| Show DAY FOR celebration g SOME PLAYERS DO unusually WELL ON BIRTHDAYS george mullin shut shuts out st louis lo 10 01 browne without hit or run while sam crawford and Du duffy fly lewla lewis boost averages Avera gei labs prank frank J navin owner of the de D tigers baa has had tho the suggestion mado made to him thai that whenever lite any ot his players la in to havo have a birthday the th bey fact bo be announced in the paper papers la 14 go tho the city in which the Jennin galtes art ar CIS performing the reason for thie this lug u la Is that on july 4 1912 the de 16 el papers called attention to the th ey fact that george mullin bould that is day celebrate bis his thirty second birth t day portly george now nith ath the indianapolis fods feds proved some for ho he not only blanked the drown in runs but denied them biti hits I 1 too on tho the morning of april 18 a de r paper carried a atory story thai thal san sam t crawford Craw tord was wait celebrating his thirty fourth birthday it being pointed out in enid said atory story that wahoo sam oa or hie his birthday anniversaries was not la in tho the habit of batting heavily and that hie his average for the games he had played on april 18 from 1902 on hid had been just sam noting this fact af 1 41 U george mullin of indianapolis fed proceeded to bat at a clip against the naps poling a single and a homer and boosting his birthday average from to another american league outfielder out nelder who celebrated hs birthday on the same date data as sam crawford Craw tord and in a befitting manner was george edward idward edard ard lewis of tho the red sox duffy the occasion by delivering the wallop that placed on the records the only run scored in the foston roston philadelphia game an able athlete who mho generally generall sees to it that his birthday Is made a day of dt gladness for his team Is christy mathewson of the giants matt s birthday Is august 12 and inspection of the records shows that big six does not ask tor for a rest on hib natal anniversary but Is to Nil willing ling to go in and work on that day unless it ba b sunday boniv once hns the old master consorted with dame defeat on his birthday the year this happened wae as 11 1912 and then christy the craft 4 I 1 duffy lewie lewis of boston red sox acting ip a relief capacity for a bom born barded boxman could not subdue tho the cardinals and they procured one run ott oft him the winning one titter atter having gained seven counters oft off the man mari matty watty had succeeded |
