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THE I3KE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1913.
SERIES IS , UNSATISFACTORY
Inflexibility of Stands Makes it Dif.
ficult to Please Public.
PLAYERS HAVE THEIR WOES
Vnnn Ahont IlrcFlpts nnit Tllsht to
Scrllile for the rnpers Mack
men Proved Stinerlor In
All mints.
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NEW :onK, Oct. 13. The world's
championship series of 191S, which ended
yesterday with Edward Plank's mif
tilflcent "swan sons," was the least sat
le factory of the nine that have been
played under the auspices of the Ni
tlonal commission and may be the last
or Its kind.
There Is no dissatisfaction with the
result of It Kven In New York, where
the Olants were considered the only team
on earth, this year, tt Is conceded that
tho Philadelphia Athletics are a greater
ball team ami deserved to win the big
-i: 0)1 nan t on their ir.erlt alone, but the
rooi- showing of tho aiants was a bis
surprise to the majority of fans and ex
jitrts, and It cannot b explained satis
factorily by any alibi that has yet been
produce.
The principal elements of dissatisfac
tion, however, are tho difficulty expe
rienced In satisfying tho base ball pub
lic of the two cities primarily interested
In the world's series, on account of tho
Inflexibility of the stands at the Polo
(rounds and at Bhlbe Dark; tho fuss tho
players are maklnc because their profits
from the bis event aro less than Ijft
year; the tangle over the players who
posed as expert base ball writers without
being ablo to spell words of more than
two syllables and the proven inability
to prevent scalping of tickets by iiny
Vnown method.
Look Kin illy on Herrmann Plan,
There was a disposition- among baso
ball- men to look with more favor than
heretofore on the proposition long ago
submitted by Chairman Herrmann of th
National commission to Inaugurate a dif
ferent finish to tha base ball season than
that which haa pra;alled for the last
tight or nine years! ' It probably is re.
called by a good many base ball fans
that the gist' of Herrmann's scheme la
to stop tho major league championship
season a month earlier than tho present
system calls for and finish up with an
Interleague contest In which all sixteen
teams shall compete Instead of only two,
four, six or eight, according to the
pleasure of tho club owners as at present.
Always there has been opposition to
Garry Hermann's Idea on account of the
grea( Impulse given to base ball by hot
short; sharp and brilliant contests that
have been played for the world's cham
pionship in recent years. Now there Is
a revulsion of feeling and a general be
lief that the present style of winding up
the season in a blaze of glory will
eventally do tho game greater harm than
good.
The series which ended yesterday In fen
overwhelming triumph for tha Philadel
phia Athletics was so one-sided that it
lacked the interest incited by some of
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the previous simitar combats, and fell far
short of other ycara In brilliancy and
good basa tall.
Glanta .Outclassed from Outset.
The AthleUcs outclassed the Olants
from, the outset and only Christy Mathew
son proved capable of holding up the
National league's end so far aa class
Is concerned against the wonderful team
Mack has put together.
There are many who assert the Giants
would have made a much better show
lng If they had not been seriously crip
pled by the injuries to Meyers, Snod
grass and Merkle. This undoubtedly Is
true, but not even the most hardened
Giant rooter claims the McQraw tribe
with Its ranks Intact could have won the
world's pennant in the face of the tre
mendously strong and versatile attack
uncovered by Connie Mack.
In view of the closer contests of other
Interleague series In Chicago, Cleveland
and St Louis, the easo of the Athletic
victory over the Olants looks out of line.
The best team In the American league
walked away with the best team in the
National, almost without a struggle, but
tho other series do not Indicate that the
old league Is as much weaker than the
American league as the wortd's series
would indicate. The answer suggested
by many Is that the Athletics never were
under enough pressure from behind this
year to bring out all their reserve
strength. They were out In front by a
comfortable margin all the way and not
until the battle with the Olants did
their full strength show itself. They
played over their heads In the world's
series, according to the opinions of their
own friends, but that may have been
because they feit they had to extend
themselves for the first time during the
year,
Plank Pltcuea IVonrterfnl Ball.
No one believed in advance that Bender
and Plank, veterans of the staff, could
deliver two such games as each of them
Pitched, with only two days' rest be
tween. Bender waa the weaker pitcher
of the two, as well as the younger. Plank,
the oldest pitcher In the major leagues
today, gave a wonderful exhibition and
will retire from the game with the
brightest constellation of sparklers In his
crown that ever a retiring player wor.
