of 1884 was beginning to tell on him, however, and it was realized that his pitching days were nearing their end. Still at times there was a flash of the old-time skill in his efforts and in a game with New York on April 28, 1890, he allowed but two hits, only twen- ty-nine men stepping to the plate and the first nineteen be- ing retired in order. In 1891 Radbourne was with Cincinnati. He retired at the close of the season. FOUTZ DIES AFTER WEEK'S ILLNESS David Foutz, well known as a pitcher and first base- man, and who was manager of the Brooklyn team the year previous to his death, died at his home in a suburb of Baltimore on the afternoon of March 5, 1897. He had been BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 117 confined to his bed one week. In 1882 Foutz pitched for the Leadville Blues, an organization of which Harry P. Keiley was manager, and which included in its membership Phe- lan, Kessler and Knowdell. The club made a trip east and created a favorable impression. Shortly after this Foutz signed with the St. Louis Browns and with Robert Carruth- ers did great work for Comiskey until both were sold to Brooklyn in 1888. After the transfer Foutz was used the greater part of the time at first base, being occasionally called in to finish games after other pitchers had been knocked out. He was over six feet in hight, a good bat- ter and was noted for his remarkable coolness in playing his positions. TOUR OF AUSTRALIAN BALL PLAYERS 1897 A party of base ball players from Australia visited the United. States in the spring of 1897, making their first appearance in San Francisco early in March, where they were beaten by the Olympics of that city, an amateur organ- ization, by a score of 20 to 9. The visitors played fairly well, but seemed to be a little slow in their work in the field. After playing a number of games on the coast the team visited several eastern cities. The journey to the United States was made as a direct result of the Around the World tour of the American teams in 1888-9, at which time the game was introduced into Australia. The visitors gained additional information in regard to the sport and re- turned home pleased with their trip. CHICAGO BEATS LOUISVILLE 36 TO 7 On June 29, 1897, Chicago defeated Louisville 36 to 7, being the record for a large score since the establishment of the National League in 1876. Five hundred people saw the game. McCormick secured six of the thirty hits made, while Connor and Callahan managed to get four apiece, two of Cal's being doubles. It took a little over two hours to play the contest, which occurred in Chicago. Callahan was hit pretty freely, especially in the fifth inning, when Louisville got five men across the plate. The following is 118 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. the box score, which gives details of the disaster to the Louisville team: 1897 CHICAGO Everett, 3b. . . . McCormick, ss Lange, cf Anson, lb Ryan, rf Decker, If Thornton, If... Connor, 2b.... Callahan, p . . . Donahue, c . . . . Totals LOUISVILLE R. H. P.O. A. 3 2 3 5 6 3 2 4 4 4 4 1 10 1 5 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 4 3 2 4 4 1 1 3 2 5 2 36 30 27 11 E. R. H. P.0.| A. I E. Clark, If McCreary, rf 1 Pickering", cf 1 Stafford, ss 1 Werden, lb | 1 Dexter, 3b Butler, c ! Delehanty, 2b I 1 Johnson, 2b ' Frazer, p. . . : Jones, p 2 Totals ' 7 14 2 1 1 2 2 9 15 1 1 7 3 1 1 1 2 *26 23 10 ♦Chicago player out for interference. SCORE BY INNINGS Chicago 3 5 7 12 12 7 8—36 Louisville 10 5 10 0—7 SUMMARY Two-base hits— Everett, Lange, Ryan, Decker, Cnllahan 2, Donahue, Werden 2, Dexter, Dele- hanty, Jones. Three-base hits— McCormick, Lange. Home runs — McCormick, Ryan. BENEFIT GIVEN PFEFFER On Sept. 26, 1897, 9,000 pel-sons assembled at the ball park in Chicago to attend the benefit tendered to Fred. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 119 Pfeff er, the former great second baseman of the Chicago club, and the presentation of Mr. Pfeffer to the crowd was the signal for a great demonstration. He was accompa- nied by James Wood, Ross Barnes and Joe Quest, who also had won fame in the same position on the diamond. The feature of the entertainment was a ball game between old- timers, with Cherokee Fisher pitching, and a nine from the ''Jack and the Beanstalk" company, then playing an en- gagement in the city, with a game between the Unions and the Marquettes following. Daniel O'Leary was master of ceremonies. Pfeffer was one of the stars of the national game. He went to Chicago from Louisville in 1883 and remained with Anson until 1890, when he allied himself with the Broth- 1 8 9 7 erhood movement. He lost considerable money in the ven- ture and when it collapsed rejoined the Chicago club, but ill- ness handicapped him after that and ultimately forced him from the game. His work when in his prime was of the sensational order. PENNANT WON BY BOSTON Boston won the pennant in 1897. Baltimore made a desperate struggle to gather in a fourth victory but had to be content with second place. Result: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Boston 705 Baltimore 692 New York 634 Cincinnati 576 Cleveland 527 Brooklyn 462 Washington 462 Pittsburg 454 Chicago 447 Philadelphia .417 Louisville 400 St. Louis 229 Winners: Nichols, Klobedanz, Stivetts, Lewis, p; Ber- gen, Ganzel, Lake, c; Tenney, lb; Lowe, 2b; Collins, 3b; Al- len, Long, ss; Duffy, If; Hamilton, cf; Stahl, Yeager, rf. Leaders of League: Keeler, batting, .432; Peitz, c, .956; Tebeau, lb, .994; McPhee, 2b, .965; Clingman, 3b, .949; 1897 120 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. H. Jennings, ss, .933; Delehanty, If, .970; Brodie, cf, .983; Keeler, cf, .970. Rusie headed the pitchers. BALTIMORE WINS TEMPLE CUP Baltimore won the Temple Cup series from Boston in 1897 by taking four out of the five games played. The con- tests were characterized by heavy batting, Reitz, Clarke, Corbett and Long making home runs in the game of Oct. 5. Counterfeit tickets at one of the Boston games caused a considerable loss to the players, while charges of hippo- droming against the contesting clubs were made and the cup returned to the donor in 1898 and the series discontinued. The results of the games follow: DATE WHERE PLAYED BALT. BOS^N Oct. 4... " 5... . Boston ..! 12 .! 13 • 1 8 ..: 12 ..1 9 13 11 " 6... < < 3 " 9... " 11... . Baltimore < < 11 3 The work of the pitchers: Won Lost Hoff er 2 Corbett. 1 Nichols 1 Nops 1 1 Lewis 1 Stivetts 1 Klobedanz 1 Hickman 1 CAPT. ANSOn' RETIRES The season of 1897 had its climax in the retirement from the base ball arena of Adrian C. Anson, captain and manager of the Chicago team and for twenty-six years one of the foremost figures in this particular branch of athletics. It was the occasion for sincere regret on the part of all ad- mirers of the game, as he was regarded as the ideal ball player and was popular the length and breadth of the United States. Anson's first professional engagement was with the Forest Citys of Rockford, 111., in 1871. From there he BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 121 went to Philadelphia and later to Chicago, where he played until his retirement. While Anson ranked high as a fielder, it was as a batsman that he excelled. Below will be found his record in this respect from 1875 to 1897. It will be seen that his average was over .300 for a period of twenty-one years: Year. Per ct. Year. Per ct. 1875 .318 1887 421 1876 342 1888 343 1877 335 1889 341 1878 336 1890 311 1879 407 1891 294 1880 338 1892 274 1881 399 1893 322 1882 362 1894 394 1883 307 1895 1896 3^8 1884 ". 337 335 1885 310 1897 302 1886 371 1897 '4n 1907, ten years after the veteran's retirement, Ned Hanlon paid him this tribute: Anson was undoubtedly the greatest batter the game has ever known. He could hit it a mile, no matter what kind of a ball was served up to him. With a runner on third base, and not more than one man out, it was a 1 to 2 shot that the run would come over with Anson at the bat. He was good for a long fly or a hard grounder too hot to handle in time to get the man at the plate, if not for a clean hit. He was a terror to all pitchers, even the best, for he wasn't a free slugger like Dan Brouth- ers, but would carry a pitcher along and thought nothing of taking two strikes. He was just as sure of hitting the third one as the first. I remem- ber one year when he made a bet of $100 even that he would not strike out during the entire season. He struck out just once in 150 games and lost his bet, but that shows what kind of a batter he was. Mike Kelly was the next greatest batter to An-. • son, whom he excelled in ability to hit to any field. No one ever has equalled Kelly as a place hitter. When playing the outfield against him I used to watch him like a hawk, for he would shift his feet and the position of his body after the ball was pitched according to what field he wanted to hit to. By watching him closely I could get a running start 122 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. in either direction when I was playing center field and was sometimes able to cut him out of a hit. But he was a wonder. Two men like Anson and Kelly would pretty nearly make a ball team by themselves. DEATH COMES TO C. H. BYRNE Charles H. Byrne, president of the Brooklyn club, died in New York on the morning of Jan. 4, 1898, of a com- plication of diseases. Mr. Byrne was born in New York and was 55 years old. He was given a college education and up to the time of his taking up base ball in 1883 had held important positions in the business world. During the years he was at the head of the Brooklyn organization he 18 98 put through many notable deals and was a power in the councils of the game. CHRIS VON DER AHE KIDNAPED On Feb. 8, 1898, Chris Von der Ahe, owner of the St. Louis Browns, was induced to call at the St. Nicholas Hotel in that city for the purpose of attending to some im- portant business matter. During the progress of the con- ference the base ball magnate was hustled into a cab pro- vided for the purpose and driven rapidly away. He at- tempted to escape from his captors but failed, and before he could do anything further to free himself or call assist- ance he found himself on board a train that was soon speed- ing on its way to Pittsburg. Von der Ahe was made defendant in a suit brought by Mark Baldwin, the pitcher, and W. A. Nimick of Pitts- burg had gone on his bond. Failing to get any response to letters he had written to the St. Louis man, and wishing to protect himself from financial loss in case "der boss" failed to appear for trial, he sent a detective to investigate and this the officer did with the result just described. Arriving in Pittsburg Von der Ahe appeared before Judge Buffington and was released on bonds of $2,500. The case came up a few days later and judgment was ren- dered against him for $3,500, including costs. This he was unable to pay and he was detained in Pittsburg for about ten days when friends came to his assistance and BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 123 the case was taken to a higher court and Von der Ahe per- mitted to return home. ANSON AS MANAGER OF NEW YORKS A. C. Anson, after the expiration of his contract with the Chicago club in February, 1898, accepted the manage- ment of the New York ball team for the ensuing year. After a month^s trial of the position, and finding the situa- tion not to his liking, he resigned his place and returned to Chicago. He made one trip west with the club and was given a great reception and presented with a floral offering by his home town admirers. DEATH OF "BOBBY" MATTHEWS t898 Robert Matthews, a noted player of the middle era of base ball, died at an institution near Baltimore in April, 1898, aged 48 years. Matthews was a star as far back as 1870, when he was a member of the Maryland club. Later he joined the New York Mutuals and made a great repu- tation for himself as a pitcher, going from that club to Providence in 1879. He remained at Providence during the season of 1880-1 and the following year was with Boston. By some writers Matthews is credited with having used the "spit" ball early in his career, although the evidence on that point is not conclusive. When he retired from active duty he went to umpiring. He quit base ball as a business about 1890. MINORS BATTLE MAJORS 20 INNINGS On April 10, 1898, the Milwaukee team of the West- ern League met the St. Louis National Leaguers in the lat- ter city and gave the major organization a hot battle before going down to defeat. Twenty innings were played, the score standing 12 to 11 in favor of the home team. On June 30, 1892, Chicago and Cincinnati played a 7 to 7 twenty in- ning game, which was the longest ever played in the Na- tional League since its organization. The St. Louis-Milwau- kee game is notable not only because of equalling the record but also from the fact that one of the contestants was a mi- nor league club. The winning run was made with one out. 124 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Other details will be found in the complete score which is herewith given: 189d^ ST. LOUIS Dowd, cf Holmes, If Cross, ss Crooks, lb Bierbauer, 2b Hall, 3b Turner, rf Clements, c Sugden, c Sudhoff , p Taylor, p Carsey, p Totals MILWAUKEE R. H. P.O. A 7 I 5 I 2 ! 26 i 2l 3 I 2 i 10 i 12 I 17 i 60 27 Nichol, cf I i Weaver, ]f-3b ..i 2 j Waldron, rf > 3 { Daly, 2b | 11 Lewee, ss 2 { Mack, lb I 1 I Barnes, 3b-p 1 Speer, c 1 Taylor, p Wolter, If-p Papillian, p-lf 6 4 3 9 2 26 1 7 Totals 11 i 14 I 58 i 29 E. 4 1 I R. : H. P.O.i A. E. Mil St. SCORE BY INNINGS 2020200020000210000 0—11 L...1 3 3 1 00 2 1 1—12 SUMMARY Hall, Cross, Weaver, Waldron, Two base hits Daly, Lewee 2. Three base hit — Waldron Time of game — 3:20. Umpire — Hurst. PENNANT AGAIN GOES TO BOSTON Boston again won the pennant in 1898, with Balti- more second. The schedule was lengthened to 154 games. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 125 The record of the different clubs will be found in the ta- ble below: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Boston 685 Baltimore 644 Cincinnati 605 Chicago 567 Cleveland 544 Philadelphia 523 New York 513 Pittsburg 486 Louisville 464 Brooklyn 372 Washington 336 St. Louis 260 Boston team: Lewis, Nichols, Klobedanz, Willis, p; i89 8 Bergen, Yeager, c; Tenney, lb; Lowe, 2b; CoHins, 3b; Long, ss; Duffy, If; Hamilton, cf; Stahl, rf; Hickman, Stivetts. Leaders of League: Keeler, batting, .379; McGuire, c, .958; LaChance, lb, .989; Crooks, 2b, .962; Wagner, 3b, .945; Jennings, ss, .944; Kelley, If, .973; Griffin, cf, .979; Tiernan, rf, .986. Lewis headed the pitchers. ANSON DECLINES A BENEFIT Friends of A. C. Anson, whose contract with the Chicago club expired early in 1898, proposed a benefit for the famous manager and player to take place during the summer of that year. The proposition received hearty in- dorsement from all parts of the country and would have been a big success. When the subject was unfolded to An- son, however, he objected. He stated that he had been paid for his services while a member of the Chicago club and that the patrons of the game were under no obligations to extend him financial assistance. Besides, he was not old or in need of aid. The project was dropped, but reluctant- ly, by the admirers of the "old man." BEAUMONT MAKES 6 HITS IN 6 TIMES UP On July 22, 1899, Clarence Beaumont of the Pitts- burg team made six hits in as many times at bat off Piatt, pitching for Philadelphia. None of the hits went outside of the diamond. He also scored six runs. This record has 126 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. never been equalled up to date. The game was won by Pittsburg 18 to 4. Score: 1899 PITTSBURG Beaumont, cf McCarthy, If Williams, 3b. McCreary, rf Schriver, c . . Ely, ss Clarke, lb... O'Brien, 2b.. Tannehill, p. Totals... PHILADELPHIA Cooley, lb Thomas, cf . . . Delehanty, If. Childs, 2b.... Flick, rf Douglass, c. . Cross, ss Frazer, 3b Piatt, p R. I H. P.O. A. 6 3 4 3 1 1 18 6 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 19 1 2 1 4 4 11 4 27 2 2 1 5 4 4 18 E. R. I H. P.O A. Totals 10 1 1 1 1 5 3 2 11 24 E. 15 SCORE BY INNINGS Pittsburg 3 4 4 113 2 *— 18 Philadelphia 2-0 2 0—4 SUMMARY Two base hit — O'Brien. Three base hits -Williams 2, Clarke, Cooiey. Double play— O'Brien, Ely, Clarke. Bases on balls — Off Tannehill. 1; Piatt, 5. Struck out— By Tannehill, 3; Piatt, 1. Umpires — Swartwood and Hunt. EIGHT HOME RUNS IN ONE GAME Six home runs, two doubles and fourteen singles were made by Louisville against Washington Sept. 2, 1899. The score was 25 to 4. Washington made two home runs, two doubles, two triples and three singles, the game being one BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 127 of the heaviest batting contests on record. It was called after eight innings to catch a train. The tabulated score follows: LOUISVILLE R. ! H. 1 P.O.I A. E. Hoy, cf 5 Clarke, If 3 Leach, 3b i 3 Wagner, rf I 1 Ritchey, 2b i 3 Kelley, lb I 2 Zimmer, c Clingman, ss Woods, p Totals, WASHINGTON Slag^le, cf Mercer, 3b O'Brien, If.... McGann, lb... Freeman, rf-p. Stafford, ss.. . . Barry, 2b Roach, c Dineen, p-rf.. . Totals. 2 4 2 25 4 2 5 4 1 I 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 11 1 1 3 1 8 1 1 22 24 14 R. i H. P.O. A. E. 9 I 24 8 6 1899 SCORE BY INNINGS. Louisville 1 6 4 3 13 6 1—25 Washington 2 11—4 SUMMARY Two base hits — Leach, Wagner, Mercer, Free- man. Three base hits — Barry, McGann. Home runs -Hoy, Kelley, Leach, Clingman, Clarke, Ritchey, McGann, Freeman. Double play— Stafford, Barry, McGann. Umpires — Latham and Gaffney. PENNANT WON BY BROOKLYN The Brooklyn team, strengthened by the best players of the Baltimore club, won the pennant in 1899, the remnant I 128 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. of the old Oriole organization finishing fourth. The Cleve- land team, maintained by the Robisons merely for present necessities after they got a foothold in St. Louis by se- curing the Browns, was last in the race. The result: NATION A L LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Brooklyn .677 Boston 625 Philadelphia 619 Baltimore 592 St. Louis 557 Cincinnati 553 Pittsburg 510 Chicago 507 . Louisville 493 New York 408 Washington 358 18 99 Cleveland 130 Winning team: Hughes, Kennedy, Dunn, McJames, p; Farrell, McGuire, c; McGann, Jennings, Anderson, lb; Daly, 2b; Casey, 3b; Dahlen, ss; Kelley, If; Keeler, cf; Jones, rf; Anderson, rf. Leaders: Delehanty, batting, .408; Peitz, c, .955; Clark, lb, .988; DeMontreville, 2b, .966; Cross, 3b, .957; Davis, ss, .944; Kelley, If, .976; Brodie, cf, .982; Blake, rf, .979. Hughes was the leading pitcher. NATIONAL LEAGUE REDUCES CIRCUIT At the annual meeting of the National League this year the organization returned to the original eight-club idea. Washington and Cleveland were dropped from mem- bership, the Louisville club was consolidated with the Pitts- burg organization and Baltimore's players were transferred to Brooklyn. PART IV. FROM INVASION OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE TO THE PRESENT TIME N the announcement of a reduction of the National League circuit to eight cities base ball men not con- nected with that organization saw an opportunity to place another major association in the field. The first attempt in this direction was made in the fall of 1899 when a league called the American Association was formed with A: €i^ An- son as president. It never got any further, as Philadelphia 1900 failed to come to time and its membership was essential. But the idea did not die. In January, 1900, it again came up, when Ban Johnson's Western League boldly announced its entry into the field with the title of American League and sought a location in Chicago. The National League was not disposed at first to grant the request, but did so when it became evident that the new body would withdraw froni the National Agreement. The Chicago franchise was given to Charles Comiskey, who moved his St. Paul team to the western metropolis. Grand Rapids was transferred to Cleveland. The completed circuit was: Chicago, Milwaukee, 129 130 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Indianapolis, Detroit, Kansas City, Cleveland, Buffalo and Minneapolis. ANSON PUBLISHES A BOOK In 1900 Capt. A. C. Anson issued a book of reminis- cences under the title of ''A Ball Player's Career.'' The volume consisted of something over 300 pages and dealt in an entertaining manner with players and events from the time he was a member of an amateur team in Marshall- town, Iowa, to the date of his retirement in 1897. A large portion of the work was devoted to the trip around the world by the Chicago and All-America base ball teams in 1888-9. 1900 DEATH ENDS KNAUFF'S SUFFERINGS Edward Knauff died in a Philadelphia hospital on Sept. 15, 1-900, as the result of a broken back. Knauff was a pitcher of ability. He was with Philadelphia, St. Louis and Baltimore in the old American Association and after his retirement became a member of the Philadelphia fire de- partment. While in the performance of his duties his back was broken by a falling beam. He was taken to a hospital and never left the cot on which he was placed when he en- tered the institution, his utter helplessness extending over a period of three and one-half years. Many eminent sur- geons gave the case special attention but were unable to do anything for the sufferer. Knauff bore his affliction with great fortitude. PENNANTS WON BY BROOKLYN AND CHICAGO Brooklyn and Chicago were the pennant winners for 1900, neither team having much difficulty in acquiring the honor. Both leagues were well patronized. The race in the American attracted much attention because it was the first appearance of that league as a high class organization and it more than met the expectations of its backers and fol- lowers. There was nothing unusual in National League affairs except the return to an eight-club circuit. This has been already referred to. Baltimore and Washington were not represented in base ball this season, the Eastern League endeavoring to get the territory, but failing to do so. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 131 The standings of the different clubs in both leagues will be found in the appended tables: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Brooklyn 603 Pittsburg 568 Philadelphia 543 Boston 478 Chicago 464 St. Louis 464 Cincinnati 446 New York 435 Winning team: McGinnity, Kennedy, Kitson, p; Far- rell, McGuire, c; Jennings, lb; Daly, DeMontreville, 2b; Cross, 3b; Dahlen, ss; Kelley, If; Sheckard, If; Keeler, cf; 1900 Jones, rf. League leaders: Wagner, batting, .380; M. Sullivan, c, .933; McGann, lb, .989; Lowe, 2b, .960; Cross, 3b, .941; Davis and Dahlen, ss, .942; Selbach, If, .957; Thomas, cf, .966; Wagner, rf, .969. McGinnity was the premier pitcher. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs • Per ct. Chicago 607 Milwaukee 577 Indianapolis 526 Detroit 514 Kansas City 496 Cleveland 463 Buffalo 439 Minneapolis 381 Winning team: Denzer, Fisher, Katoll, Patterson, p; Sugden, Buckley, Wood, c; Isbell, lb; Padden, 2b; Hartman, 3b; Shugart, ss; Hoy, cf ; Dillard, If; McFarland, Shearon, rf ; Brodie, If. League leaders: Dungan, batting, .337; Sugden, c, .974; Anderson, lb, .989; Bierbauer, 2b, .954; Coughlin, 3b, .920; Smith, ss, .918; Dowd, rf, .965; Ketchum, If, .958; Hoy, cf, .976. Miller led the pitchers. M'GINNITY GETS A TROPHY CUP In October, 1900, a series of games was arranged be- tween Brooklyn and Pittsburg for a cup given by the Com- mercial-Telegraph and Brooklyn won four of five contests played. McGinnity was the star and the trophy was in turn given to him. The presentation to the club was made 132 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. at the Alvin Theater, which was packed with enthusiastic fans. Mayor Diehl made the speech turning over the tro- phy to the victorious players and Joseph Kelley accepted the prize on behalf of the club. EXPANSION OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE The success attending the first season of the Ameri- can League was so gratifying that it was deemed advisable to improve and strengthen it for 1901. This was done. In- dianapolis, Kansas City, Buffalo and Minneapolis were dropped and their places taken by Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. To do this the invaders were 1901 obliged to withdraw from the National Agreement and a lively war with the National League followed. This suited the players, many of whom profited financially by for- swearing allegiance to the old league and casting their for- tunes at an advance in salary with the new organization. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LEAGUES The National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues was organized at Chicago on Sept. 6, 190L Its ob- ject was to safeguard the interests of the minor organiza- tions, which were left without protection by the abrogation of the National Agreement. P. T. Powers was elected president and J. H. Farrell was selected as secretary. A great deal of work in the way of drafting and otherwise disposing of players is done by the League. An arbitration board also was provided for by the laws of the associa- tion. PITTSBURG AND CHICAGO WIN The pennants for 1901 went to Pittsburg in the Na- tional League and Chicago in the American League. Both organizations had interesting campaigns. During this sea- son the National LeaKue introduced th6 foul strike rule and the rule compelling the catcher to play continuously under the bat, the most important pieces of base ball legislation enacted for a number of years. The older organization also abolished the National Agreement. The war between the rival associations was a bitter one, the National suffer- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 133 ing the loss of a number of prominent players as a result. There was some talk of peace, but nothing came of it. NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Pittsburg- 647 Philadelphia 593 Brooklyn 581 St. Louis 543 Boston 500 Chicago 381 New York 380 Cincinnati 374 Winners: Leever, Chesbro, Tannehill, Poole, Phillippi, p; Zimmer, OTonnor, Yeager, c; Bransfield, lb; Ritchey, 2b; Leach, 3b; Ely, Wagner, ss; Clarke, If; Beaumont, cf; Davis, rf. ^90, Leaders of league: Burkett, batting, .382; Zimmer, c, .969; McGann, lb, .986; Hallmaf, 2b, .977; Wolverton, 3b, .920; Davis, ss. .943; Clarke? If, .967; Thomas, cf, .973; Keeler, rf, .985. Chesbro ranked first as pitcher. