Even in a game dominated by superstitions some stood out. The St. Louis Star reported on what Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Montford Montgomery “Monte” Cross thought was necessary for a rally—to the annoyance of some teammates– during a game with the St. Louis Cardinals in May of 1900:
Monte Cross
“One of Monte Cross’ queer hobbies is that the bats must not be crossed when they lie in front of the bench…just as (Harry) Wolverton, the first man up in the fifth inning, stepped to the plate, Cross looked at the pile of bats, and at one jumped into the air, shouting: ‘Four runs this time. It’s a cinch. Never failed yet.’
“’Sit down, you’re crazy,’ said (Al) Maul.
“’I tell you we’re going to get four runs this time. Do you see that?’ he asked, pointing to the pile of bats.
“’See what?’
“’Why those four bats sticking out further than the rest. That means we’ll get just as many runs. Just you wait and see.’ Everybody laughed, but Monte was evidently very much in earnest, so they waited, all thinking how they’d kid him when the side was out. Then Wolverton made a hit.
“’It’s a starter!’ cried Cross. ‘Now watch me.’ But Cross aired to (Mike) Donlin. Then the next man walked.
“’There’s four hits coming sure,’ said Cross. Just then (Roy) Thomas cracked a single scoring Wolverton. Then (Napoleon) Lajoie and (Elmer) Flick got in their work, and the five runs were scored.
“’Whenever you see bats fixed that way look out for runs,’ observed Cross, triumphantly.
“’All right,’ replied (Ed) McFarland. ‘Shove out about six of those sticks and we’ll win sure.’
“’That doesn’t go. Don’t touch them for heaven’s sake!’ Fairly screamed Cross. ‘The bat boy has to do it when he isn’t thinking.’
“The players all had a good laugh over the circumstance, and no doubt some of them became converts to Monte’s baseball religion.”
While the Phillies scored five runs during Cross’ “lucky” inning, it didn’t seem to matter to him that he failed to contribute to the rally, and the Phillies lost the game 10 to 5.
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Doesn’t seem to have bothered him that they scored five runs rather than the four he forecast, either.
No, not at all. I love the stories about superstitions. People will be contort themselves into pretzels to credit something to magic rather than skill.