The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-19
WILL CARE FOR
BAKER IN FUTURE
McGraw Instructs Pitchers
to Pitch to Second
Base.
or THEY MAY HIDE THE BALL
Today Gives Giants Anoth.
er Chance to Even
Matters.
If They Are Defeated Today
Athletics Will Cinch
Series.
OR THEY MAY HIDE THE BALL
BY United Press Wire.
(By Grantland Rice.)

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 19.-Its an
i'll rain that doesn't work both ways
With Mack's rushing line up tugging
at the leash, Wednesdays downpour
gave McGraw's club a chance to re-
cover it's poise before coming face to
face with John Franklin Baker, the
Trappe. Maryland. tarantula again.
Before the players departed for the
park today, the Giant leader gave
hit pitchers final instructions as to
what they should propel to Baker
when he came up:
Turn and throw TO second base"
was McGraws tip. cor run back of
the stands and hide the ball"
II is also said that Red Murray
has put in an application to the Ma
tional commission for an airship to
use in right field. The commission
is considering Mr.. Murray's appli-
cation and will let him know about
it before Baker comes up.
Mathewson blamed Marquard for
pitching j. Franklin a high fast one.
and then j. Franklin, with Mathew
son pitching hit a low curve ball to
the same spot. What are you going
to do about a guy who hits either lat
itude or longitude into the street?
Baker Center of Comparison.
Any comparison anent the two ball
clubs at the three games centers
around Baker. In the American
league Frank Bakers home run av-
erage through 1911 was .O19, or a
four base jolt at each fifty-four trips
to the plate. In this series, against
far better pitching, his home run av-
erage has been .166, or an average of
one four-sacker for each six trips tO
the plate This break in the law OF
home-run percentage has been the
chief factor i'm Giant defeat, despite
the fact that Mack's team has played
better ball. New York's pitching has
been good enough to win at least two
and possibly all three of the games
except for the far swiper from the
classic wilds of Trappe, Maryland
wherever that is. .t
Todays battle--if fought--finds the
Giants fighting with their backs tc
the wall Defeat for McGraw today
means sure conquest for the Athletics
But a New York victory means re.
vival of Giant hopes and leaves the
ultimate outcome more in doubt than
ever.
Which VIII Recover Batting Eye!
The main query now is which OF
the two will first recover its com.
bined batting eye? The Giants are
hitting about .145 and the Mack mer
we'll around 200. Neither club has
been singing the missile up to form
one or the other Is almost sure tC
break through and begin whalinl
some of the padding from the officla
pill. The Giants have been in 9
slump of deadly proportions They
were weak against Bender, weaker
against Plank. and weakest against
Coombs. Outside of Baker and Col
Inns, the Athletics have been equally
nabby before Mathewson and Mar
guard.
McGraw's main hope and only hope
now Is for his people to start hitting
again. If they continue to flutter as
they have to date the Mackian ma
chine Is liable to win by Friday nigh
and close out the series in five games
Wednesdays rain worked well fol
McGraw, as it gave his white hope
Mathewson. another day of rest be
| fore he will be called upon to worl
! again. 1t isn't likely now that MattN
/ will work before Saturday-if. there
,, is a game Saturday. If MarquarC
, works today. Ames or Wiltse viii
work Friday. If either Ames o
Wiltse pitches today Marquard step
in Friday. Bender Plank and Coomp
will work their turn for Mack uh
less the Quaker mogul decides t.
send Coombs back tomorrow.
All Pitching So Far.
SO far it has been near 80 per cent
pitching, barring, of course, JONI
| Franklin Baker. Baker, with two
| wallops, has pushed himself upon
| plane with the great batsmen OF tn
game. They are ranking him witt
Cobb and Wagner and he doesn'
come far from deserving this niche
He has been hitting, according to thu
figures, at nine times above his nor
NAL home-run gait but this, whil,
| important and true, Is nothing mucl
for Mathewson and Marquard to ham
| three cheers upon.
| Mack's team has played the bette
| ball to date, but the queer part OF
all IL that weakness has been snow
by the white elephants stronges
point-viz, the lnfield. Inheld blund
ers by Collins and Barry, the tw
stars, have let in three of the Giants
four runs. The left side of MeGraw'
inheld has split apart badly and mus
get together, or the series Will de
velop into a joke. Fletcher and Her
zog have both cracked more thal
once. while Eddie Collins has thre
times as many errors as he made L
the series last fall.
The edge fingers strong with tn
Athletics upon the threshold of to
days game and only Giant victor
will give McGraw another -look-h
If he can win today he has his chanc
with Mathewson resting until satuI
day