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Chicago 610 Boston 581 Detroit .548 Athletics 544 Baltimore .511 Washington 459 Cleveland . . ! .397 Milwaukee ..350 Winners: Piatt, Griffith, Patterson, Callahan, Ka- toll, p; Sugden, Sullivan, c; Isbell, lb; Mertes, 2b; Hart- man, Burke, 3b; Shugart, Burke, ss; Hoy, cf; Jones, rf; McFarland, If; Foster, utility. Leaders of league: Lajoie, batting, .422; Criger, c, .969; Anderson, lb, .981; Lajoie, 2b, .963; Bradley, 3b, .936; Clingman, ss, .938; Seybold, rf, .966; Duffy, If, .973; Jackson, cf, .967. Griffith carried off pitching honors. PRESIDENT YOUNG RESIGNS N. E. Young, president of the National League, re- signed his position in the fall of 1901 to take effect upon the election of a successor. Mr. Young had been connected with the organization in an official capacity since the year of its birth. He was chosen secretary in 1876, and was elected 134 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. president on the resignation of Mr. Mills in 1885, at which time also the offices of president, secretary and treasurer were consolidated, and during his twenty-seven years' ser- vice for the League did much to elevate the sport. Mr. Young became interested in base ball in the old amateur days. He was one of the first to notice the trend toward professionalism, and in 1871 assisted in the or- ganization of the National Professional Association, the predecessor of the National League. At that time Mr. Young was secretary of the Olympic club of Washington, D. C. He was elected to the same position in the profes- 1901 sional association and held it until the condition of base ball affairs became such that a more elaborate organization was necessary and the National League was brought into existence. In all, Mr. Young devoted thirty-two years of his life to the national game and continues to be an enthusias- tic follower of the sport. He still has his home at the na- tional capital. NATIONAL LEAGUE ELECTS SPALDING The annual meeting of the National League in New York City in December, 1901, occupied five days and was one of the stormiest held by that body since it entered the arena of base ball in 1876. The election of a successor to President Young was on the programme and stirred up the trouble. The rapid strides in strength and popularity made by the American League had brought on a crisis in the af- fairs of the National body, and two factions, one known as the "Loyal Four'' — composed of Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago and Pittsburg — and the other termed the Freed- man-Brush party — New York, Boston, St. Louis and Cincin- nati — had developed as to the best means of meeting the situation. A number of men had been mentioned in connection with the position of president, among them John M. Ward and Harry Pulliam, but when their names were presented to the meeting they declined for one reason or another to run. A. G. Spalding finally was declared elected by the BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 135 "Loyal Four" faction after a fight which showed much bitterness. The first conflict of the meeting occurred over what was alleged to be a scheme on the part of the Freedman- Brush party to turn the League into a trust. The Freedmanites claimed that the ten-year agree- ment entered into by the League had expired, but Col. Rogers, who assisted in preparing that document, asserted that it related only to the number of clubs making up the circuit. The scheme was defeated finally by votes of Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago and Pittsburg, the former city breaking away from its party for the time being. A ballot then was taken on president and resulted in no election, Spalding receiving the votes of Brooklyn, Phil- adelphia, Chicago and Pittsburg. The fight continued daily and the arguments on each side were of animated character. Finally on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 14, shortly after 1 o'clock, the twenty-sixth ballot was taken and Mr. Spalding declared elected. Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadel- phia and Pittsburg were the only clubs voting, the opposi- tion refusing to take part in the proceedings and withdraw- ing from the meeting, but the Reed rule of counting a quo- rum was resorted to and the election of Mr. Spalding de- clared in due form. Mr. Spalding assumed the duties of his position at once and announced that he would follow out a vigorous policy in the conduct of League affairs. JOHNSON ON LEAGUE EXPANSION The successful fight for recognition that was being made by the American League attracted more than ordinary attention from the fact that it was the first time that any association had battled triumphantly against the National or- ganization. The failures of the Union Association, Players* League and American Association are recalled without tax- ing the memory greatly. There was much feeling displayed in the present campaign and charges made on both sides. 1901 136 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The position of the American League was thus shown in a statement by President Johnson: In extending the American League circuit to the east the property interests of the National League were not ignored. Overtures made by us for a sensible and business-like adjustment were blindly repudiated. The gauntlet was thrown down to the American League . The leaders in the Na- tional League declared it would be a war of exter- mination. We accepted the issue courageously and have nothing to be ashamed of in the record of the last twelve months. Through all that trying period the organiza- tion made an honest effort to fulfill every pledge to ^ g Q ^ public and player. Contracts were respected and whi)e the opportunity was at hand to take unfair advantage of the opposition it was not accepted. The conduct of our affairs during the season mer- ited the confidence and support of our friends. The organization to-day is solidified and it has among its members men who have a greater inter- est in the sport than the mere grinding out of dol- lars. Well equipped to handle its own affairs, and stronger financially than probably any other base ball organization that ever flourished, the Ameri- can League has nothing to fear from the embar- rassed and thoroughly disrupted National League. INJUNCTION AGAINST SPALDING Soon after the adjournment of the National League meeting on the morning of Dec. 14 the opponents of Mr. Spalding secured an injunction against the newly-elected president restraining him from exercising the duties of the position. Mr. Spalding bowed to the court's mandate and in a letter to the several clubs composing the organization of which he was supposed to be the head he notified them of the fact and also advised each club owner to take such action to safeguard his interests as seemed best under the circumstances. SPALDING ADVISED TO STICK TO HIS POST On Feb. 20, 1902, it was publicly announced that Spalding had resigned the presidency of the National BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 137 League subject to the pleasure of the meeting to be held at Pittsburg on the 22d of that month. This conference, par- ticipated in by the Chicago, Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Brooklyn clubs, opposed such action on the part of the head of the organization and passed a resolution disapproving of such course and returning the resignation. Another resolution was adopted in favor of defending the suit which the opponents of Mr. Spalding had instituted to prevent him from occupying the office to which he had been elected. DEATH OF WILLIAM SHARSIG William Sharsig, manager of the Philadelphia Amer- ican League team, died in that city in February, 1902, after 1902 an illness of two years. He was 44 years old. Mr. Shar- sig was well known among base ball men, having been manager of the Athletic club in the American Association in 1883. GALVIN DIES IN PITTSBURG On Friday evening, March 7, 1902, James Galvin, the "little steam engine pitcher," died at his home in Pittsburg. His ailment was catarrh of the stomach, and he had been unconscious since the Sunday preceding his death. Galvin was born in St. Louis in 1855. He learned the game on the lots around that city and his first engagement of importance was with the St. Louis Reds in 1876, when he defeated the Cass club of Detroit in the first perfect game on record. In 1877 he was a member of the Alleghe- ny club, going from there to Buffalo, where he remained until that city ceased to be a member of the National League, in 1885, when he joined the Pittsburg team. He wound up his major league career with this organization. Galvin was a star of the first magnitude, a hard worker and very pop- ular. After his ball playing days were over he had a pre- carious existence. He tried a number of schemes to earn a livelihood, but all failed, and for a long time previous to his illness he had been doing odd jobs around town. He left 138 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. a widow and five children, and while the once famous pitch- er was slowly passing away in the second story of his home a flood was gradually increasing its depth in the apartments below. COURT OVERRULES SPALDING DEMURRER On March 29, 1902, Justice Truax, in the Supreme Court of New York, handed down his decision on the de- murrer of the Spalding faction to the complaint of the Freedman-Brush party in the suit to prevent Spalding from exercising the duties of the office of president of the Na- tional League. The demurrer was overruled, but defend- ant was allowed permission to withdraw the paper and de- 190 2 fend the suit on payment of the costs. This left the case in its original state. Previous to the rendering of the decision there was considerable dissatisfaction over the tangle into which the League had got itself, and this was increased by the near approach of the playing season. A conference was arranged finally to see if the trouble could not be brought to a speedy termination. L TOM BURNS FOUND DEAD IN BED 'On the morning of March 19, 1902, Thomas E. Burns, one of the most widely known of ball players, was found dead in bed at the residence of P. T. Powers, president of the Eastern League, in Jersey City. Physicians declared heart disease was the cause of death. Burns was born at Holmesdale, Pa., in 1857. His first noteworthy engagement was with the Chicago club in 1880, and he remained a member of Anson's combination until 1892. During this time he made a reputation for him- self as one of the famous "stonewall infield," and also proved himself to be a good base runner, fair batter and first-class slider, going into the bases head first, instead of with his feet, as was the custom with most of the players at that period of the game. After leaving Chicago Burns went to Pittsburg. While there he had some trouble with the club management, the outcome of which was a suit for breach of contract, which he eventually won. From BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 139 Pittsburg he went to Springfield, Mass., to manage the Eastern League club there, and it was while thus engaged that he was called to Chicago to succeed Capt. Anson as manager of the team in that city. He held the position two seasons and gave way to Thomas Loftus. He again turned his steps eastward and at the time of his death was manager of the Jersey City club. Burns was one of the party that made the trip around the world in 1888~9 and also was one of the few players of note that stood by the National League at the time of the Brotherhood revolt in 1890. '''^ JAMES WHITFIELD KILLS HIMSELF 1902 James Whitfield, president of the Western League and sporting editor of the Kansas City Star, shot and in- stantly killed himself on the morning of April 7, 1902. For ten days previous to the act he had been in bed suffering from a nervous breakdown. Worry over the great amount of work he was called upon to attend to by reason of his two positions brought on the ailment and unsettled his mind. Whitfield had been a resident of Kansas City for a number of years and was well and favorably known in sporting circles. He was born in England and was 47 years old at the time of his death. SPALDING RESIGNS—BOARD OF CONTROL NAMED A conference of National League representatives was held early in April, 1902, for the purpose of ending the fac- tional disturbance that was threatening to disrupt the or- ganization. The peaceful feeling was more pronounced than the most sanguine had anticipated. As a prelude the resignation of A. G. Spalding was presented. It was accepted. The plan to be pursued following this action was the cause of much discussion and a number of solutions were presented and rejected. It was at last decided to put the affairs of the League in the hands of a Board of Control until the meeting of 140 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. the organization in December. Messrs. Brush, Hart and Soden were selected for the important post and accepted the trust. PITTSBURG AND ATHLETICS LEAD The pennant winners for 1902 were Pittsburg in the National League and the Athletics in the American, the lat- ter organization having been further strengthened by drop- ping Milwaukee and admitting St. Louis to membership. The National sprung a surprise by purchasing the Baltimore team in mid-season and transferring it to New York, but the American averted disaster by placing another team in the deserted city to finish the schedule. The record: ^902 NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Pittsburg 741 Brooklyn 543 Boston 533 Cincinnati 500 Chicago 496 St. Louis 418 Philadelphia 409 New York 353 Winning team: Chesbro, Doheny, Tannehill, Leever, Phillippi, p; Smith, Zimmer, O'Connor, c; Bransfield, Wag- ner, lb; Ritchey, Burke, 2b; Leach, 3b; Wagner, Conroy, ss; Clarke, If; Beaumont, cf; Davis, Wagner, Burke, rf; Sebring, utility. Ranking players of the League: Beaumont, batting, .357; Kittredge, c, .967; Bransfield, lb, .988; Ritchey, 2b, .965; Greminger, 3b, .954; Long, ss, .947; Sheckard, If, .964; Beaumont, cf, .972; Keeler, rf, .982. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Athletics 610 St. Louis 574 Boston 562 Chicago 552 Cleveland 507 Washington 440 Detroit .385 Baltimore 362 Winning team: Mitchell, Plank, Waddell, Hustings, p; Schreck, Powers, c; Davis, lb; Murphy, Fultz, Castro, 1902 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 141 2b; L. Cross, 3b; M. Cross, ss; Seybold, rf; Fultz, cf; Hart- sell, If. Ranking players of the League: Delehanty, bat- ting, .376; Warner, c, .979; Carey, lb, .991; Lajoie, 2b, .974; Collins, 3b, .951; Wallace, ss, .951; Seymour, rf, .975; Delehanty, If, .967; F. Jones, cf, .980. Waddell was the leading pitcher. PULLIAM HEADS NATIONAL LEAGUE^ Harry C. Pulliam, secretary of the Pittsburg club, was elected president of the National League on Dec. 13, 1902. At a previous session W. C. Temple of Pittsburg was chosen but declined the position. The selection of Mr. Pulliam was a victory for the peace party and an end to the war between the leagues seemed assured. Mr. Pulliam was president of the Louisville club in 1897-8 and went to Pittsburg with Mr. Dreyfuss when the clubs were consolidated. PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED Committees representing the warring base ball or- ganizations met at Cincinnati on Jan. 9, 190^. Sessions were held at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Little of importance was done the first day, but at the second session the com- mittee got down to business and prepared and signed the following peace agreement: Cincinnati, Jan. 10, 1903 — At a prior date the National League and American Association of Pro- fessional Base Ball Clubs having appointed a com- mittee, and the American League of Base Bail Clubs having appointed a committee, the object and 1903 purpose being for said committee to meet, discuss and agree upon a policy to end any and all differ- ences now existing between said two leagues, and the said committee of the National League, con- sisting of Harry Pulliam, August Herrmann, James A, Hart and Frank De Haas Robison, and the said committee of the said American League, consisting of B. B. Johnson, Charles A. Comiskey, Charles W. Somers and H. J. Killilea, having met at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Cincinnati on Jan. 9, 1903, and having continued in session until this, the 10th day 142 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. of January, 1903, and after having fairly and fully discussed all complaints and matters of grievances and abuses growing out of the present base ball conditions, and having in mind the future welfare and preservation of the national game, have unani- mously agreed as follows: 1. Each and every contract hereafter entered into by the clubs of either league with players, managers or umpires shall be considered valid and •binding . 2. A reserve rule shall be recognized by which each and every club may reserve players under con- tract, and a uniform contract for the use of each league shall be adopted. ^903 3. After a full consideration of all contract claims by each and every club it is agreed that the list hereto attached, marked Exhibits A and B, is the correct list of the players legally awarded to each club. Exhibit A being the list of American League players and Exhibit B being the list of Na- tional League players. 4. It is agreed that any and all sums of money received by any player from any club other than the club to which he is awarded by the exhibits hereto attached shall be returned forthwith to the club so advancing said sums, and until all said sums of money so advanced are returned said player shall not be permitted to play with any club in either league. 5. The circuits of each league shall consist of the following cities : American League — Boston, New York, Phila- delphia, Washington, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis. National League — Boston, New York, Brook- lyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Neither circuit shall be changed without the consent of the majority o^^clubs of each league. It is further provided that there shall be no consol- idation in any city where two clubs exist, nor shall any club transfer its players for the purpose of injuring or weakening the league of which it is a member. 6. ;0n or before the first day of February of BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 143 each year the president of each league shall ap- point a schedule committee of three each, who shall be authorized to prepare a schedule of the games to be played during the championship season by each club in each league. This schedule shall be submitted by the committee within three weeks af- ter their appointment to each league for their rati- • fication and adoption. This committee shall be au- thorized — if they deem the same advisable — to pro- vide for a series of championship games between - all of the clubs in both leagues. 7. On or before the first day of February of each year the president of each league shall ap- point a committee of three on rules from each league, who shall be authorized to prepare uni- form playing rules. These rules shall be submit- 1903 ted by the committee within three weeks after their appointment to each league for their ratifica- tion and adoption. 8. It is further agreed that the said two leagues hereinbefore mentioned shall enter into an agree- ment embodying the conditions and agreements hereinbefore set forth; and it is further agreed that President B. B. Johnson and President Harry C. Pulliam be and they are hereby appointed each a committee of one from each league for the purpose of making, preparing and formulating such na- tional agreement; and it is further agreed that they invite President P. T. Powers of the National As- sociation of Professional Base Ball Leagues to confer and advise with them in the formulating of said agreement. 9. It is hereby agreed. that each member hereby binds himself and his respective league by signing this agreement this 10th day of January, 1903. HARRY C. PULLIAM AUGUST HERRMANN, JAMES A. HART, FRANK DE HAAS ROBISON, B. B. JOHNSON, CHARLES A. COMISKEY, CHARLES W. SOMERS, H. J. KILLILEA. The distribution of players, according to Exhibits A and B of the peace agreement given above, and referred 144 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. to in that document, was in the manner shown in the Hst which follows: AMERICAN LEAGUE 1903 POWELL DONAHUE SUDHOFF RIEDY SIEVERS BUELOW DONOVAN MERCER MULLEN KITSON CLARK DRILL ORTH TOWNSEND PATTEN HOLMES PLANK WADDELL HENLEY QUINN ROGERS BENDER COLLINS YOUNG DINEEN WINTER HUGHES GIBSON WOOD McCarthy BAY FLICK WEED BRADLEY GOTHNAUR LAJOIE WALKER SULLIVAN McFARLAND DUNDON CALLAHAN PATTERSON WHITE C. JONES ST. LOUIS KAHOE SUGDEN ANDERSON PADDEN WALLACE DETROIT YEAGER TURNER GLEASON ELBERFELD KISSINGER McCORMACK HEMPHILL HEIDRICK BURKETT FRIEL CRAWFORD BARRETT McAllister WASHINGTON LEE MORAN CARRICK COUGHLIN CAREY DELEHANTY DeMONTR'VILLE SELBACH ROBINSON RYAN PHILADELPHIA WILSON POWERS SCHRECK'NG'ST DAVIS M. CROSS L. CROSS BOSTON ALTROCK CRIGER LaCHANCE FERRIS PARENT GLEASON O'BRIEN * CLEVELAND HICKMAN ABBOTT BEMIS JOSS MOORE WRIGHT BERNHARDT HILL CHICAGO FLAHERTY DUNKEL OWENS ISBELL DALY DAVIS HALLMAN HARTSELL SEYBOLD PICKERING MURPHY HOFFMAN DOUGHERTY STAHL FREEMAN JONES STONE DORNER HESS HICKEY STOVALL POUNDS THONEY L. TANNEHILL ODWELL F. JONES GREEN DOLAN BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 145 NEW YORK O'CONNOR ADKINS L. DAVIS BEVILLE WOLF CONROY GRIFFITH HOWELL FULTZ CHESBRO GANZEL KFFLER J. TANNEHILL WILLIAMS H. McFARLAND WILTSE LONG COURTNEY NATIONAL LEAGUE CINCINNATI KELLEY POOLE EWING SEYMOUR MORRISSEY CORCORAN DONLIN VICKERS PHILLIPS MAGOON BERGEN ALLEMANG BECKLEY GLICKMAN SUTTHOFF STEINFELDT PEITZ WIGGS HAHN MALONEY PITTSBURG HOOKER KANE FALKENBURG BRANSFIELD PHILLIPPI McLaughlin RITCHEY LEEVER MERRITT WAGNER DOHENY SMITH LEACH VAIL ZIMMER BURKE WILHELM PHELPS SEBRING BEAUMONT CLARKE ST. LOUIS DONOVAN HACKEIT FARRELL J. J. O'NEILL C McFARLAND KRUGER WEAVER MILTON HARTMAN RYAN SANDERS BRASHEAR M. J. O'NEILL BROWN BARCLAY MURPHY SMOOT WICKER YERKES RHOADES WILLIAMS CURRIE NICHOLS CHICAGO DUNHAM KLING CORRIDON CASEY RAUB EVERS HARDY J. TAYLOR MENEFEE DOBBS LUNDGREN CHANCE SLAGLE WILLIAMS LOWE HARLEY WEIMER TINKER JONES EIGLER FRISK BOSTON WILLIS ABBATICCHIO COOLEY PIl lENGER GREMINGER CARSEY MALARKEY BONNER MORAN PIAll STANLEY KITTREDGE TENNEY DEXTER LUSH AUDREY PHILADELPHIA WOLVERTON DUGGLEBY ROTH THOMAS ERASER GREEN DOOIN BARRY IBERG HUELSWIll KEISTER DOUGLASS 1903 146 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. NEW YORK MATTHEWSON CRONIN TAYLOR VAN HALTREN McGRAW McGINNITY BROWNE * WARNER DUNN SMITH BOWERMAN LANDER McGANN MERTES BABB BRESNAHAN MILLER GILBERT *If New York has contract with him prior to this date. BROOKLYN List to be attached by committee representing National League. WIN. MERCER DIES BY ASPHYXIATION On Jan. 12, 1903, Win. Mercer, a pitcher for the De- troit team and a popular player, committed suicide at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco by asphyxiation. He 1903 was one of a party of base ball tourists in California for the winter. Nothing absolutely definite was known as a reason for the act. Mercer was 28 years old and was born in Wheeling, W. Va. His first engagement as a ball player was with the Dover, N. H., club, with which organization he played one season, going the next year to the Washington National League team. He joined Detroit in 1901. INJUNCTION AGAINST PEACE AGREEMENT Jan. 16, 1903, J. G. Johnson, representing John T. Brush, obtained a preliminary injunction restraining Harry Pulliam, president of the National League; Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburg National League club and J. I. Rogers of the Philadelphia National League club from ratifying the agree- ment signed at Cincinnati. The hearing was set for the following Wednesday. Brush's action caused a good deal of comment on the part of base ball men. AGREEMENT RATIFIED", INJUNCTION DROPPED As soon as the Brush injunction proceedings became public a meeting of the National League was called for Jan. 19 at Cincinnati for the purpose of taking action on the peace agreement and putting a stop to the injunction suit if such a thing could be accomplished. The meeting was a lively one. Finally at 2 o'clock on the morning of Jan. 22 Boston withdrew its objections BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 147 and the agreement was ratified by the unanimous adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the agreement heretofore en- tered into between a committee of this league and a committee of the American League, which is com- monly known as the peace agreement, and which agreement is herewith attached, be and the same is hereby ratified and adopted and ordered spread up- on the minutes of this meeting. At this point in the proceedings Mr. Brush, who was present, announced that the injunction suit had been with- drawn. The meeting then adjourned. The peace pact was ratified also at a meeting of the American League. PENNANTS WON BY PITTSBURG AND BOSTON The race for the pennants in 1903 was won by the Pittsburg National League and the Boston American League teams. The year was an eventful one. In addition to the signing of the peace treaty a new national agreement was entered into and the National Commission was organized with Presidents Pulliam and Johnson and August Herrmann as its members. The record of the different clubs in the contest for league honors follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Pittsburg 650 New York .604 Chicago 594 Cincinnati 532 Brooklyn 515 Boston 420 Philadelphia 363 St. Louis 314 Winners: Phillippi, Doheny, Leever, Kennedy, p; Phelps, Smith, c; Bransfield, lb; Ritchey, 2b; Leach, 3b; Wagner, Kruger, ss; Kruger, If; Clarke, If; Beaumont, cf; Sebring, rf. Leaders: Wagner, batting, .355; Warner, c, .979; McGann, lb, .988; Ritchey, 2b, .961; Wolverton, 3b, .941; 1903 1903 148 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Dahlen, ss, .946; Mertes, If, .973; Dobbs, cf, .970; Carney, rf, .953. Leever was ranking pitcher. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Boston 659 Athletics 556 Cleveland 550 New York 537 Detroit 478 St. Louis 468 Chicago 438 Washington 314 Winners: Young, Dineen, Winter, Hughes, Gibson, p; Criger, Farrell and Stahl, c; LaChance, lb; Ferris, 2b; Collins, 3b; Parent, ss; Stahl, O'Brien, cf; Dougherty, If; Freeman, rf. Leaders: Lajoie, batting, .355; O'Connor, c, .988; Anderson, lb, .987; McCormick, 2b, .964; Cross, 3b, .954; Moran, ss, .946; Crawford, rf, .964; Hartsel, If, .968; F. Jones, cf, .988. Earl Moore led the pitchers. BOSTON WINS WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP The world's championship contests were resumed in 1903 with a series between Boston and Pittsburg. Boston won five of the eight games played. Scores: DATE Oct. L. 2.. 3.. 6.. 7.. 8.. 10. 13.. WHERE PLAYED Boston Pittsburg Boston . .