The Washington times., 1913-10-10
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Most Dangerous Club That Ever Waded Into Short Series
Holds Best Swatting Flesh Ever Gather
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Ing to board an outbound Yestibule
for this Minnesota home. -
Esy ss sssrsed Sush sF"Sn' OF Shaw
bush almost to . certainty" said
Ford. He p onecof the great young
pitchers of baseball He has the
STOW: sss 81 tsss ases iGntse eoci s'f Kid but
game one, and the sort that will
! work easily and as well in a big
| series as In an exhibition game. And
| wAen-he works, the Giants will have
all they cans-earry.r
than wsik4ewssbout at the time. Ford
had cSAsAsfhe tnrn I'd 4 flrsal whisper.
Bush, like Ford. halls from Minnesota,
although. " was brought on from Mis-
ssula. lont. in thes untOn League.
finest appie-growing countries In the
world. Now 1t can also lay claim to
the most luscious peach on the mar
-. Bpsh and Plank.
i Vhe dn4 saebre. We saw Plank, thirty
nine yesxa.o 81 shut out the Giants for
nine roelads before Re broke. Yesterday
ne lookpa-SDe on one Of twenty years
younger than the great southpaw, for
.Bash hasnst yet slipped by the nineteen
u1ark He Ntn be twenty in November.
Sss. he lesd yssterday a. u he might {
two nn6n41bSafter he was born. He
wos aln1b1t m cool as Plank, almost as
steady, am. what Is more, he had the
god OF spottsan the game at his side
|YOUTH-ste wired, supple and buoy
aS the war progressed and the day
Plank fought for five trodnds with his
arm, and for the other five with his
heart and. souE Bush. was IS fast in
the ninth round as in the firs..but
he had nothing to worry over with
field batterJ around him driving over
runs In clusters Of two and three at q
clip. Plank had hattle t0 hght.
Bush had q cake walk to fead-but II
ssa:s e zsa s E. as eass, s ncs a wSal sna
youngster Connie has to stop the Giants,
now have the answer. And Bush Is
only on q par with Brown and Shaw
key. 1t has been some years now since
we have winged the old pill into q
dent She cuticie Of a custards pie. give
US that Mackian artillery around US
and well. sin moro games than We'll
lose in q season '-A
The law Of Newtonian gravity operates
against a pitchers defeat once Collins
and Baker get their sights properly ad-
justeA and begin to go to it. Young
Carrel Brown tried It once against De-
troit by yielding fifteen passes and
twelve hits, and sven then he couldn't
make IT. for' hh team won. 10 toS.
Who's Next?
McGraw now has one problem left
the discovery Of some one outside Of
Mathewson who can check this slugging
crew. Against Mathewson the Athletics
have batted 30 altogether and 1000 In
q pinch. Against Marquard. Tesreau,
and Crandall they have batted .315 alto
gether and about $50 in a pinch.
Demaree has a better chance than
AL, the Human Perfecto. with his de-
livery up In better shape comes closer
to outguessing the foe. Marquard was
effective against the Red Sox, but he
has tried three starts against the Mack
sss nas @orfed four series Iss
contests. but he has yet to come
through with Q well-patched confess
upon these classic occasions
Mathewson has always responded an
now McGraw is crowded on to Demare.
a slender siabn1an with 3 short rlotiol
but long head.
Defnaree is q fraiI piece of pitching
flesh against a formidable array Of
batting power, but in addition to con-
siderable on that old pill he has the
er not have It.. Demaree will be a hard
man to get set for. and the toe hold
style isn't likely to be nearly SO effec- ,
tive against his working. They had
twenty-five shots at him in the National
League. and they beat him exactly four
times. t; 10
The Giants xttack II about as strong
as It was expected to be- 1t has i'm
proved over ;lsll. where the squad hit
but 40. Now 1t has forged on to .227.
but II isn't likely to find Bender as
far off as the Chief was Oh Tuesday.
He was off that day. and at his next
start will bear closer inspection. And
Plank isn't ready, "a Leslie Joseph
Bush in the Rifle pit And, last fall, !
where Herzog was busting the ball on
the beezer, this fall finds him three
games utiwithopt aihit