The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-08
"WEE WILLIE" AXE
WITH HIS us BIC
BAT STAYS GIANTS
Home-Run Lad Gives Athletics
Two-Run Margin Over New
York Nationals---Fina Score
is 6 to 4
In Battle of Bats, Power With
Maui Stick Tells Tale in
Opening Game of Worlds
Series---M Vanguard and Gran
dali Driven to Cover
BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.

BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.
NEW YORK, Oct. Tin the third
world series clinch between the all
but perpetual champions of their re-
spective leagues. the Giants and Ath-
letics, n under a sky as dull and
dingy as the uniforms they wore, the
Athletics won the first game. 8 to 4.
1t was a battle of bats. Elementary
power with the maui stick told the
tale; 1t was the dominant factor. The
Athletics hit the harder and won
they clustered their hits better. they
drove out more long hits.
What of the suhtler element of
tinesse of ~maneuvering there was In
the game was associated more with
the fielding. The simpler tactics OF
clean and timely hitting with effec-
tive offense increased by the speed
on bases made more of the Athletics
hits turned into runs.
Giants Pitchers MauNed.
Two of McGraw's pitchers. Mar
guard and Crandail. were stopped by
the Athletics, driven from the box.
The trust Neposed in Marquard of
carrying on the pitching in the first
game to a. successful issue was not
fulfilled by the left handler. and he
fell by the wayside under the heavy
and concentrated pelting of the pun
ishing Mackmen. Crandall, too. ran
into a %druhhing and rave way to
tTesreau. The latter came in with
the toughest of situations confronting
him, solved It with the aid Of a
smartly planned and executed trap set
by Meyers and Doyie--the best field
ing play of the game-and pitched
the best OF any of the New York oc-
cupants of the pedestal.
Meanwhile Chief Bender. the most
Al "a Ls-- -.-- To- -y~-lIF,
series history, was feeling the weight
of the Giants bats. The Giant did
a big share of batting themselves. not
quite as much lengthy or as punched
as the Athletics did. but enough to
make them dangerous and and to let
Bender know that he was in for a
busy day. The Indian had TO 60 his
best from start to finish 70 win n
was In danger more than once. He
was hit hardest when the game-for
him-looked safest and then, by put
ting on all he had and unable to risk
easing up q particle. he went along in
good style 10 the end. He wasn't as
effective as usual against the Giants
and was a looking Indian
His smiling demcanor was missing,
but he was steady and calculating all
| the time, and made a strong finish of
one Of the hottest games he ever had
to finish.
Control Helped Indian.
Coco control helped Bender. He
wasn't successful on the whole in
making the Giants fish for bad ones
but when he wanted TO he was able
to make the plate. All the pitchers
had adequate control. The markham
ship was true under pressure. but
on this point enc of the two passes OF
the game-noth issued by New York
pitchers-the one which Marqiard
bestowed was n of the fatalities OF
the game. It was given to Collins
when there were two out and none on
the canvass lodgings. A small mat
ter for the moment, but, as bases on
balls often do, growing to monster
propositions in the light of what fol-
lows, for what happened right in It's
wake? Nothing but this:
The same Baker who wreaked mis-
chief and the undoing of the Giants
two years ago, came up and forged a
hurting four-base bolt into the
farthest section of the lower right
field g~randstand. The most active OF
all pitchers knows this Baker and
two years have not dimmed his eye
or decreased his uncanny knaek OF
clearing the boundaries
A game cieanly won and by superior
batting, and a game well lost and a
credit to the defeated. Also a game.
considering the freedom which they
hit Mack's best pitcher, not without
encouragement for the Giants, al
though showing that these American
league kings can welt the ball with
a profusion and an rdor which are
a caution to other aspirants for the
worlds championship.
Giants Outneided Athletics
In the matter OF actual acceptance
of chances the Giants outhelded the
rrN- A-fr 49, v
were two by Barry. The New York
,nieid was steadier. though the game
produced little along the line of hard
chances. There were sharp plays, but
not unusually so. and there were
of these were taken care OF as wei by
one side as by the other. The 1nheid
chances that camesto the Athletics were
a bit more difficult. showing that they
had sharply hit balls 10 handle from
} the New York bats which did not go
safe There were at least two oeca-
sions of his sort, when, had the Ath-
.rties 1aitered, they would have Seen
} beaten.
There was one fielding flaw in New
York's defense. which was vital in its
, effect. This was Shafer's failure 10
take care of a long drive from the
: cudgel of Schang when there were two
) men on bases, Not gauging the balls
flight or speed, AS a more expert
r helder would have DONE, Shafer got
} only one hand on II and dropped II,
The play was OF tremendous bearing
, on the game because two runs scored
! on II. 1T was one of three critical mo-
ments In the fortunes of the battle,
: moments surcharged with defeat or
I victory. The other two came when
i the Athletics were in the field. This
!, particular one was rough on Vanguard
and complicated the situation to an
extent for which he was. not wholly
= to blame.
! Oatneld Work Admirable.
I Admirable, though not brilliant, out
: field playing attended the charges and
counter charges of the game. There
were no hard fy balls to ensnare. but
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