-. Pittsburg Boston . . . BOS. 3 3 2 4 11 6 7 3 PITTS. The work of the pitchers follows: Won Lost Phiilippi 3 2 Dineen 3 1 Young 2 2 Leever 2 Kennedy 1 The total attendance was 100,429, the largest for any single day being 18,801, at Boston on Oct. 3. The total re- ceipts were over $50,000, Of this sum the Boston players BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 149 received $1,182 each and the Boston club about $6,700, while the Pittsburg players received $1,316.27 each, President Dreyfuss giving his share to the team. E. J. DELEHANTY DROWNED Edward J. Delehanty fell from a bridge into the Ni- agara river and was drowned late in the fall of 1903. He had been ejected from a train just previous to the fatal plunge, and a suit for damages resulted in a verdict of $5,000 against the railway company, the judgment being 1903 affirmed later by the High Court of Justice sitting at To- ronto. Delehanty was one of the greatest players the game has produced. He was secured from Wheeling, W. Va., by Philadelphia on account of his batting ability and kept up a steady bombardment from the time of his entry into major league circles to the season which closed just preced- ing his untimely taking off. His greatest performance was four home runs and a single in five times at bat. Delehanty was equally brilliant as a fielder. His batting record: Year Per ct. 1892 312 1893 .370 1894 /... .400 1895 , 399 1896 394 1897 377 1898 334 1899 408 1900 319 1901 357 1902 376 1903 338 DEATH OF BENJAMIN FULLER Benjamin Fuller, a player who gained fame as short stop of the New York club, died at his home in Cincinnati in April, 1904, of consumption. His remarkable work made 1904 him popular throughout the country. He continued playing as long as his strength lasted, when he retired and re- signedly awaited the end. CY. YOUNG PITCHES PERFECT GAME Cy. Young shut out Philadelphia on May 2, 1904, with- out a hit or run and did not allow a man to get to first base. 150 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Ten thousand people witnessed the contest. Details will be found in the tabulated score below : 1904 PHILADELPHIA Hartsel, If.. Hoffman, If. Pickerinsc, cf Davis, lb L. Cross, 3b. Seybold, rf . . Murphy, 2b. . M. Cross, ss. Schreck, c Waddell, p.. Totals... AB H. P.O. 27 24 E. BOSTON Dougherty, If. Collins, 3b.... Stahl, cf .... Freeman, rf . . Parent, ss. . . . LaChance, lb. Ferris, 2b Criger, c Young, p Totals AB. H. P.O. A. 4 1 1 4 2 2 4 1 3 4 1 2 4 2 1 4 3 1 9 3 1 3 3 1 9 3 2 32 10 27 9 E. SCORE BY INNINGS Philadelphia 0—0 Boston 12 *— 3 SUMMARY Two base hits — Collins, Criger. Three base hits— Stahl, Freeman, Ferris. Double plays— Hoffman-Schreck; L. Cross-Davis. Struck out— By Young, 8; by Waddell, 6. Time— 1:25. " Umpire — Dwy er . GLADE STRIKES OUT SIXTEEN Pitcher Glade of the St. Louis Browns established an American League record on July 15, 1904, by striking out sixteen men. The game was with Washington and the BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 151 Senators were beaten by a score of 7 to 2, with 6 hits to 11 for St. Louis. Townsend and Dunkle pitched for Wash- ington. CHESBRO WINS FOURTEEN STRAIGHT GAMES Jack Chesbro, pitcher for the New York American League club, won fourteen straight games during the season of 1904. Previous to the start of the winning streak, which continued from May 14 to July 4, inclusive, he had lost to Cleveland with thirteen hits recorded against him. The contest at Chicago on May 20 was the most stubbornly fought of the entire victorious series, twelve innings being required to down the White Sox. In the fourteen games he allowed his opponents a total of eighty-five hits and struck out sixty men. New York made 143 hits. The rec- ord follows: DATE OPPONENTS May 14. . " 17.. " 20.. *' 24.. " 28.. June 1 . . " 4.. " 9.. " 11.. ** 16... " 21.. " 25.. July 1.. " 4.. Cleveland . . . Detroit Chicago .... St. Louis . . . Philadelphia Detroit OP. Cleveland. . . Chicago St. Louis . . . Washington Boston Washington. Philadelphia N. Y. 1 10 1 5 2 3 3 1 3 5 1 5 2 3 3 6 3 10 3 3 5 3 8 BOSTON AND NEW YORK LEAD LEAGUES The victorious teams in the pennant race for 1904 were Boston in the American League and New York in the Na- tional League. The race in the former organization was a close one. The New York National champions refused to meet the Boston Americans so there was no series for the world's championship, but the Bostons took the title by de- fault. The Giants claimed that in the absence of specific rules to govern them such contests in reality amounted to nothing. A letter signed by McGraw appeared in the news- papers before the season closed which intimated that there 1904 152 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. would be no series, at the same time paying his respects in vigorous manner to President Johnson for alleged injustice done him. NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. New York 693 Chicago 608 Cincinnati 575 Pittsburg 569 St. Louis 422 Brooklyn 366 Boston 360 Philadelphia 342 The winning team was made up as follows: McGin- nity, Wiltse, Matthewson, Taylor, Ames, p; Warner, Bow- erman, c; McGann, lb; Gilbert, 2b; Devlin, 3b; Dunn, 3b; Dahlen, ss; Mertes, If; Bresnahan, rf ; Browne, cf. League leaders: Wagner, batting, .349; Warner, c, .973; McGann, lb, .990; Ritchey, 2b, .958; Woodruff, 3b, .932; Corcoran, ss, .936; Clarke, If, .979; Thomas, cf, .974; 1904 Shannon, rf, .978. McGinnity took pitching honors. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Boston 617 New York 609 Chicago 578 Cleveland .570 Athletics 536 St. Louis 428 Detroit 408 Washington 251 The winning team was: Tannehill, Dineen, Gibson, Young, Winter, p; Criger, Farrell, c; LaChance, lb; Fer- ris, 2b; Collins, 3b; Parent, ss; Stahl, cf; Selbach, If; Free- man, rf. Leaders of league: Lajoie, batting, .384; Sugden, c, .990; LaChance, lb, .991; Ferris, 2b, .964; Tannehill, 3b, .948; Wallace, ss, .955; Seybold, rf, .985; Barrett, If, .979; Bay, cf, .990. Chesbro led the pitchers. RICHARD HIGHAM DIES Richard Higham died of pneumonia in St. Luke^s Hospital, Chicago, in March, 1905. Higham was born in England. After coming to the United States he took up \. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 153 base ball and attained such proficiency as to be rated a first class exponent of the game as early as 1870. He was a member of the Chicago team that defeated the St. Louis Reds in the first professional 1 to game, played in 1875, and after the organization of the National League belonged to different clubs until about 1880, when he retired and became an umpire. Higham played catcher and right field. PETE DOWLING KILLED BY CARS Peter Bowling, a left-hand pitcher of ability, was killed by a train at La Granada, Ore., on July 8, 1905. He was very popular with patrons of the game, and while a member of the Cleveland team retired Milwaukee without a hit or run on July 28, 1900. His last appearance as a player was in 1904, when he joined the Cardinals. Soon after his arrival in St. Louis, however, his mind became af- fected and he was sent to his home. SICKNESS COMPELS SELEE TO RESIGN In 1905 sickness compelled Frank Selee, manager of the Chicago National League team, to resign his position and seek a more congenial climate. He removed to Colora- do and later came into possession of the Pueblo club of the Western League. Selee went from Boston to Chicago in 1901 and entered upon the task of building up the nine in that city, which had not been able to capture a pennant since 1886, but the work was difficult and his health gave way in consequence. LONG NATIONAL LEAGUE GAME The record game of the National League, twenty innings, played between Cincinnati and Chicago in 1892, was equalled on Aug. 24, 1905, when Chicago defeated Phil- adelphia 2 to 1. The day was sultry and the work of the pitchers was something remarkable, the Phillies being una- ble to get more than thirteen hits off Reulbach during the long siege and Sparks allowing only a single base on balls. Strike-outs were not numerous, however, Reulbach get- ting seven and Sparks being credited with six. Two unassisted double plays, one by Tinker and one by Brans- 1905 154 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. field, were features of the long contest, which was wit- nessed by a large crowd. CHICAGO R. ! H. IP.OJ A. E. Slaffle, cf McCarthy, cf i 1 Casey, 3b i Chance, lb 1 Schulte, If Tinker, ss Maloney, rf ; Hofman, 2b I O'Neill, c J Reulbach, p \ 1905 Totals 3 1 30 3 4 1 6 10 2 19 I 60 I 29 PHILADELPHIA R. H. IP.O.! A. E. Thomas, cf ' 1 Courtney, 3b Magee, If Bransfield, lb Titus, rf Gleason, 2b Doolin, ss Dooin, c Sparks, p *Duffv 1 4 1 6 4 2 5 2 18 1 1 1 3 2 6 9 2 9 4 1 9 5 Totals 1 ' 13 60 25 1 ♦Batted for Sparlss in twentieth inning. SCORE BY INNINGS Phil 000000000001000000 0—1 Chicago. 000000000001000000 1—2 SUMMARY Two base hits — Doolin, Schulte. Three base hits — Chance, Maloney, Schulte. Double plays— Tinker, unassisted; Bransfield, un- assisted. Struck out— By Sparks, 6; by Reulbach, 7. Bases on balls — Off Sparks, 1; off Reulbach, 4. PENNANTS TO NEW YORK AND ATHLETICS New York won the pennant in the National League in 1905 without much difF.culty, but the race in the Amer- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 155 ican was hotly contested, the Athletics finally winning over Chicago. Detroit finished third. NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. New York 686 Pittsburg 627 Chicago 601 Philadelphia 546 Cincinnati 516 St. Louis 377 Boston 331 Brooklyn 316 The champions: Matthewson, Ames, Wiltse, Taylor, McGinnity, p; Bresnahan, Bowerman, c; McGann, lb; Gil- bert, 2b; Strang, 2b; Devlin, 3b; Dahlen, ss; Mertes, If; Browne, cf ; Donlin, rf ; Clarke. League leaders: Seymour, batting, .377; Moran, c, .986; McGann, lb, .991; Ritchey, 2b, .961; Casey, 3b, .949; Corcoran, ss, .952; Shannon, If, .983; Thomas, cf, .983; Cly- mer, rf, .986. Leever was the star slabman. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Athletics 621 Chicago 605 Detroit 516 Boston 513 Cleveland 494 New York 477 Washington .421 St. Louis 354 The winners: Bender, Plank, Henley, Coakley, Wad- dell, p; Schreckengost, Powers, c; Davis, lb; Murphy, 2b; L. Cross, 3b; M. Cross, ss; Knight, ss; Seybold, rf; Lord, cf; D. Hoffman, cf; Plartsel, If. League leaders: Lajoie, batting, .328; Schreckengost, c, .984; Carr, lb, .991; Lajoie, 2b, .991; Bradley, 3b, ,944; Davis, ss, .948; Crawford, rf, .988; Mclntyre, If, .968; C. Stahl, cf, .977. Waddell ranked the pitchers. NEW YORK WINS WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP The world's championship for 1905 was won by New York, who took four out of five games played with the Ath- letics. The National Commission for the first time had charge of the series. The total attendance was 91,723 and the receipts $68,435, of which sum each New York player 1905 156 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. received $1,142 and each Athletic player $383. The latter amount was increased to a little over $800 each by the dona- tion of the club's share. Results: DATE WHERE Philadelphia New York . . Philadelphia. New York.. . PLAYED N Y. PHIL. Oct. 9.... " 10.... '' 12.... " 13 3 9 1 2 3 " 14 < < Work of the pitchers: Won Lost Matthewson 3 19 05 McGinnity 1 1 Bender 1 1 Coakley 1 Plank 2 C. W. MURPHY BUYS CHICAGO NATIONALS In the fall of 1905 Charles W. Murphy, formerly a Cincinnati new^spaper man, and later connected with John T. Brush, owner of the New York club, purchased the Chi- cago National League team at a figure said to be $125,000. Charles Taft financed him in the venture. Mr. Murphy's success since taking hold of the Cubs has been remarkable, a statement which the prosperous condition of the club and the fact that he is now the "whole thing" in directing its operations fully warrants. After purchasing the team Murphy made Frank L. Chance manager, and the wisdom of the selection has been demonstrated by the great work he has done in developing the team into a pennant winning combination. Chance be- came a member of the Chicago club in 1897, hailing from California. He played behind the bat until 1903, a position he held up to 1912, when he was obliged to give it up on ac- count of his health. He was a heavy batter and good base runner. He was born in 1877. LAJOIE ISSUES A BASE BALL GUIDE Lajoie's Base Ball Guide made its appearance in 1906. While principally an American League publication, it contained the records of other organizations as well as BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 157 much other data concerning the national game. It is pub- Hshed at Cleveland, 0. LONGEST MAJOR LEAGUE GAME The longest game in major league history was played between the Boston and Philadelphia teams of the American League on Sept. 1, 1906, and was won by Philadelphia in the twenty-fourth inning. Score 4 to 1. PHILADELPHIA R. I H. P.O F. Hartsel, If. Lord, cf . . . Davis, lb. . Schreck, lb Seybold, rf Murphy,2b Cross, ss. . Kniojht, 3b Powers, c . Coombs, p. Totals 1 2 2 1 1 6 12 1 1 2 16 1 1 4 2 3 7 1 9 3 5 1 4 1 17 8 1 1 2 9 4 16 72 33 BOSTON Harden, rf . . . Parent, ss . . . . Stahl, cf Ferris 2b.... Hoey, If Grimshaw, lb Morgan 3b . . Carrigan, c . . . Criger, c Harris, p Totals..., R. H. P.O. A. 2 7 1 4 6 9 2 5 1 5 8 2 4 2 24 2 2 3 1 7 3 11 1 1 1 15 1 7 72 33 E. SCORE BY INNINGS P. 0100000000000000000000 3—4 B. 00000100000000000000000 0—1 SUMMARY Two base hits — Ferris, Parent. Three base hits: — Parent, Schreck, Knight 2, Sey- bold, Murphy. Struck out — By Coombs, 18; by Harris, 14. 1906 It took four hours and forty-seven minutes to play the 158 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. contest, which was umpired by Hurst. Of the seven bases stolen Philadelphia got six. FISHER PITCHES REMARKABLE GAME On the same date as the Philadelphia- Boston record- breaker another remarkable game was played. Tom Fisher, pitching for Shreveport in the Southern Association, shut out Montgomery without a hit or run and did not allow a man to reach first base. He also struck out fourteen bat- ters. Only two of the balls hit went outside of the dia- mond. Maxwell pitched for Montgomery. PENNANTS GO TO CHICAGO CLUBS Both Chicago clubs were pennant winners in 1906, 190 6 the National League champions making a record by winning 116 games. The result: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Chicago 763 New York 632 Pittsburg 608 Philadelphia 464 Brooklyn 434 Cincinnati 424 St. Louis 347 Boston 324 Winning team: Reulbach, Brown, Lundgren, Over- all, Pfeister, p; Kling, Moran, c; Chance, lb; Hofman, lb; Evers, 2b; Steinfeldt, 3b; Tinker, ss; Sheckard, If; Hof- man, rf ; Schulte, rf ; Slagle, cf. League leaders: Wagner, batting, .339; Bowerman, c, .984; McGann, lb, .995; Ritchey, 2b, .966; Arndt, 3b, .995; Tinker, ss, .944; Sheckard, If, .986; Thomas, cf, .986; Schulte, rf, .975. Reulbach was the star pitcher. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Chicago 616 New York , 596 Cleveland 582 Athletics 538 St. Louis 510 Detroit 477 Washington 367 Boston 318 Winning team: Owen, Altrock, Patterson, Smith, White, Walsh, p; Roth, Sullivan, Hart, c; Donahue, lb; Is- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 159 bell, 2b; Dundon, 2b; Tannehill, 3b; Rohe, 3b; Davis, ss; Tannehill, ss; Dougherty, If; O'Neill, If; Jones, cf; Hahn, rf. League leaders: Stone, batting, .358; O'Connor, c, .990; Donahue, lb, .988; Lajoie, 2b, .973; Bradley, 3b, .966; Turner, ss, .960; Keeler, rf, .987; Dougherty, If, .987; Jones, cf, .988. Plank headed the pitchers. WHITE SOX WIN WORLD'S SERIES The contest for the world's championship in 1906 was won by the Chicago American League team, which captured four of the six games played. The attendance was 99,845 and the receipts $106,550. Of this sum the National Com- mission received $10,655; American League players, $25,- 051.28; National League players, $8,350.42; National League club, $31,246.65; American League club, $31,246.65. This was the largest sum of money received at a world's series up to date. DATE WHERE PLAYED SOX CUBS Oct. 9.... Chicago, West Side 2 1 '' 10.... South Side 1 7 " 11.... " West Side 3 *' 12.... South Side 1 " 13.... West Side 8 6 '* 14.... ' * South Side 8 3 Work of the pitchers: Won Lost Walsh 2 Altrock 1 1 White 1 1 Brown 1 2 Reulbach 1 Pfeister 2 MAGNATES SODEN AND CONANT RETIRE At the annual meeting of the National League in 1906 a dinner was tendered to Messrs. Arthur H. Soden and W. H. Conant of the Boston team, who had retired from base ball affairs after years of valuable service. There was a large attendance of club men from all parts of the country and many complimentary things were said of the two gentlemen in whose honor the banquet was given. 1906 160 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Editor Richter, of Sporting Life, made the principal ad- dress, paying a high tribute to the worth of the retiring magnates to base ball during their thirty years' connection with the game. TRI-STATE LEAGUE ADMITTED At the meeting of the National Commission at Cin- cinnati on Jan. 7, 1907, the Tri-State League, a minor or- ganization heretofore operating as an outlaw concern, was admitted to the ranks of organized base ball, subject to the ratification of the National Association of Base Ball Leagues. This followed later and the Tri-State was placed in Class B. 1907 W. A. NIMICK DIES IN CALIFORNIA W. A. Nimick, former owner of the Pittsburg club, died at Pasadena, Cal., on Jan. 21, 1907, after a year's res- idence in that state in an effort to recover his health. Mr. Nimick was an original stockholder in the Allegheny club, which afterward became the Pittsburg team. JACOB EVANS FOUND DEAD IN YARD Jacob Evans, a well known ball player of the early 80s, was found dead in the yard in the rear of his home in Baltimore on Feb. 3, 1907. Evans' position was right field, and he was noted for his cleverness in throwing out run- ners at first base. He played with Troy, Worcester and Cleveland, and led the National League's right fielders for five successive seasons. * CHARLES STAHL KILLS HIMSELF Shortly before 10 o'clock on the morning of March 28, 1907, Charles Stahl, captain of and until a few days pre- vious to the date mentioned also manager of the Boston American League team, committed suicide at West Baden, Ind., by taking carbolic acid. The club was at the Indiana resort preparing for the opening of the season. Worry over his failure to pilot the club to a better position in the race for the pennant is supposed to have been the motive which prompted him to end his life, and that the act was premed- itated is borne out by the fact that he had made remarks BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 161 which indicated that he contemplated such a course. Stahl was 36 years old and a fine player. HUFF MANAGES BOSTON AMERICANS George A. Huff, athletic director of the University of Illinois, was appointed manager of the Boston American League team on March 28, 1907, and at once assumed the duties of his position. Mr. Huff was a man of acknowl- edged ability and his selection was expected to greatly ben- efit the club in the approaching race for the pennant. His first important act was the release of "Buck" Freeman, one of the original members of the Boston organization, and it caused so much comment that there were rumors prevalent that Huff would resign in consequence. These were denied, however, and soon died out. DEATH OF HARRY DOLAN Harry Dolan, famiharly known as "Cozy," outfielder of the Boston National League team, died at Louisville, Ky. , March 29, 1907, of typhoid pneumonia. He was ill one week. Dolan joined the Boston team about 1890 and as a ball player was above the average. He was 36 years of age. OLD-TIME BALL PLAYER PASSES AWAY Nat. Hicks, catcher for the old National, Phila- delphia and Mutual clubs, and who was prominent in the game in 1870, died at a hotel in Hoboken, N. J., on April 21, 1907, as the result of escaping gas. Hicks was not much of a factor in the game after 1876. He was aged 62. DONLIN DESERTS GIANTS Mike Donlin, one of the stars of the New York team, deserted the McGraw organization just before the opening of the season of 1907 and put in the summer playing with James Callahan's Logan Square club in the Chicago semi- professional field. Later he joined his wife, Mabel Hite, a vaudeville star, and assisted in her specialties. HUFF RESIGNS POSITION On May 1, 1907, George HufT resigned his position as manager of the Boston American League team and re- 1907 162 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. turned to his old post at the University of Illinois. In a letter Mr. Huff said: I have come to the conclusion that I would not like professional base ball and I believe no one can make a success unless his heart is in his work. Furthermore, I doubt whether my temperament is suited for professional base ball. For these rea- sons, and these alone, I am giving up the position. My relations with the players have been most agreeable, and President Taylor has been most considerate and helpful. During the short time I was in charge he gave me absolute and complete control. I hope to be able to assist in the success of the future Boston club, as I have completed ar- rangements with President Taylor to act as recruit- ^^07 jj^g agent during my vacations. GOLD FOLDING CARD FOR ROOSEVELT On May 16, 1907, President P. T. Powers, of the National Association of Base Ball Leagues; Secretary J. H. Farrell, of the same organization; Eugene F. Bert and M. J. Regan called upon President Roosevelt and pre- sented him with a solid gold folding card, conferring upon him life membership in the association and free admission to all games played by clubs composing the organization. The card was of regulation base ball ticket size, with the president's portrait thereon, engraved in enameled gold, and the date and names of cities connected with the asso- ciation. Secretary Farrell made the presentation speech, and President Roosevelt in his reply assured his visitors of his never- failing interest in the national game. LONGEST COLLEGE GAME The longest game between college nines was played at Hartford, Conn., on June 6, 1907, with Wesleyan and Trinity opposing each other. It lasted nineteen innings and was stopped on account of darkness. The score was 2 to 2. The work of both pitchers is worthy of special mention, Badgely, for Trinity, not giving a base on balls during the long contest and Cunningham, for Wesleyan, only walking two. The battle lasted three hours and fif- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 163 teen minutes. The game in detail will be found in the ap- pended table: WESLEYAN TRINITY R. , H. IP.OJ A. E. Haley, 2b Wright, ss . . . . Cunningham, p Smith, lb Baker, rf McCathran, cf Benton, 3b. . . . Dresser, If. Day, c Demorest, rf . . Totals 1 2 7 3 1 1 3 3 7 : 1 17 1 ; 1 1 1 5 6 5 2 1 3 1 1 16 3 1 j 2 10 57 23 Rich, cf Smith, c Xanders, 3b Badgely, p Potter, 2b Connor. If Gildersleeve, ss Donnelly, lb. .. . Myers, rf Totals R. iH. P.O.! A. i E. 14 4 12 2 5 2 3 9 4 4 3 2 3 i 23 .1 57 20 SCORE BY INNINGS Wesleyan .0 01000010000000000 0—2 Trinity ....000000200000000000 0—2 SUMMARY Two base hit — Connor. Base on balls— Off Cunningham, 2. Struck out— By Cunningham, 13; by Badgely, 10. Time of game — 3:15. Umpire — McCue. 1907 V EZRA B. SUTTON'S LIFE ENDED Ezra B. Sutton, one of the old-timers in the realm of base ball, died at a private hospital in Braintree, Mass., 164 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. on June 20, 1907, aged 57 years. Sutton began playing ball in 1868 and made his entry into professional ranks as a member of the Forest City club of Cleveland in 1870, going from there to Philadelphia in 1873 and being a member of the Athletics when that team and the Bostons made the trip to England in 1874. Owing to a lame arm Sutton did not play during the season of 1876, but the following year joined the Bostons and remained with that organization un- til 1888, when he was released. He figured very little in the game after that. Sutton v^^as one of the best third basemen in the his- 1907 ^^^y ^^ professional ball. He was an accurate thrower, splendid fielder and a handy man with the bat. While third base was his position, he filled other places on the team when necessity required it and always with great suc- cess. WILLIAM KLUSMAN DIES William Klusman, a former major league player, died in Cincinnati on June 24, 1907, of consumption. He played second base for the Boston Nationals in 1888-9. Af- ter quitting the big organization he made quite a reputa- tion as member of various minor league teams. GLEASON MADE FIRE CAPTAIN William Gleason, who was shortstop of the St. Louis Browns when that team, under Comiskey, captured four American Association pennants in the 80s, was made a captain in the St. Louis 'fire department on June 28, 1907. He joined the department when he quit base ball on ac- count of what he considered insufficient pay for his ser- vices. Gleason and his brother Jack were famous players in their day. LONGEST GAME ON RECORD The longest game on record was played on July 4, 1907, at Cleveland, 0., between amateur teams composed of members whose ages ranged around 18 years. Thirty innings were required to settle the question of superiority between the Brooklyn Athletic Club and the East End AM Stars. At this point Leroy, pitcher for the Brooklyns, end- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 165 ed the game by knocking out a homer with two men on bases, making the score 4 to 1. Leroy pitched eighteen of the thirty innings and allowed only one hit. Score: BROOKLYN A. C. Sigler, ss. . . . Hastings, rf. Lawrence, If Welsh, 2b... Goodman, lb Clever, 3b... Stewart, cf.. Litzler, c. . . . Peltz, p Leroy, p . . . . Totals... R. H. P.O. E. 2 6 13 2 2 6 9 24 1 5 6 1 2 30 5 4 4 4 10 9 47 8 90 ALL STARS Bender, 2b Miller, cf. . Hardy, 3b. Rice, lb... Kelly, rf.. Wise, If... Green, ss. . Kramer, c. Baker, p.. Smith, p.. Totals . R. H. P.O. A. 1 1 4 9 1 2 1 3 9 24 2 3 1 6 2 9 8 29 6 6 5 1 4 8 1 4 90 50 E. SCORE BY INNINGS B. A. CO 000000010000000000000000 3—4 A S. ...1000000000000000000000000 00 0-1 SUMMARY Two base hits— Bender, Hardy. Three base hits— Leroy, 2; Sigler. Home run — Leroy. Struck out— By Leroy, 21; by Peltz, 4; by Baker, 5; by Smith, 7. Base on ball§— Off Baker, 4; off Smith, 4. 1907 Five double plays were made during the progress of the game, which lasted five hours and fifty minutes. Welsh 166 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. and Goodman making three and Bender and Green two. King W. Kelly was the umpire. ANSON AS A SEMI-PRO MAGNATE During the summer of 1907 A. C. Anson, who had not been identified with base ball since 1897, put a team in the Chicago semi-pro field and the familiar name Anson's Colts was heard once again in the land. The captain played with them occasionally and the club made a good record. Walter Eckersall, the famous University of Chicago toot ball player, was a member of the team. SCOTT HASTINGS DIES IN CALIFORNIA On Aug. 14, 1907, W. Scott Hastings, a well-known 190 7 catcher of bygone days, died at the Soldiers' Home in Sawtelle, Cal., after a long illness. He was backstop of the old Forest City club of Rockford, 111., and on the dis- banding of that team went to Chicago. Later he played with Hartford and Louisville. He retired about 1877 and went west, locating in San Francisco, where he prospered for a time but gradually dropped from public notice. Hast- ings was a veteran of the civil war, having gone to the front with an Illinois regiment. He was a fair all-around player. BENEFIT FOR "BUG" HOLLIDAY Friends of James W. Holliday, an old-time base ball star, gathered at Cincinnati in September, 1907, to attend a benefit arranged in behalf of the veteran, who was suf- fering from rheumatism. Several hundred dollars was netted as a result of the entertainment. A game of ball between the Pen and Pencilers and a nine composed of former stars was won by the has-beens by a score of 10 to 2 in seven innings. The victorious team was made up of Keenan, c; Shallix and Hahn, p; Reilly, lb; McPhee, 2b; Sommer, 3b; Mullane, ss; Schwartz, rf; Stenzel, cf; Boyle, If. Hahn struck out nine the few innings he pitched. BASE BALL FIELD DAY A base ball field day was held in Cincinnati on Sept. 11, 1907, at which representatives from the two major BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 167 and six minor leagues were in attendance to take part in the contests. There was a great crowd present. The re- sults of the meet follow: Long- distance throwing— Lajeune, Springfield Central League team, 399 feet, 10 K inches; Hos- tetter, St. Louis Nationals, 385 feet, 8 inches; Stan- ley, Louisville, 372 feet, 11 3-8 inches; Mitchell, Cincinnati Nationals, 372 feet; McCay, Mobile, 348 feet, 4 inches; Wagner, Pittsburg Nationals, 341 feet, \% inches. Circling the bases — Clements, of Jersey City, 14 1-5 seconds; Thoney, Toronto, 14 2-5 seconds; Lobert, Cincinnati Nationals, 14 2-5 seconds; Ma- loney, Brooklyn Nationals, 14 3-5 seconds; Browne, New York Nationals, 14 3-5 seconds; Noblett, Grand Rapids, 14 3-5 seconds; Hoffman, New York Amer- 1907 icans, 15 seconds. Fungo hitting — Mitchell, Cincinnati Nationals, 413 feet, 8K inches; Mclntire, Brooklyn Nationals, 411 feet, 1 inch; Walsh, Chicago Americans, 396 feet, 103^ inches; Overall, Chicago Nationals, 380 feet, 3K inches; McCay, Mobile, 356 feet, \\ inches; Leifeld, Pittsburg Nationals, 322 feet, 7 inches. Throwing to second base — Gibson, Pittsburg Nationals, first; McLean, Cincinnati Nationals, second. Beating out a bunt — Thoney, Toronto, 3 1-5 sec- onds; Hoffman, 'New York Americans, 3 2-5 sec- onds; Maloney, Brooklyn Nationals, 3 2-5 seconds; Leach, Pittsburg Nationals, 3 2-5 seconds; Hug- gins, Cincinnati Nationals, 3 2-5 seconds. The officials of the contest were: Referee, William Rankin; Starter, Starbuck Smith; Judges, Harry Pulliam, John E. Bruce, Clyde Johnson; Timers, E. W. Murphy, M. C. Longenecker, Tom Andrews; Measurers, A. Brod- beck, N. C. Seuss, E. Brendamour; Clerk of Course, M. H. Isaacs; Scorer, Ren. Mulford, Jr. UMPIRE EVANS HIT WITH A POP BOTTLE William G. Evans, an umpire in the American League, was struck on the head with a soda water bottle during the progress of a game between the Detroit and 168 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. St. Louis teams in the Missouri city on Sept. 15, 1907, and knocked senseless. He was taken to a hospital and for a time it was thought his injuries would prove fatal, but he rallied and in a few days was on the road to recovery. His assailant, a youth of 18, was arrested and later fined $100 and costs. CHARLES G. BUFFINGTON DEAD Charles G. Buffington, one of the greatest pitchers of his day, died in a hospital at Fall River, Mass. , on the afternoon of Sept. 23, 1907, while awaiting an operation. Buffington was born in Fall River on June 14, 1861, and made his first appearance as a professional with the Phila- delphia team in 1882, but was released after a few months 1907 and joined the Bostons. He developed into a pitcher of great ability and shone with unusual brilliancy for a num- ber of years. He was a Mason and a Shriner. BOMAR WINS 20 GAMES OUT OF 22 Charles Bomar, of the Decatur team of the L L L League, distinguished himself during the season of 1907 by winning twenty games out of twenty-two pitched, the two he failed to get being ties. Bomar also did good work with the stick. His pitching percentage for the entire sea- son was .740 and he struck out 190 batsmen CHICAGO AND DETROIT WIN PENNANTS Chicago won the pennant in the National League and Detroit led in the American League in 1907. • There was great joy at the home of the Tigers over the victory of Jennings and his men, the scene resembling a big po- litical celebration. The records: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Chicago 704 Pittsburg 591 Philadelphia 566 New York 536 Brooklyn 439 Cincinnati 431 Boston 392 St. Louis 340 Winning team: Reulbach, Brown, Overall, Fraser, Pfeister, Lundgren, Coakley, p; Kling, Moran, c; Chance, BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 169 Hofman, lb; Evers, Hofman, Zimmerman, 2b; Steinfeldt, 3b; Tinker, ss; Slagle, Sheckard, If; Slagle, Howard, Hof- man, cf; Schulte, Howard, rf. League Leaders: Batting, Wagner, .350; Bowerman, c, .990; McGann, lb, .994; Ritchey, 2b, .971; Steinfeldt, 3b, ,967; Bridwell, ss, .942; Clarke, If, .987; Thomas, cf, .980; Bates, rf, .979. Reulbach carried off the pitching honors. