The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-11
CASE NOW RESTS
WITH MATHEWS0N
The Old Master Stands Alone Be.
tween Smuggling Athletics and
Fond New York Hopes.
ny "CHIEFn MEYERS.

Philadelphia, October 1O-Our case
rests with Christy Mathewson The
Old Master musts top the Athletics
tomorrow afternoon. The man who
has carried the New York Giants on
his broad and willing shoulders for
the past dozen years stands alone be-
tween the smuggling Athletics and our
fond aspirat lions.
am sure the Grand Big Fellow will
put in the fight again. lie will
not have 1t so hard as In philadelphia
Bender liz out of the way, and Plank
cannot possibly be Mt for such a
Sruelling diel as that ten-innins bat
tie of "Wednesday. One of Connie
Mack'a colt twirlers will have to fight
our best pitcher. That gives Big
Six marked advantage. and he will
have the sympathy OF the crowd
which he lacked in The Quaker City
IL is a shame that we did not win In
Philadelphia yesterday. We lost out
by one run We may as well call this
one the first which came in the sec
ond inning. That was a gift to the
White Elephants, because of the Grip
pies in our array. Snodgrass. when
well, would have been camped under
McInniss Texas Lacquer. Merkle
failed TO get under Barry's high foul
properly. because he wrenched his
lame ankle in setting himself for the
ball.
wouldn't Stnnd strain.
Sncdgrass should never have started.
He could hardly limp. let alone run.
We all thought he was ready to 20
back. He assured AIcGraw that he be-
lieved his leg was sound enough again.
and that he would strengthen the club.
He even went so far as to run out
few hits In batting practice.
To all or US his stride seemed fine.
In ha ir6 in Ia
perfect bunt. but didn't even make the
play close For the first thirty or forty
feet he legged 1t MS fast as ever In his
life. But the leg simply wouldn't
stand the strain.
AL Demaree seemed to have every
thing, but think he used his speed
too much. The Athletics can hit a
fast ball Marquard showed all his
usual brilliancy in the last three in
nings he toiled. He hadn't properly
warmed up when they nicked him for
the two in the fifth.
We had enough tough breaks In to-
days game to las a club through a
whole series. Half a dozen times at
least. after Bender began to tire he
was saved by some unexpected turn OF
fortune. Oldring took an extra base
knock off Mccormick in the fifth that
smothered several counts. Two men
were on bases at the time. and il the
D1-ii hao 6oS Shiobt,i i'SHhNi - Noa'o
have como mighty close TO being a
triple, anyhow. 1t strikes me that
that play was the turning point OF the
fray. 1t was remarkable shoestrnS
catch, but Bender deserved more credit
for it than did Oldring. a few seconds
before he had called Oldring in fifteen
or twenty feet. But for this the play
would have been impossible and the
score would have been tied at least
Luck Fnyors Bender.
Bender had horseshoes in that eighth
inning Collins saved his bacon with
that wonderful stop on Doyle. Eddie
stumbled and fell in fielding the ball
He could never have recovered in time
to retire Larry. but no was in a posi-
ton for a throw to second and Her
zog was forced. Fletcher followed
with the most terrific blow of the game.
II came so fast that Chief" had no
time 10 duck. 1t happened TO hit the
glove instead OF the bare hand, or Mack
would have been without tho services
of his great star. Had either Doyle
or Fletcher singled. as by. every base
ball right they were entitled to do af-
ter the manner In which they connect
cd with the ball, there would have
been n different story.
Bender's long head pulled him
through. That. in a way, is q slight
reflection on us The Chief had no
more stuff than On Tuesday, but he
kept applying It to tho very best ad
vantage against the weakness of our
batters. But. from the manner in
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