Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1918 — WORLD’S SERIES “IRON MAN” [ARTICLE]

WORLD’S SERIES “IRON MAN”

Deacon Fhiliipe Pitched Forty-Four Innings in Contest Between Pirates and Red Sox. Despite the fact that he pitched in four games and won three decisions over the Giants, Urban (Red) Faber fell just 17 innings short of equaling the all-time “iron man” record for a world’s series. The Chicago pitcher saved fpm the “bushes” by McGraw to have him beat jhe Giants out of a world’s titles '■pitched 27 innings in four combats. In the 1903 series between the Pirates and Red Sox. Deacon Philllpe of Pittsburgh twirled 44 innings in that series. Faber will deserve the tribute that goes with winning three games in the series, and takes. his place among a select few who have done this same thing. Only six other pitchers ever performed this feat. They are Bill Dineen of the Red Sox, who won three against Pittsburgh in 1903; Philllpe of Pittsburgh, who won' three from Boston in the same series; Christy Mathewson, who took three from the Athletics, all shutouts, in 1905; Babe Adams of Pittsburgh, who captured three 1 from Detroit in 1909; Jack Coombs, who won a trio of decisions over the Cubs in 1910, and of the Red Sox, who was victor in three over the Giants in 1912. No other pitcher bore quite as* heavy a burden as did Philllpe, back in 1903. Of the eight games played, Philllpe started and finished five —the first, third, fourth, seventh and eights. -