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Detroit 613 Athletics 607 Chicago 576 Cleveland 559 19 7 New York 473 St. Louis 454 Boston 396 Washington 325 Winning team: Donovan, Killian, Siever, Mullin, Eu- banks, p; Schmidt, Payne, Archer, c; Rossman, lb; Schae- fer, Downs, 2b; Coughlin, 3b; O'Leary, Schaefer, ss; Cobb, rf; Crawford, Downs, cf ; Jones, Mclntyre, If; Lowe. League Leaders: Batting, Cobb, .350; Schreckengost, c, .985; Donahue, lb, .994; Lajoie, 2b, 969; Shipke, 3b, .949; Cross, ss, .954; Hahn, rf, .990; Jones, If, .971; Sul- livan, cf, .975. Donovan was leading pitcher. MANY LONG GAMES IN 1907 The season of 1907 was notable for many long games in the minor leagues. AmonK them may be mentioned the following: Pierce School, 4; Bennett School, 3; 28 innings. Bat- teries, Goodale and Emery, Connor and Ruggles. Boston, June 8. Green Bay, 2; LaCrosse, 1; 23 innings. Batteries, Parish, Hastings and Karnell; Jones, Bailies and Killian. Green Bay, July 14. Mansfield, 2; Marion, 1; 23 innings. Bucholz pitched for Mansfield and Burk for Marion. Marion, July 20. Oklahoma, 2; Hutchinson, 1; 23 innings. Batteries, Bandy and Goes, Fleharty, Horton and Lewis. Hutchinson, May 29. 170 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Peoria, 3; Clinton, 0; 22 innings. Batteries, Moore and Wolfe, Stauffer and Smith. Clinton, Iowa, July 25. Peoria scored her runs in the last inning and retired Clin- ton by a triple play. Jacksonville, 3; Burlington, 2; 21 innings. Batter- ies, Akers and Belt, Greene and Bruggeman. Jackson- ville, June 26. Johnstown, 4; Reading, 3; 21 innings. Batteries, Jones and Koepmann, Forrester and Poole; Matthews and Foster. Johnstown, Aug. 8. 190 7 Lowell, 1; Haverhill, 1; 20 innings. Cameron and Girard were the opposing pitchers. Lowell, April 27. Evansville, 2; Terre Haute, 0; 19 innings. Batteries, Pollard and Dunn, Brosius and Freese. Evansville, July 4. Marshalltown, 4; Keokuk, 2; 19 innings. Batteries, Kent and Forney, Burch and Ryan. Keokuk, July 4. Rock Island, 6; Springfield, 5; 19 innings. Batter- ies, Wilson and O'Leary, Moore and Ludwig. Rock Island, July 14. Troy, 6; Scranton, 5; 19 innings. Batteries, Mc- Surdy and Weeden, McDougall and Bechendorf. Troy, June 25. Binghamton, 3; Troy, 4; 18 innings. Batteries, Mc- Neil, Ramsey and Roach, McSurdy and Spiesman. Troy, Aug. 28. Lancaster, 1; Akron, 0; 18 innings. Batteries, Jus- tus and Piper, Armstrong and Lalonge. Lancaster, June 22. Bridgeport, 5; New London, 3; 18 innings. Batter- ies, Langton and Beaumont, Ward and Rufrange. New London, July 26. Sharon, 6; Akron, 6; 18 innings. Batteries, Malar- key and Mattison, Boyle and Lalonge. Sharon, Sept. 26. Cedar Rapids, 2; Peoria, 1; 18 innings. Batteries, Mallicott and Simon, Moore and Wolfe. Cedar Rapids, Aug. 15. Sharon, 4; Newcastle, 3; 18 innings. Muldow and Mock pitched for Sharon, Noah for Newcastle. Newcastle, June 11. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 171 Omaha, 1; Pueblo, 1; 17 inninprs. Batteries, Hall and McGregor and Drill. Omaha, July 15. CHICAGO WINS WORLD'S SERIES The contest for the world's championship resulted in a victory for Chicago. Result: Won, 4; tie, L Gonding, DATE Oct. 8. " 9. " 10. " 11. " 12. WHERE PLAYED CHGO. DET. Chicago 3 3 5 6 2 Q ( < 1 < < 1 Detroit 1 < i Overall i Brown i Keulbach i Pf eister i Donovan o Miillin [[[o Siever o Won Lost 1907 Hon. BRYAN ON THE GAME'S HONESTY After the close of the 1907 world's series the W. J. Bryan wrote thus in The Commoner: Base ball maintains its hold on the American public because it is not only a manly sport but an honest sport. How honest it is has been demon- strated by the championship games between the champion teams of the two great base ball organi- zations. The Chicago Cubs, champions in their league, contested with the Detroit Tigers, champi- ons in their league. Seven games were to be played and the gate receipts divided among the players. Had the seven games been played probably $125,- 000 would have thus been furnished for division. Other sports might have been "fixed," but base ball is not "fixed. " There were but five games, for the Cubs won four and the world's championship. Nothing would prove more conclusively the honesty of the great national pastime. And that is one reason why the people love it and support it royally. Managers of other sports who look to the public for support might ponder over this fact with benefit to themselves. REUNION OF BALTIMORE ORIOLES The Baltimore Orioles, champions of 1894-5-6, met at Baltimore on Oct. 14, 1907, for a four-days' reunion. A 172 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. banquet, street parade and four games of ball between the old-timers and the local 1907 team of the Eastern Associa- tion, in three of which the younger players were the vic- tors, were among the features of the occasion. In addi- tion to the members of the old championship team Gov. Wakefield, other state and city officials, Henry Chadwick, President Powers, of the Eastern Association; ex-President Young, of the National League, and Herman Von der Horst were in attendance. Dan Brouthers was presented with the ball which made the longest journey ever recorded at the old Union Park as the result of coming in contact with 1907 his bat years before. Hoffer pitched the game which the old Orioles won. WAR RUMORS ONCE MORE ALARM In October, 1907, rumors were current that the American Association would secede from the National As- sociation of Base Ball Leagues, become an outlaw organi- zation and invade the Chicago field. The basis for the san- guinary reports was a letter in the press from Michael Can- tillion stating that the minor league was paying for protec- tion and not getting it, but at the meeting of the parent body a few weeks later the subject was not brought up in any form, and there was a lull in the threatened hostilities. At the meeting of the National Commission, however, a request was received from the American Association for permission to establish a club in Chicago, but that tribunal declared it had no jurisdiction in the premises. The com- mission, at the same time, put itself on record as opposed to anything of the kind. The idea was abandoned. TED KENNEDY DIES SUDDENLY Ted Kennedy, well-known as a pitcher for National League teams in the 80s, died in St. Louis Oct. 28, 1907. He went to bed early Sunday evening in apparent good health, but a little after 3 o'clock the next morning his fam- ily found him in a dying condition and he passed away a few hours later. He was 42 years old. After retiring from the diamond he engaged in the manufacture of gloves and other base ball supplies and conducted a correspondence BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 173 school for teaching: curve pitching. Kennedy was a pupil of Radbourne. O'ROURKE RESOLUTION CAUSES WORDY WAR At the annual meeting of the National Association of Base Ball Leagues in October, 1907, the following resolu- tion, presented by James H. O'Rourke, was adopted: Resolved, That all National Association players adjudged guilty of the offense known as contract jumping, and placed on the ineligible list by the National Association, shall be forever debarred from any club of the National Association, except- ing the Tri-State League, and the National Com- mission is hereby requested to enforce this rule of law with strict and inflexible impartiality to major 90 7 league players. Following this there appeared a list of players who were stated to come within the scope of the resolution, and these names were printed in a large number of papers throughout the country and headed "Black List." As the list contained the names of players who had been reinstated by the National Commission, it was considered a slap at the higher body and a war of words followed in which every- body concerned unburdened themselves in a greater or less degree. Here the matter rested for the time being. MEDALS FOR COBB AND WAGNER Gold medals were offered by a St. Louis firm to the leading batsmen of the National and American leagues for the season of 1907. The prizes were captured by Cobb and Wagner. The former received his emblem during the world's series in Chicago and Wagner was presented with his at the festivities attending the meeting of the National League in New York in December. DEATH OF EDWARD BURKE Edward Burke, a once famous National League play- er, died in a hospital at Utica, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1907. He was 41 years old. Burke began his professional career with the Scranton team of the International Association in 1887, played with Toronto during 1888-9 and was a member of the Pittsburg and Philadelphia National League teams in 174 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 1890. In 1891 he was with Milwaukee and in 1892 he joined the New York team, remaining with that organization un- til 1902 and making a great reputation for himself as an outfielder and base runner. Shortly after this he dropped out of the game and for some time previous to his death was cook to a section gang on the New York Central. WAGNER GIVEN A LOVING CUP During the session of the National League in De- cember, 1907, Hans Wagner, the batting leader of the or- ganization, was called to New York without knowing the object of his visit and presented with a loving cup inscribed 190 7 with the five years in which he had been at the top of the list of National League batsmen. President PuUiam made the presentation speech. Mr. Wagner replied briefly. C. W. MURPHY GIVES A BANQUET Charles W. Murphy, owner of the Chicago National League team, winners of the world's championship in 1907, gave a banquet in honor of the event at the Waldorf-As- toria, New York, Wednesday evening, Dec. 11, at which all the notables in attendance at the meeting of the Na- tional League were present. President Pulliam acted as toastmaster, and brief addresses were made by Messrs. Murphy, Evers, Herrmann, Dreyfuss, Shettsline, Dovey, Gallagher, Murnane, Richter, Keeler, McGraw and Emslie. Telegrams were read from B. B. Johnson, C. A. Comiskey, James A. Hart, N. E. Young, A. C. Anson, A. J. Reach, Henry Chadwick and J. H. Farrell. BIG TRANSFER OF NOTED PLAYERS One of the greatest trades in the history of base ball was carried out in December, 1907, when New York disposed of Bowerman, Dahlen, George Browne, McGann and Cecil Ferguson to Boston in exchange for Tenney, Needham and Bridwell. All of the men had achieved more or less fame as players and the deal attracted a great amount of attention. JOHN FLYNN EXPIRES WITH THE DYING YEAR John A. Flynn, a pitcher of the champion Chicago team of 1886, died at Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 31, 1907, aged BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 175 42 years. Flynn went to the Chicago club from Boston. He had a wonderful drop ball, good command, great speed, and was an excellent batter and fast fielder, but his arm gave out while he was with Anson and he was little heard of after leaving the western team. HANLON RETIRES FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BALL In January, 1908, John Ganzell was selected to man- age the Cincinnati team in place of Edward Hanlon, who resigned the position in order that he might devote his time in the future to looking after the interests of his Baltimore club in the Eastern Association. /^Hanlon was a conspicuous figure in base ball as play- i9 08 er or manager for thirty-two years. He was born at Mont- ville. Conn., in 1857 and started playing ball professionally in 1876 with a team at Providence, being originally a pitch- er. He joined the Cleveland team of the National League in 1880, and with the exception of the year 1890, when he managed the Pittsburg club of the Players' League, was always identified with the National organization, having been connected with clubs at Detroit, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Brooklyn and Cincinnati. His last appearance as a player was in 1892. During his career as a manager Hanlon won five League pennants — three in Baltimore and two in Brook- lyn — two Temple Cup series and a trophy given by a Pitts- burg newspaper for a contest between the Pirates and Su- perbas. While a member of the Detroit team Hanlon be- ^ came an outfielder and was one of the best in the business. ~7 COBB DEMANDS MORE PAY Tyrus Cobb, the Detroit right fielder, refused to sign his 1908 contract unless he was paid $5,000 per year, there to be no deduction for sickness or accident. The Detroit management declined to accede to the demands, but later the parties interested came to an agreement and the paper was signed. CATCHER DOOIN AS A BALLAD SINGER Charles Dooin, catcher of the Philadelphia National League team, a popular player, made his debut on the stage at 1908 176 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. the Eleventh Street Opera House in that city in January, 1908, as a ballad singer. He made a hit. After hearinp: him President Shettsline said: "It's like robbing the grand opera stage to keep him on a ball team." J. PALMER O'NEILL PASSES AWAY J. Palmer O'Neill, former owner of the Pittsburg National League club, died in that city on Jan. 7, 1908, at the age of 64 years. O'Neill was head of the Pittsburg team during the revolt of the players in 1890 and spent a large amount of money in fighting the new organization. In recognition of his game struggle he was presented wuth a hand-painted silk flag by his fellow club owners. ORIGINATOR OF SCORE CARD DIES William S. Kames died in Philadelphia on Saturday, Jan. 11, 1908, of heart disease. Mr. Kames was 56 years of age and was the originator of the score card idea. He was born in Philadelphia and was one of the owners of the old Athletics, assuming the duties of secretary in 1887. VON DER AHE A BANKRUPT In February, 1908, Chris. Von der Ahe, former own- er of the St. Louis Browns, and at one time one of the best known characters in base ball, filed a petition in bank- ruptcy, placing his liabilities at $27,086.35 and his assets at $200. Later in the year he was given a benefit in St. Louis and a large sum realized. Von der Ahe was said to have been once worth $250,000. DEATH OF FORMER OWNER OF DETROITS Samuel F. Angus, former owner of the Detroit Amer- ican League team, died at his home in that city on the evening of Feb. 6, 1908. Mr. Angus was born in Monroe, Ohio, in 1856 and went to Detroit in 1892 from Cleveland. At the time of his death he was almost totally blind. FAREWELL BANQUET TO MONTE CROSS On Monday evening, Feb. 24, 1908, the Sporting Writers' Association of Philadelphia gave a banquet to Monte Cross, the former short stop of the Athletics, who secured his release from that club and accepted the manage- I BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 177 ment of the Kansas City club in the American Association. Over 300 guests were present. Editor Richter of Sporting Life officiated as toastmaster and Horace S. Fogel, president of the association of scribes, presented Mr. Cross with a rosewood chest containing 194 pieces of silver. NATIONAL COMMISSION SUPPORTS PULLIAM At the meeting of the National Commission on Feb. 27, 1908, a letter was read from President Pulliam vigor- ously protesting against the O'Rourke resolution and asking that action be taken against it. As a result the Commis- sion adopted the following, which, as subsequent events proved, ended the controversy: Whereas, The attention of the National Com- 1 9 O a mission has been called to a certain resolution passed at the last meeting of the National Associ- ation pertaining- to ineligible players; and Whereas, There seems to be a misunderstand- ing as to the meaning of the resolution; therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the National Commission that said resolution cannot at any time be construed by anyone operating under the pro- visions of the National Agreement as in any man- ner to infringe upon or interfere with the rights vested in the National Commission under Article VIII., Section 5, to reinstate any National Agree- ment player who has heretofore or may hereafter be declared an ineligible player. WADDELL SOLD TO ST. LOUIS Something of a sensation was caused in base ball cir- cles in February, 1908, by the announcement of the sale of Rube Waddell, the great left-handed pitcher, by the Phila- delphia club to the St. Louis Browns. Many marvelous feats in the pitching line were credited to Waddell. The price paid was variously stated, running from $6,000 to smaller sums. LOFTUS ELECTED PRESIDENT I. I. I. LEAGUE Tom Loftus, once a well known ball player, and later manager of National League teams, was elected president of the Indiana-Illinois-Iowa League in March, 1908. The 1908 178 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. selection of Loftus came as the climax to a bitter war be- tween the northern and southern sections of the league that threatened its disruption. He was given a great reception at his home in Dubuque. SWEASY, OLD RED STOCKINGS PLAYER. DEAD Charles Sweasy, second baseman of the old Cincin- nati Red Stockings, died at a hospital in Newark, N. J., on March 30, 1908, of a complication of ailments. He was 62 years old and one of the best of the early exponents of the game. Sweasy also played with the Forest Citys of Cleve- land, Olympics, Baltimore, Boston and Providence. HENRY CHADWICK DIES Henry Chadwick, known as the "Father of Base Ball," died at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., on April 20, 1908, at the age of 83 years and 6 months. He was ill one week. Mr. Chadwick was born in Exeter, Eng., Oct. 26, 1824, and came to the United States in 1837. He originally was a teacher of music. He took up journalism later and up to the time of his death had been connected with the New York Times, New York Clipper, Herald, Tribune, World, Brooklyn Eagle and Q^ting. Mr. Chadwick was one of the earliest players of the national game and did much to put the pastime on its present high plane. At the date of dissolution he was editor of Spalding's Guide, a po- sition he had held since 1881. WAGNER PRESENTED WITH GOLD WATCH July 17, 1908, was observed as Wagner Day at Pitts- burg and a large crowd was present at the festivities. The great player was presented with a gold watch and charm valued at more than $600 and modestly expressed his appre- ciation of the tribute to his worth as a ball player. A boy admirer gave Wagner a game cock. EVANS PITCHES COMPLETE SHUT-OUT Charles Evans, pitching for Hartford, shut out Bridgeport without a hit, run or man getting to first base on July 21, 1908. Not a ball hit went outside of the dia- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 179 mond. Evans also struck out ten men. This was the sec- ond instance on record of a minor leaguer performing such a feat. The score follows: HARTFORD BRIDGEPORT O'Rourke, 2b. . . Cassidy, If Beaumont, c. . . Bertwhistle, rf. Ladd, cf Hilt, ss Phelan, lb Miller, 3b Nops, p Totals Cobb, rf . . . . Fallon, If. . . Gardner, 2b Connery, lb Noyes, 3b. . Yanoey, cf. Justice, ss . Casey, c. . . . Evans, p. . . Totals.. R. H. P.O. E. 1 6 12 1 3 2 2 11 1 27 12 R. H. P.O. A. 6 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 9 2 2 1 24 2 13 E. SCORE BY INNINGS Hartford 2 3 x— 5 Bridgeport 00000000 0-0 SUMMARY Two base hits— Cobb, Fallon, Noyes. Three base hit — Connery. Double play— O'Rourke-Phelan. Struck out — By Evans, 10. Umpire— Wilkinson. Time— 1:30. 1908 WADDELL STRIKES OUT SIXTEEN Rube Waddell of the St. Louis Browns gave his for- mer team-mates of the Philadelphia club a sample of his ability July 29, 1908, when he struck out sixteen of those 180 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. players, equalling the American League record established by Glade in 1904. Five of the first six men at bat fanned. CY. YOUNG DAY DRAWS LARGE CROWD Twenty thousand persons assembled at the American League Park in Boston on Aug. 13, 1908, to celebrate Cy. Young Day. The players appeared in fantastic costumes. Three silver loving cups, a traveling bag and $6,000 in cash were presented to the veteran pitcher. CATCHES BALL DROPPED FROM MONUMENT Charles Street, catcher of the Washington team, caught a ball dropped from the top of the Washington mon- ument in August, 1908. Thirteen attempts were made be- 19 08 ^^^^ ^^ succeeded. The drop was 550 feet. Street was the first man to accomplish the feat. OLD-TIME PLAYERS MEET On Sept. 24, 1908, former members of the Boston team and old-time college players held a reunion at Boston and had a game of ball and a banquet. The game was won by the professionals, 7 to 5, seven innings. The players: BOSTON OLD-TIMERS Spalding, 1871 Manning, 1873 O'Rourke, 1873 Whitney, 1876 Murnane, 1876 Bond, 1877 Morrill, 1876 McCarthy, 1885 Schaffer, 1871 Hurley, 1886 Wood, 1880 Hackett, 1883 Barrows, 1871 Gunning, 1885 Hawes, 1879 Nash, 1885 COLLEGE PLAYERS Hooper, Harvard '75 Fearing, Harvard '82 Tyng, Harvard '76 Blair, Amherst '81 Kent, Harvard '75 Folsom, Harva»d '81 Coolidge, Harvard '81 Badger, Yale '82 F. Thayer, Harvard '78 Rollin, Mass. 1. of T. '79 Nunn, Harvard '79 C. Smith, Harvard '86 Latham, Harvard '77 Hubbard, Yale '83 Elder, Yale '73 Plimpton, Amherst '76 Hopkins, Iowa 77 Beaman, Harvard '85 Sawyer, Harvard '77 Foster, Harvard '87 Thayer, Dartmouth '79 Crocker, Harvard 85 Carter, Yale '78 Winslow, Harvard '85 Woodward, Amherst '81 Flagg, Harvard '66 Burt, Harvard '82 DEATH OF FRANK DE HAAS ROBISON Frank De Haas Robison, part owner of the St. Louis National League team, died at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 25, BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 181 1908, of apoplexy. He was 54 years of age. Mr. Robison was a man of great ability, and at the annual meeting of the National League following his death resolutions express- ing regret were passed. MERKLE'S LAPSE LOSES CHAMPIONSHIP A game which for its peculiar ending and the part it played in deciding a league championship stands unequalled took place Sept. 23, 1908, between Chicago and New York at the Polo Grounds. In the last half of the ninth inning, with the score a tie, two out, Bresnahan on third and Mer- kle on first, Bridwell singled and Bresnahan came home with what under ordinary circumstances would have been the winning run. Merkle, however, instead of running to second, as the rules required, started for the club house. Evers called for the ball, touched second and claimed a force- out and no run for Bresnahan. Umpire O'Day, who saw the play, sustained the contention and declared the game a draw on account of darkness. In the meantime the crowd had swarmed onto the field under the impression that the Giants had won, and when the true state of affairs became known there were protestations long and loud. The case was taken to President Pulliam -and later to the Board of Directors of the National League, the decision in both instances sustaining the ruling of the umpire. Oct. 8, the day following the close of the National League sea- son, was set aside as the date for playing off the game, and as the race resulted in a tie between Chicago and New York the championship hinged upon the result of the pending play-off. This was won by Chicago, 4 to 2, before 35,000 persons. Brown relieved Pfeister in the first inning. Mat- thewson and Wiltse pitched for New York. JOSS PITCHES "NO MAN TO FIRST" GAME On Oct. 2. 1908, Joss of Cleveland shut out the White Sox without a hit, run or man getting to first base. The game was played in Cleveland. Walsh, for the White Sox, struck out fifteen men and held the Cleveland batters to four hits, his performance in the strike-out line being the more remarkable from the fact that it was made in eight 1908 182 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. innings. Thirteen players were used by the Chicago team in attempt to stave off defeat. Score: CHICAGO 1908 Hahn, rf Jones, cf Isbell, lb Dougherty, If, Davis, 2b Parent, ss. . . . Schreck, c. . . . Shaw, c Tannehill, 3b. Walsh, p ♦White **Donahue . . . ***Anderson. . Total AB. H. P.O. 3 1 3 3 6 3 3 3 1 2 13 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 27 24 i E. CLEVELAND Goode, rf 4 Bradley, 3b ; 4 Hinchman, If . . . . Lajoie, 2b Stovall, lb Clarke, c. Birmingham, cf Perring, ss Joss, p Total. 28 1 3 2 16 4 1 4 27 16 AB. H. P.O. A. ! E ♦Batted for Shaw in ninth. **Batted for Tan- nehill in ninth. ***Batted for Walsh in ninth. SCORE BY INNINGS Chicago 0—0 Cleveland 10 ♦—I SUMMARY Struck out — By Walsh, 15; by Joss, 3. Passed balls — Schreck, 2. Time— 1:32. Umpires— Connolly and O'Loughlin. CHICAGO AND DETROIT AGAIN WIN Chicago and Detroit were again pennant winners in their respective leagues in 1908. The race in the National BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 183 was close, as narrated on a preceding page. The result is given below: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Chicago 643 New York 636 Pittsburg 636 Philadelphia 539 Cincinnati 474 Boston 409 Brooklyn 344 St. Louis 318 The winners: Reulbach, Brown, Overall, Frazer, Pfeister, Lundgren, Coakley, p; Kling, Moran, c; Chance, Hofman, lb; Evers, Hofman, 2b; Steinfeldt, Zimmerman, 3b; Tinker, ss; Sheckard, Slagle, If; Slagle, Howard, Hof- man, cf; Schulte, Howard, rf. League leaders: Batting, Wagner, .354; Bergen, c, .989; Tenney, lb, .990; Knabe, 2b, .969; Devlin, 3b, .947; Tinker, ss, .958; Delehanty, If, .977; Slagle, cf, .981; Schulte, rf, .992. Reulbach was first among pitchers. AMERICANLEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Detroit 588 Cleveland 584 Chicago 579 St. Louis 546 Boston 487 Athletics .444 Washington 441 New York. 331 Winning team: Donovan, Killian, Summers, Winter, Willett, Sievers, Mullin, p; Schmidt, Payne, Thomas, c; Rossman, Crawford, lb; Schaefer, Killifer, Downs, 2b; Schaefer, Coughlin, 3b; O'Leary, Bush, Schaefer, ss; Mc- Intyre, Jones, If; Crawford, cf ; Cobb, rf. League leaders: Batting, Cobb, .324; Sullivan, c, .985; Donahue, lb, .994; Murphy, 2b, .965; Ferris, 3b, .952; Wallace, ss, .951; Hahn, rf, .965; Mclntyre, If, .977; Sul- livan, cf, .982. Walsh led the pitchers. CUBS WIN WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP The contest for the world's championship for 1908 brought the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers together for a second time. The National League representatives again triumphed, winning four out of the five games played. 