Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-08
ATHLETICS FAVOR|TES,
10 TO9, IN NEWY YORK FOR
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and doubtless he knows what he is
about. There was a rumor about
town this morning that Shawkey
would pitch the first game in Shibe
Park, but ! don't put much faith in
that sort Of gossip. especially when il
sounds like that Stil, If Mack plans
to start the kid, this would be the
time to do IT,
McGraw Still Confident.
have had some interesting talks
with people mixed up in this series,
at the station in New York and on
the train coming over to Philadel-
phia-
McGraw seems as confident as ever
more so, if anything. He said TO
me:
Those guys have one pitcher We
nearly got him to-day They haven't
another man that can beat us-and
next time Bender starts wen knock
him out from under his hat
And Muggsy really seems to be-
lieve it. Personally, I don't see it
that way, but then ! am more Of
Philadelphia dopester / think the
Chief will be better next time ne
starts, and ! think Plank will be bet
ter than Bender against the Giants.
anyway.
RUDE Marquard is the worst bro
ken up fellow | ever saw. Joe Agler
was pretty sore about dropping that
throw at first base in the ninth in
ming of that tie game with Mobile,
but Joe was nothing to compare with
Marquard
Gee" he said to me last night, 81
don't know what to think Of myself.
and II l did ] wouldn't know how 20
say It, II was all my fault-everv
bit of It. ! was Just as sure as I could
be OF anything that l was going To
lick those birds, | had a lot more
stuff than Bender. But ! was shy on
control. AT that, IT was Collins wal
lop on a near-wild pitch and Shafer's
failure to gauge the hit that put me
off my stride altogether.
. Merkle Sprains Ankle.
But I'm not trying to get by with
any alibis / have been begging No
Graw TO give me another chance, and
l won't say any more until, have got
II, which think ] win"
He surely is one sore guy.
Fred MerHe probably IL out of the
game and win have to keep Snod-
grass company on the bench the rest
of the series. Fred turned an ankle
in a mixup at first base yesterday,
and ] noticed he was limping badly an
the latter part of the game. He could
hardly get to the clubhouse, and his
ankle was much swollen and dlsCoi-
ored. All the way over TO Philadel-
phia the club doctor kept an ice bag
on the ankle, which was propped up
on cushions. At the Majestic Hotel
some more doctors were called I'm, and
they said II looked bad to them, so far
as any more playing this week was
concerned. | never did like doctors
much, anyhow, except DR.. Mitchell.
They are always telling ball players
they must not get out on the field fO-
two weeks or the consequences will be
serious, or something.
II Merkle is unable to play the
Giants Will suffer another hard jolt "
luck Snodgrass probably would have
done better than Shafer in center fald
yesterday, and it is a clnch that Gran
dali or one of McGraw's utility infeld-
ers won't be as good around first base
as Fred. He also was batting at q
high rate of speed yesterday, and no
will be badly missed from the lineup
If what the doctors say is true,
! don't want to close this story
without a word about Frank Baker
Baker a big Show" Star.
This fellow is without a doubt the
greatest spotlight performer l have
ever seen in baseball. or course, he
is a good player and hard hitter all
the year round So is Ty Cobb. So
is Hans Wagner. So is Iris Speaker
But when il comes to the biggest
show OF all, with the whole world
looking on, you might say-why.
Frank Baker is alone in his class, SO
far as l can see
Certainly neither Wagner nor Cobb
nor Speaker ever flashed out as
brightly at the bat as this butcher
boy has done. 1t seems as II the
extra strain is just what is needed to
tighten up his nerves and focus his
eyes and tune his muscles for every
inch there is in him. He's a Worlds
Series wonder, and no mistake
CHANGING back at the opening
game. il wasn't any wonderful thing,
so far as baseball Is concerned We
staged lot of better bali games al
Ponce DeLeon during the last three
weeks Of the last season. But, OF
course, the great Importance of this
series makes the writer's say that
every hit is a sizzler and every field
ing play a miracle I'm not writer.
you know and being a plain ball
player, ! can't see il so much that
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