Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

who drove In another run needed to clinch
the third victory for the Philadelphians
with a torrid two-baSe drive in the fifth
inning. On Bakers third appearance at
the bat in this game i..e great Mathewson
had to acknowledge his inability to solve
this uncanny mauler and wrecker of his
hopes by purposely giving him base OH
balls
The heavy artillery work of this Mary
land Mauler practically put New York S
| two best BETS" Mathewson and Mar
guard out of the business for the series
and Grabbed the best acts of the McGraw
troupe. With Baker eliminated from the
series the Giants would have Won three
straight Victories for a getaway and
probably grabbed the supreme honors of
| the base ball world by four straight wins,
as Mathewson would have been. in better
form to face his labors In the fourth game
| of the series but for the extra strain
| placed upon him in the previous games
through the clouting Of the "Trappe Tor
pedo." So why not hand the supreme
honors of the base ball world for 1911 to
Trappe, Nd, even though she doesn' t
class with us in the high-life stuff
| Following Bakers first cleanup wal.
! lop in the recent series, there was much
| discussion among the New York adher-
ents as to what kind of ball 1t is that
! Baker slams out of the confines of the
/ park: but after his third rampage with
| his old war club and the fruitless efforts
| of New Yorks star pitchers to fathom
/, the mystery the only question of mo-
nlent that remained was whether Baker
| could reach 1t with his big bat. Mathew
| son and MarQNard, at a time when they
possessed superb control. tried every
thing known to the art of pitching. and
Baker walloped them ALL The defeat of
! the Giants can be told in three words
| too much Baker.
In addition to the productive sWats that
| counted in the series. just to show that
| these weren't accidental punches, Baker
also slammed a long drive on the Polo
| Grounds that Murray caught against the
| wall of the right-field stands, hit a line
drive into the right-field stand at the Polo
| Grounds in the first game that went just
"a few feet foul, and during batting prac-
tice walloped three over the r1ght-field
fence at Shibe Park, Philadelphia. AS ar
illustration of the kind Of whack tina
is required to so over this long right-field
wall at Shibe Park, 1t is only necessary
to say that In the history of base ball q,
these grounds but four other players have
ever succeeded In hitting ball over this
wall-Murphy Of the Athletics. team.
| mate of Bakers; Crawford Of Detroit
Cree Of the New York Americans and
Easterly of Cleveland. During this time
Baker has clouted fifteen fair hits Owe
| this wall for circuit clouts, eleven o.
| them during the season just finished ant
| in the game against Detroit, in which tn.
Athletics cinched the American League
pennant. Baker hit two home runs ovel
| tHlS Wall III the one game IN lace OF
this evidence there Is no chance to spring
that overworked lucky punch stuff ir
connection with the worlds series.
Baker has always been a long hitter
| ever since he first grabbed base ball
bat and faced an opposing pitcher. Born
on farm at Trappe, Md, March 10,
1886, he first entered the limelght of the
base ball world with the Risiey, Md,
team in 1906 Charlie Herzog. who play
ed third base against him for New York
| during the recent SERIES. was his first
| manager, HerZog going to Bakers farm
| at Trappe on the recommendation of q
Trappe. and procuring him to play third
base on the Risley team for the munifi-