1906 184 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The total attendance was 62,232 and the total receipts $94,- 975.50. DATE WHERE PLAYED CHGO. DET. Oct. 10.... Detroit 10 6 6 " 11.... Chicago 1 " 12.... < < 3 3 2 8 " 13.... Detroit *' 14.... < i Work of the pitchers: Won Lost Overall ..2 Brown ..1 Reulbach ..1 Mullin ..1 Pf eister ..0 1 Summers ..0 2 Donovan ..0 2 1908 JUSTUS PITCHES FOUR NO-HIT GAMES A notable feature of the season of 1908 was the work of Pitcher Justus of the Lancaster team of the Ohio State League, who officiated in four no-hit games. This record has no equal. The dates and defeated clubs are herewith given: July 19, Mansfield; Aug. 2, Portsmouth; Sept. 8, Lima; Sept. 13, Marion. DEATHS OF PLAYERS Jan. 17 — Sim Bullas, catcher, died suddenly at Cleve- land. He was 46 years old. Feb. 17. — Peter Connaughton, a well known player in the 70s, died in New York at the age of 59. June 22 — Everett Mills, aged 64, died at Newark, N. J. Mills was a member of the Mutual, Atlantic and Baltimore clubs. June 22 — Virgil Garvin, a former National League pitcher, died at Fresno, Cal., of consumption. He was 33 years of age. June 24 — William F. Traffley, formerly catcher and manager of the Baltimore club of the old American Asso- ciation, died in Denver, Colo., of consumption. Traffley was 46 years old. July 22 — J. A. Somers, catcher, died at Cleveland of consumption, at the age of 42. He played with Chicago, BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 185 Indianapolis, Baltimore and Cleveland. He had resided in the latter city for a number of years. Aug. 19— Dr. Albert J. Bushong, once famous as a catcher for St. Louis and Brooklyn, died in the latter city of kidney disease. He was 52 years old at the time of his death. Bushong had practised dentistry since retirement. Sept. 18— Richard Pearce, the oldest living prof es- . sional base ball player, died at Onset, Mass., of pneumonia, aged 73 years. Pearce's position was shortstop, and he was one of the most famous of the old-time players. Oct. 30 — Edmund Brown, a member of the old Eck- fords, died at the age of 71 years. LONG GAMES OF 19 8 1908 Oshkosh, 4; Fond du Lac, 2. Twenty-three innings. Pitchers, Pinkney and Reilly. Pinkney allowed only nine hits. and struck out thirteen men. Second Baseman Wisser, of Fond du Lac, accepted thirty-two chances without an error. Aug. 4. Sheboygan, 1; Milwaukee, 0. Twenty-one innings. Pitchers, Smith and Young. Sheboygan did not get a hit until the eighteenth inning. July 19. Aberdeen, 3; Butte, 3. Twenty innings. Pitchers, Califf and J. Thomas. Aberdeen, May 6. Lawrenceville Preparatory School, 3; Mercersburg Academy, 2. Twenty innings. Pitchers, Hayes and Man- ning. Lawrenceville, N. J., May 29. Saginaw, 5; Jackson, 4. Twenty innings. Pitchers, Gough and Kearney. Jackson, Mich., June 30. San Francisco, 6; Portland, 5. Twenty innings. Pitch- ers, Sutor and Graney. Portland, Aug. 2. Jacksonville, 4; Ottumwa, 1. Twenty innings. Pitch- ers, Stauffer and Zackert. Jacksonville, 111., Sept. 3. Alexandria, 7; Orange, 6. Nineteen innings. Pitch- ers, Chillett and Richardson. Orange, Tex., May 11. • Newark, 0; Jersey City, 0. Nineteen innings. Pitch- ers, Brockett and Lafitte. July 5. Charleston, 4; Vincennes, 3. Nineteen innings. Pitchers, Atwell and Lydie; Bennett. Vincennes, July 18. 1908 186 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Terre Haute, 3; Wheeling, 2. Nineteen innings. Pitch- ers, West and Rogers. Wheeling, Aug. 22. Lancaster, 2; Newark, 1. Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, White and J. Locke. Newark, 0., April 23. Springfield, 4; Wichita, 4. Eighteen innings. Wich- ita, May 17. Bridgeport, 5; Holyoke, 4. Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, Waller and Hodge. Bridgeport, June 3. Wilmington, 2; Trenton, 1. Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, Topham and Mattern. Wilmington, July 4. Utica, 3; Albany, 0. Eighteen innings. Pitchers, O'Connor and Newlin. Albany, July 28. New Castle, 4; McKeesport, 3. Eighteen innings. Pitchers, Lynch and Menefee. August 27. Topeka, 4; Webb City, 3. Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, Roach andHagerman; Milton. Topeka, Sept. 15. San Francisco, 4; Oakland, 3. Seventeen innings. Pitchers, Henley and Hopkins. San Francisco, April 15. Wausau, 4; Oshkosh, 2. Seventeen innings. Pitch- ers, Leesefor Oshkosh, Koons and Burwell. Oshkosh, June 9. Nashville, 0; Mobile, 0. Seventeen innings. Pitch- ers, Perdue and Torrey. Mobile, July 9. South Bend, 2; Grand Rapids, 1. Seventeen in- nings. Pitchers, Martin and Dickson. * Grand Rapids, July 20. JOE TINKER AS AN ACTOR Joe Tinker, short stop of the Chicago National League team, made his first appearance as an actor at the People's Theater, Chicago, Nov. 9, 1909. The play was "Brown of Harvard" and Tinker essayed the role of Bud Hall, a train- er of the 'varsity crew. Judged by the applause, Joe made a great impression upon the audience, and, in response to encores, said: "I don't know why you are applauding, but I cannot be 'kidded' into believing that it is my acting." SPALDING GIVES DOCUMENTS TO UNIVERSITY In November, 1909, A. G. Spalding announced that he had presented to the University of Chicago his valuable collection of base ball trophies and documents for preser- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 187 vation in the gymnasium library of that institution. The collection included all of Mr. Spalding's souvenirs and the libraries of the late Henry Chadwick and Harry Wright. The historical documents date back to the earliest period of the game. JOHN G. CLARKSON DIES John G. Clarkson, one of the most noted pitchers in the history of the game, died at McLean Hospital, Cam- bridge, Mass., on Feb. 4, 1909, of double pneumonia. He was 48 years old. Clarkson was born in Cambridge, Mass., July 1, 1861. His first engagement of note was with the famous Beacon team of Boston in 1882, going from there the same year to the Worcester team of the National League, where he was released after a short trial. In 1883 he started the season with the Saginaw club of the Northwestern League, where he remained until the team disbanded in August, 1884. He then joined the Chicago club. As a member of this organ- ization he did remarkable work, frequently pitching two and three games in succession and contributing in a large measure to the success of that team in the campaigns of 1885-86. In 1888 he was sold to Boston for $10,000, to which club his catcher, Mike Kelly, had been disposed of the previous year for a similar sum. Clarkson continued his good work with Boston, but in 1892 was released owing to an injury to his arm. He then joined Cleveland and in 1894 played with Baltimore. On his /release by the latter city in August of that year he opened a cigar store in Bay City, Mich., which venture proved a success from the start and was continued by him until 1902, when his mind became affected and he was sent to the hospital for the insane at Pontiac. In 1908 he showed so much improvement that he was taken to his old home at Winthrop, Mass. Here he was stricken with pneumonia — one week previous to his death — and at the hospital became so violent that he had to be strapped to his bed. Clarkson was a cool, calculating pitcher, and was equipped with all the curves and shoots known to the art. 1909 188 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The funeral was held on Feb. 4 and was attended by many prominent persons. DEATH OF JOHN HATFIELD John Hatfield, one of the old-time base ball stars, died at his home in Long Island City in February, 1909, of heart failure, aged 62 years. Hatfield was a member of several clubs, but his fame rests principally upon his long distance throwing record, made in 1872, and which had never been equalled to the time of his death. He was a brother of "Gil" Hatfield, once a member of the Giants. CALLAHAN AS A MONOLOGIST James Callahan, former manager of Comiskey's 1909 White Sox, made his first appearance On the stage at Spring- field, 111., in March, 1909, with Richard Carl's "The Boy and the Girl" company. Callahan did a monologue act and he made a hit. His engagement was for two weeks. NEW PARK OPENED IN PHILADELPHIA An interesting event of 1909 was the opening of the new American League Park in Philadelphia on April 12. The paid attendance was 30,162, and among this vast con- course were prominent base ball men from all sections of the country. The new park is 481x520 feet in size. It has a seat- ing capacity of 23,000, with standing room for 40,000, and cost $500,000. The building is in the French Renaissance style, is of red brick, with terra cotta columns, arches, etc., and has fourteen exits. TONY PITCHES 17 INNING NO-HIT GAME On May 10, 1909, Fred Tony, pitching for Win- chester, in the Blue Grass League, defeated Lexington in a seventeen inning 1 to game in which the losing club did not get a hit. Tony also struck out nineteen men. The game was played at Winchester, Ky. Score: Lexington 0000000000000000 0—0 Winchester 000000000000000 1—1 Base hits — Winchester, 7; Lexington, 0, Errors — Winchester, 4; Lexington, 3. Bases on balls — Off Tony, 1; Baker, 6. Struck out — By Tony, 19; Baker, 6. Time— 2:45. Umpire — Wilson. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 189 The game caused much excitement in Winchester, business being practically suspended for a time. LONGEST PROFESSIONAL GAME The longest professional game in the history of base ball occurred at Bloomington, 111., May 31, 1909, between the local team and Decatur, both of the I. I. I. League. Twenty-six innings were played. Decatur won, 2 to 1. BLOOMINGTON Long, cf . . . . Keenan, 3b. . Cutshaw, 2b. Melchoir, lb. Novacek, rf . Snyder, ss.. Irwin, If Langdon, c . . Clarke, p. . . . ♦McNamara. Totals. . . AB. H. P.O. E. 10 8 9 10 10 9 9 9 83 1 10 1 2 4 1 7 3 2 28 1 3 3 2 10 7 4 3 13 3 1 10 13 78 28 DECATUR Moore, 2b . . . Ruby, If ... . Barkwell, 3b Foster, lb. . . Jenkins, rf . . Cote, cf Fisher, c. . . . Purtell, S3. . . Burns, p Totals. . . AB. H. P.O E. 9 8 4 9 1 6 10 1 3 9 10 2 30 10 3 3 1 11 1 9 1 8 13 2 9 2 6 10 10 3 8 86 13 78 35 1909 SCORE BY INNINGS B.. 1000000000000000000000000 0—1 D.. 010000000000 000000000 1—2 SUMMARY Two base hits— Snyder 2, Barkwell. Three base hit — Keenan. Struck out— By Clarke, 11; by Burns, 6. Burns did not give a base on balls during the long contest and hit only one man. Clarke walked seven and 190 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. hit three. The game lasted four hours and twenty min- utes. Clark was the umpire. DEATH OF GEORGE B. DOVEY George B. Dovey, president of the Boston National League club, died from a hemorrhage of the lungs in a Pullman car while on his way to Cincinnati on June 19, 1909. He was 47 years old. Mr. Dovey was a ball player in his youth but on at- taining manhood operated coal mines in Kentucky for a number of years and later entered the street railway busi- ness. He purchased the Boston club of Messrs. Soden and Conant in the fall of 1906. 1909 ISRAEL W. DURHAM DIES SUDDENLY President Israel W. Durham, of the Philadelphia Na- tional League club, died while seated at luncheon in his cottage at Atlantic City, N. J., on June 28, 1909. Senator Durham, with Messrs. McNichol and Wolf, purchased the Philadelphia team the preceding March and he was imme- diately chosen president, displacing W. J. Shettsline. Death followed a severe attack of the grip. BASE BALL BY ELECTRIC LIGHT Four thousand persons saw a game of base ball with electric lights as an illuminant on the night of July 18, 1909, at Cincinnati. It was a success in every way. The con- testing nines were members of Elks lodges at Cincinnati and Newport and the former won. The score was 10 to 5. This, however, was not the first attempt to play a game un- der these conditions. In June, 1883, the Quincy team met a college nine by electric light at Fort Wayne and de- feated them 19 to 11. Two thousand persons were in at- tendance. BALL MAKES UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAY Neal Ball, shortstop of the Cleveland American League team, made an unassisted triple play in a game at Cleveland with Boston on July 19, 1909. Boston started a hit and run play in the second inning, when Ball caught McConnell's liner, touched second, putting out Wagner, and then touched Stahl, who was running toward him and BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 191 had no chance to return to first. This is claimed by some to be the first unassisted triple play made in the major leagues. The official guides credit Paul Hines with having performed the feat in 1878, but this is disputed and dis- proved by the score of the game, printed elsewhere in this book, which shows that Hines and Sweasy made the play. Hines, however, contends that he did retire three men, but that the scorers became confused because, in response to calls to throw the ball to second by those who did not real- ize that a triple play had been made, he did so. Hines ran from center field and caught a Texas leaguer and doubled up at third two runners who had gone home on what seemed to be a sure hit. Others who profess to know say Hines never claimed the distinction until ten years after the alleged occurrence. A week after Ball had made his record he was pre- sented with a gold medal by Cleveland fans. PRESIDENT PULLIAM KILLS HIMSELF Harry C. Pulliam, president of the National League, shot himself in the head at a New York hotel on the even- ing of July 28, 1909, and died the next morning. The deed followed his return from a long vacation made necessary by a deplorable nervous condition brought on by many base ball controversies. Mr. Pulliam was 39 years old and was born in Scottsburg, Ky. He studied law, afterwards took up newspaper work at Louisville and later was elected to the legislature, where he served one term. He became identified with base ball as secretary of the Louisville club and was elected president of the National League by the peace party in 1902. Mr. Pulliam proved himself to be an executive of great ability and popularity. The funeral took place at Louisville Aug. 2. Games scheduled for that day were postponed. MITCHELL STRIKES OUT TWENTY MEN Wm. Mitchell of the San Antonio club eclipsed all previous records under organized ball by striking out twen- ty Galveston batters in a game played on Aug. 21, 1909. 1909 192 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The score of the game in detail will be found in the accom- panying table: 1909 SAN ANTONIO Stark, ss. . . . Walsh, If.... Stinson, cf. . Alexander, c Walker, rf . . Bastian, lb. . Firestine, 3b Kipp, 2b.... Mitchell, p. . Totals . . . AB. H. P.O. E. 5 1 1 4 2 4 3 1 4 21 4 2 2 1 5 1 4 1 4 4 32 10 27 5 GALVESTON Kaphan, cf . . . . McElvoy, 3b. . Riley, If Hoffman, if. . , Carlin, 2b Wallace, ss. . . . Queisser, c. . ., Hellman, Ib-p, Johnson, p. . . . Stribble, rf . . . . Totals, AB. 31 H. P.O. A. E 24 15 SCORE BY INNINGS San Antonio ...0 1 2 1 1 3 ♦— 8 Galveston *. 0—0 SUMMARY Two base hits— Stinson, Walker, Hoffman, Stark and Bastian. Three hcse hits — Stinson, McElvoy. Home run— Walsh. Struck out— By Mitchell, 20; by Hellm.an, 1. Bases on balls — Off Hellman, 1. Hit by pitcher — Firestine. Wild pitch- Mitchell, Passed balls — Queisser, 2. HEYDLER ASSUMES LEAGUE PRESIDENCY John A. Heydler, secretary of the National League, was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 193 President Pulliam. Mr. Heydler has been printer^s devil, ball player, newspaper man and umpire, and was appointed private secretary to President Pulliam in 1903 and later made secretary of the National League. He was born in Lafargeville, N. Y. DEATH OF HERMAN LONG Herman C. Long, a once famous shortstop, died at Denver, Colo. , Sept. 17, 1909, of consumption. He had been ill a long time. Long was born in Chicago and started his major league career with Boston in 1890, to which city he went from Des Moines, his playing in the Western League having attracted the attention of the Boston management. At the Hub he made a great name for himself and for a number of years he was the idol of the Boston fans. Long closed his career in the big league with Detroit, going from there to manage the Des Moines team. Burial was in Chicago. SAM CRANE GIVEN A BENEFIT A benefit for Sam Crane, the veteran ball player and newspaper writer, was held at the American League Ball Park, New York, Oct. 6, 1909, and the sum of $7,000 realized. The Detroit and New York teams played a game of ball, Detroit winning 8 to 4. McGinnity pitched for De- troit and Matthewson and Lake for the Highlanders. John M. Ward, Dan Brouthers, Irwin and Hurst officiated as um- pires. A ball pitched by Matthewson and autographed by him was sold by auction for $275 while the bat with vv^hich Cobb made most of his hits during the season of 1909 went for $50. WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY TEAM IN JAPAN In the fall of 1909 the base ball team of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin made a trip to Japan and played nine games. Of this number the Americans won five. The rec- ord: Sept. 22 — Wisconsin, 2; Keio University, 3 ; eleven innings. Sept. 26 — Keio University, 2; Wisconsin, 1; nine- teen innings. Sept. 28 — Wisconsin, 10; Tokyo Americans, 0. Sept. 29— Wisconsin, 8; Tokyo City team, 7. Oct. 2— 1909 194 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Wisconsin, 7; Waseda University, 4. Oct. 4 — Keio, 5; Wis- consin, 4. Oct. 7— Wisconsin, 5; Waseda, 4. Oct. 9— Wa- seda, 3; Wisconsin, 0. Oct. 12 — Wisconsin, 8; Keio, 0. FOURTEEN GAMES WON BY REULBACH A feature of the 1909 season was the winning of fourteen straight games by Reulbach of the Chicago Na- tional League team. The record follows: 1909 DATE May 31.. June 6.. * 16.. " 20.. '" 25.. " 30.. July 3.. '' 17.. " 22., " 28.. " 31. Aug. 4. " 7. " 10. OPPONENTS Cincinnati . . Philadelphia Brooklyn . . . Cincinnati Pittsburg . Bro3klyn . . . New York . St. Louis . . Philadelphia, Boston. . . . . Brooklyn. . . . CHGO. ~ 3~" 1 3 6 4 3 6 4 3 6 1 PENNANTS TO PITTSBURG AND DETROIT Pittsburg and Detroit were the pennant winners in 1909. The race was a close one in the American, but the Pirates finished forty-four points in the lead of the Cubs in the National. The charge made near the close of last season, an attempt to bribe Umpire Klem in one of the games in New York, was officially declared sustained on in- vestigation by National .League officials. No legal action was taken. The guilty person was a physician well known, in local sporting circles. Pennant results: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Pittsburg - 724 Chicago -. 680 New York .' 601 Cincinnati . 504 Philadelphia .484 Brooklyn .359 St. Louis 355 Boston ~ . .294 Winning team: Leever, Adams, Camnitz, Phillippe, Leifield, Wilhs, Maddox, p; Gibson, c; Abstein, lb; Miller, 2b; Byrne, 3b; Wagner, ss; Abbaticchio, ss; Clarke, If; BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 195 Leach, cf; Wilson, rf; Hyatt, rf. League leaders: Batting, Wagner, .339; Gibson, c, .983; Chance, lb, .994; Shean, 2b, .960; Lennox, 3b, .959; Bridwell, ss, .940; "Clarke, If, .987; Delehanty, cf, .985; Titus, 3b, .971. Matthewson and Camnitz tied on pitching. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs ■ Per ct. Detroit 545 Athletics ■ 621 Boston. '.'.'.".'.'.[ ;583 '^hicago 513 New York 49O Cleveland 464 St. Louis 407 Washington 276 Winning team: Donovan, Killian, Summers, Mullin, Works, Willett, p; Schmidt, Beckendorf, Stanage, c; T. Jones, lb; Crawford, lb; Delehanty, 2b; Moriarity, 3b; O'Leary, 3b; Bush, ss; Mclntyre, If; D. Jones, If; Craw- ford, cf; Cobb, rf. League leaders: Batting, Cobb, .377; Criger, c, .986; Isbell, lb, .994; Collins, 2b, .967; Bradley, 3b, .957; Mc- Bride, ss, .947; Hahn, rf, .990; B. Lord, If, .992; Ganley, cf, .982. Mullin was the leading pitcher. PITTSBURG WINS WORLD'S SERIES The contest for the world's championship was won by Pittsburg, four games to three. Receipts, $188,302.50 DATE WHERE PLAYED r ittsburg. PITTS. 4 2 8 8 4 8 DET. Oct. 8.... " 9.... 1 7 6 '' 11.... " 12.... Detroit " 13.... " 14.... " 16.... Pittsburg Detroit o 4 5 Won Lost Adams 3 Mullin 2 1 MaddoK 1 Donovan 1 1 Leifield 1 Summers 2 Willis 2 The feature of the series was the pitching of Adams, who won three of the four games captured by Pittsburg. 1909 196 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 1909 He was a recent addition to the team and his work was be- yond expectations. LONG GAMES OF 1909 Dixon, 2; Muscatine, 1. Twenty-six innings. Pitch- ers, Woodyatt and Nance. Dixon, 111., June 25. San Francisco, 1; Oakland, 0. Twenty-four innings. Pitchers, Henley and Wiggs. San Francisco, June 8. Portland, 3; Vancouver, 0. Twenty-two innings. Pitchers, Pinnance and Gilligan. Vancouver, July 31. Aberdeen, 3; Portland, 1. Nineteen innings. Pitch- ers, Stark ell and Pernoll; Gough. Portland, Aug. 20. Vancouver, 3; Seattle, L Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, Flannagan; Thompson and Anderson. Seattle, Aug. 20. South Bend, 1; Dayton, 0. Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, Martin and Neuschafer. Dayton, Aug. 1. Utica, 3; Troy, 2. Eighteen innings. Pitchers, O'Connor and Reardon; Swormstead. Utica, June 27. Albany, 4; Syracuse, 3. Seventeen innings. Pitch- ers, Thompson and Knight. Syracuse, July 4. DETROIT TEAM LOSES IN CUBA A team of Detroit players made a trip to Cuba in November, 1909, and played twelve games with native clubs. Of this number they won four. The record: Almendares, 3. Havana, 3. Almendares, 13. Havana, 0. Almendares, 0. Havana, 5. Almendares, 2. Havana, 4. Almendares, 2. Havana, 5. Almendares, 4. Havana, 9. JAMES SEBRING DEAD James Sebring, a base ball player of note, died in a hospital at Williamsport, Pa. , in December, 1909, after an ov. 4 Det roit, y; - 7_ • ' 5; " 8— ' 2; - 11— * 2) - 14— ' 4; '' 15- ' 4; " 18— ' ' 1; ** 21— ' ' 3; " 22— ' ' 1; *' 25 - ' 4; " 28— ' 1; " 30— ' 1; BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 197 illness of one month. He was 28 years old. He played with Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Brooklyn, and, while very popular, twice jumped contracts to play with outlaw teams. He was finally blacklisted and reinstated less than a year before he died. Sebring was traded to Chicago in 1905 with Harry Steinfeldt for Jake Weimer, but never reported. OTHER DEATHS IN 1909 April 6 — George F. Miller, a former National League catcher, died in Brooklyn of a kidney affection. He was 42 years of age. April 9— Milton Sears, a well-known player in the 70s, died at Paterson, N. J., at the age of 62. April 26 — M. R. Powers, catcher for the Philadelphia American League team, died in that city after an illness of two weeks. In that time he had undergone three opera- tions. He was a player of great ability. April 26— M. J. Dorgan, formerly a catcher in the National League, died at Hartford, Conn. June 9 — George Decker, who was a member of An- son's Colts, died atCompton, Cal. He had been an inmate of a California asylum for several years. July 5— Frank G. Selee, one of the most successful managers known to base ball, died in Denver, Col., from tuberculosis. Selee won five National League pennants as manager of the Boston team. He went from there to Chi- cago to manage the Cubs, but resigned the position two years later and went to Colorado in the hope of regaining his health. WHITE GOES ON THE STAGE Dr. G. Harris White, of the pitching staff of the White Sox, made his debut on the vaudeville stage at Wau- kegan, 111., in December, 1909. He did a vocal turn and was pronounced a success. BALL TEAMS TOUR THE COUNTRY The Athletics and a team known as the All-Nationals made a tour of the country at the close of the 1909 season, going to the Pacific coast by the northern route and return- ing by the southern. The tour opened at Chicago on Oct. !909 198 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 19 and closed at New Orleans on Dec. 20. Frank Bancroft was manager of the All-Nationals. LYNCH HEADS NATIONAL LEAGUE At the annual meeting of the National League in December, 1909, a lively contest was waged over the selec- tion of a successor to President Heydler, who had occupied the position since the death of President Pulliam. Mr. Heydler, who was a candidate, finally withdrew and the 1909 meeting became dead-locked over a choice, four clubs vot- ing for John M. Ward, the former star pitcher and head of the Brotherhood movement, and four clubs voting for R. M. Brown of Louisville. A compromise at last was effected and Thomas J. Lynch elected, Mr. Heydler being made sec- retary and treasurer. Thomas J. Lynch was born in New Britain, Conn., and is 51 years of age. He played amateur ball there and became an umpire in the National League in 1887 and made an enviable record in the twelve years he occupied the po- sition. In 1900 he served as supervisor of umpires in the same organization. Mr. Lynch is interested in theatri- cal enterprises at New Britain. At the meeting of the American Association on Dec. 28, 1909, Thomas W. Chivington was elected to succeed . Joseph D. O'Brien. AMERICAN LEAGUE EXTENDS ITS EXISTENCE The American League met in Chicago on Feb. 15, 1910, and extended its. existence for a period of twenty years. President Johnson was re-elected for the full term. A strong resolution was adopted against what was denomi- nated "syndicate" ball. 1910 JOHN KLING REINSTATED John Kling, who earlier in the year applied to the National Commission for reinstatement, had his case favor- ably acted upon April 1, 1910. He was assessed a fine of $700 and ordered to play the season out at the salary fixed for the previous year. President Johnson refused to con- cur in the finding but made no report. Klifl'g quit the Cubs over a question of salary and did BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 199 not play during the season of 1909. He accepted the Commission's conditions and rejoined his club. DEATH OF THOMAS J. LOFTUS Thomas J. Loftus, a former well known ball player and manager, died at his home in Dubuque, Iowa, April 16, 1910, of cancer of the throat. He was 54 years old. Mr. Loftus was born in St. Louis in 1856 and made his first appearance as a player with the Memphis Reds twenty years later. In 1878 he managed and played second base for the Peoria Reds and had for his associate players Charles Radbourne, Cliff Carroll, the Rowe brothers and the Gleasons, all of whom became famous in after years as exponents of the national game. The club was transferred to Dubuque the following year and Comiskey added to the membership. Ted Sullivan was manager. In 1882 Loftus and Comiskey joined the St. Louis American Association team, Loftus going the next year to Milwaukee and there- after managing teams at Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Grand Rapids. He was manager of the Chicago Na- tional League team in 1900 and in 1902 became manager and part owner of the Washington American League club. He retired from the game in 1904, but in 1908 accepted the presidency of the I. 1. 