Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1912 — Baseball Blunders. [ARTICLE]

Baseball Blunders.

Some gent with a liking for acid baseball history has complied Jhe 20 greatest blunders In basebail.. Here they are: When Cincinnati traded a kid named Mathewson for a great pitcher named Rusle. When St. Louis traded ThreeFingered Brown to Chicago for Jack Taylor. When Charles Webb Murphy stood in the lobby of the Waldorf and called Rajah Bresnahan a policeman. ------ When John Anderson stole second with three men on. When Jack Chesbro lost a world’s championship on a wild pitch. When Merkle failed to touch second and lost a pennant. When Marquard grooved one for Baker. When Charles Webb Murphy panned the national commission. * When Clark Griffith allowed Miller Huggins to leave Cincinnati. When Sherwood Magee belted Flnnernan on the bugle. When Pittsburg and Detroit passed up Grover Cleveland Alexander. When Cincinnati allowed Marty O’Toole to get away without a trial. When Hughey Jennings underesti mated Babe Adams In 1900. When Umpire Jack Doyle twice misinterpreted the Infield fly rule. When Bresnahan made faces at Umpire Billy Klemm. When Horace Fogel switched his famous Herrman-Murphy letters. When McGraw parted with Mike Donlin prior to the 1911 world’s series. When Lou Crlger touted Ty Cobb as a bonehead.