If he makes good his determination to
quit base ball for tho less strenuous
rural life next season. Plank, to all
Intents pitched two shutout games of
nine Innings each. He lost one, of them
In the tenth and was scored on in the
game ha won yesterday, but ho has
evened up with Mathewson for what hap
pened in 1906.
Mathewson proved the only pitcher on
McQraw's staff competent to cope with
the slugging Athletics. The Olants
header tried Marquard, Teareau .nd
Demaree, but all of them fell down and
even Goo Crandall was treated rather
scandalously at times.
BusK and Schang wer the unknown
quantities who proved their mettle In the
world's series of last week. Bush was
the one factor needed to sandwich be
tween the two veterans and help them
win the pennant.
Schang shone so brilliantly that he
was chosen to catch Plank in tho final
game instead of Lapp and justified the
confidence Manager Mack had In him.
Lapp Is no second string, catcher on an
ordinary team, but Schang showed such
brilliance and coolness that he earned
the honor Given him.
In every position the Athletics showed
superior class'. There may be soma of
that supremacy due to the crippled con
dition of the Olants and' yet It must bo
recalled that tho men of McQraw
played their beat defensive game when
they were most severely crippled. There
might have been a different count in
tho games of the world's series if Man
ager McQraw had continued playing
Wlltse on first base, because Merkle
was unfortunate enough to be the prime
factor in the loss of at least -two of
the four games the Athletics won, while
Wlltse was almost equally responsible
with Mathewson for the lone victory,
But that is tho second guess, which any
body can make.
Manager McOraw is getting a lot of
criticism from Giant supporters for try'
lng to use Snodgrass at all with such
a lame leg, but the Giant leader had to
find out for himself by trying Snod
graas in the games just how lame he
was. He did not leave him In any
game after It was shown be could not
deliver. The only reflection on Mc-
Graw's judgment that bears much weight
here Is that he did not use McConnlck
in thi outfield on the theory that Mc
Cormlck, although slow, was better on
two sound legs than Snodgrass could be
on one leg and McCormlck can hit.
Third buse was taken care of just as
well by Herxog as it could have been
by Shafer.
No Slower Than Meyers.
Larry McLean behind the bat was
mechanically as good a backstop as
Meyers could have been and hit ns well
as could have been expected of the In
dlan. He is slow, but no slower than
Meyers, but It Is true he was not accus
torned to handling the Giant pitchers as
Meyers, and tbat may nave proved a big
handicap to litem. Tne fact remains,
however, that the Athletic were so
strong on the attack that they could
hammer any of McQraw's pitchers ex.
cept Mathewson, and It was Impossible
to expect one pitcher to win a world's
scries against them,
A notable fact was that Mack uted
only nine men in each game and only
twelve in the world's series, while Mo
Graw was forced to use reserves in
every game and actually did have
twenty players in the series in one
capacity or another.
The receipts were relatively below those
of last year because the National com
mission ruled out all standing room and
compelled club managers to limit the
sale of tickets to tha capacity of their
stands without letting spectators on the
field to necessitate ground rules. The
players' pool this year amounted to over
1133,000, while last year it was over 17,-
COO. The difference is more than $1.000
and the players want to know why
ground rules are more objectionable than
dollars. There were many thousand!
turned away from the parks at every
game played here or in Philadelphia. On
the other hand the receipts were larger
this year than fpr any series except (hat
of 19t, and the players' pool exceeded
that of 1J11, when the Olants played' the
Athletics with standing room allowed.
The difference was nearly ,000 In the
players' share alone in favor of this
series.
The weather was notably bad. Not one
good clear day graced the entire series.
and two of the games were played under
conditions which made good basa ball dif
ficult. It was remarkable that so much
rain fell in both cities during the aver
age days of the world's series and yet
did not prevent the playing of any of the
games on the dates originally scheduled.
LooalRoad Officials
Ask Amendment of
New Bridge Statute
HARLAN, la.. Oct. U-(8peclal.-Tho
crisis In the opposition to the new road
and bridge law which was enacted by the
last legislature in this state has about
been reached and tho people throughout
the state have decided to take action.
Petitions addressed to Geortte W. Clark,
governor of Iowa, asking that a special
session of the legislature bo called and
the necessity urged upon them of enact
ing a substitute which will glvti boards of
supervisors and township trustees more
power In matters pertaining to the con
struction and maintenance of bridges and
culverts are being circulated in this
county, and from preeent Indications it
appears that from 76 to 90 per cent of
the land owntrs will sign.
