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DETROIT TIGERS’ 4 GREATEST HITTERS Table of CONTENTS Contents Warm-Up, with a Side of Dedications ....................................................... 1 The Ty Cobb Birthplace Pilgrimage ......................................................... 9 1 Out of the Blocks—Into the Bleachers .............................................. 19 2 Quadruple Crown—Four’s Company, Five’s a Multitude ..................... 29 [Gates] Brown vs. Hot Dog .......................................................................................... 30 Prince Fielder Fields Macho Nacho ............................................................................. 30 Dangerfield Dangers .................................................................................................... 31 #1 Latino Hitters, Bar None ........................................................................................ 32 3 Hitting Prof Ted Williams, and the MACHO-METER ......................... 39 The MACHO-METER ..................................................................... 40 4 Miguel Cabrera, Knothole Kids, and the World’s Prettiest Girls ........... 47 Ty Cobb and the Presidential Passing Lane ................................................................. 49 The First Hammerin’ Hank—The Bronx’s Hank Greenberg ..................................... 50 Baseball and Heightism ............................................................................................... 53 One Amazing Baseball Record That Will Never Be Broken ...................................... -
This Entire Document
DCVO1CO TO Sportsmen an<) Athletes Base Ball, Trap Shooting. Hunting, Fishing, College Foot Ball, Golf. Laivn Tennis, Cricket, Track Athletics, Basket Ball, Soccer, Court tennis. Billiards, Bowling, Rifle and Revolver Shooting, Atltomobiling. Yachting, Camping, Rowing, Canoeing, Motor Boating, Swimming, Motor Cycling, Polo, Harness Racing and Kennel^ VOL. 68. NO 16, PHILADELPHrA. DECEMBER 16,1916 PRICE 5 CENTS THE Dougiass Baird, Third Baseman Pilfsburgh National league Club that these players had reverted to the Western League RENEWAL OF CREDENTIALS apd were not eligible to play with the St. Joseph Club, to have bought them from the of "Sporting Life" arc which had claimed 4LL CORRESPONDENTS Wichita Club on or about September 5th. This trans porting Hilt requested to return their credentials for renewal fer was null and void for the reason that Section 7, The Loyal Champion of Clftui Sport for the year of 1917. Prompt compliance with this re Article VI of the National Agreemtnt forbids the sale of The World's Oldest uid Best Base Bail Journal within Tlu Hacogaized Authority in Base Bill and Trap Snooting quest is necessary in order to facilitate the annual 'a player by one minor league club to another days of the commencement of the drafting labor of reorganizing the correspondents' corps, which twenty period. The Commission has always sustained and is, by the way, quite a task, owing to the great num enforced the reversionary right of a league, major or ber of contributors. Failure to return the old creden- minor, to the players of a retiring club, as stipulated tn fepOttS! Of AU &0tt< tials will be considered a declination of further service in league constitutions, but has uniformly insisted that of tfje 5®orlb'S the back salaries of the players involved must be ad as correspondent. -
Powers of Organized Ball, at the Recent Secret Pittsburgh Confer Ence, Shift from Their Original Dignified and Efficacious Plan
PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 7, 1914 WAR PLA Powers of Organized Ball, at the Recent Secret Pittsburgh Confer ence, Shift From Their Original Dignified and Efficacious Plan of Battle, and Commit Themselves to the Hazard of Law and Lawyers BY JACK RYDER. tle on that line, enjoining all jumpers CINCINNATI, O., February 4. That from taking part in any games with the the forces of organized ball have deter Federals, on the ground mined to put up a real fight against the THAT THEIR FEDERAL CONTRACTS encroachments of the Federal League wag will not hold in law and, therefore, can the word brought back by Chairman Herr- not be legally carried out. In this way mann, of the National Commission, who returned Monday morning from Pitts they hope to prevent the Feds from start burgh, where a meeting of the Commis ing the season, and thus the players who sion was held on Saturday to discuss the have jumped can be taken back into the invasion of the outlaws. The club own fold, without loss, either of coin or dig ers of the major leagues and also of the nity, to the major club owners. All the Class AA and Class A clubs have agreed lawyers who have been consulted are firm on a plan of action, and they hope to in the belief that the reserve clause will prevent the Feds from starting the sea hold water in any court in the land. If son. In fact, they have confidence in it does, the Feds are done, for they will their ability to head off the invasion and have no teams with which to open the are firm in the belief that the Gilmore season, as a majority of their best play organization will-give up the ghost before ers will be enjoined from playing, and tb.6 first of April. -
Of Allies' Trad!
