The Washington herald., 1911-10-27
SLAUGHTER GIANTS TwIRLERs.

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scribes the sixth and last game of the
post-season meeting of the clubs that
were best In their respective leagues.
A searching finger slides past mas
sacre" and slaughter as too sedate and
conservative to fit the case. II anybody
had suggested that there were so many
runs in all the world as were made by
the Athletics in the seventh inning alone,
the suggestion would have been rejected
as the vagary Of a disordered brain.
Thirteen to two
Scandal and Series Over.
Well. well-so passes the big series.
| along with its scandals and dissensiOns
and spIking and untouched home plates;
so pass the actor-author- athletes who
have been in or out of the battle: and
now that ii is all over, who shall say
that the best team did not win?
Not Connie Mack. at all events. Big
| Chief Bender pitched this afternoon after
a brief rest, and Leon Ames, George
Wiltse. and Rube Marquard were the
Giants tWirlers, who were sQuashed in
the final charge of the White Elephants.
| The score is close to a record for
worlds series 1t represents the worst
whipping Johnny McGraws Giants have
Broken. beaten. and on the run from
the fourth inning. the Giants grew worse
instead of better against the onslaught
Of the Athletic sluggers. Had the Sc
ries ended Wednesday with the Giants
beaten four straight 1t would still have
been considered a notable battle by the
big-tOwn boys. and there would have
been no regrets, but they won Wednes-
day by wonderful stand at the eleventh
nd hpir a
hope that several thousand New Workers
moved up on Philadelphia to-day. only to
see the hlack-robed Polo GrOunders routed
inglorously.
Giants Make Good Start.
They got away well and were in front
up to the third inning. In the fourth
Red Ames. the unlucky OhiOan,
who was pitching for the Giants.
made bad throw, which threw
the McGraw crew clear out OF their
stride In the seventh inning the Ath-
letiCs fell upon Hooks Wiltse. the vet
eran left-hander, with fury and whaled
his shoots to all corners Of the lot, bring
ing in whole hoCk of runs. There was
no fight left in the Giants after that.
Marquard was sent in and Immediately
unleashed a wild pitch over Meyers
the end of the seventh.
On April u. 1911, the National League
season was officially opened at the Polo
Grounds by the unveiling of Red"
Ames' justly notorious jinX-the blond
Ohio boy being the tender of the most
savage jinX in the big league. A small
concourse of Phladeiphians were pre-
sent on that occasion, representing the
National League club, of that city. 1t
was fitting, perhaps, that Red" should
close the baseball festivities and funerals
Of the year by again displaying his re-
moved. charge before another crowd OF
Philadelphians.
Ames is called the unlUckiest good
pitcher in the upper circles of baseball.
He proved it this afternoon. in the
Wednesday game, Ames relieved Mar
GUARD and pitched superb ball He look
ed like a good bet on cOolsh day such
as to-day. and he stepped out bravely.
The Giants slipped him a one-run lead
in the first inning. and Ames cherished
it up to the third.
Baker Starts Things Going.
It looked as If he was keeping the
jinx under cover, too. but in the fourth
he gave the crowd a peek. The score at
that time was to l. ]. Franklin Baker,
of Trappe, Md. who is making a COL
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gloom of a parlor back home, singled
to right center.
On hit and run play. Danny Murphy,
who was resting under suspicion of own
ing a solid bean in his dome, because
of that catch at the Polo Grounds Wed
nesday, skipped a single to left center
and Baker showed along to third. There
after hitting the ball was the best thing
Danny did, too.
Murray wisely let Davis foul fly drop
to the ground, and then Davis cracked a
bOunder to Doyle, who made a pretty
play getting the ball. Then Larry hesi-
tated, and the old copybooks tell us
that he who hestates is lost, which is
what happened to Larry and the game
He took a look around, There seemed to
be time for Doyle to make a play at the
plate on Baker. who was scudding for
home, or on Davis and Murphy. Finally
Doyle shot the ball to Meyers. but Baker
was in by that time, Davis was safe at
first, and Murphy had whooped 1t to
second. At this interesting jUElcture Red
Ames unveiled his jinX. He got hold of
Barry's hunt and threw it toward first
to get the shortstop. The ball cracked
Barry on the mead and bounced past
MerkIe into right field. Murray picked
II up out there and fired 1t wild to
Fletcher at second base to head off
Barry, who was Logging 1t in that direc-
ton. Davis and Murphy meantime hust-
ling in over the plate. The ball bounced
out into the left field, where Josh De-