1. League to prevent its being wrecked by factional disturbances. He served one year. CLEVELAND DEDICATES PARK The new American League Park at Cleveland, 0., was dedicated April 21, 1910, in the presence of 18,000 per- sons. Detroit defeated Cleveland 5 to 0, Willett and Young doing the pitching. The new park has a seating ca- pacity of 21,000 and the buildings are of the latest design. COMISKEY PARK OPENED Twenty-eight thousand people were present at the opening of Comiskey Park, Chicago, July 1, 1910. The park is 600x600 feet in size and the seating capacity is 36,- 000—13,600 in the grand stand, 16,000 in the bleachers and pavilion and 6,400 in the boxes. The rooms are fitted with vapor and shower baths, rubbing tables, etc., the total cost of this new abode of the Sox beingi $750,000. 4- 1910 1910 200 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The inaugural game was won by St. Louis, 2 to 0. Walsh and Pelty were the pitchers. Walsh struck out six men and Pelty fanned four. Among those in attendance were: August Herrmann, John E. Bruce, B. B. Johnson, Thomas Chivington, Norris L. O'Neill, R. L. Hedges, Stanley Robison, B. F. Shibe, Barney Dreyfuss, C. W. Murphy, A. R. Tierney, Frank Isbell, George Davis, Capt. Anson, James A. Hart, Richard Kinsella. CY. YOUNG WINS SOOTH GAME On July 19, 1910, Denton (Cy.) Young scored his 500th victory as a major league pitcher. Young started pitching for Cleveland in 1890 and has been at it ever since. His record, as compiled by Editor Richter of Sporting Life, is as follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE W L SO BH PT 1890.. Cleveland... ...10 7 37 28 .588 1891.. ...27 22 152 129 .551 1892.. ...36 10 166 109 .783 1893.. ...34 17 131 110 .667 1894.. ...25 21 100 100 .543 1895.. ...35 10 121 ^ 74 .777 1896.. ...29 16 137 64 .614 1897.. ...21 18 90 51 .538 1898.. .. 24 14 98 40 .631 1899.. St. Louis.... ...23 15 101 48 .634 1900.. ...20 18 120 36 .526 Total ...287 168 1261 789 .602 AMERICAN LEAGUE 1901... Boston ... 31 10 161 37 .756 1902.. " :.. 32 12 166 39 .727 1903.. " ...28 9 182 38 .757 1904.. " ...26 16 205 30 .619 1905.. " ...18 19 207 29 .486 1906.. " ...13 21 144 27 .382 1907.. " ...22 15 139 48 .595 1908.. '' ...21 11 150 37 .656 1909.. Cleveland.. . ...19 15 112 59 .550 1910.. ... 3 6 39 43 .333 Totals ...213 134 1511 387 .630 Grand Totals . . ..500 302 2766 1179 .630 FABER PITCHES A "NO MAN TO FIRST" GAME **Red" Faber of the Dubuque team shut out the Davenport nine without a hit, run or man getting to first BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 201 base on Aug. 18, 1910. The game was played at Daven- port. The full score is given below: DUBUQUE Taylor, If Jasper, 2b H. Darringer, cf. R. Darringer, ss Buelow, rf Bewer, 3b Lerchen, lb Boucher, c Faber, p Totals AB. H. P.O. A. 4 1 1 4 1 6 4 2 3 1 1 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 1 17 4 7 4 5 33 8 27 17 E. DAVENPORT Ohland, cf C. Darringer, ss Nadeau, If Holycross, rf. . . Foutz, ]b Clement, 2b Chapman, 3b. . . Walsh, c , . . Coleman, c Pinnance, p.... Nelson Totals , AB. H. P.O. A. E. 27 2 2 3 12 2 1 3 2 27 11 1910 SCORE BY INNINGS Dubuque 3 0—3 Davenport 0—0 SUMMARY Bases on balls — Off Pinnance, 1. Struck out — By Pinnance, 4; by Faber, 7. Wild pitches — Pinnance. Umpire -Carruthers, WAGNER GETS SEVEN HITS IN SEVEN TIMES UP At Pittsburg on Aug. 22, 1910, Hans Wagner, the National League's star batsman, distinguished himself and added more glory to his name by making seven hits in as many times at bat in a double-header with the Philadelphia team. Wagner was at the plate eight times, but sacrificed 202 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. to score a runner. Wagner's hits comprised two home runs, three doubles and two singles. Shettler, Moren, Stack and Brennan were the Philadelphia pitchers. In the second inning of the second game Campbell and Camnitz scored home runs in addition to Wagner, making a total of three in one inning and constituting a record. BILLY SULLIVAN IN A MONUMENT FEAT W. D. Sullivan, catcher of the Chicago White Sox, caught three balls thrown from the top of the Washington monument on Aug. 24, 1910. The first ball gathered in was the twenty-fourth one hurled and the second and third ones captured were the first and fifth of a second lot of fifteen 1910 which Dr. White, who had succeeded Walsh at the shaft's summit, sent whizzing down the monument hill. Sullivan wore his big mitt, his cap and his spiked shoes. Charles Street, the Washington catcher, performed a similar feat in 1908. HEAVY HITTING BY MURPHY Murphy, of the Athletics, made five hits in five times at bat against Linke and Bailey of St. Louis in a game at Philadelphia on Aug. 25, 1910. Murphy's hits were a home run, a triple, a double and two singles. Notwithstanding this the home team lost 9 to 6. Fifteen players were used by Philadelphia. BASE BALL AT NIGHT Another test of the practicability of playing base ball at night was made at 'Comiskey Park, Chicago, on the evening of Aug. 27, 1910. It was a great success. The Logan Square and Rogers Park teams played a nine-inning game that surprised the big crowd in attendance by reason of its quick action and freedom from errors. The grounds were illuminated by twenty arc lights of 137,000 candle power. CHARLES ESPER DEAD Charles Esper, aged 42 years, died at his home in Philadelphia on the night of Aug. 31, 1910, of Bright's disease. Esper joined the Athletics in 1887 and remained with BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 203 that organization two years. He was with the Philadel- phia National League team in 1889-91, then with St. Louis for a brief period and lastly with Baltimore. It was while with the Orioles that he was at his best and he contributed in no small degree to the triumphs of that team. From Balti- more he went to Hartford, where he remained two years, after which he retired. At the time of his death he was conducting a restaurant. Esper was a left-hand pitcher. DEATH OF JACK NELSON John Nelson, a ball player as far back as 1867, died in Brooklyn Sept. 5, 1910, from heart failure. Nelson was a member of the Eckford team in 1867 and remained with that organization until 1870, when he joined the Mutuals of 1910 New York, returning to the Eckfords in 1871. In 1872 he was with Troy and when that team disbanded returned to the Eckfords. In 1873-77 he played with the Mutuals. In 1878 he was with Indianapolis, in 1879 with Troy and in 1880 joined the Metropolitans. Here he remained until the close of 1887. Nelson's position was shortstop and he was one of the stars of his day. He also was a good batsman, having a percentage of .361 his last season. GAME PLAYED IN THIRTY-TWO MINUTES The record for the shortest time for playing a full game of nine innings was twice broken on Sept. 19, 1910, when the Mobile and Atlanta teams accomplished the feat in the remarkable time of thirty-two minutes and the Nash- ville and New Orleans teams finished the task in forty-two minutes. The best previous record was forty-four minutes, made by Atlanta and Shreveport on Sept. 24, 1904. Day- ton and Ironton played a game in forty-seven minutes in September, 1884. Both of the 1910 games were rushed through with all possible speed, the batsmen going to the plate on the run and striking at any ball that was within their reach. Mobile defeated Atlanta by a score of 2 to 1. Nashville defeated New Orleans 6 to 3, Bernhard and Paige pitching. 204 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. The score of the record game will be found in the accom- panying table: 1910 MOBILE AB. Seitz, 2b.... Berger, ss . . Murphy, If. Swacina, lb Wagner, cf. Watson, rf. Alcock, 3b.. Shannon, c. Chappelle, p Totals... H. P.O. A. E. 4 2 1 6 4 2 4 4 1 1 4 17 1 4 3 4 3 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 3 4 32 6 27 22 ATLANTA Bayless, cf. . Moran, If . . . . Smith, c Flaherty, rf. Jordan, 2b.. , Lister, Ib... Walker, 3b.. Berkel, ss. . , Griffin, p. . . . Totals. AB. H. P.O. A. 4 1 5 4 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 15 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 3 27 5 13 28 5 E. SCORE BY INNINGS Mobile 10 1-2 Atlanta ......1 0—1 SUMMARY Two base hits — Bayless, Wagner, 2. Three base hit — Seitz. Triple play — Watson, Swacina, Shannon. Struck out — By Griffin, 1. Time — 32 minutes. Umpire — Hart. LAJOIE MAKES EIGHT HITS IN DOUBLE-HEADER In a double-header at St. Louis on Oct. 9, 1910, be- tween Cleveland and the local team Lajoie made eight hits in eight times at bat. Nelson and Malloy were the pitch- ers off of whom the hits were made. The closeness of a race between Lajoie and Cobb for an automobile offered by BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 205 a Detroit firm caused hints to be made in some quarters that all was not right, but the matter was investigated by President Johnson and the hits made by the Clevelander declared legitimate. LEJEUNE BREAKS THROWING RECORD At a series of contests held at Cincinnati on Oct. 10, 1910, Sheldon Lejeune, of the Evansville club, threw a base ball 426 feet 6? inches, breaking the record estab- lished by John Hatfield in Brookfyn .Oct. 15, 1872, by 25 feet lOf inches. Hatfield's throw was 400 feet 7i inches. At the same meeting John Lobert " and Ward Miller tied on beating out a bunt in 3 2-5 seconds. Rowan won the fungo hitting contest with 398 feet 6i inches. Lobert circled the bases in 13 4-5 seconds and won the 100 yards dash in 10 seconds. Pitcher's control contest was won by Gaspar — eight strikes out of eleven balls pitched. ATHLETICS AND CUBS WIN PENNANTS The Athletics and the Cubs were pennant winners in their respective leagues in 1910. In the American Cobb won the automobile as champion batter, with a percentage of .384144 against .384084 for Lajoie, but the company that made the offer presented each with a machine. NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. Chicago 676 New York 591 Pittsburg 562 Philadelphia 510 Cincinnati 487 Brooklyn 416 St. Louis 412 Boston 346 Winning team: Cole, Brown, Overall, Reulbach, Mc- Intire, Richie, Foxen, Pfeister, p; Kling, Archer, c; Arch- er, Chance, Luderus, Hofman, lb; Evers, Zimmerman, 2b; Zimmerman, Steinfeldt, 3b; Tinker, Zimmerman, ss; Sheck- ard. If; Hofman, cf ; Schulte, rf ; Kane, Beaumont. League leaders: Batting, Magee, .331; Moran, c, .989; Chance,lb, .996; Hummel, 2b, .965; Lennox, 3b, .950; Doolan, 1910 206 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 1910 ss, .948; Collins, If, .977; Hofman, cf, .975; Titus, rf, .976. Cole was the leading pitcher. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Athletics 680 New York 583 Detroit 558 Boston 520 Cleveland 467 Chicago 444 Washington » 437 St. Louis 306 Winning team: Bender, Coombs, Plank, Morgan, Dy- gert, Krause, Atkins, p; Lapp, Livingstone, Donahue, Thomas, c; Houser, Davis, lb; Collins, 2b; Baker, 3b; Mc- Innes, Barry, ss; Oldring, cf; Murphy, rf; Hartsel, If; B. Lord, S trunk, Heitmuller. League leaders: Batting, Cobb, .385; Lapp, c, .980; Gandill, lb, .989; Collins, 2b, .970; Bradley, 3b, .956; Tur- ner, ss, .973; Murphy, rf, .974; Stone, If, .972; Oldring, cf, .978. Bender was the pitching star. ATHLETICS WIN WORLD'S SERIES The world's championship for 1910 was won by the Athletics in easy fashion. Five games were played. Of this number the American Leaguers won four, three of them in succession. Coombs was the leading pitcher of the se- ries. Attendance, 124,222; receipts, $173,980. DATE WHERE PLAYED PHIL CHGO. Oct. 17.... " 18. .. Philadelphia 4 9 12 3 7 1 3 " 20. .. Chicago 5 " 22 " 23 ( < < < 4 2 Won. Lost. Coombs 3 Bender 1 1 Brown 1 2 , Overall 1 Mclntire 1 Reulbach, Richie, Pfeister and Cole did not pitch full games and their names do not appear in the table eith- er as victors or defeated players. In the game of Oct. 22 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 207 Brown relieved Cole in the ninth inning, with the score 3 to 2 in favor of the Athletics, and is credited with the ten- inning victory. DEATH OF HENRY V. LUCAS Henry V. Lucas, who lost a fortune in base ball, died in St. Louis Nov. 15, 1910, at the age of 53 years. At the time of his death he was a city employe. Lucas financed teams at New York, St. Louis, Cin- cinnati, Baltimore, Boston, Pittsburg, Washington and Kansas City. He was the head of the Union Association of 1884, which failed in its fight on the National League, but the following year his St. Louis club was admitted to that organization, in which it finished last. Lucas retired from the game in 1887. Misfortune continued to follow him, however, and what was left of his $1,000,000 inherit- ance soon was swept away. ANSON AS A VAUDEVILLE STAR Financial reverses came upon Capt. Anson in 1909-10 and the old-time favorite of the base ball world, declining all offers of assistance, sought the vaudeville stage as a way out of the dilemma. He made his first appearance at Pittsfield, Mass., Nov. 14, 1910, before a crowded house. Anson talked on base ball affairs in general, and his re- marks were of such an interesting character as to win him much applause at their conclusion and the presentation of a bouquet of pink chrysanthemums. Fans from all parts of Berkshire and adjacent counties were present. FLETCHER'S BALL PLANS FAIL D. A. Fletcher, a Cincinnati promoter, caused con- siderable of a stir near the close of the season of 1910 by arranging contests of all-star teams and threatening the or- ganization of a third major league. He had a great many of the best players of both leagues signed for the games, which were to be played in Kansas City, but later the men returned the checks they had accepted and the deal was off. It was then announced that Fletcher would organize a rival to the existing base ball bodies and there were many ru- mors of purchases of sites for parks for that purpose. 1910 208 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Nothing came of the scheme, however, and it was soon a thing of the past. DAN M'GANN KILLS H rM S E L F Dennis McGann, formerly captain and first baseman of the New York National League club, committed suicide by- shooting in his room at Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 13, 1910. He was born at Shelby ville, Ky., July 15, 1872. McGann made his debut as a professional in 1891 and during his minor league career played with clubs at Shelby- yille, Harrodsburg, Lexington, Marysville and Lynchburg. As a major leaguer he was with Boston, Washington, St. Louis and New York. He led the National League's first 1910 basemen for seven seasons. At the time of his death he was a member of the Milwaukee American Association team. OTHER DEATHS IN 1910 Jan. 12 — Harry G. Staley, well-known National League pitcher, died at Battle Creek, Mich., following an operation. He was 44 years old. Jan. 23 — Sam Wise, a once noted shortstop, died at Akron, 0., after being operated on for appendicitis. He was about 52 years of age. Wise's reputation was made with the Boston club in the early 80s. In 1890 he was with the Buffalo Players' League team and later played with Baltimore and Washington. He retired in 1897. Feb. 15~James W. Holliday, familiarly known as *'Bug" Holliday, died at Cincinnati after a long illness. He was a left fielder and one of the stars of the old American Association. March 13 — Col. John L Rogers, for twenty years the principal owner of the Philadelphia National League club, died suddenly in Denver, where he had gone on business. He was 64 years old and a noted lawyer. March 14— Michael P. Hines, who caught for the Boston team in the 80s, died at New Bedford, Mass. He was 45 years of age. Hines was committed to the Taunton insane asylum in August, 1909. March 18— Alan T. Storke, who had played with St. Louis and Pittsburg teams, died at Newton, Mass. He was BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 209 a young player and gave evidence of attaining high rank in the profession. April 2 — Joseph Nealon died at San Francisco of ty- phoid fever. He was 30 years of age and played first base for Pittsburg. April lO^Robert Addy, aged 67 years, died of heart disease at Pocatello, Idaho. Addy was a well known player before the days of the National League and was a member of teams at Boston, Hartford and Chicago. May 14 — Patrick Gillespie died at Carbondale, Pa., of heart failure. He was 63 years old. Gillespie formerly was an outfielder of the New York National League team. May 29 — William Hassamer, at one time an outfielder \g\o on the Washington (National League) team, died in St. Louis. He was 45 years old. June 21 — Thomas Doran, catcher for several National League teams, died in New York City. He was 33 years of age. Nov. 1 — Robert Pettit, aged 48 years, died at Derby, Conn. Pettit was an outfielder under Anson in 1888-9. Nov. 20 — J. K. Byrne, professionally known as Jack O^Brien, died in Philadelphia of Bright*s disease. He was 48 years old. Byrne was catcher for the old Athletics and led the American Association's players of that position in 1882. U. OF C. TEAM TOURS THE ORIENT The University of Chicago base ball team, in charge of H. 0. Page, made a tour of Japan, China, the Philippine and the Hawaiian Islands in the fall of 1910, leaving Seat- tle Sept. 10 and arriving there on their return Dec. 23. Nine games were played with the Waseda and Keio univer- sity teams, the Americans winning all. At Manila the tourists met their first and only defeat, the Marines beating them 4 to 0. ATHLETICS AND DETROITS GO TO CUBA The Athletic and Detroit teams made trips to Cuba in the fall of 1910 and played a series of games with native clubs. The Detroits were more successful than on their 210 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. previous trip, winning seven games, losing four and one being a tie. The Athletics won four games and lost six. RICE'S "BASE BALL BALLADS" PUBLISHED During the season of 1910 Grantland Rice, a base ball poet, issued a book of verse under the caption ''Base Ball Ballads. '* Mr. Rice's thorough knowledge of the game, together with his ability to bring out its many points in rhyme much superior to that of the ordinary newspaper writer, made his offering entertaining to a high degree. MATTHEWSON AND MYERS ON STAGE Matthewson and Myers, of the New York team, ap- peared at Hammerstein's Theater in the fall of 1910 in a playlet by Bozeman Bulger entitled "Curves.** They were 1910 assisted by Miss May Tully, who in the course of the sketch gave imitations of well-known theatrical personages. The act took well. SPINK ISSUES BASE BALL HISTORY "The National Game,** a history of base ball by A. H. Spink of St. Louis, was given to the public at the close of the season of 1910. The book was of a much more elab- orate character than anything of the kind that had ap- peared up to that time, and contained a vast amount of in- formation of interest to lovers of the game. The volume was profusely illustrated. LONG GAMES OF 1910 Clarksburg, 1; Mannington, L Twenty-four in- nings. Pitchers, Cassell and Nicholson. Clarksburg, July 3. San Antonio, 1; Waco, 1. Twenty-three innings. Pitchers, Abies and LoudelL San Antonio, July 5. South Bend, 1; Zanesville, 0. Twenty-one innings. Pitchers, Myers and Jones. South Bend, July 14. Muscatine, 2; Sterling, 1. Twenty innings. Pitch- ers, Eyler and H. Walter, Burke and Fisberg. Muscatine, Iowa, July 16. Macomb, 4; Pekin, 1. Nineteen innings. Pitchers, Swanson and Horton. Pekin, 111., June 10. Oklahoma City, 3; Galveston, 2. Nineteen innings. Pitchers, Drohan and Henrickson. Oklahoma City, June 25. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 211 Bartlesville, 1; Guthrie, 0. Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, Barker and Hotchkiss. Bartlesville, May 12. Minneapolis, 3; St. Paul, 2. Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, Lelivelt and Patterson; Gehring. St. Paul, May 30. Michigan University, 3; Notre Dame, 2. Eighteen innings. Pitchers, Smith and Ryan. Ann Arbor, June 4. Jacksonville, 2; Decatur, 1. Eighteen innings. Pitch- ers, O'Hearne and Billiet; Merz. Jacksonville, 111., July 10. DEATH OF STANLEY ROBISON M. Stanley Robison, owner of the St. Louis National League club, died in Cleveland March 24, 1911, after a year's illness of blood poisoning. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1857 and was a graduate of Northwestern Univer- sity. By his death the club passed into the possession of his sister, Mrs. Britton, who thus became the first woman magnate. WATERLOO WOULD NOT BE OUSTED An attempt to oust Waterloo from the I. I. I. League in order to admit Quincy nearly disrupted the organization early in 1911. The vote was 4 to 4 — the southern section against the northern — when President Tierney voted with the southerners, ending the deadlock and declaring the mo- tion to oust carried. Waterloo took the matter to the courts and the action of the league was nullified. The op- ponents of the Iowa city then appealed to the National Board of Arbitration and were beaten, and later to the National Commission, where they also lost out. The matter was not settled until nearly time to open the season, when Blooming- ton resigned its membership in the interest of harmony. ADRIAN C. JOSS DIES Adrian C. Joss, pitcher for the Cleveland American League team, died at Toledo early on the morning of April 14, 1911, of tubercular meningitis after a brief illness. He was 33 years old and had a record of two no-hit games. J. C. ROWE PASSES AWAY J. C. Rowe, a noted player in the 80s, died in St. Louis April 25, 1911, aged 55 years. He joined the Buffalo team in 1879 and distinguished himself as batter and fielder. 1911 212 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. He went to Detroit when the **Big Four^/ — Brouthers, Rich- ardson, Rowe and White— were secured by the Michigan city near the close of 1885, and remained there until the disbandment of the team in 1889, when he went to Pitts- burg. MIKE DONLIN REINSTATED Mike Donlin, who left the New York team to go on the stage, applied to the National Commission for reinstate- ment and his plea was granted on June 3, 1911. Don- lin rejoined the New Yorks, but later was transferred to Boston. KLING TRADED TO BOSTON ^ 9^ , Kling, Griffin, Weaver and Kaiser were traded by the Chicago Cubs on June 10, 1911, to the Boston National League team for Graham, Goode, Collins and Curtis. The deal was unexpected and caused much comment in base ball circles. DAVIS DAY AT PHILADELPHIA June 12, 1911, was observed as Davis Day at the American League Park in Philadelphia and a large crowd was present. The captain of the Athletics was presented with $5,000 in cash, a Masonic emblem, a loving cup and a large number of flowers. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER CONTEST In the spring of 1911 Ren Mulford of Cincinnati was named to select a committee of newspaper writers whose duty it should be to pick the two big league players of the most value to their respective clubs. Mr. Mulford chose the following gentlemen: Tim Murnane, Boston Globe. Abe Yager, Brooklyn Eagle. Si. Sanborn, Chicago Tribune. Jack Ryder, Cincinnati Enquirer. Henry Edwards, Cleveland Plaindealer. Joe Smith, Detroit Journal. John B. Foster, New York Telegram. Charles Power, Pittsburg Gazette-Times. J. C. Isaminger, Philadelphia North American. M. F. Parker, St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Joe Jackson, Washington Post. i BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 213 The two players receiving the highest number of votes cast by this committee were each to receive an automobile of- fered by a Detroit firm. NORTHRUP BEATS LANCASTER-NO MAN TO FiIRST J. Northrup, of the Reading team, shut out Lan- caster without a hit, run or man reaching first base on June 14, 1911. The game was played at Reading. Score: READING Stutz, ss Jube, rf Cannell, cf . Cockill, lb. . Rudolph, If. Coughlin, 3b Curry, 2b. . . Monroe, c, . Northrup, p Totals... AB. H. P.O. A. 5 4 2 3 4 3 4 2 5 1 12 3 1 1 4 2 1 3 1 2 4 8 4 1 8 ~9 36 11 27 E. LANCASTER Joyce, cf W. Thomas, 2b Covaleski, If... Lush, lb Hooper, 3b Quinlan, ss. . . . McGinley, c... Shettler, rf C. Thomas, p. . , Totals AB. H. P.O. A. 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 7 3 1 3 2 3 3 8 1 3 I 3 4 27 24 10 E. SCORE BY INNINGS Reading 2 12 12 *-8 Lancaster 0—0 SUMMARY Two base hit— Coughlin. Bases- on balls — Off Thomas, 3. Hit by pitcher- By Thomas, 1. Struck out— By Northrup, 8; by Thomas, 7. Time— 1:52. Umpire — Walker. 1911 Northrup retired the side on strikes in the ninth in- 214 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. ning and seemed able to continue the contest at the same gait for several innings more. DREYFUSS PAYS $22,500 FOR O'TOOLE The highest price ever paid for a player in the history of the national game was recorded July 22, 1911, when President Dreyfuss of the Pittsburg club put up $22,500 to secure the services of Martin O'Toole, the star pitcher of the St. Paul team. O'Toole previously had been tried in the big leagues but was not a success. His work during the first half of the 1911 season was of such a sensational character, however, that there was a great rush to get him. Later, Kelly, his catcher, was sold to Dreyfuss for $7,500. 1911 O'Toole is 24 years old and has a strike-out record of eight- een in the Western League and seventeen in the American Association. MAGEE SUSPENSION AROUSES INTEREST A case which attracted much attention in 1911 was the suspension in July for the remainder of the season of Sherwood Magee of the Philadelphia National League club and the assessment of a $200 fine by President Lynch. Magee's offense consisted in assaulting Umpire Finneran in a game at Philadelphia on July 10. This was the severest punishment ever meted out to a player for a similar offense, and there was much discussion over it, the result being that the suspension was removed in August during good behav- ior. Magee was off duty about a month. JOSS BENEFIT NETS NEARLY $13,000 A benefit for the family of the late Addie Joss, the pitcher of the Cleveland club who died in April, was held at Cleveland on July 24 and drew a crowd of 15,270 per- sons. There was a game of ball between the Cleveland team and a nine composed of American League players and known as All-Stars, which was won by the latter, 5 to 3. The sum of $12,914 was realized. DEATH OF ROBERT CARRUTHERS Robert Carruthers, a once famous pitcher and of re- cent years an umpire in the I. I. I. League, died in a hos- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 215 pital at Peoria, 111., on Aug. 5, 1911, of a nervous break- down. He was born in Chicago and was 52 years old. Carruthers began playing ball in the Western League as a member of the Minneapolis team and in 1883 was pur- chased by Von der Ahe for his St. Louis Browns. With this team he made a great reputation. He remained with St. Louis until the close of the season of 1887 when, with Foutz and Bushong, he was sold to Brooklyn. He was a member of the Brooklyn team for two years, but, not com- ing up to expectations, was released and drifted into the minor leagues, where he played for several years before taking up umpiring. Carruthers was a right-handed pitcher and a left- ^g^^ handed batter. WALSH BREAKS FUNGO RECORD What was known as "Comiskey field day'* was held at the White Sox park on the night of Sept. 30, 1911, but the weather interfered with the success of the exercises. Ed. Walsh, however, broke the record for fungo hitting. He drove a fly 419 feet i inch and won the first prize of $100. Messenger won the 100 yard dash in 11 seconds; Aus- tin, bunt and run to first, in 3 1-5 seconds; Austin, circling the bases, :14 15; Tony, long distance throw, 392 feet 1 inch; Hooper, accurate throwing. WATERLOO OUSTED FROM I. L I. LEAGUE Waterloo was ousted from the L I. I. League at a meeting held in Chicago early in October, 1911. The object was accomplished by dissolving the association and reorgan- izing, the Iowa city being left out in the selection of towns for the season of 1912. The end was attained with little friction. ATHLETICS AND GIANTS WIN PENNANTS The Athletics were again victors in the race for the American League pennant and New York led the Na- tional League contenders, the first time in six years. A feature of the post-season games was the defeat of the erstwhile invincible Cubs in four straight by the White Sox. 216 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. There was some objection shortly after the opening of the season to the lively nature of the cork center ball, but this soon died out. The record: NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs. Per ct. New York 647 Chicago 597 Pittsburg 552 Philadelphia .520 St. Louis 500 Cincinnati 458 Brooklyn 427 Boston 291 Winning team: Marquard, Crandall, Matthewson, Wiltse, Raymond, Ames, Drucke, p; Myers, Wilson, c; ^g^, Merkle, lb; Doyle, 2b; Devlin, Fletcher, Herzog, 3b; Brid- well, Fletcher, ss; Becker, Murray, rf; Snodgrass, cf; Devore, If. League leaders: Batting, Wagner, .334; Bergen, c, .981; Konetchy, lb, .991; Hummel, 2b, .972; E. Zimmer- man, 3b, .961; Tinker, ss, .937; Magee, If, .981; Leach, cf, .987; Titus, rf, .979. Marquard was leading pitcher. