The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-25
THE FIRST GREAT
GAME Of SERIES
Mack's Brilliant Legion
Plays Unbeatable Ball
Yesterday.
| MATTy'S IRM IS TRIFlE DEAD
Endless Amount of Curve
Pitching Gets in It's
Work.
The Giants Will Never be
Able to Forget j. Frank
lin aBker.
MATTY'S lRM IS TRIFlE DEAD
BY GRANTLAND RICE.


CAS- Charley Kingsley nearly sang
IT'D
When all the game was young. Matty.
and pitching arms were new
When every man that swung, Matty
was forced to bow to YOU
They cheered from every source, Mat
ty. around the world away
Young blood must have its course,
Maryland every dog mis- day.
hut when the game is old. Matty,
and pitching arms tire out;
When Times far tale is told. Matty.
across the battles ruu;-
However highly nerved then, you face
the crash and blare
You'll find youth must he served
then as when you, toos were there.
Philadelphia. Pa. oct. 2j.-Its up
to Richard Of Marquis now To lead the
fcrlorn and fading hope. When Mat
hcwson broke before the Machan as
sault yesterday, Giant dreams Of
championship glory veered to indigo,
with all the crimson tinting wiped
away. only three straight wins from
today on will carry McGraw's troop
ers over the ramparts--and his big
gun is spiked II Marquard and Ames
Should win, It isn't likely that Matty
could come back this week, and eitn-
er Wiltse or Crandall would be forced
to work the final game
The story of Manhattan's third de-
feat centcrs around two points. The
first happens TO lie the championship
play of Philadelphia battle line. In
every department of the game, Mack $
brilliant legion PLAYED unbeatable ball.
It was the first great game of the Sc
lies played by either team-great in
Eatting. great in pitching and equal
" great in supporting work
The second point centers around
Mathcwsons statement a week ago
today after his first defeat: MY
arm is tired" he wrote, "and now
feels a trilnc dead"
The endless amount of curve pitch
Ing he had been forced to use In his
FIST two games had gotten I'm it's
work. Even with fun week rest
this heavy strain upon the wrist and
forcsrm WIS not To- be overcome. He
deep curve across at almost every
sweep. In the first round he struck
cut Lord, Oldring and Baker with this
deceptive slant and started brilliant
lN, backed by Il two-run lead. But
H. must have felt the wear and tear
OF this delivery then for almost i'm
mediately after ne switched to his
fast straight one and from that point
on Athletic war clubs began To play
q tattoo upon the trademark that
stands imprinted squarely between
seams. For three Innings he surviv-
cd. through hcady pitching and won
derful support from Herzog and Flet-
cher. But by the fourth round the
at the start was no longer doing bus-
ress at the same old stand.
Young blood must nave its course,
lad, ana every day his day" But
this day doesn't last forever. The
moment he weakened and faltcred
iicm the past burden of curve ball
pitching. Baker, Murphy, Davis, Col
Inns and Barry were through. his
guard and upon him like a flash. They
no longer waited him out but whaled
away at the first ball pitched Collins,
Baker and Barry whaled with the
wallop of keen-eyed youth and
youth they say, must be served.
Matty fought gamely and grimly 10
the eighth, when Becker batted i'm
lis place, but the voley of two-base
HITS had done its dead:y work and
with Bender working like machine,
the man who lost his first worlds SER
les game week ago, sunk to his
second defeat, despite the seven DAYS
lest he had drawn to recover edge
again.
And then there was Baker the
MARYLAND mauler, the Trappe torpedo.
or anything else you care to call him.
The Giants may forget these world
series scores; they may forget who
pitched against them; they may even
forget the siN-day ilood-BUT THEY
WILL "NEVE FORGET Jl FRANK
LIN BAKER.
II was Baker who started tbn 6noI