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1925 WAS GOOD ONE IN BASEBALL fetaburgh'e rtctory over Wuh Lon waa i*Mt enough to the j laaal Lmioi. tint mora Import from the standpoint of the taeVi welfare u ? whole. per a. vii the (act that PltUburih ated the xbamploaahlp of Ita I circuit away from the New k Glanta, who mad held It 'for r atralnht yeara, and took It t of the Altegheatee for the L time In elx yeara. The Weat a't had a look-in oa a National ! fae champlonahlp elnce Cln lati woa the fla? In 1?H. And Weal waa beginning to get res I and talk abont New York 1 seybagi baying championships The Golden labile* ?he National League'a Golden Ilea proTlded a golden aura for ?ntlra aeaaon of 1915. It waa k la 1876 that the National ; xua came Into exlataace, and , organization which had eour- ? ooaly- and at times doggedly had Ita way to the top of eporta J that It had earned tha right to SwMeat John Arnold Heydler , he National League Inaogurat- I the year of faatlTlty by lnTlt-| the old fellowe-to a reunion In Broadway Central Hotel in r York City, whare tha league r born a halt ceatary ago. j ire they feaated and (oaalped. amy Bond. Lon Knight. Oeorge ahlngton Bradley. Jaek Man I. Jim Mutrle and othera of the Bjron daya of '7 ? ? wblte of 4 but green of memory ? apant happleat alz houra they had |U alnce they left baaaball to IMe In other occnpatlonj. hallowing thla event came local ibratlona la tha varloaa cltlea of ralrcatt. At each of theea the time ball playera wan speeUl Itonorad and there never have A aay man connected with any ft ta thla country who appea led mora the attention that waa U paid them than theee "Boye" sixty and even aeventy. who ra back again In tha atmoa ?rc of tha eport thar Ion more la any sport la tha world, parades, maslc, speeches, fun, mlled from one end of the Ne pal League circuit to tha oth lad enn a apeclal flag waa de sd to broadcaat tha newa that Ma tha Natlonal'a golden year ind one of the greataat of base Fa time marka; aa there had ? maay a gloomy prophet la' aoaa early la tha eport who pre tad that the Natloaal League tflda't laat fifty montha. Piratee Hit Btrtde A laat nte management of tha Pltte rgh Nationals had bean strag a* for nearly 10 years to brlag th tha magic combination that aid once more give that ally a Implonshlp club. Tha P Ira tee to ahown flaahee of champlon ft baaaball from time to time la Ht yeara. hat not since l?0t I the club able to show the daeh I etamlaa naeeaaary to taka It M|h a gruelling aeaeoa to Tlc la tha end It was youth, the out Hk of timidity, the reetora % of aelf-coafldenrc and the de lopment of apead and hard hat m that won the championship r Ptttaburgh. Theaa qualitlaa aa IM la overcoming New Tork. pah had dominated the Pltte jnths mentally. If sot always la prior years. He particular Pirate who did ft thaa aay other oae player to ' burgh through to victory a Barl Smith catcher. ftmlth Baa from Arkansas. His la aa tgtjr aa the rifle which he carrlee ? the (Hark mountains : hl? rowlag arm la mors tolerable ? hla knowledge of cetchlag la ??iair aeatad than the top layer hla hair. Bat It waa hla un SOcio a a power aa a aplrltaal re renator that did ssost for the Ey after day he told his lain Hoe how little reeptfet he had for t Olaata., Be had been a mem r of the New Yprk team and hla words weight aad m. he bed been atrong ?P ha the ruggedneea of hla entered Ike hotter months to glye I his advice and to help Barney Dreyfus* In connoctlon with t* buslneHH management. ? waa cred ited with much timely aid to the team. He fare It, too. But the liniment that aoakad In. the Jlre that never waa quenched. *as the ceaaeleee war cry of "Smithy." "Bring on your Giants." A Two-Team Race The National L?agne race wu all between New York and Pitts burgh. Now and then it seemed aa If Cincinnati would puah Ita way into the fight and make it three cornered, but aa so often baa happened in Cincinnati there waa only red fire In the pan and red fire hurna out and leaves the world blacker than ever very quickly. The Reda nerer really got Into the fight. Hornsby waa taken out of the poeltlon of dough boy In the ranka to become manager of the St. Louis team and Immediately In jected enough enthualaam into the playera to lift them out of the alough Into which they had fallen and put them where'they could , finish fourth. It was bis enthus iasm which did that, combined with confidence on the part of members of the team. They had had little or no confidence In Kickey. who had theorised and blackboarded themrto dullnesa. The Brooklyn team waa a fright most of the year because It had no Infield, a mediocre outfield { and fair catching. It staggered ( along, upheld by Vance and occa- ; slonal good pitching by others. Boston Improved aa greatly as the Chlcagos retograded. The Phil adelphia Club made a fight with nothing and succeeded remarka bly in achieving something/ Few Manafftrijil Changes Chicago, like St. Louie, attempt ed a change of managers In mid' stream. KUIefer waa supplanted by Maranvtlle, which proved to be a caae of Jumping oat of tha fry ing pan Into tha fire and muel ba marked up aa another error