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs Per ct. Athletics 669 Detroit 578 Cleveland 523 Chicago 509 Boston 509 New York 500 Washington, 416 St. Louis .296 Winning team: Bender, Coombs, Plank, Morgan, Krause, p; Lapp, Livingstone, Thomas, c; Davis, Mclnnes, lb; Collins, Derrick, 2b; Baker, 3b; Barry, Mclnnes, ss; Oldring, cf ; B. Lord, If; Murphy, rf ; Strunk, Hartsel. League leaders: Batting, Cobb, .420; Sullivan, c, .986; Stovall, lb, .986; McConnell, 2b, .973; Turner, 3b, .970; Tannehill, ss, .951; Crawford, rf, .975; Cree, If, .964; Oldring, cf, .979. Bender was the pitching leader. WORLD'S SERIES TO ATHLETICS The world's series for 1911 was won by the Ath- letics, who took four games out of six played with New BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 217 York. The receipts were $342,164.50 and the attendance 179,851, the largest number of spectators for any one day- being 38,281 at New York on Oct. 14. This was a record- breaker. Coombs and Crandall divided pitching honors. The record follows: DATE WHERE PLAYED PHIL. N. Y. Oct. 14.... New York.. . 1 2 '* 18 Philadelphia . New York . . . 3 3 4 3 13 1 " 17 9 '' 24 Philadelphia . New York . . . 2 " 25 4 " 26.... Philadelphia . 2 Won Lost. Coombs 1 Crandall 1 Bender 2 1 Plank.... 1 1 Matthewson 1 2 Ma An- rquard les 1 1 ADDITIONAL DEATHS OF PLAYERS Feb. 6— Arthur Clarkson, well-known as a pitcher in the 90s, died at Cambridge, Mass., aged 43 years. Feb. 18 — Herbert Briggs, better known as ** Buttons*^ Briggs, died of tuberculosis at Cleveland, Ohio. He was 34 years old. Briggs was a member of the Chicago Cubs and other teams, and was one of the ten pitchers with a fielding per centage of 1,000. June 3— "Dad*' Clark, aged 45 years, died at Lorain, 0. Before retiring he was a pitcher. July 26 — John J. Radcliffe, who was a member of the Athletics as long ago as 1867, died of heart disease at Ocean City, N. J. He was 62 years old. Radcliffe was an associate of McBride, Reach, Mills, Hatfield and Start. Aug. 31 — William White, a pitcher formerly with Bos- ton and Cincinnati, was drowned at Fort Collier, Ont. He was 62 years old and was in the optical business at Buffalo, N. Y. White is said to have been the only player who wore spectacles. Oct. 10— W. R. Parks, a well-known player in the 70s, died at Easton, Pa., aged 65 years. 1911 218 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Nov. 9 — Oscar Bielaski died at Washington, D. C, in his 66th year. He formerly played with Baltimore, Washington and Chicago. Nov. 21 — William Hepburn Russell, owner of the Bos- ton National League club, died of neuralgia of the heart. Mr. Russell was 54 years old and only recently came into possession of the club. COBB AND SCHULTE WIN AUTOMOBILES Cobb and Schulte were winners of the most valuable player contest, the result of which was announced at the close of the season of 1911. Both received automobiles. Ed. Walsh was second on the American League list and ,9^^ Christy Matthewson occupied a similar position on the list of National League players voted on. WARD GETS A VERDICT FOR $1,000 The suit of John M. Ward against President Johnson, of the American League, for $50,000 w^as put on trial in the latter part of the year 1911, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,000. The case was appealed. The action was the result of a published interview at the time Mr. Ward was a candidate for president of the National League in which the head of the American organization was quoted as calling the New Yorker a ''trickster." This Mr. Johnson denied. SPALDING WRITES BASE BALL BOOK "America's National Game" was the title of a book written by A. G. Spalding and placed before the public in the closing months of 191L It contained 600 pages of in- teresting facts and reminiscences regarding base ball and was illustrated in an artistic manner. TWO NEW LEAGUES PROJECTED Two new "outlaw" leagues were organized in the fall of 1911— the United States and the Columbian. W. A. Witman was chosen president of the former organization, and it was given out that clubs would be placed in New York, Brooklyn, Reading, Washington and Richmond, with other big league cities as possibilities. Later, the New York franchise was given to Chicago and a revision of the league's membership made as follows: Cincinnati, Cleve- BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 219 land, Pittsburg, Chicago, Reading, Richmond, Washington and Brooklyn, The Columbian League was headed by John T. Powers and its circuit was compDsed of Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis and Indianapolis. Two other cities were to be taken in later. BASE BALL CHANGES AND TRADES Several important changes and trades were made late in 191L The Boston American League team passed into pos- session of James McAleer and Robert McRoy; Clark Griffith was named to manage Washington, Harry Davis to fill the same position for Cleveland and Umpire Hank O'Day se- lected to succeed Griffith at Cincinnati. The Boston National League team was sold to James E. Gaff ney and John M. Ward. Ward was made president and Kling chosen manager. St. Louis traded Pitcher George to Cleveland for George Stovall; Washington traded Catcher Street to New York for Jack Knight and Pittsburg disposed of Vincent Campbell to Boston for Mike Donlin. James Callahan succeeded Hugh Duffy as manager of the White Sox and Jake Stahl was named as manager of the Boston American League team. The American Association, the Eastern League and the Pacific Coast League secured AA rating. COOMBS, BENDER AND MORGAN IN VAUDEVILLE Coombs, Bender and Morgan, of the Athletics, ap- peared in a vaudeville sketch after the close of the 1911 season. They were assisted by the Pearl sisters. COBB IN "THE COLLEGE WIDOW" Tyrus Cobb made his first stage appearance in the fall of 1911 in "The College Widow" and proved a success. He stated in an interview that he would like to be a great actor, but that he did not think stage work beneficial to a man playing ball. PICKING BASE BALL'S TWENTY GREATEST Picking base ball's twenty greatest players was a fad among admirers of the game as 1911 drew to a close. 1911 220 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Charles Comiskey, the White Sox owner, named the follow- ing list: Buck Ewing, Mike Kelly, A. C. Anson, Charles Ferguson, Fred Pfeffer, Eddie Collins, Hans Wagner, John Glasscock, Harry Lord, Tyrus Cobb, Fred Clark, William Keeler, Tommy McCarthy, Charles Radbourne, Lajoie, Rob- ert Carruthers, Christy Matthewson, Clark Griffith and Ed. Walsh. Sam Crane, a star of days gone by, picked the fol- 191, lowing: George Wright, Ross Barnes, A. C. Anson, Mike Kelly, Charles Radbourne, Fred Dunlap, Buck Ewing, J. M. Ward, Charles Comiskey, Bill Lange, John J. McGraw, Larry Lajoie, Fred Clarke, Hans Wagner, William Keeler, James Collins, Christy Matthewson, Hal Chase, Ty. Cobb and Eddie Collins. DEATH OF JAMES DOYLE James Doyle, who played third base for the Chica- go National League team in 1911, died at Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1912, following an operation for appendicitis. He was a graduate of Niagara University and went to the Cubs from Louisville early in the season of 191L Doyle did great work while with the Chicago team. His age was 24. GEORGE AMOLE FOUND DEAD George Amole, once a well-known pitcher, was found dead in bed at his boarding house in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 1912. He was 39 years old, and since his retire- ment had been following the occupation of a carpenter. CONGRESSMAN ALLEGES BASE BALL TRUST Representative Gallagher of Chicago in March, 1912, 1912 introduced a resolution in Congress providing for an invest- igation of what he termed the "base ball trust." He de- clared the game as at present managed was a big monopo- ly and that the players were little less than slaves in that they were sold or traded without any voice in the matter and blacklisted if they refused to obey. The resolution was referred. The publication of the fact that such a resolution had been presented aroused considerable interest, but the base ball magnates expressed themselves as in no wise alarmed. BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. 221 They declared they were ready for an investigation at any time. President Johnson said: We would be glad to have an investigation. There is no base ball trust and competition is not stifled. Any one who desires is welcome to get in the game. So far as men being enslaved is con- cerned, a large number of players are drawing sal- aries in excess of what is paid to congressmen. That does not look much like enslavement. President Lynch, of the National League, had this to say in regard to the proposed investigation: So far as the National League of Base Ball Clubs is concerned we invite an investigation. There is absolutely nothing savoring of a trust in our league. We do not in any manner stifle or attempt to stifle competition. I indorse everything that Ban Johnson, president of the American League, says. Chairman Herrmann, of the National Commission, ex- pressed himself in the following manner: I don't know what he [Gallagher] means unless it is a joke. There is no base ball trust, and from the nature of the game there never can be. The Comrftission does not fix prices. Different prices are charged in different cities. There can be an investigation at any time without any objection from the National Commission. James A. Hart, former president of the Chicago Na- tional League club, who had just returned from a trip around the world, in an interview declared himself in favor of the resolution. GREEN SUES NATIONAL BOARD FOR $100,000 Guy Green, former owner of an Indian ball team, and for a time proprietor of the club at Lincoln, Neb., brought suit against the National Board of Arbitration of the Na- tional Association early in 1912 for $100,000 for advising clubs not to play with Green's organization until he set- tled a fine of $100. This fine, according to the plaintiff, he paid under coercion. The sum asked Green claims is due him owing to damage caused by the action of the Board and also the publication of said fine in the Official Bulletin. 1912 222 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Later the National Association, through its attorneys, filed its answer to the suit, disputing the jurisdiction of the court. This was the status of the case when this volume went to press. TEAMS READY FOR OPENING 1912 SEASON The different major league clubs departed for the south at the usual time to go into training for the season of 1912. The weather conditions at some of the points se- lected, however, delayed operations for awhile, but did not interfere with the work in hand to any serious extent, as in a short time the most glowing reports were received from 1 9 J 2 all of the camps and the usual confidence expressed by the several managers of the ability of their athletic aggrega- tions to make an enviable showing in the approaching bat- tle for the pennant. The Athletics were the first to finish training. Following is a list of the places at which the different teams got themselves into condition : National League— New York at Marlin Springs, Texas; Chicago at New Orleans; Pittsburg at Hot Springs, Ark.; Philadelphia at Hot Springs, Ark.; Cincinnati at Columbus, Ga. ; St. Louis at Jackson, Miss. ; Brooklyn at Hot Springs, Ark . ; Boston at Augusta, Ga. American League— Philadelphia at San Anto- nio, Texas; Chicago at Waco, Texas; Detroit at Monroe, La.; Cleveland at New Orleans; Boston at Hot Springs, Ark.; New York at Atlanta, Ga. ; Washington at Charlottesville, Va. ; St. Louis at Montgomery, Ala. j^ APPENDIX CONTAINING Cummings' Own Story of How He Originated Curve Pitching. Li^ of Perfect Game Pitchers of all Leagues. Li^ of Major League No Hit Pitchers. Li^ of Minor League No Hit Pitchers. Minor League Strike Out . Performers. Holders of the Various Records. Scores and Miscellaneous Data. i STORY OF THE CURVE BALL WILLIAM ARTHUR CUMMINGS TELLS HOW HE ORGI- NATED THE CHANGE IN PITCHING TO EDITOR OF BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS: The idea of a curve ball, like the idea of many inventions, was brought about by a trifle. In the summer of 1863 a number of boys engaged in a game of ball on a vacant lot in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y. After the contest was over they amused them- selves by throwing clam shells along the shore, watching the wide curves they made, first in one direction, then in u^^ ^f another, with great curiosity. The writer of this article was one of that party, and, while watching the curving shells, thought what a great thing it would be if a pitcher could do the same with a ball. At first this idea appeared ridiculous — in fact, something impossible — but as wild and impossible as it seemed I could not get the idea out of my mind. After a time I told my companions of it, but received little encouragement from them. All were willing to admit it would be a grand thing, but argued that as no man had ever attempted anything of the kind it was foolish for a boy of less than 15 to think he could accomplish such a seeming impossibility. As time passed on I became more and more con- 225 a Boy Under 15 226 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. vinced of its practicability, but the boys only called it ' ' Cummings ' crazy curve" and made considerable fun of it in a good-natured way. None of them, with the ex- ception of my catcher, Edward Chappelle, took the matter seriously. Chappelle, however, believed in the possibil- ity of pitching a curve ball and was anxious to see the idea worked out. From this date on I put in all my spare time practicing, Chappelle doing the catching. Every day I would be at it holding the ball in many different ways and throwing with a variety of motions. Of course, many of the ways in which I held or threw the -ball were useless, and these I discarded . I often wonder that a boy of 15 should be devoted enough to an idea to put in the number of hard hours daily that I did on the curve ball and keep at it so long. I was following an unknown trail, with nothing whatever to guide me, and with no opportunity to profit by the mistakes of others. I did not kiPow what would make a Professors ball curve when thrown through the air, and there was Investigate uo ouc to tcll mc. lu fact, the scientific explanation was N'ewidea ^ot glvcu uutll ycars after I had perfected the idea and gave a demonstration of it before professors and other learned men from Yale. In practicing I soon found that the ball in order to curve had to be thrown so it would revolve rapidly while passing through the air, but it was some time before T discovered that I had better success in pitching against the wind than I did in pitching with it. At the time I was .working on the curve the rules for the pitcher compelled him to keep both feet firmly on the ground until after the ball was delivered. The arm swung close to and straight with the body, hand below the waist. As far as I have been able to learn I am the only one who ever pitched a curve ball under these rules. After the rule was changed to allow an underhand throw it was much easier to pitch a curve and also possible to get a wider curve. The rule I was working under was a serious handi- cap. If any of my readers are pitchers, and doubt this. I would suggest that they try pitching a curve in this way. Though at first I was not successful in causing* the APPENDIX 227 ball to take on a curve, I found that the constant practice I was indulging in was improving my pitching ability in every way. I had better control and more speed and it was a strong team that could defeat the nine with which I was connected. In 1865 I entered Falley Seminary at Fulton, N. Y., and it was while at this institution that I succeeded in causing the sphere to curve. I found that by holding the ball with my thumb, first and second fingers, giving it a twist with my second finger and giving a snap with my wrist I could cause it to assume a curved flight on its way to the plate, but it was fully two years later before I got control sufficient to pitch the curve under any and all conditions and place the ball exactly where I wished to. While at Falley I pitched in the famous games where we won the silver ball, using the curve to ad- vantage. The following story, written by Mr. B. S. Mc- us« Kinstry of Fulton, N. Y., who was a member of the same curve at team as myself, appeared in the Fulton Patriot of Nov. College 24, 1909, and tells of the first pitching of a curve ball in a regular game, though the curve was not officially rec ognized until the Excelsior-Harvard game in 1867. FULTON LEADS. Falley Seminary Furnishes the Original Curve Pitcher of the Country. Cummings Pitched the First Curved Ball in 1865 on the Fulton Fair Grounds — Interesting Base Ball History. In the year 1865 there was a young man at- tending Falley Seminary in Fulton of the name of W, Arthur Cummings and his home was in Brook- lyn, N. Y. The Patriot herewith presents a portrait of the young man taken while attending school in this city. When the Oswego Falls Agricultural Society issued its annual premium list for the fair of 18(35 (forty-four years ago) it offered a prize of a silver ball to the best base ball team in Oswego county. The students of Falle^y Seminary in Fulton decided they would go after this prize and they organized the Hercules Base Ball Club of Fulton. There were two good base ball clubs in Oswego then — the old Ontarios and the Oswegos. An ar- rangement was made between the Hercules and Oswego teams whereby five of the men of the for- 228 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. mer club (with Cummings as pitcher) and four of the Oswegos were to play against the Ontarios. The Hercules-Oswego nine then challenged the On- tarios to come to Oswego Falls and play for the silver ball. The Ontarios accepted the challenge. The Ontarios were confident from the start of landing the prize, as they considered their op- ponents the easiest proposition in the base ball line. So confident were they that they chartered a special train, hired a brass band and made a great demonstration in marching to the scene of the contest. The game was played on the fair grounds m Oswego Falls and the umpire, who was from Oswego, had a very strenuous time. There were several heated disputes over his decisions. The Hercules- Oswego team won the game, but the score has been forgotten by the survivors of the contest. After the game there was a question between the members of the winning team as to which nine the ball belonged, Oswego or Hercules. To decide the dispute another game was arranged between the Hercules team and the regular Oswego nine. The game was played on the village park in Fulton, in front of Falley Seminary, and was attended by Fir^ Curve a large crowd. The Oswego players came with many of their friends and the Jf ulton players had many enthusiastic rooters, in Year 1865 The line-up of the Fulton team was as follows: W. L. Telford, c; W, Arthur Cummings, p; C. G. Bennett, lb; E. P. Brown, ss; B. S. McKinstry, rf; E. K. Esmond, 2b; W. J. Watson, If; A. E. West- cott, 3b; T, Esmond, cf. The Oswegos were a strong team, but their heavy batters could not connect with Cummings ' curves any better than the Ontarios did in the first game, except by accident, and their hits did not count as in former games with other teams. In the latter part of the contest they could not hit Cummings at all, while the ** Butter Fingers" hit when hits meant runs and won the game by a score of 34 to 32. The silver ball is of regulation size, on which is engraved in one circle the following: ''Won May 19, 1866." In another circle is the followin;^- inscription: ''B. F. N. of H. B. B. C. " The bal- ance of the surface of the ball contains the names and residences of the players. From this it will be seen that the two games played in Oswego Falls and Fulton in 1865 and 1866 were the first contests played anywhere in which a curve ball was pitched. It also establishes beyond successful contradiction that Arthur Cum- mings was the originator of the curved pitch. m1 ball. And further, the dates — 1865 and 1866-- antedate the Brooklyn-Boston game alluded to In Collier 's. Pitched APPENDIX 229 After graduating from Falley I returned to Brooklyn, where I joined the Star Juniors, a team of boys whose ages ranged around 17 years. We played thirty-seven games, winning thirty-five, our two defeats being at the hands of teams whose members were over 20 years old. A number of older players from such clubs as the Excelsiors and Stars used to come to our games, and among them was Joseph Leggett, catcher for the Excelsiors. One day Leggett requested me to pitch to him before our game began. I did so, and after catching me for a while and sizing up my work he asked me to join the Excelsiors. I gladly accepted the invitation, as the Excelsiors were a social organization having several clubs in the field and I felt that I would get more ex- perience and advance faster with them. In the summer of 1866 the Excelsiors made a trip to Washington to play the Nationals and Unions of that city. In the Union game I played center field for seven innings, when a number of W^ashington people asked to Curve Bail have me put in to pitch as they wished to see the ''boy officially pitcher." In those days a boy who could pitch with Re^ognj^ed ability was an unusual thing and attracted considerable attention, and I believe I was the first boy to have the honor of pitching for the senior Excelsior club, being at that time a little over 17. I did very well during the two innings that I pitched and received considerable praise for it. That year I also pitched against the strong Eureka club of Newark, N. J., and surprised the crowd by defeating them by a large margin. I remained with the Excelsiors through 1867 and in this year pitched the game in which the curve ball was officially recognized. We were playing Harvard on Jarvis Field and Archie Bush, a heavy hitter, was at the bat. By this time I had gained good control of the curve and decided I would use it on him. The first ball he struck at went about a foot beyond the end of his bat. I tried' again, with the same result. With others of the Harvard batters I did the same and before the game was over 1 had fully satisfied myself that I had mastered the curve and that it was destined to be a success and play an im- portant part in base ball contests of the future. In 1868 I joined the famous Star club of Brooklyn, c 230 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. the crack amateur organization of tlie country, and re- mained with them through 1868-69-70-71. During this time we won every series of games with amateur and college clubs we played, winning the amateur champion- ship of the United States and Canada. The Stars also defeated many strong professional nines, including the Mutuals of New York and the Olympics of Washington. The Olympics had defeated the Mutuals, Athletics, Atlantics and other clubs of note. The following from the Brooklyn Union of July 9, 1870, tells of the Star-Mutual game, which the Stars won, 14 to 3 : In pitching Wolter 's swift delivery was not only surpassed in speed by that of Cummings, but in strategic play did the Star pitcher fully equal even Martin, this being a rare combination of pitch- ing talent in one man. In fact, the play of Cum- mings in his position as pitcher in this game shows conclusively that he has studied the science of his art, for it was not his speed which troubled the Mutual batsmen, but a command of the ball which Pitching enabled him to practically illustrate "how not to do it ' '^a peculiar power of giving a curve to the line of the ball to the right or to the left, and this is one of the chief elements of his success. Wolters and Martin were the Mutual pitchers. During my four years with the Stars I used the curve ball with great success and received many offers from professional clubs all over the country at salaries that were very large for those days. In 1872 I entered professional arena by joining the Mutuals, and I pitched every game we played that year. In 1873 I played with Baltimore, in 1874 with Philadelphia, in 1875-6 with Hartford and in 1877 with Lynn, Mass. In June, 1877, I secured my release from Lynn and finished the. season with Cincinnati. In 1875 I pitched for Hartford in the great eleven inning 1 to game with Chicago, and although defeated held the Chicago batters to five hits. This, I believe, was the first extra inning 1 to game on record. In the fall of 1877 I was elected president of the International Association, a new league organized at Pittsburg. ummings Praised APPENDIX 231 In conclusion, the following article, written by T. H. Murnane and appearing in the Boston Globe of April 5, 1896, will prove of interest : For years Cummings was known to the base ball world as the boy wonder, and the heavy hit- ters of the country were at his mercy. I never saw a more graceful ball player or one with more confidence in himself on a ball field. When one hears so much of lame arm pitchers it must be quite a treat to see this veteran go out on the field and show the youngsters how to curve a ball as he taught Mann at Princeton in the early seventies and Avery of Yale in 1874. Both of these college boys were for years given credit for dis- covering something new in curve pitching that Mr. Cummings modestly allowed to go on record. To W. A. Cummings and to him alone belongs all the glory of the discovery of curve pitching. W. A. CUMMINGS. HIGHEST PITCHING AVERAGES Year. Name. Games. 1875 A. G. Spalding 63 1907 W. Donovan 29 1884 Charles Fiadbourne 72 1910 L. Cole 33 1906 Edward Keulbach 33 1899 James Hughes 34 1896 W. Hoffer 35 1910 C. A. Bender 30 1902 Jack Chesbro 33 1904 Joseph MeGinnity 51 1909 H. Camnitz. .. /. 41 1909 C. Matihfcwson 37 1905 Sam Leever j . . 33 1880 L. Corcoran 56 1885 J. Clarkson : 70 1894 J. Meekin 47 1897 Amos Rusie 37 1909 G. Mullin 37 PERFECT FIELDING Year. Name. 1903 Harry Howell 1904 Herbert Briggs 1905. T. F. Sparks......... 1906 Lewis Richie 1907 A. Dorner 1908 M. Brown 1909 G. McQuillan 1910 W. Scan'an 1910 S. Leever 1910.... Oy. Yourg 1911 F. Pfeffer 1911 H. M-Intire 1911 C. A. Bender PITCHERS Games. 23 34 34 33 36 44 41 34 25 27 26 25 31 Per Ct. .899 .862 .838 .833 .826 .823 .823 .821 .818 .814 .806 .806 .800 .798 .790 .790 .784 .784 Per Ct. 