Evening journal., 1911-10-26
Doc CrandaIT's "PiIIs"
Save Giants From Last
GurgIe in Worlds Series Fight

on Jack Coombs began to fade aud
falter and lose his stride. These
cheers as one final call for help-one
last stand against defeat, and they
worked with wonderful effect. They
continued even through the eighth and
into the ninth. when the Mackmen
were leading 3 to l, with tietcner on
second, two out and Crandail up.
Coombs was even nearer TO victory
than Mathewson was when BAKER
stopped him. for he had a two run
lead and but one man to retire, wniio
in that other game. Matty had but
a one run lead with two men TO put
down. But when Ola Doc whaled phat
smashing drive far heyound Oldring
and Murphy. It was good night for
Johnny Coombs ana his Colby cultur-
ed curves.
WaIIOp Brings Coin.
This lone drive turned a quiet nm
ish into another championship hgnt
while netting $4,000 more at least
for the two club owners $4O,OOO a
game: no wonder they are scarce just
now.
If man we're to be picked from tha
Giant array as the leading light, the
allotment would fall to Larry Doylo.
He had made one misplay in twenty
four chances, but that one display
had cost three runs and apparently
the final game. Yet against this l,
was Doyle who rallied and led his
team both ways out of the rest Of
the trail. fielding steadily and hitting
safely all four times at bat after the
miscue. In place OF breaking as me
average athlete would have done Doyle
/ fought all the harder and planted the
/ final double in the tenth which turned
into the winning run when SnodgIass
hunted him to third and Merkle hied
far TO Murphy in right.
This fifth battle marked the mrs
strength at bat and it was not untl
the last few waning innings that thel
began to step into the ball But the!
recovered their lost batting heads a
last and with this start should com'
back and double the power OF thei
defense which has been the weakes
part 70 date. Bender and Coombs ar
now dismantled for the next game
and they were smashing Plank hari
and with good effect in the one roun'
he stood before their rush. So Mack
too, carried tidy problem for this al
ternoon's choice, which is almost sur
to be Ed. Plank Plank draws tn
sting of yesterdays defeat while tn
victory goes to Crandalls credit !
the chart of pitching records.
The edge still lies with the Athlet
les. but there is a wide difference be
tween an edge and a 4O-mile gal
They had the series won-the Sl2O
extra award was in each mans pain
and now they've got to fight for
again and if the Giants win toda
they may make their fight in vain.
A team game enough TO rally wit
its back to the wall, with hope all bt
vanished, as the Giants rallied yestel
day has possibilities Of turning
greater trick than grabbing of tN
ball games-and two ball games al
( all they need.
Mack's team played championsh
, ball in the field and supported Cooml
. brilliantly, but Colby Jack was loo
J. ing for a spot upon which to detona
] and he found It In the ninth.
Z The most cheering feature OF q
G game for New Cork fans cente
y around the fact that Ames and era
Y dali, after being overlooked so lor
!. loomed up as the pitching heroes
4 the series. II was the people from {
4 ranks, not the heroes or the brillian
}. who stood to the guns when the Il
|, was futtering low and about TO Il
L upon the ramparts.