La Junta tribune., 1913-10-18

the last three years
In Worlds Series. do not class him
with the rest OF that bunch OF twiri-
ers that draw wages from the New
York club In 1910 the Athletics
won four out OF five from the Chi
caGo Cubs: In 1911. four out Of six
from the Giants. and this year four
out OF five from the National League
Champions. or q total Of twelve out
OF sixteen games. with \ percentage
OF $50. or the four losing games.
three were lost In extra innings.
They won the pennant this year with
a percentage OF .6e7. so the World 4
Series games come considerably ems
Ter for them than the games In the
regular season. Notwithstanding this,
there were numbers OF people In this
great and enlightened country who
actually believed that the Giants
could win four games out OF seven
from the Athletics.
l heard the assertion made a mum
ber of times that McGraw had q
great bunch OF pitchers. and that
Mack WAS weak In the twiriinE de-
psrtment. THIS is probably 70. but
strange 70 relate she Athletes bat.
ted .27i In the seriss ana against
Aset's weak pitchers the Giants bat
ted 10 points less or .lsI. Another
strange thing tAat l noticed was that
none OF the Giant pitchers. except
Matty. pitched a full game. Mar
guard. the wry-necked phenomenon,
with the petrified head. Tesreau. the
Ozark bear hunter. with marble top
like "A table. and Demaree. who made
the best record Of any pitcher In the
National League this year--aIl OF
them started a game they couldn I
finish. Al that have no doubt they
are really classy pitchers In their
own little league. but l doubt II they
would make much OF record In the
strong American League.
Poor Frank Baker. lie made only
one home run and only nine hits In
five games for zn average of .t2s.
Connie Mack should lay him off until
he reGsins his batting eye. Eddie
Collins bxtted .t21. another weak
hitter. ] suppose. however. that Mack
will keep them next year on account
OF their past services even ~ they
are all In now. Then there IL Eddie
Plank who IL thirty nine years old
but should BE- quite = pitcher when
he gets In his prime. The Giants got
four runs and nine hits off Of him In
two games and II he keeps on I'm
proving he ought to be = lot Of help
10 the Athletics after awhile.
I heard = fellow say something Z
about Inside baseball" Ia connection
With the Athletics. Nothing to Il.
whatever. ~ far ~ can see. All
that the Athletics do II a. the be-
shining Of the game they bat IN =
lot Of runs until they think they have
enough for = mess and then they quit.
All they have 70 do then In 70 keep
the other fellows from getting as
many ss they have and the game In
won. II McOraw would only follow
the name system he would win . lot
more games. ] don't sse why some
one doesn't suggest Il 10 him.
We heard out here In Blsbse that
Msrkle's home run was accidental. !.
that Bender hit him In the head with
. pitched ball and that Il bounced In
To the bieachers. but Afterwards the
rspoft came that hs hit Il with his
Aat. 10 ! guess hs made Il sll right
We also heard that Connie Mack kept
Jack coombs out Of the ssrtas Just
TO make Il more Of an svsa thing.
10 - 70 give the Giants q chancs
but ! doubt Il very much. II he had
really wanted 70 make Il even. hs
wouldn't have let Eddie Collins and
Frank Baker play.
Garry Herman ss1 other Natios.
q League nagnatss ars talkias Of
aso1ishias ~ wesi1's 0estes. prom
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uslsssesa1s swhv y sveu11 - vsey e.
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