The Detroit times., 1911-10-17
|]0HN FRANKLIN BAKER OF
TRAPPE, MARYLAND, HERO
. or SECOND WORLDS BOUT
RUDE Marquard Made One Mis-
take in the First Inning and
Lost the Whole Battle.
BEST TEAM WON GAME.
Giant Aggressiveness Unavail-
ing Because Muggsy's Men
Couldn't Get to First.
BEST TEAM WON GAME.
a. cRANTLAND RICE.

quaint, stately village OF Trappe, Mo.
has no Broadways and no Cereal
White Ways" OF CLINT and glass.
But Trappe. Md, has its John
Franklin Baker, who, with one hercu
lean wallop In the second battle, put
out Broadway's lights for fair. II was
the Great Blight Way for New York
after John Franklin Baker got through
and laid aside his war club for the
Afternoon.
Rube Marquard, the Giant brilliant.
made one mistake, yet lost. Or rather,
Il was two mistakes. In the hrst
round he wild-pitched Bris Lord over
with the opening tally. In the sixth
round when Baker came up, with Col
Inns on and two out, Marquard failed
to dive back OF the stands and hide
the ball. CHASTITY oversight. From
that FIRST wobble on, Marquard and
Plank worked steadily and brilliant
" for either side. II anything, the
Giant sidewheeler had the edge after
the first blowout. Seventeen MACK
men In succession had faced his
shoots. enly to retire without striking
blow or receiving pass. He had
Recovered from that first shock with
rare gameness and grit and was hew-
ing his way along with Tiger-hearted
courage. Before his shoots, Philadei-
phia's rabid attack was broken into
fragments as effectually as Plank
was curling up the Giants.
Then came the sixth. Two had
faded before Marquards shoots when
Collins peeled on a double. But two
were out and the blow was not i'm
nressive And then-well you have
seen two fighters mixing II up on even
terms. Sparring in and out, dancing
about amid q whirl Of arms, rushing
and breaking with neither In distress,
from somewhere In the whirl the
glove shoots forward with crash upon
the jaw and the once proud flesh and
prouder spirit, beaten and broken,
falls writhing mass into the dust OF
the beaten.
And so came Bakers blow. It was a
savage wallop. well timed and well
delivered and to Marquard 1t came as
heart-stab. clean and straight
through the center. II was the old
"Haymaker." the cleanup punch
which settled the issue then and there
beyond any further doubt. There was
no answer, no argument left. The
Rube had put all he had upon the ball.
but Bakers bat held more. As the
eIectrifed audience sat and watched,
the drive sailed far and true above
the right field wall, on into the street
beyond And as II disappeared from
sight. Giants hopes sank for the
TIE day. The chapter was closed.
The story was written and the rest of
II good for naught.
In this second battle the team
which played the best ball won. Back
81 Plank's superb pitching, the Mack
ian defense rolled back and shattered
the Giant attack. There was no open
Ing at any stage. The veteran south
paw was working marvellous form.
and all around him eight fleet, skillful-
" trained aides were backing him up
70 purple-coated finish. His cross
IRE swept the Giants aside, Snodgrass
alone facing him with effect, although
Herzog and Meyers compiled the only
run. The Indian again came through
With the timely waIlop which gave
the Giants q score
But one run wasn't enough as
Mack's machine fought through the
"+<cHu uattiSs me WHitc blcpHdnt
array was out to even up for Satur-
days downfall. Defeat on Monday
meant sure disaster. II was then or
Good night" and facing this taut sit
untion. the Philadelphians fought with
q dash that was not TO be denied. Col
Inns. the cracked idol Of Saturday.
tame back with his old-time stun.
Both around his base and at bat he
was ball-playing centipede, covering
acres or soil and batting in old time
form.
Giant aggressiveness had no sn.r
akainst this stalwart defense. ST.
n Of no help when you can't get 20
1rst, and neither team attempted to
steal. The only Giant attempt at dar-
ing base-running was choked of by
Hfis Lords brilliant fielding and per-
fect throw, which nailed Snodgrass'
attempting to stretch a single in the
sIxth.
II was Philadelphia's day and Phila-
1eIphia made good, with something to
spare. Even without j. Franklin
Haker butting In, the best New York
could have looked for was tie. as
the last Is men who faced Plank
we're retired In ogder. only is coming
~ In the six closing rounds.
30. after all this hurly-burly, the
cries stands where II stood at D. m.
0u Saturday and neck. To date
has been so per cent pitching. The
|6st Of Il has been piffle, barring that
enc wallop OF Bakers. The Giants
&Ie now batting .173 and the Athletics
|19 and yet both ball clubs are sup
posed 70 be composed OF high grade
|&tsmen. The old-fashioned WALTON
~bich father used to see or cheer
books 70 be about extinct. The pent-
~ audience sits and waits--walts and
watches for one real bingle and
draws Iis chance to grow merry about
vice around the game.
FROM now the sole Giant hope looks
~ be Matheweon Mathewson today
A. New York Mathewson on Thurs
|1f and Mathewson Saturday, that
|c0rau's program n the series
rms that TAR Marunard may be civ.
"a tuother chance or may be retired
q uAke way for Ames, WiItse or
.|1n11n o. greater experience. But
Nna' answer after ali, centers