The Washington herald., 1913-10-13
POST MORTEMS
ON Big SERIES
Athletics Of 1914 VIII, Bar
ring Accidents, Run First
Again for Top Honors.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
Shake-up for Giants Is Freely Pre-
dieted-Griff Returns via Auto
mobile-0ther Comment.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
By WILLIAM PEET.

Now for few post-mortems on the big
series.
The 'I told you SOS" will be out in full
force today.
But why post-mortems?
Let the box scores the past few days
speak for themselves.
What more Is to be said? The best
team won, and won So decisively as to
remove every vestige of doubt from the
minds of the skeptics, who were afraid
that Connie Macks pitchers would not
be able to stand the gaff.
To the American League fan outside of
Philadelphia the wonderful showing of
the Mackmen carried with il a secret
dread, especially to those from the Ma
donal Capital, where It is an open secret
that Griff has high hopes Of bringing his
club across the wire first during the 1914
campaign.
Connie Mack's present aggregation-that
$4,000 infieId particuIarly-should be good
for at least four years service before
signs of cracking or slowing up is no
ticed.
Bush Sure To Re Star.
The only one of Mack's young pitchers
who started against the Giants was Joe
Bush, who should next year be one of
the best fingers in the Ban johnson cir
cult
Only injuries TO such stars as McInnes,
Collins, Baker, or Barry will place the
Mackmen out of the unbeatable class,
and this quartet, every one a clean-living
athlete. seem to bear charmed lives.
Barry and McInnes were out of few
games this last season, but not long
enough to cause the team to slump per-
ceptibIy, and banking on injuries is like
playing a lo-to-l shot in a horse race.
Eddie Plank, the rty-nine-year-old
OF hits, will, according to reports, re-
tire from active baseball, and the Ath-
letics will be forced to struggle along
without him next season.
1t seems more than likely that Plank
will this time carry out his threat. but
on previous occasions, in fact for the last
three years, he has threatened to quit
and always reported in the spring.
Konetchy for Giants,
According to the most reliable author
ity big shake-Ifp is threatened in the
ranks of McGraw's Giants, and the club
which takes to the field next year will
contain in its lineup at least three new
taces, including a first baseman named
Konetchy, who at present is on the pay
roll of the St Louis Cardinals
Merkle has slowed up whole lot and
McGraw, according to reports, has
trade in view whereby the Giants will
get kOnetchy.
Manager Griffith Of the Nationals ar
rived in Washington at $50 last night,
coming here from Philadelphia in his au-
tomobile with a party of friends. The
Old Fox was, of course, delighted that
the Athletics won the big series, and
smiled knowingly as he said: Didn't 1
tell you what would happen il Bender
and Plank came through? |
Griff expects TO be out al the ball park
this morning to look over his young
pitchers, whom he has not seen for a
week The twirlers will be in town for
several weeks and will work out every
pleasant day.
The All-Natlonal delegation, as COM
piled by McGraw. and the AIl-Americsns. |
under Charley Comiskey, depart from
Cincinnati on October Is for the cross |
country exhibition tour before sailing |
from these shores. McGraw picked Gin |
cinnat as the starting place because he |
regards Cincinnati as the best place in |
the National League to leave at any time |
He will have with him Fred Merkle, |
Larry Doyle, Mike Doolin, and Hans |
LobeTt, infielders, unless present plans |
miScarry, with Harry Mccormick, Jim |
Thorpe, Fred Snodgrass and Lee Magee, |
of St Louis, as outflelders. Christy Ma |
thewson, Arthur Fromme, and JEFF Tes- |
reau will be among Ids pitchers, while |
John Tories Meyers and the clinging ivy, |
MinSo, will look after the backstopping. |