The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-25
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(By GrantIand Rice.)

Long before J. Franklin Baker and ! the other men who form the incident al ingredients of Connie Mack's ball team had left their downtown hotel, the Giants-the name Is a handover from season bygone-were out prac- ticing tossing, catching and batting the ball together with several other little tricks incidental to the playing of the national. game.
 Manager McGraw, displaying all the gentle mannerism of a 1ongshore- man. was very much on the job, strewing advice and mandates until the much discussed Hast ditch" into which the Giants had been showed however, were as sure and chipper az though they had a three-pIy clutch on the series. Their practice work however, was 9 bit ragged and stood out in great contrast with the snappy work of the visitors as did their hilar- solemnity of the Mack men who were obviously out to win, today, if it was possible for them to do so.
 1t was early obvious that the Hast ditch stuff made no special appeal to the New York fans and when play started there were plenty of vacant seats in both the bleachers and grand stands. The lineup: A Athletics Lord, lf.; Oldring, of; {; Collins. s2b.; Baker. 3b,; Murphy, If. ; Davis. 1b.' Barry. ss; Lapp, c.;
 GiantsFDevore, h.; Doyle. 2b.; Snodgrass, cf.; Murray, rf.; Merkle, h.; Herzog. 3b.; Fletcher, ss.; Mey CTS, e.; Marquard, p.
 Defying the hoodoo which is most |popularly supposed to be hanging over the home team, the McGraw boys continued their warming up although |the strong sunlight was ineffective in entirely dispelling the gloom.
 Batteries-Athletics, Coombs and Lapp:t Giants, Marquard and Meyers. Umpires-Klem behind bat, Deneen on bases, Connolly left foul line, Brennan, right foul line.
 A little additional touch of sadness was added to the scene when Math- ewson. the dimmed star of other days, was sent by McGraw to bat flies to the outfielders.
 First Inning.
 AthIetics-With three balls and two strikes, Lord hit to Devore, who made the most sensational running catch of the series by picking one off his shoestrings and then arising with the ball safely slowed in his mit.. oldring was out Doyle to Merkle. Collins flew out to SnodgraSs. No runs, no hits. no errors.
 Giants-Devore grounded out, Bar ry to Davis. Doyle fouled out to Baker back of third and Snodgrass got a generous round of applause when he stepped to the plate. a testi- York fans did not hold him guilty of deliberately spiking Baker. His best effort, however, was to ground tout, Baker to Davis. No runs, no hits, no errors.
 Second Inning.
 Atlletics-A round of wild ap- plause swept the entire stadium as Baker, the brilliant star of the series, faced Marquard for the first time. All the Giant infielders hurled encour- agement at MarQuard and roar went up when Baker famed ineffectively at three of the Rube's choicest twists. It was rem embered, however, that a strike out was Bakers opening, yes terday, when his later efforts brought disaster to the Giants Murphy, who only yesterday recovered his lost bat ting eye. connected for the first sim gle of the game, a short line drive to left The fans thought that Mar guards quick throw to first to catch Murphy mapping arrived in time anu when Dineen ruled otherwise there was a disappearing grunt from thou sands of the fans. Davis famed and to Doyle, the latter making a specta- cular jump for Meyers high throw. No runs, one hit, no errors.
 Giants-Murray, who, to date, had not secured a single hit in the series, was first up in the Giants half. He kept up his consistent work by fam ming with three wild swipes. Merkle duplicated Murray's effort, flaming on three pitched balls, the third strike being called Herzog drew three and two and then singled through short for the Giants first safe rap. Herzos cut loose on the first ball pitched and made the steal safely after a pretty slide. Lapp's throw to Collins was perfect but not fast enough to offset Herzog's speed. Fletcher killed the budding score however, by flaming on three pitched balls, Coombs' third strikeout in the inning. No runs, one hit no errors.