The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-10
MIGHTY 'MA1TY'
WINS FOR GIANTS
New York Pitcher Blanks Ath.
letics in First Game Of the
~. Championship Series.
Journal Special Service,

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Philadelphia, Oct. 1O-Seventeen - thousand
brass-lunged Philadelphians are sore today They
don't know yet how it all happened, but it just
had to be done. 5' =. - - -
are fairly on the road to the worlds champion
ship. The giants are winners. They walioped
the Athletics, the American league champions, in
the worlds, series at Columbia park yesterday
AFTERNOON BY score Of to o. The game was
as full Of bright faces a four-carat diamond.
Every play sparkled and every player was as hot
as mustard and sharp as ginger. ~
1t was duel royal between Plank and Mat
thewson. When the game ended Plank had been
tagged. He was it. Matty got Plank in the
oven with shad tackled to his midrif In the fifth
inning and thereafter all the Quaker hosts had
to do was to root and pray. But praying was
| in vain, and roofing was null and void. The
cooking proceeded and the planked shad was
The tribe Of Ben shibe JUST couldn't seem to
nit the things that Matty pushed over the breast
works., They started as big as pumpkins; but
came to the plate like white cherries in Lulu 8
dessert. s-...~ ~. eN
= standing ROOM Taken. .
Ard, oh the absence Of kicking-the paucity
OF objurgation-the awesome presence of the
dove of peace. 1T was not at all like 1t used
to be. Men retained their cushions for corporal
purposes: Beer glasses and bottles failed. to
hurt The PLAYERS We're. Chesterfeldian. The
umpires swelled with dignity. go. +.
Men, women, children, old and young. married
halt and blind, in fact all Philadelphia, as ii
| seemed, was mustered in and around the bat
tlefeld. D.. =, - :. =. 80
Not half Of them could get in. Those swho
could not hung around the high walls OF the
baseball babylon and cursed their luck bitterly
because they were not able to see the kings Of
the game. =. ~ ',..S.-'s = -
- You should have seen the Natfona1 league
champions as they came downstairs at the Conti-
mental hotel in their fine black uniforms. white
caps and white stockings. In time the boys
started In all their martial panop1y in seven
carriages, headed by a brass band.
When the giants arrived the grounds the
crowd did not seethe like an angry sea. Several
seethe but the seething fell thru for lack Of sun
port, and those who were booing and catcalline
gained the ascendancy. :s1t -
Athletics Favorttes.
In plain truth it was partizan crowd, all. for
Philo odellhia. s. = &sss = ~
When the two teams took the field for pracs
tice 1T was plainly observed that the PhiladeI-
phtans were ell lengthy chaps and for q lanki-
ness that was amazing. There was some muscle
to be observed about the giants.
Four loud clangs Of the gong announced that
the game was about to proceed. Plank took his
position in the box and the rest of the team ran
into the field. Bresnahan squared himself at the
plate and Plank sized him up as chicken would
size up a grasshopper.
In the fifth the giants the game. Mat.
thewson damned out safe one to center .bnt
was forced, by Bresnahan There was cheer
when Browne flied to Davis. Donlin followed
with double to left and Bresnahan scored Nc
the boil hard smash. Lord set after it and
might have caught it had it not been for the
crowd. The hit scored Donlin and won the
game. The score: rag