Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11
BY j. w. McConaughy.

uDNh the walls for chance 10 see
what may be the last battle OF the
great series OF the Giants and Ath-
letics for the baseball championship
and the winners end OF the gate re-
ceipts
1t may be the last chance. for II
the Giants are defeated to-day this
cruel war is over The s-to-5 victoy
Of the enemy in Philadelphia yes
terday gave them a 3-to-l count on
the four games of the series
It Is the last stand OF the Giants,
and all Of the advance information
Is to the effect that that grand old
last stander. c. Mathewson will be
showed out onto the battlefield as the
one hope OF our gang. II Matty can
not stop them, they can't be stopped
and there will be no stopping done
after this afternoon unless the old
war horse can bring them TO a full
halt In toe days battle.
Nobody can say definitely who will
be offered up by Connie Mack but
Connie Mack himselt-and he won't.
MCGraw has said nothing either,
but he does not have to. He
Is in proposition where he has TO
pitch Matty. It is probable that with
this lead of two games and the con-
fidence II will inject into his bunch,
Mack will produce Shawkey or Car
roll Brown.
Eddie Plank to Quit Game.
Old Man Plank, the dean OF the
southpaws, who held the wondrous
Mathewson down for nine innings.
announced last night that he would
pitch one more game II Connie Mack
called on him and that this game
would be his last. He Is nearly 40
years old and Is through with base
ball after this series.
1t will probably be Mack's strategy
to take chance with young blood
and confidence to-day and save both
Plank and Bush for sixth game II
II should be necessary
There is another interesting angle
on it-both to the enemy and Mr..
Mathewson. himself. In the last Sc
ries he could not beat them two
games. They say he can't do It in
this one, We shall see to-day
The real marvel OF this campaign
is the comparatively few cases of
heart failure. There was a time In
yesterdays conflict when It looked
ms II the more valuable part OF the
population Of Philadelphia was about
20 throw a unanimous Mt And when
the final out was made and that one
lone run stood up for them, they
weakly CROPPED their way out OF the
grandstand. clinging to the ratings
The battle falls into two parts
their half and our half with our half
taking the longer fall
Oldrine Gets a Triple.
Mr.. Demaree. the celebrated artist
went in to fling some baseballs for
us. as per schedule. You would not
expect a retired piano mover to think
much OF art or artists, and Mr.. RUDE
Oldring went right up and hit Car
toonist Demaree a wicked three base
blow. They did not score in this
inning in spite OF this outrage, but
they engaged in that enterprise to a
small extent in the second.
This film began with Mr.. Stufry
McInnis, who. from his sobriquet. is
also In the piano mover circles OF So
ciety. He pasted one to center for
base. Strunk sacrificed and this
brought up BGlry.
Mr., Barry. II developed later, was
out Yesterday 10 get all OF the hits
that he had failed to collect in the
preceding battles. This amiahle am
bition might have been foiled II Mr.
Merlle had refrained from dropping
his foul. As IL was, Mr., Barry damned
the ball against the left Held fence,
way down IN an obscure corner. and
excellent running on the part OF Mr.
Burns confined the swipe 10 the two
base limit There was, however, no
known method OF preventing Mclnnis
from scoring except winging him with
an eleuhant rife.
Wallop Demaree Some More.
Then there was a lull for an entire
inning. In the fourth this same ems
OF the batting order piled IN on Mr.
Demaree TO beat the band and gave
wonderful exhibition OF freehand
hitting and free-and -easv haSe-run-
ming. McInris was abolished at the
go-off, he not being called upon 10
sacrifice this time Mr. Strunk dashed
one at young Mr.. HerzoR that nearly
DESTROYED our third sacker. Imme-
diatelv thereafter Mr.. Barry con
tirued on his loathsome way, this
time slamming a single to center
field on the strength OF this Hex
Mr. Strunk, who win probably he
quite a runner some dav. went all
the way to third, He beat Burns
throw by a slide and Barry kept
riEht on to second Getting a man
on second and third or an inheld hit
and single is taking all that any
baseball law has a right to allow.
Then the cNild catcher, Mr.. Schsng,
came along with the first Of series
~ cleanup hits. This marvellous in
FAINT hammered in all four OF those
six runs-thats all he did excepting
catch 2 great game and throw like
liko-liSe a SChanE.
Well I'm this case, he plowed one
past Captain Dovle TO center feld
and there were two OF tire four he
attended to personsllv, Honest John
Murray sailed the riIl into the plate
and he went 20 second. Then he Sc.
out 10 steal third and the shock was
too much for Larry Mclean He had
passed ball at once
Another Hit for Oldrinc.
Ch'ef Bender was up next and I've
chief doesn't pose as a hitter. He
Just SMASHED one down the first base
line. But Mr., Nerkle tried 10 NAV Il
so quickly that he signally failed 10
play 1t at all. This meant another
run. z Murphy went out. but the
illustrious piano mover Mr.. Oldring
stepped in and made another hit but
Collins who failed to connect all day
went out
Two more in the nth let them out
The Giants gang was Fuitless q
single run until the seventh inning
Mr. Burns began the fracas by beat
ing out a slow hit back OF the box
Shafer noppe6 up a little fly. but
Honest Io1n Murray whaled the pill
70 left for a base. Our catcher. Mr.