The Washington times., 1913-10-10

The work of the Washingtan team
in the worlds seftes ossfArShag been
vsry disappointing. ~ 1~..'s t.s
PHILADELPHIA. .Spet y1o.-By lxfii
time you may inhale a hazy inferv4ee
as to what ve meaii by Sthe dynai1ata
In Mack's bS,Aipet BIRD viz: Ed4!e
Collins and Yfanklin Ha1eS The
miracle work eef- a MathANeon might
curt them for o16Sbf11f 4ftefho6h, but
II was largely the stupendous bulk Of
their batting eye that caused.useevcral
veeks ago 10 pronounce the MaclEt1en
as the most dangerous ball club TAI
ever waded into a short series" IL
You can take your Ansons and pour
Burketts-your Dslrymples and EpuE
Keelers-your Delehantys, Lajoies, and
Wa2ners-your Cobbs and your JACK
sons-take them and comei)o their het-
ting flesh into one mas4ys lump s1d
thsn know at the finish that the game
shows batting pair as Mack's 5. amazing
wielders Of the glazed and tempered
! fh,s. may stand ASA hras6 assasspsn,
but into those who. rise to say that we
are wrong we sta,sa, ssTs6s npe sfessas essy
where we stand We are not dealing
with opinions here. but with cold.
ciammy, and psllid proof. arrayed from
o cluster Of facts.
Frank Baker is now in his third
.wprid's series.1 He has faced the best
pi{ehing Cubss ana Giants have hadsto
6nrNpennant winning pitching. c9lsid-
cred above pSrE And in those shree
years, out Of hfty-nine trips to the
plate, he has torn of TWENTY-FIVE base
hits, for an average Of exactly .424.
In the same period Collins has been
at bat fifty-four times, where he has de-
livered twenty-five hits. for an average
OF :s0& Just let this sink In for q mo
ment as you spondsEs-sn ths SThU and
fwherefores.
- To Be Stopped? Yes7
They had torn things apart in 1s1s
and 1911. 49, .
Now" came the whisper. they are
due to be stopped at last, for McGraw
I! has the greatest pitching staff In the
garne."
F; what ball club can show three better
reau on years work? But with all
ley'Te had. well supported. how alb
ruptly in this series have Baker and
Collins been hauled DIP? Exactly as fol-
lows: Baker for the three games il
batting .S3S and Collins .5S. In twenty
vested a flock fof fourteen hits for a
combined average Of .5ee.. 'Fisey have
scored sevenrruns and driven over seven
more-more than half as many runs as
the entire Giant lineup has been able to
gather in all three games. Outside Of
this they have been stopped, checked.
curbed, and dispersed, Also choked and
throttled. To say nothing of halted and
subdued. - e'st
MaIhewson alone stopped them be-
cause. with all his physical stuff. he
also carried a master brain. Marquard
fell and Tesreau was slaughtered-not
because either was shy on stuff. but be-
cause they were not able to outguess
the Mackmen as Mathewsop did.
Here we have cleansesed, free
swinging club, that can np9rder either
speed or curves if it,once Sets set with
have greater speed lhis cefres cracked
sharply, and he failed tof issue a pass.
But he was pitching to 4 ftee-swinglng
club set for thez wallop. land where
Mathewson, with his fnbcfn cunning.
genius, ozark JEFF pitched by the pro-
gram Ill his hide came or
? ANY time a free-swingihg, smuggling
club is outguessed II looks as helpless
as a corpulent turtle rolled upon Its
uipering back. But. woe unto that pitch
er. whatever he carries, who guesses
in the expected groove. For his hide.
shall come OF inslarge. CORY Grips, and
his ears shall throb with the<resonant
crash of ash meeting leathex sas base
hits explode and frakwents bsrew the
field Such a club. outguess. is
thrown of its balance much worse than
a club chopping at the bah world be-
There is no time 70 recover poise II the
bal shoots out on an unexpected trail.
But II 1t travels oyer: the looked for, by
way the faster 1t comes up the faster II
viii wniri around and travel tn another
direction. Something built eh tfrvy Of
wood VIII meet II sqirarely oyer the left
ear, and a white streak TO some Tar un-
Sunday morning In the Pennsyl.
yarlia station. we bumped into Russ
Ford. as the Yank slabnnan was waltz