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

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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.
It may be the last chance, for II
the Giants are defeated to-day this
cruel war Is over The e-to-5 victoy
OF the enemy in Philadelphia yes
terday gave them a Stool 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. G. 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 viii be no stopping done
after this afternoon unless the old
war horse can bring them to a full
halt in to-day's battle.
Nobody can say definitely who will
be offered up by Connie Mack but
Connie Mack himself-snd 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. II is probable that with
this lead OF two games and the con-
fdence 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 he his last He is nearly 40
years old and is through with base
ball after this series.
1t will probably be Macks strategy
TO take chance with young blood
and confidence to-day and save both
Plank and Bush for sixth game II
It 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 II the more valuable part OF the
population OF Philadelphia was about
TO 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, cllnginR 10 the ratings.
The battle falls into two parts
their half and our half, with our half
taking the longer fall.
Oldrins Gets . Triple.
Mt Demaree. the celebrated artist,
went In to fling some baseballs 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 a
small extent IN the second.
This film began with Mr. Stuffy
McInnis. who. from his sobriquet, Is
also in the piano mover circles Of So
ciety. He pasted one TO center for
base. Strunk sacrificed and this
brought mp Barry.
Mr. Barry It developed later was
out Yesterday to get all OF the hits
TINT he had failed to collect in the
bition might have been foiled II MIR
Merlle had RETAINED from dropping
his foul. AS Il was Mr.. Barry damned
the ball against the left field fence,
way down in an obscure corner. anf
excellent running on the part Of Mr.,
Burns confined the swipe to the two
base limit There was. however, no
from scoring except winging him with
an elerhant rife.
WALTON Demaree Some More.
Then there was a lull for an entire
inning In the fourth this same END
OF the batting order piled In on Mr.
Demaree to beat the band and gave
wonderful exhibition OF freehand
hitting and free-and easv base-run-
ming. NcInnis was abolished at the
go-off, he not being called upon 10
sacrifice this time Mr. Strunk dashed
one at young Mr.. HerZog that nearly
DESTROYED our third -sacker Imme-
dlatelv thereafter MT Barry con
tirued on his loathsome way, this
time slamming n single TO center
field on the strength OF this lick
Mr.. Strunk, who will probably he
quite runner come dav, went all
the wav to third He beat Burns
throw by a slide and Barry kept
right on 20 second. Getting a man
on second and third on an lnheld hit
and single Is taking all that any
baseball law has a right TO allow.
Then the child catcher. Mr.. SchanE,
came along with the first az series
OF cleanup hits. This marvellous in
FAINT hammered in all four Of those
six runs-that's all he did. executing
catch a great game and throw like
lfke--like a SchanE.
past CAPTAIN Dovle TO, center field
and there were two Of the four he
attended 70 PERSONALLY. Honest John
Murray sailed the pill into the plate
and he went TO second. Then he SCI
out 70 steal third and the shock was
too much ,or Larry Mclean. He had
passed ball az once
Another Hit for oldrine.
chief Bender was up next and tNe
Chief doesn't pose as hitter He
Just smashed one doNs the first base
line. But Mr. Merkle tried to NAV It
so quickly that ne signally failed 10
play Il a. all. This meant another
yrn. =. Murphy went out, but the
Hlustrious piano mover. Mr. OldriuK
stepped in and made another hit but
Collins. who failed TO connect all day
went out.
Two more in the fifth let them out
The Giants gang was guiltless ~
? sirele run until the seventh inning
Mr. Burns began the fracas br beat
inc ont a slow hit back Of the box
no av