toE BIXTE Ey WSBMEiSDAT. lA N U A R T 8; 19B«. ■biiiiieiiiiii THB WKATBCR AVimAOB OAILT' OIBOIIIATIOli Fnreeeet ot D, Jl. Weather Bsteen^' D A N C E TO THE Mr. and Mrs. CHarmico T. Ander Mm. UUloa Bfauchard o f Fair- 691 Portsr attaat; fourtii for the Month of December, YtiS Hertford son and small son, Alan, have moved flald street li confined to her home dUe prisa, llDen lunch set from 'Ilia nREcoMPiuaEsruN Rain probeUy mixed with aleeh er I"' CONNECTICUT from 85 Alton street to their re. with an atUck o f grip. NINE m NIGHT Textile Store, Mrs. F. Oetaewlcb, saow thin ofteneoB and teeight, lODBADORS’ ORCHESTRA cently completed home, at 167 168 Porter atreet; fifth merchsa- probably ending Friday merefiigt Princeton street, In the Elizabeth dlse prise, basket of food. Popular 5,852 The advlaoty committee of Town- DINNEIIS FOR m s MONTH Member ef tbe Audit not n n i^ change In temperatarou ^ M m>oI S t Bee., Friday, dan. 10 Park section. Contractor John R. eend Club No. 1 will bold an Impor PRIZES AWARDED Market, Mrs. James Wilson, 7U The .D.FF4 COUP. ^^SlIO to 12:80. AdmiMion SSe. Wennorgren built the house, which tant meeting tomorrow evening In Florence atreet; sixth merchandise' Porten od Ctrcaletioiie MANCHESTER — A CITY OF VILLAGE CHARM pS.' Door Prize, Season Pass. Is an attractive Cape Cod style. the home of John Blackwood, 16 prise, box of powder from Beauty Each eompany o f tha Maaehester M aN csitna COhN*. Princeton street which rumi north Trotter atreet. -
Baseball Cyclopedia
' Class J^V gG3 Book . L 3 - CoKyiigtit]^?-LLO ^ CORfRIGHT DEPOSIT. The Baseball Cyclopedia By ERNEST J. LANIGAN Price 75c. PUBLISHED BY THE BASEBALL MAGAZINE COMPANY 70 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY BALL PLAYER ART POSTERS FREE WITH A 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO BASEBALL MAGAZINE Handsome Posters in Sepia Brown on Coated Stock P 1% Pp Any 6 Posters with one Yearly Subscription at r KtlL $2.00 (Canada $2.00, Foreign $2.50) if order is sent DiRECT TO OUR OFFICE Group Posters 1921 ''GIANTS," 1921 ''YANKEES" and 1921 PITTSBURGH "PIRATES" 1320 CLEVELAND ''INDIANS'' 1920 BROOKLYN TEAM 1919 CINCINNATI ''REDS" AND "WHITE SOX'' 1917 WHITE SOX—GIANTS 1916 RED SOX—BROOKLYN—PHILLIES 1915 BRAVES-ST. LOUIS (N) CUBS-CINCINNATI—YANKEES- DETROIT—CLEVELAND—ST. LOUIS (A)—CHI. FEDS. INDIVIDUAL POSTERS of the following—25c Each, 6 for 50c, or 12 for $1.00 ALEXANDER CDVELESKIE HERZOG MARANVILLE ROBERTSON SPEAKER BAGBY CRAWFORD HOOPER MARQUARD ROUSH TYLER BAKER DAUBERT HORNSBY MAHY RUCKER VAUGHN BANCROFT DOUGLAS HOYT MAYS RUDOLPH VEACH BARRY DOYLE JAMES McGRAW RUETHER WAGNER BENDER ELLER JENNINGS MgINNIS RUSSILL WAMBSGANSS BURNS EVERS JOHNSON McNALLY RUTH WARD BUSH FABER JONES BOB MEUSEL SCHALK WHEAT CAREY FLETCHER KAUFF "IRISH" MEUSEL SCHAN6 ROSS YOUNG CHANCE FRISCH KELLY MEYERS SCHMIDT CHENEY GARDNER KERR MORAN SCHUPP COBB GOWDY LAJOIE "HY" MYERS SISLER COLLINS GRIMES LEWIS NEHF ELMER SMITH CONNOLLY GROH MACK S. O'NEILL "SHERRY" SMITH COOPER HEILMANN MAILS PLANK SNYDER COUPON BASEBALL MAGAZINE CO., 70 Fifth Ave., New York Gentlemen:—Enclosed is $2.00 (Canadian $2.00, Foreign $2.50) for 1 year's subscription to the BASEBALL MAGAZINE. -
Navy Schedule Is Announced.Collegiate Regatta for Annapolis.Racing
