Show fROM WORlD 1 SERIES o BACi TO TOT BUSH fOR OR BILL ABSTEIN Miscues in Championship Games Proved Un Undoing of Pirate Player It is back to the bushes for one of the tha Pittsburg worlds world's champions Bill AbsteIn Abstein Ab- Ab steIn according to the following from the pen of E. E E. E Mooar of the Pittsburg Leader To get with a pennant winning team and take part In a worlds world's series is supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to be e the realization of a ball ballI I t highest g ambitions n Gold and glory go o to the ht fo fortunate diamond ar artist rs who is lined up with the premier r team of either major league and he can usually usually ally count upon an easy winter with the tha following season holding forth fortim mu much h of promise in the tile way of a berth and a in salary but this dope Is all off offIn offIn offin In the time case of Bill Abstein the St. St Louis boy boJ who held down first base position for the Pirates' Pirates world championship comI combination com corn of 1909 1900 I It was the worlds world's series which proved the undoing Instead of the tile making of Big Bill Abstein managed to get by In fn the National league session No one regarded d him him as a world beater and he made a number of mIscues that did not help the Buccaneers' Buccaneers chances but Bill landed on the ball good and hard at opportune opportune opportune op op- op- op moments and all in all sized u up as acceptable in comparison to some of ot othIs his lemon predecessors Abstein never displayed a a. vast ast amount of class but the tile fans in the stands would He lie is not a star tar but butwill butwill butwill will do Abby hit for something like and that is not a bad mark in the tile big show At the start of the season heg lie he was In more runs U than any r oth-r t g 1 member of of the emt team em emU but this was be before before be- be fore the pitchers were willing to take a R. full chance on their wings and were not serving up many curves cUr Bill could simply eat sp speed but edi but on a a. bender he was a R. sucker It was a big surprise to me how it happened that opposIng opposing opposing op op- op- op posing pla players ers did not get wise to the fact that Bill would Just look at the twisters and lay back bark for a a. straight fast one lie got away with this until Mathewson happened along on a warm day and plinked the big Pirate three times in a row Bobby Lowe was was was' a visitor at Forbes field for several se days after it became apparent that i Detroit and would probably battle in the big seri series s. s Bobby was on h hand nd in the interest of the tile Tigers and it did not take him long to get et hip to lo the fact that Abstein had a lamentable batting weakness The Tho DetroIt Detroit De De- troit heavers put wise to this worked curves on Bill entirely and I believe Abby Ahby made but one hit In the series seTles I IP Iu But u it t was s not his b batting slump Jum that r I P put the big sf f fellow in Dutch t h During u S the battles with the American league league- hs 15 champs Abstain Abstein pulled off some of tu crudest stuff ever shown on a s maji-s bee ee league diamond lie He went against ii Li C. C I in trying some som Inside bee of his own and worst of all lack of As a result of ot 1 hv m ln fall down in the worlds world's series has lost out with Fred Clarke and 1 Pitts Mr burg The Pirate leader was wise to Bills Bill's shortcomings early last season but thought there was some kind of a chance for improvement It never showed allowed I would like to see Abby catch on somewhere re and make good but fear there Is not a chance for him in fast company compan He means well and has Ilas some ability but is pot not major league material |