New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-24
COMMENT ON SPORTS
Matty, King of All Pitchers, Bull
Wark for Giants.
FIGHT FOR WORLDS TITLE
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sn this city fhat such is not the case He
Was the bulpsrk for the Giants in the post
season series with the Yankees that closed
on Friday. and he IL who made victory
possible. The fans" in Philadelphia have
every reason to shout the praises OF Ben
der and Coomhs. and the fans in Chicago
can point 10 big Ed" Walsh. Of the White
sox. and TO Cole. Brown and Overall. Of
the Cubs. bat there is only one Matty, and
ne bitches for the Giants. In the season
Just closed Russell Ford. OF the Yankees,
rro1-ed himself quite the equal Of Bender
Coonbs and Walsh. but Fords lustre has
teen dimmed by comparison with Big SIN
A full review Of the exciting series. which
aroused 4 keener and more lively interest
than has ever before been shown In tins
city. was published in The Tribune yester-
day so that little is left for me TO say mere
beyond the fact that. in my opinion, the
Giants well deserved to win on the merl1s
of the play The Yankees made good
game fight and proved once more that they
never know when they are beaten. but Their
fielding Was not SO brilliant. their hitting
Was not SO timely and their base running
was not so daring and effective. Il Is trle
shst Matty was the strong arm OF the I'll
auts. il is true that the luck of the game, or
the breaks. as il is called in baseball, was
acainst the Yankees. but for ali that there
was distinct shade Of superiority IN the
general all around work OF the Giants that
counted in winning, the series 1t must not
be forgotten that the Giants played loosely
in SPOTS and made errors enough 10 'osI
,beIn TWO Of The first four games played
This is not recalled to detract one "hit
Sro,n The credit due the Yankees but TO
,,b.sizo rbst while the Yankees played
more even baseball. on the whole they were
e bit lucky to escape four straight defeats
l., 49, cor,ne!lt q week ago ] called at
ren1ion 10 the wonderful pitchers bdtIie
s,etD-aa, MstheNson ami Ford in the open
ing game OF tie series as one OF me great
est ever fought out on the diamond. and
.m Of the same opinion still Another
game has been played since. however
z,4nicb for pure unadulterated thrills ana
sensations has never been equalled in my
exnerience. I refer 10 the tie game be-
tween The Giants and Yankees last Mon
day PLAYS were MADE in that struggle
that appeared welinigh impossible DeVhh'
F;ridweH. Devore, knight and chase stooo
oft as shining examples as TO What couiu
le accomplished in the way OF heluinE- one
,7oes ro1 have 10 see more than a single
came Of that kind 10 understand the re-
rnarkahle popularity Of the great national
Sport II has never been my pleasure, even
al = Yale Harvard football game or at the
finish Of a Suburban Handicap 20 hear
such a hearty and spontaneous roar OF
keen enjoyment and satisfied approval as
burst forth time and time again in that
hitter struggle
The Chicago Cubs made such dismal
showing In the first three games with the
Philadelphia Athletics for the worlds
championship that all baseball form went
for nothing. The first game was fight,
even though losing one; the second,
7hrashing which the Cubs did not relish;
tho third. even on home grounds, rout
which made The Chicago fans" shudder
Tho pitchers could not pitch, the hatsnen
could not hat and the fielders could not
field: that Is. in their usual brilliant style
The Athletics were fast. keen. forceful and
sEErcs si,e. The Cubs. in comparison. were
slow. lis5less and almost impotent- The
Athletics PLAYED the kind Of bah Of which
they were capable. the Cubs did not The
breaks which mean much in baseball
were with the White Elephants. The Cubs
could do nothing right. There was
change for the better on Saturday. when
Chances mon pulled out ten-inniug
victory in way for which they are noted.
but the cubs were unable TO keep up the
yaoe and were decisively defeated in The
deciding game yesterday.
Connie Mack. the crafty hrainy manager
Of the Athletics laid his plans before the
struggle began and carried them out to the
letter He kept his men on edge by a
series OF games with the all-star team, but
without forcing them 10 the limit, quite
content 10 be beaten in game after game
without thought Of losing prestige for ulti-
mate good Then. Just to restore complete
inv lie
men. he sent them out TO win the last game
Ike the champions they We're. He handled
his men as some shreWd trainers 90 z thor
ouEhbred for a EruellinG race. The play
ers logged along. SO 10 speak, for four
DAYS and then wound Up with a sharp
Finishing sprint, so that they stood ready
20 the last man when time was called for
the real struggle The Cubs, IN the mean
iinle, were finishing out their scheduled
games in q more or less perfunctory man
ner. and did not appear 10 be on edge
when the crucial moment came. II IS no
wonder that Connie Mack has earned the
-srne of being one of the greatest mana
gers in the history Of baseball.
Much talk was heard last week among
these vino did not go up 90 see the games
that the Yankees and Giants were pulling
70 each other for the sake Of arousing
more interest ana stretching the series
Hlong so far as possible for the sake of the
gate" When Niltse forced in the win
ming run for the Yankees by a base on
balls in the second game. and when the
Fourth ended in a tie, the doubling Thorn
asses smiled knowingly, even If they did not
t5eclaTe openly that the games were fixed"
Any assertion that the players We're not
fighting their hardest and every minute
of the time is the purest drivel In all my
experience ] have never seen such keen
rivalry and such earnest. hard fought
games. As a matter OF fact the players
need defence. but for the good of the
Sport the sooner and quicker such bubbles
are pricksd the better.
When a man is skeptical Il is a waste
81 words 20 try &C convince him by any
reasonable argument. but for the sake Of
those who unl1noHingly may listen and
frnbibe the poison IL may be explained tn At
the players themselves mad nothing 10 gain
10y extending the series beyond four games
five. as IL turned out, with one game a
tie. any interest they had in the re-
oeipts ended at that time. Keen rivalry
las existed between the players Of the two
teams for some wears and the desire 10
Win and as quickly as possible was upper
most in the minds Of all. Nobody who saw
essvr5re l,arff.s could sbgpI- ofberufc.