New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-08
RUBE MARQUARD VICTIM
Thirty eight Thousand Fans"
Pack the Stadium and See
McGraw's Pitching
Star Driven to
Cover.
ALSO DROPS OUT
Tesreau Finishes and Gives Hope
for Future Success Less
Effective Than Usual
Misjudged Fly Is
Costly.

Misjudged Fly Is
Costly.
A pair of hits Of rare substance and
product,yeness, misjudged fly, base
ON balls. a volley by Bakers Own
Rifles to the famous nook in the right
field grandstand. and the Philadelphia
Athletics jotted down a victory over
the New York Giants in the first game
Of the third series for the worlds
championship played between the two
teams at the Polo Grounds yesterday
afternoon.
Thirty N-.lt thousand spectators saw
Rube Marquard. the great .southpaw,
enter the battle with all the stuff he
ever had, and the same multitude
watched his magnificent pitching
crumble before a fire too withering to
be withstood, while Big Chief" Bender,
founded hard himself. valantly held
the opposition at bay and pulled
through with the honors for the first
time in three attempts at opening
series with McGraw's men. The score
was 8 10 4.
Five innings Of the cannonading were
all Marquard could stand. He left the
struggle with the enemy in full pos
session of the field and req for the
, next victim. having amassed FIVE runs
on eight hits. Otis Crandall was
elected by the Little Napoleon as q
promising candidate for the sacrifice.
but the Athletics had Just started
| working on his case in the eighth
| frame when McGraw caught sight Of
| vacancy on the bench just the size Of
| the agriculturist. and thought now
much better Otis would look gracing
| the spot.
Thus II happened that JEFF Tesreau
also got into the fray. When the
mighty guide OF the Ozarks stepped
OIL 10 the mound the situation was
highly technical. The opposition had
squeezed one run across the plate and
had men on second and third, with
| none out. The outlook for the i'm
mediate future was enough to give the
| hardest pause.
Tesreau in Fine Form.
But the well known exponent Of the
damp delivery handled the slightly
strained situation with true diplomatic
60 ND 81
to pop weakly to Doyle, while Nc
! Innis was trapped off second by Mey-
ers and Larry, forcing Baker to leave
third and die a painless death at tho
plate. JEFF retired the side in order in
the ninth, and in his short reign gave
great promise for the future.
Placing his name in nomination Tor
another heroship, this fellow j. Frank
lin Baker of the Athletics, who vas
mentioned from time TO time in con-
nection with the series two years ago.
was conspicuous yesterday. When he
isn't batting J. Franklin takes a little
mild amusement in looking after the
duties around third base
Finding that the good night" route
to the right field grandstand was a
trife clogged through disuse since the
series two years ago. Baker blasted it
open again when he came to bat in
! the fifth inning. incidentally Eddie
Collins was on second base at the time
the big charge was fired, and a paltry
pair Of runs was chalked up in the
name Of the Philadelphians.
Bakers execution was simple, sweet
and satisfying. 1t was tragic enough
to be humorous from a New York
point Of view, and the crowd raised a
mighty shout that had a sort OF philo-
sophie well. you gotta hand it to
him" tone to II.
The outburst from the Philadelphia
bench was enthusiastic TO a degree.
while the atmosphere around the habi-
tat Of the New York team was dis
turbed only by groans. II is rumored
that Uncle" Wilbert Robinson NUT
tered something very soft and low, just
as he did when Snodgrass dropped the
late lamented fly.
But Bakers claim to be the big man
Of the series won't go undisputed. for
Eddie Collins, the second baseman.
made a rather strong and impressive
showing yesterday. He only reached
first every time up. using a pass and
three hits to gain the coveted position.
while he scored three Of the runs made
by his team.
Combining this with ten perfectly
handled chances in the field. which ih-
cluded his participation in a DEATH
dealing double play which pulled Ben
der out of a deep hole in the seventh
inning, made Collins cut dashing fig
ure in the battle. Baker and Collins
between them made six Of Philadel-
phia's eleven hits and scored four Of
rontiuu~d m sixth mage drat rolumu