Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-11

II the Giants win it. means that there
will be at least one more game In the
series before the question is settled, and
there might be two.
But somehow or other one does not feel
that there is sti1l n chance left for the
Giants They have been SO trivial before
the onslaughts of the American, leaguers
that it is really doubtful if even the great
Mathewson can stem the tide.
It.was fully expected that Mack would
work one of his youngsters In the game
yesterday. but he figured that Bender
and Plank could come back and make
clean sweep of the two remaining games.
and he may not be amiss in the calcula-
ton. One of the two WAS won yester-
day. and Plank may turn the. trick today,
though that is by no means certainty,
for the Mackmen win have Matty to deal
with, and that is never an easy matter
What is more. Mack is not endangering
his chances to win the title, even though
he loses today, for he will have Bush
ready by Monday. and that young man
is very apt TO pitch better game the
next time out than. he did when he
made his debut as a world series pitcher.
1t may be absurd for any one to eriti-
else some OF the things that the man
ayers OF the two contesting teams have
done in the games to date. and yet there
is logical argument to present regard
ing some of their actions. s.. (.
For instance. there is no good expiana-
ton why McGraw should have played
Snodgrass yesterday when he is SO lame
he can hardly navigate. Just as soon as
the big fielder had paved the way for
the Athletics first run, when he failed TO
reach McInnis' hit in the second inning,
hA w fnE ShafQr
center. while Herzog, the best hustler on
the team, was brought from the bench
and put on third. Had any sound man
been in center there would have been
no scoring In. the second inning.
Another peculiar move is the taking out
of Mclean every time he gets hit dur
ing the early stages. Mclean has done
by far the best hitting of any of the
Giants against the Athletics. He has
made five hits in the three games he has
caught. yet he, has been taken out to
substitute a faster man after reaching
first base. On most of these occasions the
Giants have been several. runs behind
and IL has been before half OF the game
has been finished. BY eliminating Nc
Lean the Giants batting strength has
been greatly reduced. Now. of course.
there is every reason to believe that Nc
Graw has good reason for making these
moves, but they will have to be explained
to be appreciated.
Incidentally it has been astounding that
the New York outtielders are SO abso-
lutely void Of knowledge as to where the
Athletics are most apt to hit 1t Is, Of
course. well known around the main
| league circuit that McInnis Is an in
veterate left field hitter. yet the Giants
placed the bulk of their defense in right
every time McInnis came up. OF course,
| this has not been harmful. BECAUSE Nc
Innis has not been hitting in the Series to
amount to anything.
Oldring. who Is Just as apt to hit into
right as anywhere else. seems to have
been sized up by the Giants as a strictly
! left field hitter and all hands are shifted
| to this side OF the field when he COMES up.
! Yesterday Oldring crossed his oppo-
nents and in the first inning hit a liner
| into right neld which was unprotected
and instead of getting a single he made
a triple. The, only apparent error that
/, Mack has made To date was in the game
| width Nathewson Won from the Athletics,
| waeIl, in the ninth, With second and third
! occupied, he. ALLOW ed his battery to so t.