Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-23
MACKMEN CINCH
1918 GONFALON
Rivet American League Pen
nant by Double Dumping of
Tigers, 40 and 10.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 23.-The
Athletics yesterday clinched the Amer
ican league pennant for 1913 by de-
feating Detroit in a double-header.
Both games were shutouts, the first
to and the second l to 0.
The first game was devoid of any
features. Bush and Dauss pitched
good ball, but the Athletics hit bet
ter when men were on bases. They
made two runs III the second inning,
when Baker and McInnis scored on a
squeeze play. A run was scored in
the third aid another in the fifth on
hits.
The Tigers had men on bases in
nearly every inning, but could not
produce the necessary hit. The sec
ond game was a pitchers battle be-
tween Dubuc and Plank, who relieved
Pennock in the second inning.
T1e Athletics won the game in the
second. NcInnis was passed and
forced by Walsh. Walsh stole second
and scored on Lapp's single. Plank
pitched in excellent form, the Tigers
not having single chance to score.
And Connie Mack's S14O infield has
gone and done it again.
McInnis, Collins, Barry and Baker,
the quartet that has made the old
Cub infield mere baseball tradition,
yesterday won the third pennant in
four years, or the fourth pennant in
piUhf for fhn DhiIndAlnI,io 10
Americans.
OF course, Oldring, Walsh, and even
old Danny Murphy. had hand in the
triumph, but for day in and day out
production the infield stands out as
the heroes.
Mack didn't have any pitching.
Plank exploded a month 60 The In.
dian. Bender, might not have deliv.
cred the way he did it with a weaker
team. Houck has done nothing that
a dozen young pitchers in the Amer.
lean league have not accomplished
But Bush, save for few erratic per,
formances, has pitched some baseball
Shawkey, the Baltimore star, has
shown wonderfully since his step into
certain world series money from a
minor league berth two months ago
1t is only natural that ]. Franklin
Baker stands out as the individual
deserving the most credit His stick
work stood out so plainly and so many
games have been won by his timely
swatting mat the wide margin of vic
! tories maintained from early season
| by Mack may be attributed in a large
part to the diligent work of the third
I baSeman.
And what has Mack done this year:
lie has made a runaway race of the
American league season. Only once
Fhen the schedule was well on was he
ever threatened, and then Cleveland's
six-game approach vanished rapidly
when the White Elephants took them
I selves seriously and returned to play
ing the game as they did before theil
brief slump.
Mack held q silent fear of Washing
ton during the past month. Undoubt
edly, had Grifiths midseason slumI
not taken place the willy leader o
the capital crew would be giving Con
ME battle now, and it would be
week or more before the race wa
decided. But two pitchers, even i
one is the best in the world, are no
enough to keep a team flirting Wit
first place all season.
1t seems to be but a question of
few days before the Giants clinch tn
nag in the National league and tn
world series arrangements made. TIL
two teams in the big series are no
new to the post-season game. The
have met before.
In 1905 the Athletics lost four on
OF five games to the Giants. In I91
Mack won four of five from the Cub
and in 1911 cleaned up the Giant
with four victories in six games.