Show HARD LUCK OF EDDIE PLANK athletic southpaw lost five of seven worlds series games tn in which he pitched d eddie plank destined to be a worlds series pitcher as a glance at planks record in a worlds series game will show leon ames have done much evi dently some one crossed his fingers when flank plank began pitching for the Alac macklen I 1 kmen and has them crossed still he lost five of the seven worlds series armes in which ho he pitched and in four of these five games the athletics were shut out lie ile bad a fine chance to win in 1903 1905 matthewson got the upper hand on the gettysburg southpaw 3 to 0 and McGlinn ity follo followed Aed this with a I 1 to 0 vic victory tork in this last game plank held the giants to four bits hits but an art error b lave cross gave the gamo away itt I 1 1911 plank beat aril in a to t game and later in the same serla relieved coombs and yielded the glants winning run in the tenth tn in eddie plank alas in 1913 be held mathewson in ii the sarae series in the final gaina game 3 S tac U L in the only sume ame he pitched li in tho the 1914 series plank vas as beaten by james 1 to 0 in seven games in worlds a series erice play the athletics have scored six run rung for plank which alters tho the opinion that they are expert hitters everything broke the other way fot to bender the a opposition generally col joi a lot of hits and runs but the athletic usually managed to go them one bet ter in all his games plank was con si stent he lie won two 3 to 1 games lost two 3 to 0 games and two 1 I to C contests |