Evening journal., 1911-10-26

\ You won't find his name in any ply
sician's directory. The great Ameri-
can Medical Association knows him
not He hasn't even a M. DIS diploma
nor a license TO practice, and there is
no craven sign above his door. But
when death stalks in. grim and cold,
X Wen weeping friends stand around
W lr couch, don't give up hope. Take
one more chance and send for Old
Doc Crandall, for as this noted spec
ialist comes in at the door death and
the undertaken dive out through the
window Only one of Old Docs pills
is needed to send a dying man ten
3minutes later into the ring against
Jack johnson for an even money fight
At $40 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
4 the Athletics were taking the Giants
measure for their shrouds. Silent
friends stood by waiting for the last
.faint gurgle. And then-somebody
'Nthought about it in time and in rush
Ned Old Doc and his pills. That was
\ only twenty hours ago. and yet here
Maze the same Giants today, out there
hghting again for the championship o.
the world. They absorbed just one of
Docs pills, gulped it down, threw Of
stheir winding sheets and five minutes
llater were chasing Coombs and Plank
'up the bleak and barren kopje os
|, defeat.
In the ninth round Crandall stood
alone between the Giants and defeat,
between Mackmen and a world cham
gpionship, with 10000 extra pieces Of
kale on the side. But Crandall was
enough, aided, and abetted by Josh
4 iDevore and J. Lawrence Doyle
All of which goes to show that you
never can tell until the box score ar
rives with the complete details
lThrough eight rounds in this fifth
game the Giants were whipped. Old
ring had stopped them with another
four base wallop. Mathewson and
Marquard had faded. But with Amos
pitching brilliantly, McGraw's mer
had nursed the ashes of champion.
ship hope backed to a glow. and this
hope crimsoned TO a flame wher
FLETCHER, Crandall and Devore whalet
in the two runs needed to tie, ant
lDoyle's double led to victory in the
tenth.
Stars Have Failed.
If McGraw plays a hunch or trails
IWllu lle uOpt. ne VIII tdil upon AQleS
lCrandall or Wiltse today. His star
have drawn their chance and, how
lever, we'll they worked, have failed
lCrandall and Ames loomed stout.
yesterday and Hooks Wiltse is Il
shape. Ames worked four rounds an.
lCrandall three, so neither is out .
N gear The job of making his fina
pick from the trio is a rough one an
he will probably warm up all thre
before announcing his choice. OF tn
lot. Red Ames looks 10 have NOR
than any other, as-his sweeping curry
had Collins and Baker warping thei
4 spines in vain swings, with the re7
i of the Mackian maulers stampede
4 and stopped.
There were four impressive feature
z of this battle which must stand apal
4 lin balloons history. One was old
rings home run, which scored thre
& men in the third; another was Crar
q fdalls long two base hit in the mint
n (which sent Fletcher home and pave
IN with Devore's timely drive tieing
a N,up. But the two greatest we're II
# great nerve and gameness shoSh
Il III AIRY Doyle after his costly mispls
s. Hand the awakening of Giant rooter
q who through soreness at the tick
q Spectators and ticket handling hs
4 refused to stand back Of their clu
N8lPut yesterday in the seventh roun
a they broke loose and from that poll