The Washington times., 1911-10-27
GIANTS REQUIEM
| ALL THAT ISLEFT
New York Fans Humiliaed BY The Worst Drubbng Re-
i corded In History Of Worlds Series-The Athletics
= Leave No Argument Or Excuse In Final Defeat.
By SENATOR"

ITS all over and the Philadelphia
Ghletics, champions OF the American
league, are today the undisputed, un-
ckailenged and unquestioned dtlehold-
efs of all that Is the greatest IN the
whole sphere Of baseball.
THE New York Chants were beaten
6Afeated, Inundated and routed In such
a!,thorougb manner that there Is hardly
ole, even among the most biased. who
whu now deny that the team headed by
/ Cbnnie Mack Is the greatest collection
o1 players fostering the colors OF any
particular ball club at the present time.
Nhe final and sorrowful requiem to
tie aspirations Of the pride Of old New
Ybrk was sounded at Shibe Park when
/ tie Athletics gave the Giants trim
ding that is unparalleled m the whole
history of the series for the highest
hbnors in the national sport: Beaten
tS q fraszle best expresses the condi-
tion Of McGraw and his men as they
ltfudged their way off that field followed
bF nearly 10000 fans who had main
t4ine! from the beginning ar,orite ina. tfe
THE victory of the Giants Wednesday
Was startling to the home foiks IN
but tstorS the way Wipes
| oet ali the sting of the defeat at Man.
hkttan.
Realize Fan Confidence.
, Once more the thing dreaded most by
| FhiideIphians had happened. but once
more those Athletics came from behind
and overcame the lead in such fashion
al to remove the last vestage of the
f7ar that they were not game, and the
hist ball club in civilization. There
wSas nothing in which the men of the
House of Mack did not excel, and while
tie score was the largest ever made in
tie annals Of the event, 1t fairly we'll
represents the relative merits OF the
/ cSntending teams.
! Three New York pitchers attempted to
stem the tide Of defeat which eliminated
tie Giants, but they were swept aside
a1 q leaf borne by Octobers first gale,
AID It was not surprising that when It
tie neId, hunted up Connie Mack, shook
| i9s hand and told him he was satisfied
| tie Athletics had the better ball team.
NcGraw tried for nearly two weeks to
eet out of his players more baseball
I hhal shock came he knew 1t was in
eNitable, and he was the first to con-
! sfatulate his conqueror.
Where Frank Chance and his Chicago
Cubs had fallen down. McGraw and his
Giants had failed. although there never
was q time in which one team showed
Up another SO thoroughly as did the
Athletics expose the Giants in this
filtter from the masthead at Shibe
Fark throughout the next campaign Is
Che that has been won on merit.
Bender Still a Hero.
Bender, the Indian, whose work has
been at all times a feature of the series.
and this despite the fact that he was
vanquished in the opening engagement,
Has again a hero. With only one days
rest there were many who felt Mack
Vas taking an unnecessary chance in
pitting the Redskin against the leaders
, Of the National League, particularly as
fe had Eddie Plank in reserve. but so
assistant was Bender that he was good
enough to stop the Giants that the
manager finally gave his consent.
Under the handicap of what an ordi-
nary pitcher would have considered be-
i1g overworked, Bender held his oppo-
nfnts in abject subjection most of the
they ever scored, and with perfect sup
pprt, such as his performance warrant
q, they would not have scored. 1t was
Nurphy's dropped ball that gave New
out. and in the ninth Oldring paved the
way to New Yorks second tally by
fpmbling Herzog's drive, that under or
d9nary circumstances would have been a
G4can single and nothing more.
! BENDER was right, and after the Ath-
letics got under way with the terrific
offensive strength that characterized
their work throughout the American
I5eague season, the Giants were help
lkss. Bender was Philadelpkias big
hero.
sMathewson trounced and Marquard
pimmed, 1t was up to McGraw to de-
/ pend upon one Of his so-called second
efring men. and his choice fell on Ames
T3is young man went along we'll enough
until the fourth, when the Athletics
fell on him and garnered a four-run
lead, when The New York manager
thought 1t time for a change. and he
plt in Wiltse.
Avalanche for Wiltse.
aWiltse had two good innings, but in
the seventh he was forced to stand an