Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-11

shocked us to the quick. Bender, the
mighty. the unsolvable, the magical,
for q few moments was d common,
ordinary fellow with nothing but the
ball and a glove. His best efforts
were weak for the nonoe, and when
he finally came back to life he didn't
have any more STUFF than sufficient
to carry him through !. In safety.
but let me tell you, they came SO
close to being beaten that you
| wouldn't give much for their chances
While the slaughter was on. Per-
haps 1t was Bender's own fault that
all the annoyance came to pass. The
Chief was going along so smoothly,
so positively, that he evidently felt
that all was to be plain sailing, so
when the crash came he was not
prepared for 1t. The great team be-
hind could do nothing to help him
out, either, and away went the
Giants, unhitched as 1t were, In the
hope of overcoming their adversaries.
And when the bombardment was
stopped it was as much through good
fortune as through good sense. 1t
was out-and-out good luck for the
MaclSmen, and 1t was a downright
shame for the Giants when the eighth
inning came to an end. At least
that is the way the partlsans of
both sides viewed it and argued over
the matter.
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Poor old cripples! Manned and on
one leg, they are plodding along, hop
ing against hope, but always In the
fight. They deserve not so much pity
as credit, for tried men and true
shun sympathy. And the Giants de-
serve credit-all the credit in the
world. They are beaten now, and If
Connie Mack had used a little good
judgment in putting in a pinch hit
ter for Plank in the game at Phila-
delphia on Wednesday they would
have been beaten long ago At their
best and with everything in the
breaks of luck equal the Athletics
should defeat the Giants in just such
a series every week in the year
The Mackmen are a much superior
team in every way. Before the series
opened it looked as If New York had
the better pitching staff, but from
what has been shown 1t is our opin-
ion--barring Matty-good old Matty
the Athletics have produced far
and away the better twirlers. And
even Matty, as great as he is, just
did beat Plank after a terrific extra
inning battle. In two ways the Mack
men should have won that game. In
the first place. It was cruel to call
Strunk out at the plate in the ninth
inning, for he was as safe as could
thrown away when Mack failed to
replace the pitcher with hitter. so,
even giving Matty all the glory in
the world, all the honors in the world
anu ne DESERVES every one Oh tneHl
the Giants should have been beaten,
and they would have been beaten if
the breaks were not in their favor
G
In discussing the pitching staff Of
both clubs beforehand it was all
Giants, Plank was all in, Bender
might win a game. Shawkey would
go up in the air, Bush would be as
wild as hawk and Brown wouldn't
do at all. AS to the Giants, remem-
Der how everybody raved over dear
old Matty, how they said that Mar
! guard would be well-nigh invincible
| how Tesreau was considered to be-
about the best bet imaginable, ano
how Demaree was said to be a mice
pitcher and would surely come
through with a win" AS we awake
to the real situation we observe al
but the Peerless Matty down and
out-beaten, trampled upon, assault
ed, slaughtered. manned. We have
had two peeks at Tesreau, and on,
was worse than the other; we have
looked over Marquard twice, and h,