The evening world., 1918-07-05
MARQUARD AND COOMBS
HAVE GIANTS NUMBER
Although Batted Freely, These Two Veteran Twihers outuuess
and %0utgeneral the McGrawites, Enabling the DODGERS to
Capture Both Holiday Battles at the Polo Grounds.

'5toughton- bottle" kind Of ball. The
players find it as hard to keep their
iElnds on the game or u be vitality
interested In their work as the rest OF
US do. Any kind OF work outside of
war work or fighting seems rather
pinling. The fact that the players
can and do show real interest and
fighting spirit when two good teams
meet or when battling for high POSI-
ton shows that this feeling Is gen
eral.
My severest criticism has been OF
the lackadaisical playing OF many OF
the men and 1t has been necessary
TO contrast h WI generation Of
players with the old-timers. The play
referred TO shows the difference. Mike
Doolan, that grand veteran. showed
up his team. There was a runner on
third, n out and a high foul was hit
back toward the Brooklyn bench. Mil
Ter went after the ball at top speed.
Burns was crouched at third. The
a was falling near the stands and
Mack Wheat and O'Mara were pursu-
ing II, Wheat having a good chance
to make the catch, As the ball was
falling Daubcrt was standing stock
still at first and Cheney on the
pitchers slab, watching the play. The
plate was lief. ~unguarded. but Doolan
came racing from second, covered the
plate and made 1t safe. Had the bah
been caught Burns could have walked
home with the only run OF the game
so far as Daubert and Cheney were
concerned.
Later IN the game Burns was on
second, with One out, when YOUNG
pushed n slow bounder toward first.
Mack Wheat raced after the ball.
leaving tho plate uncovered. No one
moved to protect the plate and Burns,
rounding third. raced across the plate
an tho way from second. The bail
Ia rolled foul an inch or two or he
would have scored easily through that
piece Of neglect.
Yet We wonder why some teams
never prosper In a pcnnant race. such
paying VII lose almost every close
'F Well pitched game.
TIE major leagues arc at Il again.
and appear TO be determined TO
commit further atrocities upon the
'clslum Of baseball. the International
league. All yea tho major leagues
scoIn TO have coveted the Newark
Jersey city territory. and have been
determined to invade IL. They were
baked once, when four clubs refused
point blank to obey tho ORDER of tie
National Commission and play sun
day buil in Harrison. tho old Federal
Park. The Newark team has been ar
ranging exhibition games while its
team was away, and last Sunday The
Athletics and pills were to have
played, but President Johnson Of ;he
"morc2n League Is SAID to have STOP
p.' thcm.
N'W the major leagues have ignored
the rights Of the small League again
Fisher, a second hasoman belonging
to Newark, Is playing second base for
the ST. LOUIS Cardinals, although no
deal "A boon made for his services.
Newark has filed "a protest and placed
Fisher on the suspended list. Branch
Hickey wired 70 tho Newark club
saying, Understand you have some
sort OF 4 claim on Fisher" and offer
Ing n player in return.
We're we have n straight case Of yio-
lation ~ all baseball law, and II " n
be Interesting to SEQ what the Ma
tlonal Commission will do when tho
Fisher case Is brought before IL. ON
clally the commission never has
granted a franchise To the Now Inter
national.
Evidently the hig leaG1Iers expected
that the International would explode.
and recent rumors Of Newark plan
ming 20 desert that territory eman-
ated from big league sources. II is
learned also that me big league clubs
planned to play NJ Harrison on S,,r-
Days as soon as Newark gave up the
ghost. II Is true that Joe IannIn
owner Of the Newark team, talked a
few weeks ago Of the possibility Of
transferring the club elsewhere, cs-
sihly 70 Hamilton, Ont, but when he
discovered the plans Of the hig leagues
there was nothing doing. He declares
now that the International will 90
through the aso without change.