Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-18
BY J. ED GRILLo.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. October 1S-While
there is undoubtedly good reason for
| the followers Of the Athletics and
American League constituents in gen.
eral to rejoice over the victory Of the
Mackmen in the first battle of the
worlds series, it might be said right
here that in order to repeat the win
ners Of yesterday will have to produce
more pitching Of the kind that Bender
dished up yesterday.
| 1t has been pointed out heretofore
that in a game in which the pitching is
even the Cubs stand the better chance
to win. True. they were apparently
outclassed yesterday because they
failed to do but little with Bender.
When Bender pitches again they Will
most likely go down for a second de-
feat if he can come back as good as he
was yesterday. but it is going to take
high class slab work to beat this Ma
tional League outfit.
That yesterdays victory will have a
| most encouraging effect on the Ath-
letics goes without saying. The team
seems to be on edge and the good start
it has made has supplied sufficient con-
the Cubs will get hard battle if moth
| ing more.
But Overall was not effective yester-
day. He is fast ball pitcher, having
| but little or no curve, and while he has
| plenty of speed yet these Athletics have
| been up against two of the fastest pitch
ers in the country for the past week in
Johnson and Walsh, and Overalrs speed
| was not to be compared with that of the
two American League stars, and cOnse
10 looked o.
day.
/ But ut that. the advantage seems to
! be with Mack's team. Chance has no
| pitcher in Bender's class. unless it is
Brown, and it can safely be said that
! he is good for but one game in this
| series. That is to say, one game in
which he will be dangerous. for his arm
| Is not of the kind that stands repeating
| without a good. long rest.
Bender, on the other hand. can come
back. He has done it repeatedly this
| season, and two or three days rest will
| assure his being able to perform in his
| best form again.
On the form he showed this season
against American League batters Jack
! Coombs figures to pitch every bit as we'll
as did Bender. OF course, there may be
difference in the makeup of the two
men, and in SO important a series Coombs
may not star but that remains to be
seen. If he can hold the Cubs down
to the Athletics, there is a grand chance
for the American League to get out of
the rut and win worlds championship.
Coombs is confident that he can beat
the Cubs, but the game today will tell
the story.
No infield could have acquitted itself
better than did the Athletics outfit yes
terday. Collins, always brilliant ball
player, was at his best, and the same
can be said of Baker. while Barry held
his own. The fact that there was a
worlds series on did not appear to have
the slightest effect on the three young
sters. OF course. Bender's great pitching
kept men off of the bases, and the in
fielders had nothing in the way of base
runners to bother them. which undoubt-
edly had an effect on their work, but to
their credit it must he said that every
one of the bagmen played well.
Baker established himself as a vicious
hitter. No pitcher who has not studied
his weakness, if. in fact, he has any.
stands much of Il chance of fOoling him
to any extent. He walloped Overall at
will yesterday, and then finally drove the
ball TO the top of the right field fence
off of Mcintyre. his being the only hit
the Athletics made off the Cub pitcher
That good start Baker, Barry and Col
Inns had, though there was never any
fear about the latter for he comes pretty
near being as We'll seasoned any ball
player could hope to be. is going to make
big difference in the outcome of the
series.
There has been so much written and
said about the green infield of the Ath-
letics that Baker and Barry must have.
gone into the game not quite satisfied
that they would be able to hold up
their ends. They have proven them
selves. however. and good work from
them will no doubt result.
Bender had hard game to pitch in
! that there Was never a moment that
he could let up. He went at top speed
the entire route and had to go the
| limit with almost every man that faced
him. for the orders were to wait him
out. This is one of the features Of
the Cubs play. They never make the
opposing pitchers work easy by hitting
at the first bail pitched Most of them
| took two strikes and carried Bender
| to the very limit.
AS result of these tactics Bender
/ pitched ia balls during the nine in
nings. while Overall and Mcintyre
pitched but los balls in the eight in
ninss they pitched The following