Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
BY J. ED GRILLo.

/ There could not have been a more I'M
expected Yet fitting climax to the world $
! series than the drubbing the Athletics
! gave the Giants in the final game That
! game. more than any other, demon
| strated just how much the Giants were
outclassed. If these two teams were in
| the same league there would never be
any question as to which would finish
| the higher, and barring theofgure that
/ luck may cut in short series, there
| never was a chance for McGraw's team
| TO win. McGraw deserves great credit for
| having won a pennant with his Giants if
\ their showing against the Athletics give
a correct line on their strength. Moth
| ing but perfect handling of such team
| could make it win.
Before the series we were told that
| McGraw's team would outclass the AtG-
| letics on the bases, and that when it
came to knowing the fine points OF the
game there was no comparison ii the
| two. Neither of these assertions has
i been realized. There was. in fact not a
| single department in which the Giants
| equaled their rivals All this talk ABOUT
| but before there can be any display OF
science there must he few base hit,
| and these were lacking SO far as the
Giants are concerned.
Every man in the lineup seemed able
| to hit, and it was to the superior hitting
! of the team that their victory must be
attributed.
That McGraw's players did not play up
| to their standard is true. but players
seldom do when they are outclassed
McGraw's outfield was of no help to him
/ Devore did fairly well and got a couple
Of timely hits, but Murray and Snodgrass
might as well have been sitting on the
bench for all the good they did in the
game. Murray actually went through the
six games of ball without making a base
hit, while Snodgrass did but little better
A team is usually expected to get its
| batting strength from its outfield, though
| the Athletics have their best hitters on
the infield, and that is where the Giants
| fell down. Eliminate the hitting and no
| team can show to advantage. 1t has no
opportunity to accomplish anything un-
| less 1t gets on the bases, and in this
respect the Giants had lots of troubles
When Bender was announced the
pitcher of Thursdays game it can be
safely said that there We're few in the in
closure who believed that this was the
right move for Connie Mack to make.
The Indian had had but one days rest.
and it has been his reputation that he
needs at least four to be at his best. But
this theory, like many others which were
advanced before the series. was shattered,
for Bender pitched as well as he ever did
in his life. Mack for some reason or
other was fearful of Plank. Though the
southpaw had shown up splendidly in
the game he won from the Giants, Mack
did not consider him the right man to
face the McGrawites on this occasion, and
the score shows he made no mistake
when he made the switch.
Barring accident to some of MackS
players, he will have winning team for
several years to come 1t is going 10 be
no easy matter to beat the Athletics out
of the next American League pennant
and worlds title. Made up principally of
youngsters. Mack's team is sure to last
for years without showing signs of slip
ping and right now there is no great
danger of 1t not repeating its perform
ance of this year in the next campaign.
True, Mack will lose Davis, but Mclnnis
in his master. That infield, which is gen.
orally conceded to be one of the strong
est the game has ever known. is made up
Of players who are seeing their third or
fourth year In fast company. They all
have q great future before them.
Though CIV Morgans name did not ap-
pear in any of the scores of the series.
he probably worked harder and pitched
more than any of his teammates. Every
day when the game started Morgan took
one Of the extra catchers and went into
some remote end of the field to warm up.
ready to be called on to relieve any of
| the other pitchers. He was never called,
however, and did not get chance to
break into the score. But Cy worked as
hard as any of his teammates neverthe-
| less.
| It was pitiful to see Wiltse trying to
| stop the Athletics batting streak in that
| seventh inning yesterday He tried every
| thing known to art. but the more he put
| on the bali the harder it was hit. When
| he finally retired Marquard took his place
| but he was little more successful Once a
| team like the Athletics gets to HIT ng
| there is no way to stop 1t. Everything
offered they land on, and it usually goes
| safe.
! There were just three members Of the
| Giants who seemed to have right to
| be on a championship team. They were
| Doyle, HerZog and Myers This trio stood
out from the other members of the team.
| They hit we'll and handled themselves in
| way that was impressive, something
| that cannot be sad of any of the other
members of the team. They were the only
| ones who ever looked dangerous at the
| bat and delivered the goods in the field.
Managers Of other clubs in the National
| League seem to be under the impress on
| that the drubbing Mathewson received at