Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-08
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the train, coming over to Philadel-
phia.
McGraW seems as confident as ever
more 50. if anything He said to
me:
Those guys have one pitcher. We
nearly got him to-day They haven t
| another man that can beat us-and
next time Bender starts well knock
him out from under his hat"
And Muggsy really seems to be-
lieve it. Personally, / don't see it
that way, but then | am more of a
Philadelphia dopester ! think the
Chief will be better next time he
starts, and | think Plank will be bet
ter than Bender against the Giants.
anyway.
Rube Marquard is the worst bro
ken up fellow ] ever saw. Joe Agler
was pretty sore about dropping that
throw at first base in the ninth in
ming Of that tie game with Mobile.
but Joe was nothing to compare with
Marquard
Gee" he said to me last night. az
don't know what TO think of myself
and if | did | wouldn't know how 20
say IT. IT was all my fault-eVery
bit Of 1t. ! was just as sure as cou ID
De OF anything that / was going To-
lick those birds. ! had a lot more
stuff than Bender But ! was shy on
control. At that, ii was Collins wal
Top on near-wild pitch and Skaters
failure TO gauge the hit that put ne
off my stride altogether
MerkIe Sprains Ankle.
But I'm not trying TO get by with
any alibis. | have been begging NJ
Graw 10 give me another chance. AMI
! won't say any more until have got
it, which ! think | will"
He surely is one sore guy.
Fred Merkle probably is out of the
game. and will have To keep Snod-
grass company on the bench the rest
of the series. Fred turned an ankle
in a miX-up at first base Yesterday.
and noticed he was limping badly at
the latter part of the game. He Coul1
hardly get to the clubhouse. and his
ankle was much swollen and Disco
ored. All the way over to Philadel-
phia the club doctor kept an ice bag
on the ankle, which was prOpped up
on cushions. At the Majestic Hotel
some more doctors were called in. and
they said IL looked bad TO them, so far
as any more playing this week was
concerned. ! never did like doctors
much, anyhow, except DR.. Mitchell.
They are always telling ball players
they must not get out on the field To-
two weeks or the consequences will be
serious or something.
II Merkle is unable to play, the
Giants will suffer another hard Jolt Of
luck. Snodgrass probably would have
done better than Shafer in center fl a}G
yesterday, and il is a CinCh that Gran
dali or one OF McGraw's utility infield-
ers won't be as good around first base
a Fred. He also was batting at a
high rate of speed Yesterday. and he
will be badly missed from the line-uD
If what the doctors say is true.
| don't want to close this story
without a word about Frank Baker
Baker Big Show" Star.
This fellow is without a doubt the
greatest spotlight performer | have
ever seen in baseball. OF course. he
is a good player and a hard hitter all
the year round. So is Ty Cobb. SO
is Hans Wagner SO is iris Speaker
But when it comes to the biggest
show of all, with the whole world
looking on, you might say-why,
Frank Baker is alone in his class, so
far as | can see
Certainly neither Wagner nor Cobb
nor Speaker ever flashed out as
brightly at the bat as this butcher
boy has done. 1t seems as if the
extra strain is just what is needed to
tighten up his nerves and focus his
eyes and tune his muscles for every
inch there is in him. He's a Worlds
Series wonder. and no mistake
CHANGING back at the opening
game il wasn't any wonderful thing,
so far as baseball is concerned We
staged a lot of better ball games at
Ponce DeLeon during the last three
weeks of the last season. But, OF
course the great importance of this
series makes the writer's say that
every hit is a sizZler and every field
ing play a miracle. I'm not a writer,
YOU know. and being plain ball
player l can't see it so much that
way. These birds pull the bones and
kick EN- around. pretty much like
bush leaguers. at times. Three we'll
rated big league pitchers looked pref
ty weak yesterday and Tesreau
wasn't in long enough to show what
he could do. except TO stop a big rally
pretty short in the eighth.
AS a baseball game, the opener
wasn't anything TO have fits about.
except maybe Bakers stunt. But !
was kind of pleased to see my dope
working out so well, and il wasn't
any bum game at that.