Show me mc INNISS TRICK HOME RUN DRIVE MACKS most famous graduate from his school of applied bench warmers in 1811 1911 Is stuffy mcinnis no sooner had bad this C CONNIE young youngster a ter discarded the knee trousers of his special courso course under mack than lie he began to startle the national pas timing universe with his bis baseball witchcraft the qualification qualin catlon ot of mcinnie to the regulars filled in a w weak a k spot in the athletic defense as harry davis was on his bis decline and helped philadelphia snatch a pennant from the detroit tigers when jennings players seemed to have it clinched cinched cin ched mcinnis had not been in the big league a leei week as a full groomed major majol clr culter before he began to pull tricks on his more experienced toes foes these coups quite often won games and un had a direct bearing on the spirited race of 0 the athletics to sue aeed themselves as world champions while space will not permit an enu aeration mer me atlon ration of the many unexpected paves moves that made him feared both IV in the field and at bat one trick worked on tho the boston red sox about the mid die of the season of 1911 Is given as a sample of his craftiness aa this bit of quick thinking on oa the part of mcinnis came as most of his bis k mayes mocca did at a ume time when it was Z least expected ile he had shot into the big league like a meteor among a cluster ot of stars astarb staid veterans ol of ai it y r the diamond did not expert expect to encounter z exhibitions of inside baseball in mcinnis they feared eddie yx colllns collins and jack barry and others other a of gr greater at r experience that tha t may 1 h have v 1 helped I ped this raw re recruit cault pull his coup on the red sox that bright day in in june when every game counted stuffy mcinnis and thousands of eager tans fans in philadelphia and detroit read with breath loss excitement the result of every contest of the pennant contenders an official edict from dan ban johnson president of the american league enabled mcinnis to execute his bit of strategy on the players from the hub johnson Job disturbed over the long games due to increased hitting ordered the pitchers to shorten tho the worming warming up process between innings eddie karger harger started to warm up the beginning of the eighth inning mcinnis was wag the first visitor at bat and the red sox box had not taken their positions in the outfield one two three came the balls in practice the full lumir allowed under the rule the fourth ball was grooved over the plate W with th nothing on it except a little speed mcinnis stepped quickly to th the e plate and met the illegally delivered sphere with a resounding crash that startled the bewildered boston pitcher out into deep center sped the ball and around the bases scampered the mack graduate atvas it was aba a bom run ran r umpire eagan called mcinnis sare safe the Youth youthful fill star first baseman had bad blazed hlo his name in the top lines of the day and helped the worlds cham champions advance another game on their rivals for the american league championship chair my by IRWIN bf HOWE official statistician of the american league |