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 232 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. PERFECT GAME PITCHERS CONTESTS IN WHICH NOT A MAN REACHED FIRST BASE NON-LEAGUE JAMES GALVIN Ionia, Mich., Tournament, Aug. 17, 1876. St. Louis Reds vs. Cass Club, Detroit. NATIONAL LEAGUE J. LEE RICHMOMD June 12, 1880. Worcester vs. Cleveland. JOHN M. WARD June 17, 1880. Providence vs. Buffalo. AMERICAN LEAGUE DENTON C. YOUNG May 5, 1904. Boston vs. Athletics. ADDIE JOSS Oct. 2, 1908. Cleveland vs. Chicago. MINOR LEAGUES THOMAS FISHER Sept. 1, 1906. Shreveport vs. Montgomery. BERT HUMPHRIES May 20, 1908. Charleroi vs. Fairmont. CHARLES EVANS July 21, 1908. Hartford vs. Bridgeport. . E. PACKARD Aug. 8, 1908. Independence vs. Bartlesville. C. CARMICHAEL Aug. 9, 1910. Buifalo vs. Jersey City. "RED" FABER Aug. 18, 1910. Dubuque vs. Davenport. J. NORTHROP June 14, 1911. Reading vs. Lancaster. APPENDIX 233 The game at the head of the list was the first one of its kind in the annals of base ball. A five days' tourna- ment was held at Ionia, Mich., at which a number of pro- fessional and amateur teams from the middle west com- peted. The contest took place in the morning and resulted 11 to in favor of the Reds. Galvin's great work attracted little attention, some reports of the game not even mention- ing his name. One prominent newspaper reported it in this manner: "At the tournament this morning the St. Louis Reds defeated the Cass club of Detroit 11 to 0. Not a man reached first base." MAJOR LEAGUE NO HIT PITCHERS Date. Pitcher Winning Club. May 29, 1875 *Mann Princeton July 28, 3875 Borden Philadelphia Aug. 4, 1875 Devlin Chicago July 15, 1876 Bradley St. Louis June 12, 1880 Richmond Worcester " 17, 1880 Ward Providence Aug. 19, 1880 Corcoran Chicago '• 20, 1880 Galvin Buffalo Sept. 11, 1882 Mullane Louisville " 19, 1882 Hecker Louisville • * 20, 1882 Corcoran Chicago Oct. 10, 1882 Driscoll Allegheny June 25, 1883 Radbourne Providence Sept. 13, 1883 Daily Cleveland May 6, 1884 McKeon Indianapolis " 24, 1884 Atkisson Athletics " 29, 1884 Morris Columbus June 13, 1884 Mountain Columbus July 27, 1884 Corcoran Chicago Aug. 4, 1884 Galvin Buffalo " 26, 1884 Burns Cincinnati Oct. 4. 1884 Kimber Brooklyn July 27, 1885 Clarkson Chicago Aug. 29, 1885 Ferguson Philadelphia May 1 , 1886 Atkisson Athletics July 24, 1886 Terry Brooklyn Oct. 6, 1886 Kilroy Baltimore May 27, 1888 Terry Brooklyn June 6, 1888 Porter Kansas City " 26, 1888 Seward Athletics July 31, 1888 Weyhing Athletics June 21, 1890 King Chicago Sept. 15, 1890 Titcomb Rochester June 22, 1891 -. . . . Lovett Brooklyn July 31, 1891 Kusie New York Oct. 4, 1891 Breitenstein St. Louis Aug. 6. 1892 Stivetts Boston " 22, 1892 Sanders Louisville 234 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. Oct. 35, 1892 Jones Cincinnati Aug. 16, 1893 Hawke Baltimore Sept.l8, 1897 Cy. Young Cleveland April 22, 1898 Breitenstein Cincinnati 1898 Hughes Baltimore July 8, 1898 Thornton Chicago Aug. 21, 1898 Thornton Chicago May 28, 1899 Phillippe Louisville 8, 1899 Gray Buffalo June 9, 1899 Newton Indianapolis Aug. 7. 1899 Willis Boston July 12, 1901 Hahn Cincinnati " 15, 1901 Matthewson New York Sept.20,1902 Callahan Chicago Sept. 18, 1903 Eraser Philadelphia May 5,1904 Cy. Young .....Boston Aug. 17, 1904 Tannehill Boston June 13, 1905. July 22, 1905 Sept. 27, 1905. Sept. 6, 1905 May 3, 1906 July 20, 1906 . May 8, 1907. Sept.20, 1907. June 30, 1908, Matthewson New York . Henley Philadelphia . Dineen Boston . Smith Chicago . Lush Philadelphia .Eason Brooklyn . Pfeffer Boston Maddox Pittsburg . Cy. Young Boston July 4, 1908 Wiltse New York Sept. 5,1908 Rucker .....Brooklyn " 18, 1908 Rhoades Cleveland ' ' 20, 1908 Smith Chicago Oct. 2, 1908 Joss Cleveland Apr. 20, 1910 Joss Cleveland May 12, 1910 Bender Philadelphia July 29, 1911 Wood Boston Aug. 27, 1911 Walsh Chicago * College game. First no hit contest in the history of base ball. In the above table the club to which the no hit pitcher was attached is given as the winner. This holds good in all cases except that of the Chicago Brotherhood team. King losing on account of errors. SOME MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STARS Player. Per ct. Huelsman 411 Smith 402 White 393 Miller 383 Connors 377 Fournier .377 Meloan 376 Coyle 376 Blakesley 370 Barrows 370 Murphy 366 Beckley 365 Wilson 365 Cravath .363 Player. Per ct. Welch 362 Cockill 360 Connolly 355 Delehanty 355 Oomstock 354 Cannell 354 Jackson 354 Muller 353 Mayer .352 Bues 352 Flanagan 352 Speaker 350 Fluharty 350 Mills 348 APPENDIX 235 MINOR LEAGUE NO HIT PITCHERS Following will be found a list of the no hit pitchers of the various college and minor league teams. In many instances the record shows more than one game of this kind to the credit of the individual in question, notably the case of Justus, who pitched four such contests in one season. Several went into extra innings. There will be noticed in the list the names of former major league pitchers, showing that their old-time skill had not entirely deserted them and that they were still holding their own in their new field of labor. ABELES ALBERTS ASHER ABERCROMBIE ALLEN ASHTON ABSTEIN APPLEGATE AUTEN AHLSTROM ARCHER BAILEY B BEDIENT BRENNAN BAKER BEER BRAMBLE BANNISTER BELTZ BRINKER BARBER BEMIS BROOKS BARRY BITTROLFF BROWN BARTHOLD BLUM BROWNING BATTIN BOEHLER BUCHANAN BAUMGARDNER BOOTHBY BUCK BAUSWINE BRANDON BURNHAM BAYLESS BRAZELLE BUTLER BECK BREITENSTEIN BYRD CALBERT C CHENAULT COMSTOCK CALLAHAN CHELETTE CONGDON CAMNITZ CHRISTIAN CONNOLLY CAMPBELL CHRISTMAN CORBETT CARMICHAEL CLARK COVALESKI CASSIDY COLLINS CRONIN CATES CLYDE CURTIS CHAMBERS COLEMAN DAHLGREN D DANIHY DICKINSON DALE DARRAH DOANE DALY DEMAREE DUGGAN DANIELS DEARDOFF DUNBAR EATON E EIS ESSELBURN EBERLY ELLIS EVANS EDELBAUM ERICKSON EUUL 236 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. FABER FLETCHER FROST FAY FOSTER FREEMAN FARLEY FOULK FULLENWEIDER FARTHING FOXEN FULLER FISHER FRAHM FULLWEIDER FITZWATER FRIEL FLATER FRIEND GALBRAITH G GEORGE GREGG CALVIN GIBSON GROOM GASKILL GILBERT GROTHE GASPAR GODDARD GROUCH GAULT GRANLEY GROVER HAGERMAN H HAYES HOUSER HALLA HENKLE HOWARD HALLMAN HILDEBRAND HUMES HANNIFAN HILL HUMPHRIES HARMON _ HINRICKSON HURLEY HAYDEN HOLMES IRVIN JACKSON JONES JUSTUS JENKINS JOHNSON KANE K KENT KOESTNER KEADY KILLILAY KRAMER KEELEY KINSELLA KROH KEEVER KLAWITTER LAMLINE L LEROY LONG LANG LEWIS LOOS LATTIMORE LIEBHARDT LUCAS LAUDERMILK LISTERN LUYSTER LEE LIVELY LYNCH MADDEN M MITCHELL McCLOSKEY MAKEPEACE MOFFITT McCONNELL MANGER MORAN McCORRY MARONEY MORIARITY McFARLAND MARQUARD MORK McGREW MAYER MORRISSEY McILVEEN MAYBERRY MULLER McLEAN MEANS McCAMMANT McQUILLIN MILLER McCarthy McSURDY MINCH McCLINTOCK NEWMYER N NICHOLSON NOYES NIEHAUS NORTHROP NICHOL NOPS O'BRIEN OLMSTED PACKARD PADDEN PADDOCK PAIGE PARKER PARKS QUINN APPENDIX o OTEY OTIS O TOOLE OWENS P PATRICK PAl ilSON PEARS PEITZ PENNYBAKER PFEFFER PHILLIPS PLANK POTTER PRINCE PRUI 1 1 237 Q RAGAN RASMUSSEN RAY RAYMOND REIGER RELAY RENFER RICHMOND RILEY RIXEY ROBERTS ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSH SALVE SCHNELBERG SCHANTZE SCHARDT SCHULZ SCHUMAN SEDGWICK SINDELAR SITTON SKEELS TAFF TAYLOR TONY TESSEREAU UPP SKILLIN SLATER SEINE SMITH SORRELL SPEER STANLEY STEIGER STEPHENS STERLING T TEVIS THEISEN THOMPSON TOMPKINS U STOEHR STOVALL STOWERS STREMMELL SULLIVAN SUTER SWANN SWANSON SYFERT TOUCHSTONE TRETTER VALLANDINGHAM VAN DYKE WAGNER WAHRMAN WALLER WALLS WALTERS WARD WARHOP WATT WEBB WEHRELL WEST WHITE WIGGS WILLIAMS WILLIS WILSON W VAUGHN WIZOTZKY WOLFGANG WOOD WOODBURN WORMWOOD WRIGHT YOUNG ZIEGLER ZMICH 238 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS MINOR LEAGUE STRlKE-OUT PITCHERS Following is a list of pitchers of the various minor leagues who have struck out ten or more batters in a game of nine innings . This list — as well as that of the minor league no hit pitchers was prepared especially for this volume: TWENTY-ONE *CONZLEMAN *GILLINS TWENTY ♦LYNCH MITCHELL MORAN NINETEEN BROWN JACOBSON EIGHTEEN BAKER KLEPFNER SMITH DAVIS O'BRIEN HALL OTOOLE SEVENTEEN BERGER MASON WAGNER KALER VAUGHN SIXTEEN GREGG ABELES FIFTEEN BAUMGARDNER LONG SCHUI 7 BRANDON NEUMYER FOURTEEN WIGGS BAILEY GILROY SCHLITZER BAXTER HOLMES SWENDELL CHECH LAUDERMILK THOMPSON FISHER PAIGE WEIMER GEIST SIMPSON THIRTEEN WORMWOOD ATKINS DAUSS STROUD BAKER FABER VEASY BUCK FINLAYSON WALLER BURKE GASKILL WILDER CASHION KINSELLA CAMNITZ PINKNEY TWELVE BENTON GARVIN OWENS BILLS GURNEY PARKER COOK HENLEY PIERCE CORCORAN HILDEBRAND ROBINSON CORNS HOLLENBECK RUSSELL CRUTCHEY JENKINS SCHETTLER DOUGHERTY KNAPP SINDELAR DROHAN KNITZER WALKER DYGERT- MILLER WOOD FARLEY MILLIGAN ZEIGLER FREEMAN MOORE ELEVEN BOICE HOPE RAGAN CRAIG HOVLICK REISIGL FOX LAKAFF ROBERTAILLE APPENDIX 239 GOODWIN HAFFORD HARDIN HARDY HICKEY HIXON ASHLEY BRINKER BUSHELMAN GATHERS GAVETT GHALMERS GHENEY GLARKE GLUNN DALE DENT DEMARRES GILBERT LAKE LESSARD LOTZ MALLORY MERGER NEWTON TEN GOUGH GRAY GRIFFITH HAGERMAN HOGH HUGHES HUMPHRIES JANIGAN LAFITTE MANSKE McGLOSKEY McGONNELL MUELLER PERDUE STANLEY STEELE SUTER TESSEREAU WILTSE NELSON NEUSGHAFER PEASTER POPE SEINE- SWANSON WALKER WALSH WIGKER WORKS YOUNG ZACKERT College record. BASE STEALING BY MINORS Name. No. Zimmerman 105 Austin 97 Sheffield 94 Egan 93 Thebo 90 Craven '. 87 Ohland 84 Raftery 80 Reilly 80 Ohring 79 Mitchell 79 Tui pin 75 Morse 75 Jenkins 75 Name. No. Ling 74 Ellis 73 Kane 73 Brier 69 Watson 68 Rowan 68 Long 65 Vandergraft 64 Miller 64 Rodgers 63 McMurray 60 Fox 58 Meyer 57 Bell 56 MINOR LEAGUE HOME RUN BATTERS Name. No. Roth 36 Bodie 30 Cravath 29 Bues 27 Tate 23 Metz 22 Thomas 22 Harms 21 Jordan 20 Kraft 19 Brashear 18 LeJeune 18 Dolan 18 Freeman 18 Hopkins 18 Name. No. Huelsman 17 Phyle 16 Servatius 16 Porkorney 16 Shaw 16 Durham 15 Claire 14 Beall 14 Renard 14 Ferris 14 Hyatt 14 Bills 11 Hanford 11 Gandill 11 Williams 10 240 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD GAME The Chicago and Cincinnati teams played a twenty- inning tie game at Cincinnati on July 30, 1892. The score was 7 runs each. This, with the twenty-inning game played on Aug. 24, 1905, between Chicago and Philadelphia, is the National League record. Score of Cincinnati-Chicago game: CHICAGO Wilmot, If.. Dahlen, 3b. . Schriver, c . Anson, lb.. Dungan, rf. Canavan, 2b Cooney, ss. . Gumbert, p. Luby, cf. . . . Totals. . R. H. P.O. A. 9 1 1 5 9 1 1 5 3 2 4 23 1 3 3 1 6 7 1 2 7 6 1 2 6 i 2 7 14 60 32 E. CINCINNATI McPhee, 2b. . Latham, 3b. . O'Neill, If... Holliday, if. Browning, cf Comiskey. lb, Smith, ss. . . . Vaughn, c. . . , Mullane, p. . . . Totals . . . R. H. P.O. A. E. 1 I 2 I 1 I 1 2 1 2 1 2 12 4 1 4 4 4 27 7 8 1 60 7 5 1 1 2 7 2 6 31 SCORE BY INNINGS Chicago .0 330100000000000000 0—7 Cinc'ti. ..0 4210000000000000000-7 SUMMARY Two base hits— Mullane, Dungan, Gumbert and O'Neill. Three base hits — Dahlen, Dungan. Stolen bas-s— McPhee, Comiskey. Wilmot, €ana- avan. Double plays— Smith-McPhee-Comiskey; Mullane- McPhee-Comiskey. Bases on balls — Mullane, 3; Gumbert, 3. Struck out — Mullane, 5; Gumbert, 4. Umpire — Gaffney. APPENDIX 241 .400 BATTERS OF ALL MAJOR LEAGUES Below will be found a complete list of players who have batted .400 or over in all major leagues: In 1887 bases on balls were counted as base hits. 242 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS RECORDS AND RECORD HOLDERS Below will be found the more important records in the history of the national game: ATTENDANCE Largest, at New York, Oct. 14, 1911, World's Series, 38,281. AVERAGES Highest pitching, games won, A. G. Spalding, 1875, .899. Highest batting, J. E. O'Neill, 1887, .492. Highest catching, Sugden, 1904, .990; O'Connor, 1906, .990; Bower- man, 1907, .990. First basemen, 1910, F. L. Chance, .996. Second basemen, 1905, N, Lajoie, .991. Third basemen, 1911, T. Turner, .970. Shortstop, 1910, T.Turner, .973. Left fielder, 1906, P. Dougherty, .987; 1907, Fred Clarke, .987. Center fielder, 1904, Harry Bay, .990. Right fielder, 1908, Frank Schulte, ,992. BASE RUNNING Largest number of stolen bases, Harry Stovey, 156, in 1888.. Circling the bases, Lobert, Oct. 12, 1910, 13 4-5 seconds. Bunt and run to first, Thoney, Sept. 11, 1907, 3 1-5 seconds; Shaw, Oct. 4, 1908, 3 1-5 seconds; Austin, Sept. 30, 1911, 3 1-5 seconds. BATTING Greatest number of base hits, Cobb, 248, 1911. Greatest number of home runs in a season: Major League, Freeman, 25, 1889. Minor League, Roth, 36, 1901. Single game batting record: Beaumont, July 22, 1899, six hits in six times at bat; Ed. Delehanty, July 13, 1896, four home runs and a single in five times at bat; Danny Murphy, July, 1902, six hits in six times at bat; Hans Wagner, Aug. 22, 1910, seven hits in seven times at bat, dou- ble header; Lajoie, Oct. 9, 1910, eight hits in eight times at bat, double header. Minor League: Bottenus, 1895, four home runs and a double in five times at bat; Walsh, 1911, seven hits in seven times at bat; Lyon, seven hits in seven times at bat. Consecutive batting, Cobb, 1911, hit safely in forty straight games. Club batting, Corsicana, Texas, 1902, 10 two base hits, 12 three base hits, 19 home runs. Fungo hitting, Ed. Walsh, Sept. 30, 1911, 419 feet H inch. GAM ES Longest game on record, Brooklyn Athletic Club vs. East End All Stars, Cleveland, July 4, 1907, thirty innings. Longest professional game, Decatur vs. Bloomington, May 31, 1909, twenty-six innings. Longest major league games: American League, Athletics vs. Bos- ton, Sept. 1, 1906, twenty-four innings. National League, Chicago vs. Cincinnati, July 30, 1892, tie, twenty innings; Chicago vs. Philadelphia, Aug. 24, 1905, twenty innings. Longest college game, Wesleyan vs. Trinity of Hartford, June 6, 1907, nineteen innings. . Shortest game, 32 minutes, Sept. 17, 1910, Atlanta vs. Mobile. Greatest number consecutive club victories, Providence, 1884, twen- ty; White Sox, 1906, nineteen. Minor league, Corsicana, 1902, twenty- eight. APPENDIX 243 Greatest number g-ames won in championship season, Chicago Na- tional League team, 1906, 116. First 1 to game, Chicago vs. St. Louis, May 12, 1875. PITCH ING Greatest number of games pitched in a season, Radbourrie, 1884, 72; Clarkson, 1889, 72. Season's strike-out record. Major League: Waddell, 1904, 343. Mi- nor League: Gregg, 1911, 367. Strike-outs, nine inning game: Major League, Charles Sweeney, 1884, nineteen; American Association, Tom Ramsey, 1887, seventeen; American League, Glade, 1904, sixteen; Waddell, 1908, sixteen. Minor League, Mitchell, 1909, twenty. College, Lynch, 1903, twenty-one; Conzleman, 1911, twenty-one; Gillens, 1911, twenty-one. Fewest balls pitched in game: Major League, Sanders, 1891, sixty- eight. Minor League, Delhi, 1911, seventy-five. THROWING Long distance, Sheldon LeJeune, 1910, 426 feet 9^ inches. UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAYS Paul Hines, 1878. This is disputed by some authorities. Harry O'Hagan, 1902. Larry Schlafly, 1904. Simeon Murch, 1906. Neal Ball, 1909. Walter Carlisle, 1911. Harry Calvert, 1911. MINOR LEAGUE HIGH AVERAGE PITCHERS The following table gives the high percentage pitch- ers of the minor leagues for a number of years. Some of the players named are now major leaguers: Name. Games. Per ct. Quinn 14 1.000 Wolters 27 .926 Doane 13 .923 Steiger 13 .923 Fisher 13 .923 Caspar 36 .889 Mayer 20 .880 Young 33 .879 Henderson 40 .875 Nolley 24 .864 Friel 14 .857 Cellar 29 .856 Morton 20 .850 McCormick 20 .850 Parker : 26 .846 McFarland 26 .846 Murphy 32 .843 VanDyke 24 .833 Warhop : 36 .833 Hofer ...20 .818 Sallee 32 .818 Phelps 22 .818 Krause 21 .816 Chalmers 31 .816 244 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS AN EARLY PERIOD TRIPLE PLAY Following is the score of a game played at Clinton, Iowa, on July 6, 1877, between the Actives of that city and the Fairbanks team of Chicago in which a triple play and thirteen strike-outs were recorded: FAIRBANKS Brown. If Forrest, c Furlong, 2b Burke, ss Bachil, p Bodely, 3b Gillin, lb Dunning, If Seemers, cf 1 Totals. R. H. P.O. i A. 3 5 1 1 3 15 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 14 1 3 I 2 7 6 1 1 1 1 25 10 21 27 ACTIVES Waterman, lb. Farrell, 2b . . . 1'aylor, p Webber, rf . . . . Crosby, 3b. . . . Zimmerman, c. Bowman, cf . . Senn, If Munroe, ss Total R. H. P.O. E. I 16 2 3 4 27 21 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 12 SUMMARY Two base hit — Bodely. Struck out— By Bachil, 13; by Taylor, 6. Bases on balls— Off Bachil, 1; off Taylor, 1. Triple play — Taylor, Farrell and Waterman. Left on bases— Fairbanks, 6; Actives, 3. Umpire — Tate. Taylor, of the Actives, was one of the first of the early curve pitchers and a good one when in condition. The Fairbanks were a semi-pro team of Chicago and had quite a reputation throughout neighboring cities of Illinois and ad- joining states. APPENDIX 245 PENNANT RACES OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE The table which follows shows the standing of the different teams of the American League for each year since its organization in 1900. Twelve pennant races have been decided in that time. Chicago placed three victories to her credit, Philadelphia won four, Detroit took three and the Boston team two: IT: K-h-iOOOOOOOOOO > PC 3 i-t v> >i o 3 * en *- oi 'en en 2^ 05 oi "-f^ ai ^ S 'CHICAHO JOjfe^OC^p O O^ en 00 00 K) O > CD ~a en o CO OS ►P- O O ^1 ^1 ~3 '^'^^^rJ!^'^^"*. *i-Coenen oooc zn (X ihi ~:j Oi 00 00 en 00 ro tt^ 4xai-ro*i-cocoji^toco>Pi.*i. I— ico-c]rfi.toairoeni— '^en 05 -J a: I—* en -o I— ' t—* 0^ CO CO Qv O^ cnenc»*>.cocoen"' r.cnen OtOOOOOCOh- ' — ""^'0500 CO O CO -J O S 00 co^JSO to 1— ' CO en to ^ ^»-t04^ocotJcoen'^*^ s0_O K- .f^.-3_Q0 -* O i OS O >P>. to 00 *i.-ep 4^ en CO i*:^. 4^ en • CO o o J^ oi I-* oi tN:;- 05 -3 • 05 Oi - g gs >-* o 4i>- rr 00 *>. encn4i'Co>Ci.cn>(i>-05en ooococo-:]co-.ioco o CO o >— t CO cr: ^3 CO -^1 INDIANAPOLIS KANSAS CITY BUFl<^ALO MINNEAPOLIS MILWAUKEE CLEVELAND DETROIT WASHINGTON BOSTON 'BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA IST. LOUIS INEW YORK Black figures indicate pennant winners for the year noted. 246 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS PENNANT RACES PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION YEARS O H O CQ O o o < o Z ►—1 n 52; H 1 H >^ <] w oi J H ;^ P Z, CQ <3 1— t PQ c« CU > WASHI l-H > t— I o o H ! > c < DQ 05 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876* 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902, 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906, 1907. 1908, 1909, 1910. 1911, Pn'ts wor Years . . . .687 830 729 717 899 .557 646 683 .628 .474 .457 .536 643 .658 .410 .478 .5041 .5221 .648 .571' 630 680 667 .629 .542 .565 705 685 .625 .478 .500' .533 .420 .359 .331 .225 .392 .409 .294' .34^ .291 .452 .629 .547 .646 .433 .375 .610 .479 .554 .758 .630 .465 .449 788 .375 .500 .579 798 667 655 .602 .554 770j 726 .553; .587 641' .5711 659 508 .481' .610' .538 .607 .470| .479 .515 .445 .667 .432! . 5041 . 554i .489 .555 .634 .447 .513 .567 .400 .507 .435 .474 .380.881 .353 .497 .604 .594 693, .608 6861 .601 .6321 765 .536 704 ...1759 ,228|.681 314 .549 ,411! .589 ,045 .726 237 ...1.573 ,138 .703 . ...i .396 .617.. .514.. .2621 .. 173 348 509 622 610 531 49^ 667j .595 .4451 .496' .6171.5691 .508, .558 .534.5591 .542 .595: .443 .477 .462 .417 .372 ,523' 682 .618 603 .543 .586 .409 .547 ,333 ,353 373 508; .432 419! .424 .5001 508 .298 538! .345 .285 .312 .559 .429 .512 .567 312 .444 .492 .462: .168 .407 .516 .628; .3331 .2221 .207i ,154 .459 .571 .581 .543 .636 643 .601 .680: .5911676 6471 .597 .593 .409 .515 .363 .366 .342 .316.546 .434| 464 .4391.566; .3441.539! .3591.484! .416.5101 .427 .5201 .606 ,576 .601 ,553 ,445 .374 .500 .532 .576 .516 .424 .431 .474 .504 .487 .458 .308 .229 .260 .512: .454! .486 12 41 5 35 10! 391 26 1 35 .556! .510 .474! .578 .543!647i .418 741! .314 650 .487 .569 .377 .627 .3471 .608! .340 .591! .318 .636 .355 724 .412 .562 .503! .552 233i 377, 358| 450 .331 333 .. .468 . . .624 .384! .570 .310. .527 .341i .646: .336' .625 .443 .527 .462: .544: .336 .129 .355 .6411... .60q . . . .191 ... .550 702 1 .619 ' .559 .619 .592 i 750 t .481 I .414! 313 .400| .462 .2771 695 .267 669! .29(^1 6981 400 .6921 26| 2S 2^ 19 "l6 .464 .493 ,644; .581 3 101 11 * National League opens. Not in table: 1872, Eckfords, Brooklyn, .103; APPENDIX 247 AND NATIONAL LEAGUE— 1871 TO 1911 INCLUSIVE 1— >i O ! H \ Q O C/3 o a- < \ Z i < ! 1— 1 { o Q O < W O 3 J H O ^ I m 1 <^ ! Z ! < : W 1 r/2 NEW HAVEN O o o O C C H Q Q •-5 CSl H— 1 <1 w Q < DC a. .500 .600 222 250 208 087 679 314 .500 ,658 691 152 .071 .544 480 .400 .... 253 .494 .464 .422 250 !488 .506 .408 .250 .379 .707 637 .519 .579 .292 .542 .536 .526 .577 .339 357 .482 .390 214 .... ?47 .294 .370 ,440 , . . . . .... .... i r • • • 1 .... 1 1 1 . . . . 1 ! ' i 1 8 1 1 7 'i 4 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 National:!, .000; 1875. Centennials, .133; Red Stockings, St. Louis, .222. 248 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS CASEY AT THE BAT "Casey at the Bat," the base ball classic, is presented here as one of the important outcroppings of the national game. It made its appearance about 1888 and was popular- ized by DeWolf Hopper. It has many claimants as to au- thorship, but this honor is generally given to Phineas Thay- er. The poem follows: There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place; There was pride in Casey's bearing, and a smile on Casey's face. And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat. Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt, Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt. Then while the New York pitcher ground the ball into his hip, Defiance gleamed in- Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip. And now the leather-covered sphere came hurling through the air, And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there. Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped — "That ain't my style," said Casey. "Strike one," the umpire said. From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar, Like the beating of storm waves on a stern and distant shore. "Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted some one in the stand. And it's likely they'd have killed him had not Casey raised his hand. With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone; He stilled the rising tumult, he bade the game go on; He signaled to Sir Timothy, once more the spheroid flew; But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said, "Strike two." "Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered "Fraud!" But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed. They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain, And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again. The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are clinched in hate; He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate. And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go, And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow. Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light; And somewhere men are laughing, ard somewhere children shout. But there is no joy in Bungtown— mighty Casey has struck out. APPENDIX 249 REACH'S ALL-AMERICANS CROSS THE PACIFIC On Nov. 3, 1908, Reach's All-American team left San Francisco for a tour of Japan, China and the Philippine and the Hawaiian islands. The team was composed of the following players: Delehanty, Flaherty, Burns, Bliss, Gra- ney, Heitmuller, Williams, Danzig, Hildebrand, Devereaux, Curtis and McArdle. Mike Fisher was in charge. Forty games were played on the trip, of which number the Amer- icans won thirty-seven. The tourists returned to the United States Feb. 15, 1909. TRIPS TO CUBA Three American teams visited Cuba in the fall of 1911. The New Britain team of the Connecticut League won only four of fourteen games played on the island. The Philadelphia National League players won five of nine games played. The New York National Leaguers were more fortu- nate. They played twelve games and won nine. SUPPLEMENT DETROIT PLAYERS STRIKE SUSPENSION OF COBB RESULTS IN ACTION THAT CAUSES A SENSATION The Detroit team went on strike May 18, 1912, and declined to play the game scheduled for that date at Phila- delphia because President Johnson refused to reinstate Ty. Cobb, who had been suspended for assaulting a grandstand spectator for making insulting remarks. Jennings saved the Detroit management a $5,000 fine by putting a make- shift nine in the field. Philadelphia won, 24 to 2. A meet- ing of the American League was held to consider the trou- ble, but before anything was done the players returned to their work, still maintaining, however, the justness of their cause. Later, a fine of $100 was assessed against them and $50 against Cobb. It was stated that Mr. Navin had pre- viously agreed to pay any fines which might be imposed. DEATH OF HIRAM H. WALDO Hiram H. Waldo, known as the "father of base ball in the west," died at his home in Rockford, 111., April 26, 1912, aged 84 years. Mr. Waldo was at the head of the old Forest City team and much of the success of that organiza- tion, which had Spalding and Anson on its roster, was due to 251 252 BASE BALL AND BASE BALL PLAYERS. his efforts. Mr. Waldo had lived in Rockford over sixty years. UNITED STATES LEAGUE IN FIELD The United States League opened its season May 1, 1912, with clubs at Nev^ York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pitts- burg, Cleveland, Washington, Richmond and Reading. La- ter the circuit was reduced to six cities. President Witt- man filed a petition in bankruptcy in June, as a means of protection to his creditors, it was stated. HOFMAN AND COLE TRADED In June, 1912, Arthur Hof man and "King*' Cole of the Chicago National League team were traded to Pittsburg for Leifield and Leach. Hofman was one of the Cub stars and Cole the pitching sensation of 1910. The news of the transaction caused a stir in base ball circles. Shortly after this transfer Barney Pelty of the St. Louis team was turned over to Washington. PRESENTS FOR McALEER, McROY AND STAHL Upon the occasion of the visit of the Red Sox to Chicago in June, 1912, chests of silver were presented to McAleer and Stahl and a gold watch to McRoy. Large crowds were in attendance. WASHINGTON WINS SEVENTEEN GAMES The Washington team startled the base ball world early in the season of 1912 by winning seventeen straight games. The victorious march .of the Senators was checked by the Athletics. The record: May 30 — Washington, 5 ; Boston, 0. June 1 — 8 ; St. Louis , 3 June 2— 6 ( < 3. June 3 — ' 13 < I 4. June 4 — ' 3 < < 2. June 5 — ' 8 ; Chicago, 4. June 6— 9 < < 1. June 7— 4 ( < 2. June 8 — ' 7; i i 1. June 9— 4 Detroit, 3. June 10— 7 < i 3. June 11— ' 3 < < 2. June 12— 5 ( < 1. June 13— ' 6 , Clevel'nd, 2. June 14— * 13 ( < 8. June 15 — ' 6 < < 5. June 18— 5; Athletics, 4. SUPPLEMENT. 253 MARQUARD MAKING REMARKABLE RECORD Another feature of the 1912 season was the work of Marquard, pitcher for the New York National League 4;eam, who won seventeen games up to the time this portion of this book went to press. The record follows: April 11— N 3w York , 18 Brooklyn, 3. April 16— < ( 8; Boston, 2. April 24— < < 11; Philadel.,'4. May 1— ( < 11; 4. May 7— i< 6; St. Louis, 2. May 12- < < 10; Chicago, 3. May 16— I ( 4; Pittsburg, 1. May 20— i ( 3; Cincinnati, 0. May 24- < ( 6; Brooklyn, 3. May 30— ( 1 7; Philadel., 1. June 3 — < t 8; St. Louis, 3. June 8 — < i 6; Cincinnati, 2. June 12— 1 1 3; Chicago, 2. June 17— < < 5; Pittsburg, 4. June 19 — < < 6; Boston, 5. June 21— i < 5; 2. June 25 — < < 2; Philadel., 1. ERRATA On pages 41 and 44, read "Bond headed the pitch- ers, '* instead of Larkin and Ward. On page 141 date of assembling of peace conference should be 1903 instead of 1902. AUG 19 4912 .\ ■>-. O VWIIvf"' v^*\ ^^' ""^. °- ^^ .4 ^^_. ^^' .^ , >^ ;. 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