Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17

hand pitcher, Josh Devore is about the
worst excuse for a batsman that the
game has ever produced, If his showing
against Plank can be taken as crl-
terion. Four times did Devore strike
out yesterday. and only on one occasion
did he take swing at the ball, and then
he missed it. He seemed to be baffied
by the curves and shoots and never got
from Plank just the kind of ball he eX
pected.
Those who are in a position to know
insist that while Devore has this weak
ness, it does not affect his general play
ing, If he happens to be up against a
pitcher he cannot hit and that just the
time he is figured as an easy mark he
will bob up with base hit which will
tie the score. This was the case Satur-
day, for instance. Previous to the sew
enth inning Devore had been easy
mark for Bender, but when he faced
him in this round there were two out and
one on when he drove the ball to left
for two bases.
It would not be at all surprising if
this series went the limit of seven
games. Granting that Mathewson wins
today the Athletics must be considered
great ball team on their own grounds,
and tomorrow's game is almost sure to
be theirs. Then it will be a question of
whether MatheWSon can come back with
but a single days rest. and that is
doubtful. but it seems almost certain
that McGraw will take that chance, for
he and his players have every confidence
in Mathewson. which is but natural in
view of the fact that he has never been
known to lose an important series.
For the fifteenth time this season
Frank Baker drove the ball over the
right field fence and thereby hangs the
tale of the defeat of the Giants What
a remarkable hitter this youngster is.
No matter how important the game may
be or what the conditions. any time he
faces the pitcher there is a chance of
the game being broken up. Baker be-
longs to that class of PLAYERS who al
ways do their best regardless of what is
at stake. Occasionally he will be fooled
into striking out. but there is no such
thing as getting his goat, for he may
come back the next time up and clear
Oldring made mess of Herzoe's fly in
the second inning Yesterday and that
mlshap caused the score to be tied. On
hard ground that ball would have been
good for home run after Oldring mis-
Judged 1t, but as the ground was soft
IT fell dead and Herzog had to hustle to
beat the ball to second base.
The sun gives the center and left field
ers lot of trouble on Shibe field and
this incidentally gives the Athletics a
great advantage for the reason that they
should have grown accustomed to this
condition by this time. 1t was notice.
able yesterday that none of the Giants
outhelders We're ever sure of q fly ball.
They went after them awkwardly and
seemed to staGSer under them because Of
the sun. Then, too the grandstand is
very high and the ball does not come
out of the shade which the stand fur
n'shes until 1t is quite high in the air
There were but a few over $4,000 paid
admissions at arGa
urally one grows doubtful about the re-
ports sent out during the regular season
about over 3o.HD Witnessing a game at
Shihc field. But this is probably true
The difference is that under the national
commission rules which prevail AT the
worlds series the crowds cannot he put
IN til" field. nor can the aisles be used
for seating people, and this naturally
cuts down the attendance q whole lot.
The gross receipts yesterday were but
little more than the players received for
their share In the first game Saturday.
But there were whole lot Of people
turned away from Shbe Park because
there was no room to put them in
McGraws outfield is not of high class
During a long campaign DeVore and Muir
ray viii prove themselves good ball play
ers. but in an important series like the
present they are hardly up to the neces-
sary standard. Snodgrass appears to
have more class than either of his team
mates for the reason that he is always
working for his teams interest at the
bat, and is a hard man to pitch to for
this reason There is little - choose be-
tween Thomas and Meyers as catchers
Both are mighty good men. but the In
dian is the better hitter In fat he
looks to be q mighty hard man to fool at
the plate. and is IL throWer OF no ordinary
ability. There may have been whole lot
of better catcherS than Thomas and
Meyers in former worlds series. based on
reputation. but the chances are thai this