Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11
By J. W. McConaughy.

Grounds early to-day to pull
down the walls for a chance to 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 n
the Giants are defeated to-day this
cruel war is over. The 6-to-5 victoy
OF the enemy in Philadelphia yes
terday gave them a 3-to-1 count on
the four games OF the series
II 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 fun
halt in to-day's battle.
Nobody can say definitely who will
be offered up by Connie Mack but
Connie Mack himseh-and he won't
McGraw has said nothing either
but he does not have to. He
is in a proposition where he has 10
pitch Matty. 1t 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
old and e. fhEph4rh 4rft ka
ball after this series
II will probably be Mack's strategy
TO take chance with young blood
and confidence to-day and save both
Plank and Bush for a sixth game II
Il 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 II looked
as IL the more valuable part OF the
population OF Philadelphia was about
10 throw a unanimous At. 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.
Oldring Gets a Triple.
Mr. Demaree. the celebrated artist,
went in to fling some basehalls for
us. as per schedule You would not
expect a retired piano mover TO think
much OF art or artists, and Mr.. Rube
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
small extent in the second.
This film began with MT Stuffy
McInnis who, from his sobriquet, is
also in the piano mover circles OF so
ciety. He pasted one to center for
a base StrunI sacrificed and this
brought up Barry.
Mr. Barry. it developed later, was
out yesterday TO get all OF the hits
that he had failed to collect In the
preceding battles. This amiable am
bition might have been foiled r. Mr..
Merkle had RETAINED from dropping
his foul As II was. Mr. Barry damned
the ball against the left field 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 McInnis
from scoring except winging him with
an elephant rife.
Wsllop Demaree Some More.
Then there was lull for an entire
inning. In the fourth this same end
OF the batting order piled in on Mr..
Demaree 10 beat the band and gave
4 wonderful exhibition of freehand
hitting and free-and- easy base run
ming McInnds was abolished at the
go-off. he not being called upon to
sacrifice this time, Mt. Strunk dashed
one at young Mr.. Herzog that nearly
destroyed our third -sacRer. mme-
diateiy thereafter Mr.. Barry con
tinued on his loathsome way, this
time siamming a single 10 center
field. on the strength of this Hex
Mr.. Strunk, who viii probably be
quite a runner some day. went all
the way to third He beat Burns
throw by a slide and Barry kept
right on to second. Getting a man
on second and third on an inheld hit
and a single is taking all that any
baseball law has a right to allow.
Then the child catcher. Mr. Schang.
came along with the first OF a series
OF cleanup hits. This marvellous in
FAINT hammered in all four OF those
six runs-thats all he did excepting
catch a great game and throw like
like-like a SChang.
Well in this case, he plowed one
past Captain Doyle 10 center field,
and there were two of the four he
attended to personally. Honest John
Murray sailed the pill into the plate
and he went 10 second. Then he SCI
out to steal third and the shock was
too much for Larry Mclean. He had
q passed ball at once
Another Hit for Oldring.
Chief Bender was UP next. and the
Chief doesn't pose as a hitter. He
lust splashed one doU~s the f1rst base
line But Mr.. Merkle tried to play II
so quickly that he signally failed to
play 1t al all This meant another
run. E Murphy went out, but the
nlustrious piano mover, Mr.. Oldring
stepped IN and made another hit but
Collins, who failed 10 connect all day.
went out.
Two more in the fifth let them out.
The Giants gang was gu.ltless OF
2 single run until the seventh inning
Mr. Burns began the fracas by beat
ing out a slow hit back Of the box.
Shafer popped up a little fiy but
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