of administration In Chicago. No other managers i were dis turbed In elthar league, although some of the veterans had a tarrl bla time trying to make a showing. They not only did not hare the players bat tha players did not aaem to have enough ambition to (at out of their tracks, lion laiy ball players ambled throsgh IMS than In any year since the war. The American Ltafn Bare The rhamplonahlp of tha Amer ican League waa won by Waahlng ton for tha aacond year in aneces alon. It was a fight of aggressive attack from a lower place to a higher that carried Washington on Just as was tha caaa la llll. Much of tha credit Is daa to tha pitching of Walter Johnaon and Harry Coveleakt' whose success wsa wholly unexpected. The other pitchers did a fair ehare. especial ly Ruether, but tha bulk of tha work fall upon the broad ahoul dera of Johnaon' and Coreleakia, and they carried through. Harris was as good a manager .In most res pacts as ha had bean the i year before. He shifted his play ers wall, added Joe Harris td his team ? a rary fortunate selection, as tha Waahlngtona ware badly In need of a powerful right hand hit ter ? and used Judgment In the placing of his outfield- Ha kept Washington Just behind tha Ath I at lea all of tha saaaon. a vary favorable place from which to Strike forward. And whdn tha time came he struck and struck so hard that the Athlatlca almoat staggered Into third plaea. The Athletlca had begun the season taster than any team In either major league and kept tha pace eo long that thay threatened to become champions. Whyt They had a fine young catcher who In atead of being tha failure that some predicted proved to ba a win ner. They had good early pitch ing and they found Poole to play I first base for them when they lost Hauser. They emerged from ev ery known trouble with a smile j and traveled aasr street until they ! started on their last western trip, where they fell into several gamea which they should have won. Noth ing will kill a ball team quicker than the games that It "abeuld have won," but doeen't and the Athletlca. without the mental force to held themealves in the fight, ellpped a little, and then a little mora and wars ont of flrat 1 place when Waahlngton chal lenged them. Hath ami Tanks Blow Vp The collapse of the Tanks Ih the American league waa as much e< a surprise as waa tha aucessa ol I the Athletics. Tha Tanks started the year poealble rhamplone. Man jager Hugglna waa vary snra that his team had one mora good aea eon left. Ha did not rackon upon much to follow attar that. Oth era war* ot Ilka opinion. Thai was hla reaaon for making the trade with the St. Louie by which he got Shocker. He wanted a sure pitcher to help him out and as Shocker was always a tough Pitcher for the Tanka to hit ba waa building two ways. In hla opinion ? adding a winner to hie own team and taking away from another learn a winner against him. It did. not result that wiy. The Tanks were not the possessors ol the one mere year be thoaght thai bad They began to fall apart like vines on a lima bean pole, sad sad dest blow of all, the seasstMmal member of the team. Rath, by hli own glnttony and " ? fulness, made himself about as worthless a? he could and the Yanks withont his services tor a long tine. k Shocker didn't win aa expect ed; the shortstop slipped Into the ?alter of (loom and second base went along with It because of the Injuries to Ward. And. then, to make everything lovely. Dugan's knee went back on him so there was no longer a third baseman and Plpp. first baaemsn. dropped out on account of Injury. By then there was nothing left of the Ysnks. The Also Rsss A Detroit was a disappointment. Cobb couldn't get his team start ed because he experimented too much, ss be slways has. Cleveland did shout as wsll as rlral mana gers expected, although not as wsll as Speaker expected. Chicago held thjrd place with aklll almost 411 of (he race to drop out of It whep Eddie Collins was lnjursd snd left the tesm. St. Louis shot forwsrd st ths rery end as it hss done be fore. bat stsrtsd with disputation as it has also done in the past. Boston was ont of It all of the time. A Gloomy World Series The world ssrlss began st Pitts burgh. ft wss played there for the first two days. Pittsburgh lost the first game and won ths second. Ths teams went to Wash ington and ths homs boys won two. That gars them three vic tories to one for Pittsburgh. On the following afternoon the Wash ington arrayed themselves In their baseball flannels ai^d laughed their way out of the dug house enroute homeward ? so they thought. They expected to win that game, and ths series snd be off for s rest. Some of the play ers even hsd thslr travailing bags packed to go home. A little lster thsy returned to the club house sad and chastened, defeated In a gams in which Stan ley Harris, ths boy manager, not only waa outgeneraled but In ths opinion of many used poor Judg ment. In any event the Washing tons never won again in the serlee and1 the "championship" ? which U is not in any ssnse ? had revert to the National League. The series was ths most dspress Ing and annoying sver played, al though not withont