Navy Schedule Is Announced.Collegiate Regatta for Annapolis.Racing BOSTON NAVY Y«\RD LiUOIE TO MANAGE GAMES NAMED HAS REAL BALL CLUB JACK DEMPSEY LOU DILLON'S RECORD THREATENED INDIANAPOLIS TEAM YOUNG CHANEY Cambridge. Mase., March 3..The AS MURPHY PREPS MISS HARRIS M. Indianapolta, Ind., Mansi S..Larry Boston Navy Yard baseball team will Lajoie, former major league star aad FOR NAYY NINE be «tronger than many a tim travel¬ COMING CHAMP manager of the Toronto International ing the big circuits this cummer. Jack GETS League will first and CHANCE Club, play taaaa _-_ Barry, who managed the Red Sox laat manage tbe Indianapolis American season, is to handle the sailors. He Aaaoclation team the commi; acaaon, MiddiesWill «Seventeen has called out the batterie» ..n Mon- Salt Lake Battler Is Real provided he can obtain hl» releaee Play day forenoon at the Harvard baseball from Toronto, It waa announced here Baltimore Youngster Tack¬ cage. for Either today. Games.Georgetown The pitching staff is of big-time cali¬ Opponent Ful¬ Lajoie and Jame» C. McUUI. owner les Benny Valger, French ber. Ernie Shore, the hu.'ky Red Sex or of the Indianapolis franchi·.·, met here Booked Twice. hurler. "King" Bader and Herb Pen- ton Willard. today and after the conference j his Mc-1 Champ. Wednesday. nock, teammates, und Gaw, who QUI «fated that an a&rty-mcnt on I.-The ba***· played last year at Buffalo in the In¬ Jaek ring career looks term» had been reached with Annapolis. Md.. March ternational Dempsey*« Iaajoie Baltimore. March Maval Academy League, make up Barry's as th«.utili he could make things un¬ 'and that in all probability the veteran 3.A Vfcten o**ec ball schedule of the staff of tossers. -
FOR SALE: Tobacco Cards and Related 1909 Colgan Chips 1909 -11 T206 Singles Home Run Baker PSA 2
FOR SALE: TOBACCO CARDS AND RelateD 1909 Colgan Chips 1909 -11 T206 Singles Home Run Baker PSA 2 ...................100 Ritter PSA 3.5 .............120 Frank Chance PSA 1.5 ..................90 Schulte (back view) PSA 3 ................160 Eddie Collins PSA 1 .....................75 Scott Good ...................40 Harry Hooper (Boston Am.L.) PSA 2 ................150 Scott PSA 4 ................140 Hugh Jennings PSA 2 ...................100 Seitz PSA 3.5 .............300 Joe Kelly (Kelley) PSA 2.5 ................125 Seymour (throwing) GVG ....................50 Tris Speaker (Boston Am.) PSA 2 ...................200 Shaw (Providence) PSA 3 ..................80 George Stone PSA 2.5 ..................50 Slagle PSA 4.5 .............140 Jack White (Buffalo PSA 4 .....................90 Smith (Brooklyn) PSA 3 (Sovereign 460) ..400 Stanage Good ...................50 Stovall (batting) PSA 3 ..................85 Street (portrait) PSA 3.5 .............160 1909 -11 T206 Singles Tannehill (L. Tannehill on front) PSA 2 .........90 Taylor PSA 2.5 .............125 Abbott PSA 3.5 .................. 85 Waddell (throwing) PSA 2.5 .............450 Abstein SGC 1 ..................... 40 Wallace PSA 2 ................200 Baker PSA 2.5 ................ 375 Westlake PSA 3 ................200 Barger VG .......................... 50 Wilhelm (with bat) PSA 3 ..................90 Barger PSA 3 ..................... 90 Willis (St. Louis, with bat) PSA 2.5 .............300 Batch GVG ....................... 40 Young (Clev, no glove shows) PSA 2.5 ...........2000 Bay PSA 3 ................... 200 17 different commons Good .................600 Beaumont PSA 2.5 ................ 120 Bender (portrait) PSA 3.5 ................ 460 Bergen (catching) PSA 3.5 ................ 110 Bescher (hands in air) Fair ......................... 30 1911 D311 Pacific Bescher (portrait) Good ...................... 40 Coast Biscuits Bescher (portrait) PSA 3.5 ................ 115 Brain PSA 4 ................... 125 Akin PSA 2 ................300 Breitenstein PSA 3.5 ............... -
