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Handling the Big Guns of Baseball in 1911
Long profile on catchers and pitchers forming famed battery pairs in the 1911 season. Emphasizes the art of signaling, the value of Meyers and Mathewson, and how a catcher steadies and directs big guns like Kling and Brown. recounts sign thefts, player moves, and the craft of managing elite pitching staffs.
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New York Herald Co
Damon
Pythias
Lans
Virginia
Klaw
Peranger
Weber
Fields
Mathewson
Meyers
Brown
Kling
Rucker
Bergen
Welsh
Sullivan
New York
Bert Williams
Navy
Ike
Kiing
John
Athletics
Cunhs
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Bling
Hartsel
Holmes
Bateman
J. J. Jeffries
Texas
Ralph Glaze
Dartmouth
Harrisburg
Butte
Herrisburg
Cubs
Eve
Bresnahan
St. Louis
McGrew
Eri
Mnatty
Bresnahans
John Meryers
Chief Meyers
St. Paul
Giants
Matty
Riverside
Cal
el Paso
Viteser
Mar
Rube
Marquard
Lobert
Cineitmath
Coe
Lesain
Tfeu
Belere Ir Ste
Shouis Drucke
Ginger
Louis
Ira Thomas
John Kilng
Citcher
Clarke Griffith
Eddie’” Collins
Felsier
Herzog
Ginson
Pittsburg
Thomas
Yankees
Cornelius McGillicudds
Connie’ Mack
Chance
Billy” Sullivan
Chicago White Sox
William Sullivan
Ed” Walsh
Walsh
Sweeney
Russell Ford
Ford
Mitchell
Lost
Ford Alloue
Sweener
Streath
Amante
Coombs
Clarke
Gibeom
Wil
Babe” Adama