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Show BASEBALL HERD SODR FORGOTTEN! Majors Pass Up George Whiteman, Star of 1918 World's Series. I The heo !s soon forgotten. Now comes the news that waivers have been received from all the major league clubs by Manager Edward Barrow of the Boston Red Sox on Outfielder Gtorge Whiteman, former Colonel, the hero of tllo V.n world serle3 who made It possible pos-sible lor the Red box to cop the championship. champion-ship. II seems impuSfiole that a performer per-former who put up the brand of badpiay-ing badpiay-ing that Whiteman did in the series at,'aln:;L t.ho Cubs should be waived lroni the league. In the first game o t.ho IMS world series "Big Jim" Vaughn of the Cubs on-posed on-posed "Babe" Ruth In one of the closest pitchers' battles over contested in the big series. George Whiteman was the only player who succeeded in getting two hits. Iti the fourth inning of the contest con-test his long single made it possible for Shean, his teammate, to advanco a base, and when Mclnnes, the next batsman, came through with another single, Shcau ecored. Made Nifty Catch. In the first inning of the game George ruined Chicago's opportunity to win. With tho bases filled, Pick drove a long fly to the fence and WhEeman sprinted fully thirty yards to snatch it from the air. Had ' he dropped the ball he probably would not have been blamed, for his marvelous run- ning catch of it would have earned him appiause. Again in the sixth inning he saved the game. There were two out, and i his speed, matched with that of the hit 1 ball, spelled victory for his team. He cap-i cap-i tured the drive and the ganfe was won. ! Whlteman's three-bagger to the center-field center-field fence in the second contest scored the lone tally made by hie team In that game. The third game of the series w.ia , featured by George's playing. Ho scored ! one of his team's runs and in the fourth inning ended Chicago's rally by a most spectacular play. Mann of the Cubs was on third and two men were down, as Pas-kert Pas-kert sent a long drive into deep center-field. center-field. Whiteman, running to tho fence, pulled the ball down as he- crashed into the bdard3. Up until the fourth game 6( the eeries Whiteman had hit study in every contest con-test and, while scoring in this one, he failed to get a safe drive. Whiteman featured fea-tured the fifth game by another clever catch and in the sixth inning his perfect throw to the plate prevented tho Cubs from scoring. Stars in Final Game. The final game of the series, and the one in which Whiteman's playing enabled his team to cop both the sixth game and tho world's championship, was but three innings old when, with two men on, he smashed a two-bagger to right field, scoring scor-ing both runners. These runs wero enough to win. What was probably the feat-tire play of the entire series was a running catch pulled off bv George in the eighth Inning. He raced forward, and, throwing himself full length, caught tho hard line drive just off the turf, turned a complete somersault, righted himself and threw tho ball to Scott. IIo was one of the four best batters in the series. His batting average was .2M) and fielding .54 4- for the entire season of 191S he batted .267 and fielded .93o. This was by no means a bad performance 'for an outfielder, and, compared with that of some of those men still retajned in the league, is rather good. Whitey was always a good man. and when with tho Colonels was likd by all of the fans on account of his good plav-ing plav-ing and fine personality. Mativ fans are wondering why be should bo waived from the majors before being given a chance to perform this spring. |