its exciting moments. The first two days In Pittsburgh were plssssnt. Ths nsxt In Washington was a rainy one and on ths following dsy clesrlng weather brought a wind that would frsess s mummy. The day after that was little bsttsr and the last day In Washington was wsrmer but not pleasant. The spe clsl trains went back to Pittsburgh and on thslr arrival ths occupants of the coaches bustled to another game The day after that was one of sosklng rain and soaked spectators bscause ths latter wsre kspt In ths down pour at Forbes rield awaiting ths decision u to whether there would be gsmo. That FIsjU Game The next afternoon the final game of ths ssrlss started. It did not rain when play bfgaa but the field was wretched. A worse one never waa seen In a world aeries t game, and before it yae over K waa the worst field on which any I important bait gamo ever waa played. I Washington started with a lead | of four runs in the first jonlng and lost It by the end of the sev ' enth when the score was tied. In the flrat half of the eighth Peck lnpaugh betted a home run and aeemed to have won for WaihluK ton. 'Two players were retired by Johnson In Pltaburgh'a half or the eighth. Only one man sepa rated him from no ran In that In ning. Smith made a two bagger. Big bee hit another, a fly ball not well played by. Ooslln. The icon was tied. Moore waa given a baso on balls. Carey was safe and Cnyler who had not been orer strong against Johnson In previous games, hit a hard line drive to right field, although a right hand batter and two runs sailed over the plate and the world series was won. although Washington had ?till another half inning to aee If It could rally. But Washington had exhausted in its rallying power. a Good I la ?r hall Year Generally speaking. 1J25 was a good year for baseball. Only one league dlabanded. The Appala chian found the journey too ae vere and too many pitfalls in the waylnd gave up. The other mln !<or leagues of that classification did fairly well. The major league clubs did not all make money. Pittsburgh had one of the best years that any club has had In baseball In recent sea*>ns. The Washington club waa in funds, and plenty of them, even before the world series start ed. The New York clubs did not do as well as they have in other jyeara. There waa disappointment, i on the part of the fans because' iof the ordinary showing that both ; clubs made. The West had a fair year ? not | a great year by any means. De troit began well but did not keep, lup the average of other seaaonn. The Chicago clubs were popular* aa resorts for an afternoon ofT more than aa reaorts where any thing was expected to be won for I the good repute of Chicago's base I ball. St. Lou la was ordinary and | Cincinnati quickly loat faith In the I club and abandoned the baseball ' park for aomethlng more exciting ) across the river. Cleveland had Juat a season. In the Eaat the Athletics vied | with the Waahlugtona for a good year in the American League. They got all the gravy in baseball. Their succeaa In n measure atoned for the lack of success In other 1 cftles, although all baseball felt the reaction which aet In la New York. The world series with its tre mendous more than a million dol lar purse rehabilitated some of the clubs to a large extant. The trouble with that distribution is I ! that it casts an unmistakable shadow of syndication on baaftball. Mfwn Valuable Players \am<-<! The two most valuable players i named for the honor of tedders in the major leagues were Roger 1 Pecklnpaugh. shortstop of the Washington club, and Rogers I Hornsby, second baseman of the , St. Louis Nationals. Pecklnpaugh was apprised of | the credit voted him before the 1 world series began and promptly went out and made eight errors ? all that were made by his tesm except one ? thereby earning the title of most valuable Washing ton player to Pittsburgh. After j that climax It waa announced that ? the name of the most valuably player of the American Leagtft 1 not be made public In th?? [future until after the aerlee had been played. The name of Hornaby was not made public until December. The rivalry between him and Cuyler of Pittsburgh was somewhat keen at firs but Hornsby, because he had led the 'league so often as batter, and has shown such un mistakable ability as leader, was adjudged to be the better. Un questionably one of the greatest right hand batters in the history of baseball, there is no reason why be should not hare been .vot ed the honor. Pitchers Have Off Year The pitching in both major leagues on the whole was Just ordinary. Sherdel led In the Na tional League, closely followed by Vance. This is on the percentage basis. Sherdel woo 1C gsmes and lost 6 by unofficlsl figures, and Vancc won 22 and loat 9. Sherdel had a percentage or .727 and Vance of .710. Sherdel did not take part In aa many garnet as 1 Vance, but he did take part In enough to give him a perfect right to be considered the leading pitch- . er so far as the unofficial figures go. Of the coming youngsters In the National League one may single ? out Keinhart of tho St. Louis Na tionals who seems to have a fu ture before him. j