(October 25) PHILADELPHIA– Last year, after Chief Bender (left, in color!) knocked off Chicago in Game 1 of the 1910 World Series, Cubs manager Frank Chance quipped, “That Indian was almost inhuman. The greater the tension, the better he pitched. He fairly reveled in the tumult of the stands and often laughed like a pleased […]
If you’d like to follow Game 5, live from the Polo Grounds (above), just click here and then hit “View Game”. Rube Marquard will pitch for the Giants. You can read his scouting report here. Marquard pitched a gem in Game 2, allowing only 4 hits in 8 innings, but gave up the first […]
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(October 26th, 1911) NEW YORK– It looked like this Series was shaping up to have a real Broadway ending. Rube Oldring (left, looking at camera), whose sister died a week ago, was one out away from being Philadelphia’s newest hero. In the 3rd inning of yesterday’s game, he blasted a 3-run shot deep into the […]
Yesterday’s occurence was eerily similar to a play that occurred three years ago. On September 23rd, 1908, the Giants and Cubs were locked in a tight pennant race. Fred Merkle (left) stood on first and teammate Moose McCormick stood on 3rd. With two outs, Al Bridwell hit a single to drive in McCormick. The jubilant […]
A crowd of over 20,000 is on hand at today’s Game 6 between the A’s and the Giants, with thousands more on nearby rooftops (below). The Athletics have brought out the Chief on merely one day’s rest, while the Giants must be saving Matty for a potential Game 7. They are tossing Red Ames. Ames […]
One of Philadelphia’s finest citizens, Henry F. Ortlieb (for whom Ortlieb’s brewery is named) was robbed by a pack of bandits on his way out of Game 4 a few days ago. This from the Philadelphia Inquirer: After rooting all game for Connie Mack’s team, Ortlieb, flushed with joy over the victory, was among the […]
(October 27th, 1911) PHILADELPHIA– After 5 games filled with nonstop suspense, the A’s decided to treat their fans to little more than a 2 hour coronation celebration yesterday. After giving up a double and a run to their ongoing nemesis Larry Doyle in the first, Chief Bender settled down and shut the door on the […]
Needless to day, Jim Nasium, cartoonist and sportswriter for the Inky jumped into the fray after Game 6 with his colorful style. There is little to add. A great column. He sums it all up beautifully: Well, you can get back to work this morning, fellows; brush the two weeks accumulation of cobwebs off the […]
I wrote the 1911 World Series piece in “present time” because I thought that would bring 1911 alive. It was fun for me to think of the Series as if it were currently going on instead of looking back on it and writing it like some boring high school history text. Of course, in reality, […]
It’s almost time to stand up and leave the ballpark. It’s been an incredible ride. For the people who have followed along, I hope it’s been half as much fun for you as it has been for me. For those who are just getting here, I will have a full encapsulation up on the site […]
After an interminably long break between games, the Athletics and the Giants will return to the field today to pick up the Series where they left off last week. The game will be a rematch of Game 1 between Mathewson and Bender. It will be the 3rd time in 4 games that Mathewson has gone […]
