Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
VOTING s4MARYLAND MAULER"
WHO WRECKED GIANTS HOPES
Battered His Way Into Hall Of Fame With
His Big Bat, Eagle Eye and
Gameness.

r,.,, Baker has battered his name
through the great throbbing world OF
base ball IN an indelible hand that time
cannot eTace.
1rhe story of Bakers vicious assault on
New Yorks hopes for the supreme honofs
; OF the base ball world has alreaoS pee,i
heralded broadcast throughout the ianu.
Following the great pitching OF MatheN
son in the opening game of the series ana
The initial victory for the Giants IN sucii
impressive fashion. with Mathewson pitch-
ing the game of his life ana pisihi! shon
ing his ability TO foil the malignant ndcii-
nations of the Philadelphia foe, ana VIII
Sunday intervening as an huu. so
dan for rest in preparation for ms intuie
Ia bors in the series, and the sieat -na
Guard considered the best Sou.upaM "a
the business. to spell him. rhiiaueip,ra
homes for sra bling down a second "oTiu ,
nhampjonship emblem began TO take on
male blue tint and sink hull down oOthe
horizon line. Az every crlsis laS Pr
dured the opportunity for some heIoic
figure to break through the satheIi ili
Gloom and butt into the imeiight. TINS
crisis that surrounded his teammates
craated the opportunity for-John FRANK
lin Baker. mora &c
~, w IN The second game than had
Nathewson i'm the opening contest VIZ.
tho scor. tied at one all with two cow
in the sixth inning, and tne
philadeIphians struggling valni! IoI d
straight string OIL lout siAiN
inninps without the sennblance of a hlt
off the great pitching of the New iuI If.
lefr-hander. the single Pnlladeipnla az ~,
heine the result of some fuzzy "oik ~
;! the part of Marquards suppor'hs ,ocass
with Philadelphia hopes Tor success
against such great pitching as hao peeh
shown by Mathewson and MarquaIu o .,.o
| ing off into boundless space, cane tn e
potent factor that was TO cnanse rnt
artire condition of affairs and turn "nae
| had seemed to he certain defeat Ior NO
| comrades into glorious victory-vlctory an
tho more glorious because 1T nad Deeh
! yanked from the very jaw Oh
| one John Franklin Baker
! With two ont in the sixth inning or inns
second game and a teamnlate roosuhg on
/ second base, the first Philadeiphlan VINO
/ had reached that station since the III D
inning Baker started the WORK 'hat was
/ IN .c,nbiazon his name throughout the
| base ball world by clubbing one or Mar
! guards fast ones over the long right nera
wall for n home run, scoring ms teain
1 mate ahead of him and winning the mrs.
victory of the series for his team ps tue
! score of TO l.
| R,1t the great Mathewson was to repeat
! with a full two-day rest. and in the
/ third game at the Polo Grounds IN New
York he showed his ability to do TINS Ell
fectively by holding the Philadeipnlaiis
scoreless for eight innings. and had ms
second victory OF the series within his
| grasp by to score, with one man
/ down in the ninth. when again came TINS
| New York Nemesis, John Franklin Baker
/. into the fracas. With one down IN the
! ninth inning nobody on the bases and out
/ two NOR. men to be retired to bring VIC
! tory 10 the Giants standard. Baker maai-
/ cd one of Mathewson's mystifying curves
! on a fearful drive into the midst or the
right field stands for a home run and tied
thu. score in addition TO which this uhex-
| pected wallop so upset the great Mathew
son that Bakers teammates caught MN
off his balance and batted out their sec
ond victory of the series in the eleventh
inning. Not satisfied with the havoc ne
had already created, it was again f'aker
who contributed torrid base hit to the
accumulation of the runs necessary TO
| win in the eleventh. and 1t was the same
Baker wIo scored the winning run.
| Following a six-day rest. caused by
the rain that interrupted the series. Ma
thewson again attempted to repeat In the
| fourth game of the championship rumpus.
and again started off SO effectively against
the Philadelphians that he held them
scoreless for three innings. with his team
| holding a two-run lead until Baker came
| to bat in the fourth inning. Baker then
| opened an assault on Mathewson with
! two-base hit that resulted In the peerless
| pitchers" downfall. and it was Baker