The leading pltchera of the Am erican League were Coveleskle, Washington. with 20 victories and1 Ave defeats an<$ a percentage of .800, a *ery creditable year of pitching; and Holloway of Detroit, with 13 victories and four defeats and a percentage of .765. Thla ; entitled Holloway to be rated ov- ; er Walter Johnson, who hsd 20 victories and seven defeats and a percentage of .741. None of these figures are official. The greatest Improved pitcher In the ? American League lras Hlanketfshlp of the Chicago Sox. ^International League The big stska gained In the minor leagues was John Dunn's seventh Buccesslve victory In the International League "fftr Balti more. No matter how strong or how weak the International may be considered to be In the minor scale, there isn't the slightest doubt thst tt Is a big thing in basebal^to win a pennant seven times in succession. No matter how much Dunn may have been hit. or may have seemed to be hit by changes In x his team, he persists in coming back and win ning pennants for the elty to whleh he promised the beet base- 1 ball he could bring It. Any man- j ager who can win seven pennants! in succession must have more than i "breaks." When the season wan over Bal- > timore played Louisville for the I Class AA champlonahip- and de feated the Kentucklana, to their . chagrin. The chances are that j in the latter part of the season i Louisville did not hffve enough J hard work to keep the team on! edge. | American Association The championship of the Atn^r-I lean Association was won by Louisville, which ran away from; the league. It was the result least expected in minor league baseball. When the season began, Odes a long way to make friend*. DAVIS TIRE CO. PHOXK 163 Martin Btreet .almost all of ths prophets and the managers ware jftuite sure that the Association was in again (or one of those close competitions which had made their races the wonder of both major and minor league baseball. The start waa 'not bad. but sud denly the Louisville club began to ! put forth an excellent card of pitching, with timely hatting and akUlful base running. Pint the team waa la front and then It was away in front, and there is re mained. Tbe race which had been the delist of the fana who make up the Aaaoclatlon circuit waa aueh a walkaway that the attend ance fell off badly. Par toe Ooaat League The. championship of the Pact f1\ c Coaat League was like thst of the American AaaoeJatlon In some respect. It was too easy for the San Francisco- team. Now and .then one of the other teams would appear aa If it were about to throt tle the San Pranclacana, but ther* was no stability to anything which followed and the old pennant chaae went on and on. with all the length which it is customary to play in that part of the I'nlted States, and San Francisco was , well enough ahead when a reck oning was taken to make it sure , that It would be ahead when the flniah finally arrived. So it happened and then San Francisco played the Loulsvill* club of the American Aaaoclatlon which had flrst been defeated by Baltimore in the East. It waa not much of a series because San Francisco couldn?t see where it would be Interesting when Louls rllle was not In any sense a post seaaon championahlp contender af ter losing to Bsltlmore. The series did drag through, howerer, and it came mighty near brtng a wallop for San Francisco. The Dtxfte fi tales T1?e Dixie series between Atlan ta and Port Worth- again demon strated enterprising effort on the part of the Southern Aaaoclatlon ? and the Texas League. This series I hss become s fixtures snd the en- ? thusigsm with which it Is ap- ! p roach ed makes baseball look fcnighty well In both aeotlons. In i Forth Worth, especially, the fane! are deserving of great credit for ' what they have done to make this series so thoroughly enjoyable I and the baaeball club and the; public men also have contributed to it in no unoertain way. Piratem Should Win In 1990 The coming year should prove great one for the national sport. : according to all algos. There Is* only one sensation possible for Hm National League, however, and that Is to have some other elub defeat Pittsburgh for the pennant, i Not that It can't be done, because there is nothing quite impossible In baaeball. But there doesn't seem to be strength enough In any organisation, even granting thai players may be collected, to over turn this combination of yotfeh and aklll ? and more confidence is ; placed In the youth of the team than the skill. This coming season will be youth that haa been through the mill and that knows what it means to play for a pennant. It is no longer immature youth, which has been euchered more than onoe out of a good play because the vet eran knows how to confuse Inex perienced brains. Open Race In American Lca^uf In the American League there are all kinds of possibilities, ff Washington is to win again, Man- , ager Harris not only must exercise all that he has '.earned about man aging a team, but must reinvig orate his pitching staff which will not stand up as well after goln^ through the tax of two world se riee. 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