The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-18
TOO MUCH BAKER, DECLARES
BIG CHIEF MEYERS OF GIANTS
Catcher Defeated Team Wants Knov What Can Be Done When
Husky Player Bangs Ball for Home Ran off the Best Pitchers
and Breaks UP Game-AHsue,: Nothing.
~ JOHN CHIEF, MEYERS.

NEW YORK, oct. ls,--ToO MCCh
BAKER.
That's the explanation Of our defeat
to-day by the Philadelphia Athletics.
This writing for newspapers is new
to me, but / thought the first three
words of my article ought to be in big
type. The reporter who looks over my
stuff agreed. and between us We de-
cfied also that Bakers name ought TO
be In the biggest type possible
What can the Giants do--what can
any club against big. strong fei-
low like that one. who, when he gets
4 bali to his liking. slams 1t outside
the park. fer some fan to keep for d
souvenir
Altogether on the answer. MOTH
ING.
Prank Baker broke up the ball game.
just as he broke up the one before IT.
A lot OF fans, l guess. roasted Rrbe
Marouard on Monday because he serv-
cd up "A fast straight ball that Baker
damned over the right field fence In
Philadelphia. They said: The RUDE
Won't Do"
tsut in terr-*ery next days game.
up comes Matty. the best pitcher ia
the world and offers Frank a swift
curve breaking in towards him. And
Baker Jams that one into the right
field grandstand of our own park. Can
you roast Matty? Doesn't that let the
Rube out, too
Baker Desperate Demon.
The desperate demon--thats what
this boy Frank Baker is. He hits any
thing that comes near his bat. And
If he can turn 1T towards right, it's
good night fer the ball Had any other
.1ux-c In hs hos -
in the ninth. Matty would have famed
him, and We would have won the game
by a score of To o.
Matty was pitching shut-otft ball.
| want to be as fair and nonpartt-
san as l can be in these articles SO
will say risht here that the Athletics
won the game on their merits. In this
third contest OF the Worlds series
they were the best ball club. both In
hitting and pitching, though | think
our defen/lve work was better.
We couldn't hit big Jack Coombs and
they, especially this one man. BAKER,
hit Natty. Also they had the best or
the break In the luck. and, believe,
in the umpiring. | think that the de-
osions oi Mir Connolly, Ola the bases,
were altogether In favor OF tho Amer
lean league. Mr.. Brennan. behind that
bat, didn't give us any the best Of II,
either.
Athletics Grand Club.
While say this. don't want to take
any credit away from Connie Mack
boys. They are grand club. and
they're matched 50 evenly with us that
only the breaks viii win for one or
the other. I'm not one OF those who
said before the series: The Giants
have them outclassed." There's no
question OF outclassing. on one side or
the other. stiil believe firmly that
New YORK Will win The champion
ship: but 1t will only be after the
hardest Kind OF a fight. Our trouble
has been this
We haven't been able to hit In no
three games since / have been with
the club have the boys been 80 weak
at the bat. But in one Of these
games--and believe It's going to DO
Wednesdays night In Philadelphia
wei get going, and drive the ball over
the PARK. like We did on our last
Western trip, Then Well win the rest
OF the necessary contests in n row.
Game Pretty Sight
When I'm not playing ball l like
to look at game. and ! know the
game from the spectators standpoint
as well as from the players. think
that this third game of the series must
that man in the grandstand or
bleaehers ever witnessed. 1t has a
lot OF great pitching. some great hit
ting, some cracka Jack fielding and sew
eral odd plays that were exciting
In Our end OF the tenth occurred
q nlay that want 10 say something
about. snodgrass got on by walk.
and was A/urificed 10 second. He tried
TO steal third and came into Frank
Ex.r ffE At ~
IN the right leg. AS snodgrass walk
ed back TO the bench many of the.
crowd Kissed and booted at him /
understand that one man threw a pock-
ct knife az him.
he impression seemed to be that
We wanted to put Baker-our worst
enen1y-~out os business and that Snod-
gress had purposeIy cut him up. That
Is FAR from the truth.
Players Are Friends.
In the first place Snodgrass and
BAKER are the best OF friends off the
held They've chumred together for
several years when they have met.
Two years ago. when we were playing
exhibition winter games In California,
they were together every day The
last thing Snodgrass would do is hurt
& friend.
ANY base drummer viii tell you that
Frank Baker-great player that he is
doesn't cover third base right. The
path belongs to ttfs runner. not 10
the fielder; hut Frank always stands
right 10 the path. He has been
spiked several times by Ty Cobb. Ty,
when this happened. said 1t was Bak-
ers own fault. In Saturdays game
Baker Was -piked before by Snodgrass
and Snodgrass then said It was be-
cause Frank didn't stand back a lit
tie or straddle the bag, like other base
men DO. predict that II Frank isn't
taught little better by Connie Mack
he'll be- put out Of baseball through
his own fault.