NEWS and VIEWS of SPORT Ralph L
Page Six THB DETROIT TTMES TUESDAY, MAY 27. 1913. All the. JVeuis— ....Edited by.... Yonker Honest Opinions NEWS AND VIEWS OF SPORT Ralph L. Ihe Men ‘Behind the Mask SAME BLOWS USED BY BURNS OF TEAM’S DEFENSIVE STANAGE POWER USE WASHINGTON CONSTANT THE ONE GREAT OF THE IS 9ECRET BACKED BY EXPERIENCE ON O’GRADY GOT M’CARTY Straight Left to the Jaw and Bucfesoful Chiba Are Usually GET TOO FAMILIAR WITH NEGRO PITCHER MENOEZ Right to Heart They Those Who Employ One AT BANQUET TALKB OF WOODY AT BALL GAMES. ET AL. Were Catcher Almost Alone THINKS WASHINGTONIAN SHAESPEARE, with A pail player who wouldn t, at BROKE ARGUMENTS FOR AND While President Wilson THINK LUTHER ARE adap- first sight, be considered an ed- his usual good sense aud NECK WHEN HE FELL AGAINST CUSOM, HOWEV ER ucated mau. is the tability to conditions bus treat- Mende%, black Cuban pitcher. "Just for .*<j with affable tolerance the fa- fun.” says Armadillo Marsans, Was Absolutely Linm, Which Some Pitchers Show Preference miliarity a Ith which he has at "some of us rented a banquet by persons room in Havana last winter, and Young •im»*» been saluted Would Make Fracture Pos- For Certain iu the audience at the baseball Mendez a feast. hJveii those ot who had been play- Slight Fall Catchers games which he has attended in us sible in * Y > tng beside him for years knew this city, It should uot be over- > *V: mm nothing looked that such bi artty may .ifflMm I of his off-the-tteld char- pre- acter. -
Ou Know What Iremember About Seattle? Every Time Igot up to Bat When It's Aclear Day, I'd See Mount Rainier
2 Rain Check: Baseball in the Pacific Northwest Front cover: Tony Conigliaro 'The great things that took place waits in the on deck circle as on all those green fields, through Carl Yastrzemski swings at a Gene Brabender pitch all those long-ago summers' during an afternoon Seattle magine spending a summer's day in brand-new . Pilots/Boston Sick's Stadium in 1938 watching Fred Hutchinson Red Sox game on pitch for the Rainiers, or seeing Stan Coveleski July 14, 1969, at throw spitballs at Vaughn Street Park in 1915, or Sick's Stadium. sitting in Cheney Stadium in 1960 while the young Juan Marichal kicked his leg to the heavens. Back cover: Posing in 1913 at In this book, you will revisit all of the classic ballparks, Athletic Park in see the great heroes return to the field and meet the men During aJune 19, 1949, game at Sick's Stadium, Seattle Vancouver, B.C., who organized and ran these teams - John Barnes, W.H. Rainiers infielder Tony York barely misses beating the are All Stars for Lucas, Dan Dugdale, W.W. and W.H. McCredie, Bob throw to San Francisco Seals first baseman Mickey Rocco. the Northwestern Brown and Emil Sick. And you will meet veterans such as League such as . Eddie Basinski and Edo Vanni, still telling stories 60 years (back row, first, after they lived them. wrote many of the photo captions. Ken Eskenazi also lent invaluable design expertise for the cover. second, third, The major leagues arrived in Seattle briefly in 1969, and sixth and eighth more permanently in 1977, but organized baseball has been Finally, I thank the writers whose words grace these from l~ft) William played in the area for more than a century. -
