Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-10

season by Mack, but he frequently indi-
Gated that he was not ready for the big
show. though he constantly improved and
it was decided some weeks ago that he
would be used In the worlds series.
That Snodgrass. Notwithstanding the
fact that there is a great variance of
opinion as to his ability, is badly missed
by McGraw there is not the slightest
doubt. Shafer, who is attempting to fill
his position in center, is not doing it well.
At times he covers a lot of ground and
looks competent, but on other occasions
he fails to reach balls he ought to be
under easily.
Merkle, too. is far from being right yet
he Is in the game, but the hardest blow of
all is the injury to Chief Meyers hand,
for he is by far the best catcher the
Giants can boast of. During the closing
innings of the game it looked very much
as If the Giants had given up. In the
eighth inning, for instance, Doyle hit a
grounder down the first base line which
McInnis had to hustle for, yet Doyle
never left the plate. but stood watching
Mclnnis make the play and then strolled
back to the bench. 1t is certainly not an
ideal condition when the captain of a
team playing for the highest honor in
base ball will set such an example.
Schang had very poor day with his
throwing He nailed only one of the five
Giants who made the attempt, and he
did this In an inning when it meant a
whole lot. But Doyle had no trouble
stealing on him in the first, and Fetch
er pulled 1t in the fourth, while both
Murray and Cooper. who ran for Nc
Lean, got away with their steals in the
hfth Schang throwing wildly on Murray
and giving him an extra base. But when
Murray attempted it in the seventh after
he had driven Shafer home Schang nail
ed him by yards.
Though there have been many close
plays decided in the series, there has
been little or no protesting by the play
ers. Every ruling is accepted without a
murmur. and the result is that the games
are much more pleasant and the immense
crowds much more orderly than they
would be II the players were constantly
seem that similar discipline could be en-
forced during the regular season and
much time would be saved.
What a wonderful pair Collins and
Baker are on ball team! Two such
prominent in any race, even though II
possesses other weakness. Any time this
pair is up the pitcher knows that he has
job on his hands, and what is most
surprising is the fact that both of them
do most of their hitting when it counts,
Murphy and Oldring,. who precede them
in the batting order, are doing their share
by getting on the bases as often as pos
sible, but the effective blows are mostly
delivered by the two sluggers.
1t is not necessary to say anything
about their strength, but attention Is
called to the fact that the outfield has
been much improved during the past
year. Murphy in right field is a much
improved ball player; he learned to field
much better than he did, and he is GER
tainly a useful batter. Oldring has al
ways been a star. and, while it is true
that Strunk appears to be in batting
slump in the series, he is. nevertheless.
great player Jack McInnis has made but
one hit in the three games, but he Is
playing a star game at first; but team
like Mack's does not have to worry when
one or two OF its players are not hitting
temporarily, for they are really not
needed.
If the Athletics make it three victories
today they will undoubtedly be asked to
face Mathewson again Saturday at the
shape right now that he will not need
more than two days rest to fit him, and
1t is more than likely that Bender will
oppose him on that occasion. AS yet
sunshine has not been evident in any
of the games. but there is chance for
real bright sky today. The field has
been soggy every day and conditions
have been far from ideal OF course,
this has had little or no effect on the
attendance, for 1t is generally under
stood that unless conditions are such
that 1t would be absolutely impossible to
play there will be no postponements