The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
SERIES Will BE
GREAT STRUGGLE
New Yorks Have Been in Six
Worlds Clashes and Mack
men Showed Five Times.
FANS PULL FOR GIANTS
First Time Since the Title Originated
that Clubs Representing the Same
Cities Will Battle Third Time.

What should be one of the greatest
series in the worlds history will be con-
tested mex: month when the Philadelphia
Athletics and New York Giants meet for
supremacy. For the first time teams
representing the same rival cities will
meet for third setto.
Philadelphia. representing the American
League. and New York. standard bearers
OF the National. have already stacked up
against each other in two worlds series,
which should be real tug-O'-war, is
slated for next month.
1t was way back in 1895 that the Ath-
letics and Giants played their first
worlds series, the National Leaguers
Il iumphinE. four games TO one. New
York won the first game, 3 TO 0, Philadel-
pnia the second, to 0. New York the
third, 9 to o. the fourth, to o. and the
fifth . to 0. Thus it will be seen that
all five contests were shut-outs-
Mathewson was the winning pitcher in
three games. McGinnity in one, and
Bender in enc. Plank lost two games,
CoakIey. Bender, and McGinnity one
each.
No Contest 1908.
The Athletics under Mack had won
an American League pennant prior TO
1896, in 1902 to be exact, but there was
no worlds series that year. The Giants
had also wen a National League flag
earlier than l915-in IgOI-but there was
no worlds contest that season, the
Giants refusing to engage with the Bos-
ton Red SoX.
The Athletics went pennantless from
1906 until 1910. when they again headed
the American League procession. and
then won the big verdict from the Chi
cago Cubs. The following season the
Athletics repeated their American League
and for the first time since 1905
the Giants forged to the front in the
League, only to lose out to the
Athletics in the worlds series.
Giants Trim Bender.
The MaclImen won the verdict over the
Giants, four games to two. New York,
with Mathewson up, beat Philadelphia
with Bender pitching, 2 to /. in the first
game Plank won from Marquard in
the second game. 3 to l. Coombs beat
in the third game, , to ],
and Bender beat Mathewson, 4 to =. in
the fourth game. Marquard-Ames-
Crandall proved better than Coombs-
won, 4 to 3, in ten innings, but in the
final game Bender was too much for the
Ames- -wiltse- -Marquard combination and
the Athletics won, Is to 2.
The Giants repeatd their pennant tri-
lmph in the National League last sea-
son, while the Athletics gave way to the
Boston Red Sox, who also succeeded in
the New Workers. in the play
1ff
Win Fifth Flag.
Now Philadelphia is to have its fifth
American League pennant under Connie
Mack, while John McGraw is about to
leliver his fifth National League pennant
% New Workers.. Connie Mack's teams
rave a better worlds series record than
hose of McGraw, being rated at 6s7 to
SS3, the Athletics winning two of three
Zig shows and the Giants one of three.
But Connie Mack sort of feels that he
till owes the Giants something because
hey have the edge on his teams six vic
.ories to five in their two worlds series
,lashes, although the Mackmen have
Icored thirty runs TO twenty-seven. and
he will put forth his best managerial
punches to get the verdict this year, as
'ictory in the worlds series will not only
i've the Macks the edge on the Giants
n their three clashes. but possibly, in