The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-11
Nv JOSEPH VILLA.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. Io.--"Wel
keep on fighting to the last dfch.
said the Giants as they made sneaf
way TO the railroad station this even
ing. They declared that they intend
ed 10 make one determined stand al
the Polo Grounds tomorrow, when, IN
all probability. the mighty Mathewsoh
will be sent to the firing Line at MS
own request
McGraw pinned his fate to Demaree
today to no purpose When Denaree
was finally slaughtered in the fonrtn
inning. McGraw called on Marquard'
thereby using up the RUDE so that ne
cannot be depended upon tomorrow
Demaree had plenty of speed. but ne
seemed to lack Judgment In delivering
balls TO the Athletics sluggers
Possibly this was due to the alb
sence OF Chief Meyers. whose steao2
ing influence has been missed. not only
by Demaree but by Tesreau and Mar
guard AS a matter of fact, Vanguard
and Arthur Wilson. who caught him
In the Nth inning, had wordy quar-
rel on the bench after Schang had
sent In TWO runs in that period with
n vicious single to center.
Giants Feel Meyers Absence
Marouard, 1t appears, blamed VIII
ball. and Wilson. In return, showed
that he did not relish the criticism
hit, If Meyers had been behind the
bat In the games of yesterday and
TODAY the Giants believe that their
pitchers would have done better work
In batting however, the Athletics
showed superior class. and with a
score Of 6 to 0 at the end Of the sixth
inning they seemed To have today s
affair sewed up beyond the visitors
reach
Chief Bender, up to that point, had
been practically unhittable, holding
the Giants to two singles. both OF
which were made by Larry Mclean.
Then in the seventh inning the Indian
seemed anxious to show up the Giants
by tossing up slow balls. and laughing
at their effort TO hit Because OF
these tactics, which were roundly con-
demned by the Philadelphia fans, who
were praying for a shut-out, Burns
and Murray obtained safe hits from
Renders curves. and with two out,
Merkle drove the ball on the bound
into the left field bleachers for home
run.
Mack intended to pitch either
Brown or Shawkey today, but finally
decided TO clinch a third victory with
Bender. Accordingly Mack asked
Bender how he felt, and the Redskin,
with broad grin. replied:
Never better; let me get at them. y
McGraw's Tactics Not Understood.
New York fans, who were disgrun-
tied because of today's upset. could
not understand why Leader McGraw
assigned the crippled Snodgrass to
center field. and put Shafer on third
base instead of Herzog. Because OF
his presence in center field. the Ath-
letics scored the first run In the Sec
ond inning. With Snodgrass In proper
condition McInnis' easy fly ball would
have been caught to a moral GER
tainty. AS 1t was Snpdgrass. after
hobbling in as best he could, got one
hand on the ball which went for a
single.
Snodgrass was permitted to remain
in the game until after he had been
thrown out on bunt in the third in
ming. It was a perfect bunf, by the
way, and Snodgrass would have beaten
| II easily had he been able to run.
When the Giants took the field In
the last half, Shafer was sent to Gen.
ter field and Herzog was returned to
third base.
II Marquard had pitched last Tues
day as he did in the last part OF to-
days conflict he couldn't have lost. In
the sixth, seventh and eighth periods
he was invincible.
Athletics Confident Of Winning.
The Athletics. to man, now be-
! lieve that the result ofNthe series is q
foregone conclusion. Harry pavii
| said tonight that IL the Giants could
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