The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-17
THE BEST TEAM
TAKES SECOND
Rice Says Athletics Put up
Best Exhibition of
Ball Playing.
BAKER IS The REAL iHERO
He Puts Trappe, Md, on
Map With Blow of
Club.
Plank and Marquard Both
Pitch eBst of
Ball.
BAKER IS THE REAL iHERO
nv GRANTLAND RIcE.

Great White Ways or CLINT and glass.
But Trappe. Maryland has its John
rankin Baker who, with one her
culean wallop I'm the second battle
put out Broadway's lights for fair.
|; was the Great Blight Way for New
ork after John Franklin Baker got
through and laid aside his war club
eor the afternoon.
Rube Marquard. the Giant brilliant.
made one mistake. yet lost Or rath
err 1t was two mistakes. In the first
round. he wild-pltched Brs Lord over
with the opening tally. In the sixth
round when Baker came up with Col
lins on the two out. Marquard failed
TO dive daclS of the stands and hide
the ball CHASTITY oversight! From
that first wobble on, Marquard and
Prank worked steadily and brilliantly
side by side If anything. the Giant
sldewheeler had the edge after the
first blowout. Seventeen Mack men
in succession had faced his shoots,
only to retire without striking a blow
or receiving a pass. lie had recover
ed from that first shock with rare
rameness and grit. and was hewing
his way along with tlger-hearted cour-
age. Before his shoots. Philadelphia
liabid attack was broken into frag-
ments as effectually as Plank was
curling up the Giants.
The nCamc the sixth.
Then came the sixth. Two had
faded before Marquard's shoots when
Collins peeled off double. But two
ere out and the blow was not inn
pressive. And than-well, You have
seen two fighters mixing 1t up on
even terms. Sparring In and out,
dancing about amid a whirl of arms.
rushing and breaking with neither in
distress, from somewhere in the whirl
the glove shoots forward with u crash
upon the jay and the once proud
| flesh FOUNDER spirit beaten and broken,
| falls a wrlthing mass into the dust of
the beaten.
| And so came Bakers blow. IL was
a savage blow well-timed and well
delivered and to Marquard 1t came
as a heart stab. clean and straight
through the center. 1t was the old
"haymaker." the cleanup punch
which settled the issue then and there
beyond any further doubt. There was
no blSMtIg llO hIBulieil ltlAs io
Rube had put all he had upon the
ball and Bakers bat held more. AS
the electrified audience sat and
watched the drive sailed far and true
above the right field wall, on into
the street beyond. And as 1t disap-
peared from sight Giant hopes sank
with II for the day The chapter was
closed. They story was written and
the rest of 1t is good for naught.
Athletics Played Best Ball.
In this second battle the team which
played the best ball won. Back of
Plank's pitching the Macllian defense
rolled back and shattered the Giant
attack. There was no opening at
any stage. The veteran southpaw was
working In marvellous form and all
around him eight fleet. skilfully train
ed aides We're backing him up to a
purple coated finish. His cross-fre
swept the Giants aside Snodgrass
alone facing him with effect. although
Herzog and Meyers compiled the only
run. The Indian again came through
with the timely wallop which gave
the Giants a score,
But one run wasn't enough as
Mack's machine fought through the
second battle. The white elephant
array was out to even up for Satur-
days downfall Defeat on Monday |
meant sure disaster. 1t was then or
good night" and facing this taut
situation, the Philadelphians fought
with dash that was not to be dem
led. Collins, the cracked idol of sat
urday, came back with his old time
stun. Both around his base and at
bat he was ball playing centipede,
covering acres OF soil and batting in
his old-time form.
Giant aggressiveness had no show
against this stalwart defense Speed
is Of no help when you can't get to
first and neither team attempted to
steal. The only Giant attempt of
daring base running was choked off
by Brls Lords brilliant fielding and
perfect throw, which nailed Snodgrass
attempting to stretch n single In the
sixth, 1t was Philadelphia day and
Philadelphia made good with some
thing to spare. Even without j.
Franklin Baker butting in, the best
New York could have looked for was
o tie. as the last eighteen men who
faced Plank We're retired in order, on
ly eighteen coming up in the six clos
ing rounds.
Neck ana Neck Again.
SO, after all this hury-burly, the
series stands where it stood at p.
m. on Sa surday-neck and neck. To
date 1t has been eighty per cent
pitching The rest OF 1t has been
ffle, barring that one wallop of
Bakers. The Giants are now batting
173 and the Athletics 1853 and yet
both clubs are supposed to be COM
posed of high grade batsmen. The
old-fashloned wallop which father u.s.
ed TO see or cheer looks to be about
extinct The pent-up audience sits
and waits--waits and watches for one
teal bingle and draws it's chance to
grow merry about twice across the
game.
After all now the sole Giant hope