Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12

Nurphy nearing the plate, ne oeVeiopSu
n bad case of rattles. and when ne
finally threw home Murphy had crossed
the plate and was safe. whiie ViIIis
had gone all the way to third- Mcin 10.
came through with long ny 10 Ieit.
which allowed Oldring to score, AFTER ~
was caught. but Strunk proved All easy
victim for Doyle and Merkie:
Once he had this big lead Plank WORKED
with every confidence, but ne got MIN
self in little mess In the nrtn wnen men. nc
walked Shafer after Burns had sent
hard liner right at McInnis. Murray
popped up a high fly which was coming
down right in the center OF the diamond
Plank was under the ball ana II Was
INST about reaching his hand when Baker;
coming at full speed, ran into Plank ana
bumped the bali from his hands.
Double Play Ends Rally.
This gave the Giants hope. Mclean
came through with hit to center ana
Shafer came all the way home but Mer-
kle ended the rally when he hit sharp
grounder to Collins. who, with the aid
of Barry and McInnis turned 1t into
double play which was so fast that It was
hard for the eye to follow the ball.
When Matty opened the sixth with q
single TO right the Giants hopes scared
but they were dashed a moment later
when HerZog hit to Barry and announcer
fast double play resulted. After that
Athletics score again. though Baker
opened the same inning with a hit only
10 be left after reaching second on NC
Innis' sacrifice, and third on Strunks IN
field out. Barry hit a sharp grounder
TO Fletcher, who made a great stop, but
his throw to first was low ana II was
on this play that Merkle made his re-
markable pickup.
But for Bakers over eagerness in the
fifth inning Plank would have been
credited with pitching one hit. no run
game but when the last Giant was out
Plank, elated with his success. did not
bother to bubble about such little de-
tails. II was enough for him that he had
won.
Plank May Retire Now.
Plank could well afford to be magnani-
nous. for he proved to be the pitching
hero of the championship series and may
decide before another base ball season
rolls around to retire on his honors. Dur
ing the five games just completed Plank
has pitched two games. losing the second
of the series to MatheWson by 3-to-O
score, although his club threw away an
excellent chance for victory in the ninth
inning of that battle by poor base line
coaching.
When the two veteran twirlers faced
each other for the second time today the
pitching stood Plank seven hits for three
runs: Mathewson. eight hits and no runs
Tonight the figures read Plank, nine hits
and four runs; MathewSon, fourteen hits
for three runs.
1t is a peculiar coincidence that when
this pair of twirlers We're just slipping
past the salad days of their big league
career they were called upon to face each
other in just such a series of games. and
the result was just as close.
Opposed Each Other in 1905.
When the Athletics and Giants faced
each other in the initial game of the
worlds championship battle of 1905 the
batteries We're Mathewson and Bresnahan
for New York and Plank and Schrecken-
Eost for Philadelphia. Mathewson's rec
ord shows that he allowed four hits and
no runs, while Plank gave ten hits for
three runs. In the fourth game Plank
save ten hits for three runs. In the
fourth game Plank faced McGinnity and
gave the Iron Man another hard battle,
losing l to with four hits against Nc
Ginnity's five. 1t is wonderful testi-
monial to the ability of Plank and Math-
ewson that eight years later when almost
all of their teammates of those days are
gone and forgotten. they should still be
the heroes of the highest type of tase
ball battle
The real merit of their box work in
the closing game of the series today is
shown by the fact that the Giants got
but two hits off Plank. while the Ath-
letics collected six from Matty five Of
which came in the first three innings
In only two innings did the Giants perch
safely on first and even the rank and
file of the champions of all champions
had difficulty in hitting Mathewson with
any consistency. Aside from Schang.
three of the four men in the upper sec
ton of the Athletics batting order were
the only ones successfully to solve the
delivery of Big Six" Eddie Murphy
made two hits in his first two times
at bat; Collins made one and Baker,
two
Both Veterans Were Steady.
The veterans were steady. having
both control and speed and but one bat
ter from each team received a pass to
first at their expense. The play was
confined chiefly to the infield, each first
baseman getting fourteen put-outs. The
Athletics outfielders made eight put-outs
and the Giants six
1t was also day of triumph for Man.
ager Connie Mack and the American
League. The Athletics victory over the
GIANTS in the 1913 worlds series marked
Macks third elevation to the title of man.
ager of universal championship team
and the fourth consecutive victory of an
American League team over the stand
dIu pedreTS Oh the NauOnal League In
Guiding the present series the Junior
league has Won six out of the ten cham
pionship contests with the senior organi-
zauon which began in 1893 The Ath-
Ieucs victory was also pleasing to Connie
Mack and his players since it gave them
the rubber over McGraw and the Giants
IN the third meeting of the two teams In
1870 the Giants won four games to one.
In 1911 the Athletics took four out of six
and repeated with four out of five this
season.
First Met Matty in 1900.
This series may mark the passing of
Flank, for he has desired to drop out
Of the game for several years, and has
only continued at the personal solicita-
ton OF Manager Mack. Plank was born
81 Gettysburg in 1919, and entered Get
tysburg College in 1900 Even in those
days he felt the pitching prowess of
thirsty Mathewson, for during the time
ne was the leading twirler Of his varsity
team Gettysburg met the Bucknell Col
lege nine on the diamond. The tall
lanky youth in the box for the visitors
vas MathewsOn, and after a remarkable
pitching duel from college standpoint
Plank and his teammates were defeated,
B TO O.
Plank has never shown any desire to
wander far from his own fireside" and
today owns two large farms near Gettys-
burg, Pa, his birthplace, and spends all
his spare time there. He has wearied
of the diamond strife, and is anxious
10 settle down. II Mack can persuade
T. 10