The Washington herald., 1911-10-17
By "CHIEF" MEYERS.
10 The Mashinptun Herald.

By "CHIEF" MEYERS.
srecial 10 The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia, Oct. 1--we were beaten
to-day by the very thing that is going
10 win for US, in the coming games. the
baseball championship |or the world.
The wallop, rhe team (which has that
though I don't need to tell any one such
plain fact-is bound to win. And to-
day, by break Of the luck their way.
the Athletics had i.
Everybody knows. of course, that the
game was broken up in that fatal sixth
inning by Frank BIker's home run over
the right field fence after Eddie Collins
had reached second on d double. Per-
haps every one wonders just how that
came about I probably know better
than any one else. being closest to the
play. This is how it happened:
There were Two cut when Collins came
up. Rube Marquard was working along
as well as he ever did in his life. He
had been a little bit nervous in the first
inning, but he had settled down we
were both beginning to feel pretty con-
fdent. especially as we had scored in the
Eecond, and it vas ! and / We weren't
q bit nervous when Eddie Collins slam
med an out curve 20 left and got on sec
OnG.
Baker Fooled on First One.
Rube fed Baker a left-hand. wide-out
curve first. That fooled him. He tried to
reach il, and couldn't. Then the big
fellow gave him another almost like it,
which looked as though it would he a
bad one. but broke right over the CEN
tcr Of the plate. There was only the
third strike to stick over, and we Woulo
be on Easy street.
TT sF
close inside. We know noW-to our sor-
row-that Just such a ball is exactly
What Frank Baker would call for il he
were given his choice of a hundred diff
rerent sorts I watched him swing back,
then lunge forward, and with the crack
Of the bat l knew tnat something was
coming off. I looked out to right field
md saw tine ball going higher and high
pr against the background of those
broHnstOne houses on Twentieth street.
II must have cleared the fence by ten
feet. Then Eddie and Frank came tTot-
ting across the plate, Erinning from ear
10 ear.
Had Rube's pitch been another curve.
or had the fast one gone outside the
plate instead Of inside. I believe Baker
would have struck out or at least sent
a weak one toward left. But when a
pitcher il working against a strange bat
teI. not knowing what he likes, what
ran he do but take d chance with any
thing ne has in stock?
ElUc MarqUard is a great pitcher, and
am sure our supporters will agree with
me that he was outlucked. He will come
back and beat those fellows if he is sent
into the box again.
In the clubhouse. after the game and
here in tho hotel anybody who saw the
GIANTS could tell that We are not a bit
Worried about the final result. We
"'Tr disappointed. OF course but we all
SIN feel that v.c have il on the Ath-
ietjcS. although they certainly are a
great hall team: and knowing them now.
want TO say they're a fine. clean, gen.
I"manly lot OF boys. too
Just wait till Tomorrow afternoon at
the good old Polo Grounds Right here
would like 10 make a suggestion to
III" New York fans. They might take
lesson in the art OF roofing from their
colleagues over here the Quaker City. l
hcre~ heard such Il racket in my life as
the Philadelphia fans made to-day. They
had hOTns. strings OF bells. rattles tin
pans. and all sorts of noise-uhking
things. And they kept yelling 10 their
boys. cheering even the easy PLAYS. and
hurrahing every time. Eddie Plank put
over strike on us That sort of thing
helps to win ball games
''Chief' Likes the Roofing.
l@iNt dtul udN Al IIIe IO!O GROUNDS
there was plenty of cheering when we
got into the lead. but before that the
crowd was almost silent. They ought
To be roofing all the time. We feel this
way: If there are 10000 or $4,000 people
pulling for US. they're going to lift US
over" The roofing was considerably
responsible for the Athletics being lifted
?yer to-day.
Outside Of that sixth inning to-day's
game was not very interesting. 1t just
drifted along in dull sort OF way until
the break came, and after that it settled
down again 20 a pretty quiet affair.
There was no striking aside" bali play
Pr. II was a straight-away game.
The score in the first inning was not
earned. Lord got a pretty double, and
was sacrificed to third in great style by
Oldring. Then Marquard. who was lit
tie nervous, cut loose one that went wide
Of me- and Lord came in on II.
Our run in the second came through
. Charley Herzogs nice double to deep
center and a single that I was lucky
enough to get.
Plank TUIrIed Good Game.
Eddie Plank pitched a corking good
game. Any man who can fan little Josh
Devore four times in a row I'll take my
zap of to. That portside crossfre of
Plank's is a mighty hard thing for
Sefthanded hitter to get to.
Marquard did mighty we'll, too. want
al the followers to have just as much
'aith in him in the future as l will have.
Hes good to 90 back again tomorrow, if