Under the provisions of this new law
power to construct and maintain bridges
and culverts Is virtually taken an ay from
the board of supervisors and township
trustees and placed In the hands of the
State Highway commission, composed of
three men, and a corps of engineers, as
sisted by local engtticera In each county
When a bridge Is washed out It Is nec
essary for the local engineer to look oxer
the ground, make a survey and a draw
ing of the kind of bridge vtfilch must
be placed. The Board of Supervisors
must then rass a resolution of necessity
and notice of same must bo published
and also served upon the trustees in
whose township the structure Is to b
built. If there are no objections to tho
construction of the bridge as set out In
the notlco the board passes a final reso
lution of necessity nnd it Is then time
to ask for bids. Krom the time tli
bridge Is washed out or destroyed, It is
a matter of front six weeks to three
months and some times longer before It
Is replaced.
The highway committee has ordered
that alt new bridges placed must be of
permanent construction, nnd In the case
of kteel bridges, they have furnished
epeclfiratjons which requires a much
heavier steel than lifts been used sue.
cesfully by boards of supervisors for
permanent structures. This Increases the
cost of bridges In most cases about two
lold, and, ns In the case of Shelby
county, where the bridge fund Is now
overdrawn about fc,0, this will Indeed
work a great hardship upon the county
There have been more clnlms for dam
ages filed In Shelby county during the
last eight months than ever before In
nny two years of the county's existence,
by reason of the fact that the engineer
cannot look after all of the bridges and
see that they are kept In repair, neither
can he see that nil bridges aro built
fwhen they are needed. The boards of
supervisors and trustees cannot build new
bridges, for tho new road law linn di
gested them of this power, nd what tho
law has not done In this relation, the
state highway commission bs.
Tiro Foot llnll (Inmt nt Wayne,
WAYNE, NebV Oct. UMSpeclal.)
Wnyno High School team deTeated Pen
der High School by a score of S3 to 0.
At the Normal college grounds Satur
day afternoon a large crowd witnessed.
the Stoux City High School team defea
the Normal team by a score, of 33
defeat
to Oi 1
No Hlval Nnvr. !
Now that Kddle Onslow Is returned to.
i rovmence, me oniy sure opposition Tori
first base that Gainer hns purchased a
bowling alley In his home town. Blklns,
W V , nnd ho will run that during the
winter months. Del paid nigh onto 1,W
ducks lor me nnevs.
Four Hawkeyes Hurt
in the Game With the
Methodists Saturday
IOWA CITY, la.. Oct. ll-(Speclal)-Kollowlng
first reports that the Iowa
team had come through the Cornell game
without serious Injury, four regulars ap
peared today badly crippled aa a result of
their playing In that contest. The men
who are out of condition are: Parsons,
quarterback; Kirk, tackle; Pennlnnroth,
halfback, and Carberry, end.
Pennlngroth'a Injuries consist of a badly
shattered head and face, which will keep
him out of scrimmage for a few days,
but are not likely to mean the loss of
his services against Chicago. Carberry
has a twisted ankle, which has caused his
leg to swell to twice Its normal alse, but
Trainer Watson believes he can get him
Into shape for next Saturday's game.
Parsqiis and Kirk, two of llawlcy's
small number of veterans, hnve the most
serious Injuries. Parsons has had a bni1
leg all season, and Is so much worse since
he played In Saturday's game that there
seems little chance for him to play next
Saturday, and the doctors fear that he
may bo out for the season. Gross and
Swisher, the other quarterback candi
dates, are both sophomores without ex
perience enough to be relied upon in a
hard game.
Kirk also has a serious Injury In thn
form of an exposed nerve In his side. The
same hurt troubled him last year, but had
not been In evidence much until the
Cornell gamo. The big tackle has been In
great pain ever since he was taken out ot
the game In tho first halt Saturday, and
If he plays at all will be badly handU
tapped. Kirk has been depended upon
to do the punting, with Parsons attending
to the rest of the kicking. Every effort
will be made to get these two men into
condition, but there Is little chance of
either being able to last long If he starts
against the Maroons.
May Qnlt, the name.
Catcher Sterrctt Iran confided to friends
that this may not be his last year In
bnsn ball. He Is a civil engineer nnd Is
contemplating opening an office In Los
Angeles.
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