Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-18
WILL HAVE TO
HAVE GREAT PITCHING TO WIN
Performances Of the Bender Type Necessary
to Stop Cubs From Taking Majority
of Games in Present Series.
SHOWS the number of balls each pitcher
pitched in each inning:

shows the number of balls each pitcher
pitched in each inning:
Bender IS . IA 1872 Is Is s2-124
Overall. II 20 Is
Mcintyre 10 Is . II Is -1O6
1t is peculiar that the fans of PhiIa-
/ delphia are not displaying the enthusi-
asm in the success Of the Athletics
that one would see in most any other
city There was no real cheering such
as one would see in Chicago or Pitts
n nurs , when worlds series game was
Won here Yesterday. though this may
nave been caused by the fact that
great many Of the crowd are enthusi-
asts from other cities. who come mere
no particular favorite.
Manager Frank Chance looked upon the
defeat Of the Cubs in philosophical man
ner: well. we could not hit Bender safe,
and that. of course, beat u.s. said he
right at the fielders, and that saved Ben
der. We can't have that sort of luck in
all our games. We will get some breaks
TOO. and l am more confident than ever
now That we will win a majority of the
games. True. the Athletics played good
ball yesterday. They hit Overall hard
and showed good support to Bender, but
notwithstanding this fact 1 still have the
81 CdlSSl ldItIl III my team. we VIII prove
our superiority before the end of the Sc
ries. of that i am sure
Mcintyre was not considered world
series possibility. and yet had he started
In Yesterdays game he would have had a
great struggle with Bender, and who
knows that there would not be a different
story to tell. Mcintyre pitched a good
game of ball. He used spit bail effectively
and Bakers long drive-and it was a wal
iop-was the only hit made off his de-
livery.
Mcintyre may come back in this series
but overall hardly will. He is not the
KIND OF a pitcher who stands much of a
chance to beat a Eard-hitting team like
the Athletics. because he relies too much
on his speed and does not even use a
change of pace.
Strunk was decided upon for centerfield
at the last moment. The youngster
handled himself well and tho 6r.t t1ro
times up he hit the ball hard though he
did not get it safe. Steinfeldt robbed him
or nit the first time up and in the seq
ond inning Sheckard made splendid
eaten OF his line drive with two on the
bases.
Unless Zimmerman hits exceptionally
well. he is not going to come anywhere
near flling johnny EverS' shoes He is
not near the helder. and seems unable to
take the throws from the catcher The
N
when they gave Bender a base hit for his
high bounder. which Zimmerman allowed
to get away from him in the second in
ming. II was really an error. and with
any sort of a fielder there would have
been an easy out.
That msplay seemed TO take all the
starch out of Zimme rman. and he looked
decidedly weak at the bat during the aft
ernoon. Twice he struck out, and on his
other trip to the plate he popped I'D lit
tie foul to Baker.
Furthermore. Evers' absence Is ant to
prove great handicap to Tinker. Having
to cover the bag for every throw, he cam
not give his position the attention that he
would if Evers were at his side.
Johnny King again proved his ability
as catcher. He worked Rard wjth
Overall, but could not make him effective.
and his throwing was perfect, mailing
Lord, Strunk and Baker on their attemptS
to plfer second, and that. too. with hi
pitchers not holding the base runners up
any too well.
But Ira Thomas was not far behind
King King. He too, caught a splendid
game of ball, and Schultz, the only ma
who attempted to steal, was nailed twice
Ira S error. muf of a foul fly, was q
hard chance. and besides Ira is not strong
on fouls. But his work wss of such >
character that 1t is a pretty safe guess
that he will be continued in the gam.
to the finish, unless. of course, he should
show signs of weakening, which is no
likely.
Thomas has a great deal of confdeno.
in himself as a catcher of worlds series
games. The only game the Detroit Tiger
ever wen from the Cubs Thomas caught
and yesterday he added his second vic
tory over the National Leaguers feat
of which he is very proud. Thoma;
claims to know the weaknesses of the
Cub batters. and it certainly seems thai
the pitchers who work with him behind
the bat have something on Chances men
About the only time that any of the
Chicago batSmen took a real vicious
swing at the ball during the game was
when Hoffman was at bat ill the ninth
with two on and two out. The Cub CEN
ter fielder swung with all his might and
made a foul. He trying to drive
the ball out of the lot in the hope OF get
ting tie score On all other occasions
the batters who faced Bender merely
tried TO meet the ball. but they We're not
successful in this
Bender was never better than yester-
day. He had terrific speed and pitched