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Show oo WHY THE GIANTS , FAILED TO WIN New York, Oct. 9. The Athletics i by beating my club today have put ! it up to us to win the game tomor-' tomor-' row They now have the odd and the edge, and this advantage was gained j j because they punched our pitcherb and because my club could not hit 1 bush. Any team looks bad when it 'is not batting, and that is why the I Giants appeared to be so far off today. to-day. I he battle today was the most ' commonplace one of the series 80 I far There were not the opportunl- 1 i t'cs for each team to score tnat were ' , so prevalent In the others, nnu there j I are not the regrets. The Athletics got the jump and I i they held It lo the finish We coula never overtake them or come near ir I figure that our only chance to have won would have been to stop j the double steal In the first inning It was that play which put ua to the , bad because it led directly to the fire! three runs of the Athletics and wo could never o.ercome this lead 1 If the had been held to one run lo j the first I think that we might have ! been able to worry Bush out of the j . box and finally have gotten going. Even after three runs to the good ' ! he showed signs of worry In the first j j Inning, but when Bums hit into a uouble play, closing out the inning. Uubb had a chance to steady. The I double steal waa the "break" of the I game. That is the big thing about lse-' t ball A manager never know whetb-r whetb-r the big crisis Is going to occur a minute after the umpire starts the i same, or whether it will hang off un-I un-I til the final round r perhaps extra 1 innings. Tesreau had looked good when he warmed up. and 1 felt he , would make a grand showing against the Athletics because of his good 1 work in the little time that ho pitched j Ion Tuesday. But Tesreau was nervous' when be started, and he could not get the ball where he wanted it. When you cannot keep the ball where yOU want it for those Athletic bitters, i they sting It. It was largely a que. ' tion of which pitcher would break Hrht, and Tesreau had been beaten ; before Bush had een slipped into the box. The double steal was w hat j broke us. Oldrlng siugled in the first luning after Eddie Murphy had been j put out Collins followed him with a bit. The wallop put Oldring on third base, the ball being slowly handled That is a terrible trio which coinei up to the player when Oldring. Collins and Baker bat in a row Baker fob lowed Collins with a single, and this of course scored Uldrlng I am ifot kicking about that run. But the two runners on first and second bases were not held up well, and Mack, seeing this, croabed us by springing the double steal at this stage McLean helped It along by fumbling the ball. We did not expect It. This put men on second and third so that when Strunk hit to Fletcher in deep short his only possible play was to first base He had lo make a long throw to irt, and a hard thro which must be hurrlod because 'of Strunk'a great speed in getting down to first base Fletcher made a wild heave that resulted in two runs c rossing the plate and which ca e the thletlcs a commanding lead Now If we had stopped this double steal, onlv one run would have been scored in the flret inning because Mclnnls fanned out after Baker had singled, ( and Strunk would never have come to the bat, or if the double steal had not been attempted Fletcher would have had a play right In front of him at second base, and would not have been forced to make that long throw which proved to be fatal, oo i |