Or N It Il IL S. ARHY M Njtvy BE DECIDED Byllcowiltess TODAY
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Wcig Man Secret Police
" HHBV MMK’ fPjrvM'a" l * ***{«*••?¦r MHH3R i > *\ ¦ r , Wcig PHILLIES GET SCHULTE GOOD CLUB ON PAPER NOT ALWAYS BEST Man Secret Police Former Cub Player Is Seoured by They discover a nest ofGerman spies and use 11 Lb Manager Pat Moran. • patriotism of two criminals to get vital evi- . life, )]l| (l< Veteran Has Several Years of Major dence by theft:: Story of the nobleman who League Baseball in His Bystem — ir4 ) Probably Will Replace Whit* stole a million dollars and more , ( |[ ) f ted In Outfield. f___ |WO striking romances have (By VEIOCK, I''¦'•l lately been disclosed by the JACK International News police, one Sports Editor.) the Monte Ole Frank Schulte recently made his 111I'Cristo tale of a bogus count I A third as a major leaguer when ¦¦¦¦ who swindled banks out of a .move m^^on he went to the Phillies. |W xSr] and-a Quarter of dol- Philadelphia ¦¦¦¦» iars and spent He was sold to by the money as Pittsburgh for the waiver price of sl,- If it were water; the utterly other an 600 and, according to all reports, Pat different story of operations the of the jumped Italian secret police in Moran at the chance to land detecting and him. breaking up a vast espionage conspir- acy operated from We say “Ole Frank” because Schulte neutral soil. thirty-fifth year. When ball Some fragments is In his a of both stories have player passes the “three-ten" mark he been given public; to.the even In Italy is called a veteran, yet veteran not nearly all the details that of either are Schulte is, his services are still In de- yet known. -
"Babe" Ruth 1922-1925 H&B
HUGGINS AND SCOTT'S November 10, 2016 AUCTION PRICES REALIZED LOT# TITLE BIDS 1 Rare George "Babe" Ruth 1922-1925 H&B "Kork Grip" Pro Model Bat Ordered For 1923 Opening Day of Yankee Stadium!46 $ 25,991.25 2 1909-11 T206 White Borders Ray Demmitt (St. Louis) Team Variation-- SGC 50 VG-EX 4 12 $ 3,346.00 3 1909-11 T206 White Borders Christy Mathewson (White Cap) SGC 60 EX 5 11 $ 806.63 4 1909-11 T206 White Borders Christy Mathewson (White Cap) SGC 55 VG-EX+ 4.5 11 $ 627.38 5 1909-11 T206 White Borders Christy Mathewson (Portrait) PSA VG-EX 4 15 $ 1,135.25 6 1909-11 T206 White Borders Christy Mathewson (Dark Cap) with Sovereign Back--PSA VG-EX 4 13 $ 687.13 7 1909-11 T206 White Borders Ty Cobb (Bat On Shoulder) Pose--PSA Poor 1 9 $ 567.63 8 1909-11 T206 White Borders Larry Doyle (with Bat) SGC 84 NM 7 4 $ 328.63 9 1909-11 T206 White Borders Johnny Evers (Batting, Chicago on Shirt) SGC 70 EX+ 5.5 7 $ 388.38 10 1909-11 T206 White Borders Frank Delehanty SGC 82 EX-MT+ 6.5 6 $ 215.10 11 1909-11 T206 White Borders Joe Tinker (Bat Off Shoulder) SGC 60 EX 5 11 $ 274.85 12 1909-11 T206 White Borders Frank Chance (Yellow Portrait) SGC 60 EX 5 9 $ 274.85 13 1909-11 T206 White Borders Mordecai Brown (Portrait) SGC 55 VG-EX+ 4.5 5 $ 286.80 14 1909-11 T206 White Borders John McGraw (Portrait, No Cap) SGC 60 EX 5 10 $ 328.63 15 1909-11 T206 White Borders John McGraw (Glove at Hip) SGC 60 EX 5 10 $ 262.90 16 1909-11 T206 White Border Hall of Famers (3)--All SGC 30-60 8 $ 418.25 17 1909-11 T206 White Borders Nap Lajoie SGC 40-50 Graded Trio 21 $ 776.75