The evening world., 1913-10-08
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Athletics Should Win Four
Straight From Giants


FTEh lookn8 over vne urst geu
"a Of the post-osason scrisa fall
. = to see any reason why the Arh.
bstics shouldn't be able 30 capture four
IN Q row n they want 70. There you
have my unexpsrt pcrsonal opinion. do
livercd without consulting the baseball,
0harps
II there's anything In baseball chat
ths Athletics lack ia like TO know what
Il 10. They're bunch OF steel wire men
WHO have won championships through
attenAing 30 business In the most busi-
nessifks manner. They know nothing
but heasbali. perhaps. but baseball they
know from appctirers 70 finger-bowls.
That double play In the seventh that
smashed the Giant rally just when II
looksl dangerous-maybs that wasnt
some baseball And Chief Bender.
thers's a cold business proposition for
you. Bender II a. icy ~ a K1ondike
gambler showed In over winter. 1t wa'
Q lesson In pitching to see him slip
them right around the maulstick OF that
eshSs great indian. Chief Meyer. Long.
lean. knky. dark and mysterious In
lsmeanor. BENDER 10 q menacing nEure
n the pitchers boz.
The superior pep" Of the Athistics
showed the instant that tho two teams
began warming up for tho fray The
Athletics. batting. swung on every ball
ana Knocked two out Of three into the
Srand stands. Baker wallopsd out a
regular home run hit while warming up.
1 \. hen the Giants took their turn they
went At Il In a half.hearted manner
csrelessly, not putting much vim into
the work. The pep" wasn't there. Re-
side the wire men from Philadelphia
they looked stocky and heavy.
And II there was NO other difference
S~tNeso ths tsarhs, there II always
HAKKR!
That enthusiastic young gentleman
von 4 worlds series once. II look
now a. II he'd have quite n little I,
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.rNrAIL.Y pictur,nR a home ru,
M halter. one might conceive a bi
IVA brawny fellow with heavy shoul
dsrs and q thick ncck-a typical slus
rsr. This Isn't Raker At all Baker
,ail cut he has sloping shoulders m
a ion~ n>ck. He 10 we'll buih-not hsav
sIv built. Standing In line with hi
team mates. mes the asst thai might Il
picked out az the home run hitter, Bu
he has the eye and the knaek OF pn'
ting the whip into that bat OF his at IN
right instant He delivers the good
and he'll keep on delivering for som
time 10 come.
For tho Giants. Cateher Meyer was
stAr He played hh position hks
master. He pulled no bones, 40 son
OF tho others did. Shafsr nAsjudEsd
long bit by strunk that brought In ~
rms-Gaiioped up gayty until the b
sailed over his head. then leaped up u
,,o.. Nsr4rie, with three halls In h
favor and two st1kcs against hir
reached for q vide curve that wss
font beyond the end Of his extended b
and then vent through a series OF ma
os,yres that would make a good puzz
n,o.ure And the greatest bone Of q
$3.50. WA, keeplng crandall in
p,.os .,,.r he haA done his little ,
by hsapsox sps< ne one "'ah' iai
.no'rsr a "arvs s ,sst looks a. WIDE as San, n