Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

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to accomplish that will mean quite a lot
OF money to them.
Collins error was on a grounder, which
ordinarily he would have picked up with
ease. 1t was hit sharply. that is true.
but he did not haev to get out OF ms
tracks for the ball. But there was no
excuse for his hesitating with the throw
10 the plate.
He seemed to be bewildered when he
realized that Snodgrass was tearing for
the plate, though he might have anucl-
pated the play in view of the fact that
there were two hands out and a man on
second would naturally Try for the plate
SO that il there should be any sort OF
nlishap ne could score.
Not only did Collins hesitate with the
throw, but when he cut 1t loose 1t was
short of the plate. ard Thomas had to go
out for it. thus allowing SnodgraSs TO
score standing up.
There was not a single objection to any
decisions. There was in fact little for the
umpires to do barring KLEIN behind the
plate. There were no close plays on the
bases, and the outfield umpire had very
little to do. Herzog growled every time
Klein called a strike on him, but he failed
| to perturb that official in the least.
There are few pitchers who could have
stopped the Athletics as did Mathewson
today. Speed is what the American
League champions like, and Matty saw
to it that they got very little of that
He did not use fast ball unless he had
| 10 and most of the time he kept it away
| from the plate, that it could not be
! hit Whether McGraw has any other pitch
| ers who can stop the Athletics from hit
doubt about the ability of the Mack men
| 20 hit. They showed that today even
against such past master as MathewSon
| and every man in the lineup is danger
Gus.
Marquard relies whole lot his
speed and there are those predicting that
the Athletics will hti him hard if that
is the case.
When Bender began to falter in the
seventh Coombs and Lapp left the Ath-
let;cs' bench to warm up. Every man on
the New York team lost no time to call
Benders attention to this fact, but the
Chief did not appear to mind it.
Chief Meyers drive was a long fly to
deep left 1t came within few feet of
going into the seats, hitting the fence
Just near the top. II bounded back and
but Meyers, who is decidedly slow on his
feet barely got to second. Any one Of
the fast runners could have taken three
bases on the drive.
There Is one thing impressive about the
have a thorough understanding among
themselves as to what one or the other
will do, and above all they are well dis
ciplined under McGraw: That victory to-
day will make lot Of difference to the
team 1t will give that confidence
which counts for so much. and. it is per-
haps needless to say that they are just
wa ting for the opportunity to lord it
over their rivals. In the matter Of speed
the Giants have it on their opponents.
There are several very fast men on Nc
Graw's lineup, while Collins and Oldring
are really the only two sprinterS that
Mack can boast of.
Collins came very near pulling
clever and unexpected play in the fifth
inning with second and third occupied
and two out. He tried to squeeze Lord
home, but the ball rolled foul Herzog
was not expecting the play and would
have been caught standing flat-footed
had Collins been able to get the ball
on fair territory.
Doyle and Meyers were the only
Giants who did not go down before
Bender's strike-out curves. Every 9TH
err man in the lineup famed once or
twice and eleven men in all went out
inIs way. But Benders good showing
in this respect was more than offset
by his wildness. and yet had it not
been for that error by Collins the
chances are that he and MatheWson
would have fought 1t out into dark
ness.
It was one of the most interesting
games that any of the worlds series
Of the last few years have furnished.
There was not a slack moment in the
nine innings. Both sides had several
chances to change the complexion Of
the game at any time and there were