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Street Earns Title ofMiracle Man and TakesPlace Beside(By A*«e?aded Pmi)ST, LOUIS, Sept- 26.—The baseball world tonight hailed * titrw “miracleman/Carles “Gabby” Street earned the , title today when he brought his St. Loois Cardinals triumphantly through one of the most nested National League pennant races on record .and too* a place alongside George Stallings,riI?an“ agcr of. the Rnstan Braves hi 1j 14, w one, oflt; baseball's immortals.Sixteen years ago Stalling* led his team from nowhere in mid-season to a league title »n October, street tonight: halt;l duplicated that feat. The Red birds have yet to win the World Series as the Brave* did In 1914, but win or lose the world title, the Knothole Gang of today will hear and read abont Gabby'’ years himnc....Only a fleeting month and a half ago all-but a few consitered the Cardinals out of the league rare. Street was one of those few, and it was his ■never say die'* spirit that kept his hopes, alive.With the Redbirds some dozen games-behind the league Itadcrs the first of August, “Gabby” kept plugging away, aiivays cheerful, always optimistic. Now another league pennar.t is to float over Sportsman’s Park here,-and to the tcam‘s grizzled manager - goes most of the credit.in League Two Years.Two years ago. Street cJme out of the hush league* to give the majors a whirl. In 1329 he was a Cardinal coach but hi? word carried little weight In team management and bis principal duties . ot taking care OfGrover ‘Cleveland. Alexander and keeping him or. the 'straight and narrow.1'Came 1530 and Gabby1’ got his ; chance. That he nas made the most of I It 1s shown by the -pennant he has : won In his first ynar as a big league manager, nnd the fact .he has a contract for another year with a boost In salary. He Is the. first Redbird manager i since 1925 to hold his Job for two years.Gabby1* has kept fighting In the face of disheartening breaks all season. His tusk was an ’uphill, pull from the start since players • and -umpires alike considered nlrn a '’fresh b usher” at the beginning of the season. His team didn't look good to the experts, but he was optimistic. . .In May the Redblrds skyrocketed into first place and it looked like Streethad a vlnner. Then came injuries to such stars- • as Frankie Frisch. Charlie Gclbert, Emlc Omattl, “Chick 'Hafey-i and Jim Botwmlcy and the clubslumped lo fourth where it remained until SeptemberSigned for 193L- -When it appeared Cardinal players weren’t taking Street seriously, President Sam Brcadon. early in August-announced his Keletiian as pilot for another year. That apparently was amaster ytrote and largely as a result the- team spurted.Street -aas proved o tireless and cour rageous worker In fc*ic face of all odds.' He has been a strict disciplinarian. -His. strategical moves -nn the baseball field have nearly all oeec. tD the good. His selectich’ of pin’ih hitters and relief hurlers •'.during the last Eastern road T.rlp that practically ClihChed the pennant for the Cards stamped him as an excellent yud££ of hh players..• To Street goes the credit for making 5 . brilliant hurier* 01 “Wild Bill* Hull0-han. The southpaw- lacked confidence and “Gabby gave it to him.Street vas bom in Alabama 47 years ago.. His home now is Joplin, Mo. He gained, fame while-a battery-mate of Walter Johnson • as a member af the Washington-Senators from 1907 to 1912. “Gabby”, eamv -to the Cardinals from the Knoxville- earn of the Sally League, where he was manager In 1923.Although the 1930 pennant is the Cardinals’ third in the last five ye am. St. Louis fans today saw the team actually win a league title for the first time.'in 1926 the Redbirds under the guidance Of Rogers Hamsby assured themselves the flag While. playing the Giunts in New York. Two years later under Bill McKedmlc the St. Louis c;ub clinched the league title with a victory over the Braves at Boston.In all three of their victorious Campaigns the Cardinals, have had tough sledding down the stretch, tl^e pennants being clinched each-year In the last series.Despite the actual clinching of the pennant on the home field today, the Cardinals practically won the title through their brilliant play on the last two Eastern • tours, and oddly enough, too. for- prior to August 1 the Rod-hlrds had been notoriously weak while on the road.
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sat, Sep 27, 1930
Page 12
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