La Junta tribune., 1911-10-21
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Tnyee games q the UDSIe1 bs-tween
the PhiiadeIphlh AthIeties and the
New York Giants for the Worlds
Championship have hecn played. and
the score stands Athletics. two
games. Giants one Eame, or ~ one
Athletic admirer put Il. Baker two
games and Giants one game.
The Giants have played 10 the
form that | for one expected Their
infield looks like \ sieve. their out
field has turned out TO he broken
reed In both hitting and base-runninr.
and has not distns uished itself In
fielding OF course they can't be
expected to run bases until they get
on. and that brings us 10 the pitch
Ing end cf the game Natthewson.
the mighty Big Six" the big
Train" claimed by his admirers lin
the court house) to outclass all the
rest OF the pitchers In either league.
has been outpifched In both OF his
games. He was lucky on Saturday
and won his game. On Tuesday he
lost In eleven innings after almost
pitching his head off II he had
pitched like that all season in the
National League he wouldn't have
lost three games. Tuesdays game
vas on his own grounds. and with
SO 900 fans roofing for him. after
holding the hard-hitting Athletics
runle~s for eight long innings tthey
seemed long. standing In front OF the
scoreboard on Colorado avenuel. after
ba awlinE poor Marquard out for put.
ting . fast one In the groove for
Baker. he put curve over for the
slim third baseman and. WHAM-
home run and the score vas tied. In
the eleventh he weakened and three
hits with two errors by the infield
put the game on Ice for the Athletics.
Big Six had lost his first Worlds
Championship game.
Josh Devore. the boy phenomenon.
who was To become = hero In this
series brought In the winning run
In the first game. but II evidently
went to his head for In the next
game Plank made 4 laughing stock Of
him by striking him out four times.
every time he batted. Besides thus
distinguishing himself he muffed
fly. He got Just one hit in the
three games. and that lets him out
OF the hero business. Murray. the
right fielder. has not ax yet got
safe hit Spodgrass. the center field
er. has evened II up BY getting two
safe hits. Thus the three hard-hit.
ting outer gardeners vho were going
to break up . few sAoss have alto
grther made three hits y tAree
Games. L. Il any wonder that Chief
Meyers says. I'VE haven't been able
TO hit In no three games since I
have been with the club have the
boys been 70 weak at the hat" In
other words IN NO THREE GAMES
BEFORE HAVE THE GIANTS
FACED SUCH PITCHING. tAin't
II the truth Rex.) That listens bet.
ter to me than the way the chief
puts II. The Giants led the Ma.
t!onal League In batting. and here
are Mack's pitchers standing them or
their heads
The Giants have been out hit. out
pitched and out guessed. In fact. out
played In every department of the
game In only one DEPARTMENT Of
the game have they come up TO ex.
pec,ations and ths, IL In the catch.
Ing end. Chief Meyrcs has so far
shown that he is''there" lie has
made hit In every game. something
no other Giant has done. and his
hitting has assisted materially In the
scoring. lie has played a good game
behind the bat. though his one passed
ball was costly.
Merkie. the boneheadcd wonder Of
1905. has shown that b. IL stiii there
by letting Plank catch him mapping
n frat base. Id like 10 have Mcs
Graws remarks to him on . phono-
graph record. 10 could grind Il
of tn Reg and let him hear what
Muxssy asid.
coanie Mack'n first string Of
pitchers. Header Plank ssA Conbs.
have each pitched . game. fvo q
the games we're Victories aal eas .
defeat They have shown csaelusivs-
y that neither Aatthc~soa sus asy
other pitcher has anything - then.
In the three games the 0taAas have
made fsve runs and thirteea hits. A.
Astthewsoa hinsrlf asys. eAsy Vim
never yin any Worlds CAsopieasAss
that way. They must ~ Y tAsy