Evening star., 1905-10-16
Aftermath of the Battles Be-
tween Giants and Athletics.
McGRAWISM WON OUT
GREAT TEAM WORK BoLSTERED
UP MATHEWSoN's PITCHING.
Races Shift to Jamaica Today - Big
College Golf Tourney-Mighty
Discus Throw.

There Is hardly newspaper in this broad
land. running from Boston to San Fran
cisco, that will not have under discussion
today the why's and wherefores for the
victory of the New Yorks over the Ath-
letics in the worlds series that reached a
conclusion last Saturday evening. Each
base ball writer has his Individual opinion
of the two teams. and without doubt the
consensus of criticism will center around
two factors. Pitcher Mathewson and Man
ager McGraw.
Without going into the details of the past
seasons games and those of the world 8
series. many writer's will at once jump to
the conclusion that Mathewson won the
series single-handed. and credit him
with the glory and honors that go with the
achievement. Looking over the New York
team with critical eye the work Of Man.
ager McGraw stands out like a twenty
story building in small country village
With only three flrst-class players on the
team-McGann, Dahlen and DonIin-he has
whipped the other members In the same
high-class shape, and the result was an ag-
gregation that made the Athletics look like
a joke. A majority or the team comprise
players who have been passed around by
other managers as hopeless cases. and they
got under the eagle eye of McGraw and
became stars. Base ball experts with
leaning toward the American League In all
fairness have not hesitated to say that the
New Yorks outplayed the Athletics in every
department of the game, and when these
statements are taken into consideration,
Mathewson should not be credited with be-
ing the whole show" Practically it has
been admitted that McGraw made Mathew
son the star he Is today, and in addition de-
Veloped the others in a corresponding de-
gree, so that the chief honors of winning
the championship of the world series be-
long to Manager McGraw.
Played Clean Ball.
In addition to winning the chief honors
In base ball, the little leader deserves the
greatest praise. as he did not resort to the
tactics generally used In the National
League by the Giants to win games. a
class of base ball that was said to be Nc
Graws long suit, but kept himself in the
background and conclusively demonstrated
that his team could play better with their
heads, hands and feet than they could with
their mouths.
Several expert writers have taken the
ground that with Waddell in shape a DIFF
ferent story would have been told but it
is very doubtful If the Reuben could have
done any better than Bender and Plank.
Twice the New Yorks were held down to
five hits. and in each of these games the
Athletics failed to score rum and the
question Is wherein do the pitchers figure
for the Quakers. The back of the
Athletics twirlers failed to deliver the
goods, both at the bat, in the field and on
the bases. and half dozen Waddells at
their best could hardly have exceled the
work of Bender and Plank. What the
Quakers needed good batting eyes, but
MathewSon took care of that and had them
"bufaloed' from start to finish.
At the start of the American League sea-
son. last spring, many of the cleverest
writers in the country placed the Athletics
in the second division, and from the de-
velopments of the post series, there they
belonged. Dissipation knocked out three of
the best clubs in the country. Boston, New
York and Chicago, and hard luck. In the
way of injuries. placed the CleveIands in the
also-ran class, and there is little doubt but
either of this quartet would have done bet
ter than the Quakers against the New York
Giants
Every Game a Shutout.
The most striking thing about the worlds
series games was the fact that every game
was a shutout. The New Yorks white
washed the Athletics four times. and the
Athletics whitewashed the New Yorks once.
Mathewson officiated in three of the four
shutouts banded to the Philadelphias. Com
plete and artistic the triumph over
the Athletics. The latter made fourteen
hits off Mathewson in the three games, an
average OF J 2-3 hits game. and when
pitcher can hold good-hitting team down
like that in three straight games he Is
pitching worlds championship ball, sure
enough.
The figures which follow show how de-
ponents. They excelled the min batting,
fielding. base running and long-distance
hitting though there net a hit longer
than a twO-bagger in the series. This was
due, in part. to the fact that several long
hits were restricted to two-ba ggers by
ground rules. necessary on account of the
size of the crowd. Bresnahan, by his fine
aIl-around work. was as near to being the
star of the New York aggregation as any
body else. He was the best batter on
either side. Little Gilbert did surprisingly
well with the stick. Topsy Hartsel was
the best hitter on the Philadelphia side and
the only one of the lot to steal a base. 1t
is worthy of note that after Powers went
in TO catch New York's base stealing suf-
fered. Powers being an improvement over
Schreck in throwing to bases.
Dahlen Devlin, Mathewson. Donlin, Monte
Cross, Lord and Davis all stocd out promi-
nently by their steady, sharp fielding Team
work at bat and In field and strong pitch
ing were leading factors in New York s
success. The records follow:
Work