The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-27


The tumult and the shouting dies,
The players with the dough depart,
The dope. to our intense surprise.
Was wrong-he still, oh aching
heart,
tPiano)
There are some dollars that We bet
Extremely pianissomo.)
Let us forget.
Thirteen members of the Athletic
Baseball Club touched the home plate
at Shibe Park this afternoon and Tn
pire BIZ klem admits it, wherefore
the worlds series OF 1911 passes into
history, with the Philadelphia Aneri-
can League Club stu champions cf
me world. and environs, because.
while this unlucky number OF run
ners trotters and pedestrians were
passing in review before the astound-
ed eyes OF twenty some odd thousand
people. the 2iants' footprints tracked
the plate but twice
In all the bright lexicon OF y. Web
ster there II no such word as AIDE
Quately describes the sixth and last
Eame OF the post-season meeting of
the clubs that were best in their re-
spective leagues.
A searching finger slides past mag
sacre' and slaughter as too sedate
and conservative to fit the case. II
anybody had suggested that there
we're 80 many runs in ali the world
as wero made by the Athletics in the
seventh inning alone, the suggestions
would have been rejected AS the va
gary OF q dtsordered brain.
Thirteen to two.
Worlds Series Passes.
Well. welI--so passes the big series.
along with its scandals and dissen-
sions, and spkings, and untouched
home plates. so pass the actor-au-
thor athletics who have been in or ot
the battle. and now that II is all over
who shall say that the best team did
not win?
Not Connie Mack. at all events.
Big Chief Bender pitched this af-
ternoon after a brief rest and Leon
Ames, George Wiitse and Ruhe Mar
guard were the Giant twirlers who
were squashed In the final charge Of
the white elephant. The score is
close to a record for a worlds series.
Ii represents the worst whipping
Johnny McGrlw's Giants have taken
from any club this season.
Broken. and beaten. and outrun
from the fourth. the Giants grew
worse instead OF better from the
Athletic sluggers. Had the series
ended "Wednesday with the Giants
beaten four straight. II would still
have been considered IA notable bat
tie by the big town boys. and there
uon wadnss.,av bv a WONDERFUL stand
80 aiav.r,n hour and vava tbair
.ar,trar. M ranch hone that several
shnn.srd New Workers moved unon
phtIa da,nhia To-day. only to see the
nla,r rnhsd polo C,rounders routed
inrlor,ous,y.
Giants Get Away Well.
They rot away weu and we're ou.
In front up TO tie third inning; IN
The fourth Red" Ames, the uniucky
CIhioan. who was pitching for the
Giants. made a bad throw winch
rnraw the Nct;raw men clear ont OF
their stride: in the seventh inning
the Athletics fell upon Hooks
Wtltse. the veteran left handler. with
fury. and whaled his shoots to ALI
corners OF tho lot. hording in n whole
nock OF runs
There was no fight left in the Giants
after that.
MarQuard was sent in and two runs
scored Immediately, unieashinE Wild
pitch over Meyers shoulder. The
crowd began leaving when the seventh
9 cIosed.
On April IL, 1911, the National
League season was officially opened
at the Polo Grounds by the unwilling
OF RED" Ames justly notorious link
the blonde Ohio boy being the ten
der OF the most savage jinx in the
big league. A small concourse OF
PhiIadelphians were present on the
occasion, representing the National
League club Of that city. 1t was fit
ting. perhaps. that Red should
close tho baseball festivities and fun
erals of the year by again displaying
his renowned charge before another
crowd OF Pni rln,..phr p;.cn.~