The Washington times., 1905-10-14
ATHLETICS DEFEAT
CAUSED BY TUMBLE
Giants Won Out on NJ.
CrOSS's Rlundnr
TWlRLERS IN SUPERB FORM
Plank and McGinnity Engage in SEN
sacional Duel-"Iron Man" Him
self Again.

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-By the smallest
possible score which can determine a
baseball battle, the champion Athletics
were vanQuished yesterday by the
champion New Yorks. Score. i to o.
1t was the fourth game in the series
for the worlds championship. and the
Gothamites' victory makes them favor
ties for the honorary title of world S
champions. they now having an advan-
tage of three victories to the Philadei-
phians' one in the series.
Today may end the struggle. That
part Of the metropolis public addicted &c
the national sport is predicting a VIC
tory. a1.x
McGinnity Wins.
The game was a struggle to the finish.
knights of the diamond, Plank and Nc
Ginnity. McGinnity won.
Poor Plank His superior work merit
ed better result. From beginning to
end he hguratively had the Giants
standing on their heads in their vain ef-
forts to connect safely with his crooked
curves. But his herculean efforts were
futile.
The damage was all done in the fourth
inning. Trivial IL seemed at the time.
but one solitary run resulted from a
tumble by Monte Cross. This run ap-
across the plate. and II assumed larger
proportions as inning after inning rolled
by, until 1t actually became mountain
in the path of the Athletics success.
Cross Costly Error.
The story OF the Athletics defeat is
told In the tumble of an easy chance
offered Monte Cross in the fourth in
ming by Mertes- Dahlen tried to advance
Mertes to second. but failing in two at
tempts to bunt, hit out fly which
Seybold caught. Devlin then bunted,
Plank by quick fielding retiring him at
first base, Mertes moving up to second.
Gilbert drove reasonably hard ground
er to the left of Lave Cross. the latter
being set to field the ball, but the Quak-
er captain either misjudged its speed or
bound, and il rolled into left field while
Mertes was sprinting across the plate
with the sole run that decided the con-
test
Neither team was without opporiuni-
ties TO score, but. excepting the run
made by New York in the fourth when
Flanks pitching was easily equal TO q
shut-out in that inning. the pitchers al
ways proved too strong to permit the
scoring OF runs. Prior to the eighth in
nlng, when Hartsel reached third base.
Inc athletics had men as far as second
four different times a single in each in
stance being the only thing lacking 10
send run across the plate. But the hit
never came In the second and third in
hings the first man to face McGinnity
reached first base, and on both occa-
sions was successfully sacrificed to sec
ono- But the succeeding batsmen were
hit
Plank's pitching was fully as disap-
pointing to New York as McGinnity.s
was 10 Philadelphia
Inc Giants could have made a runa-
way race of the game had they been
aple 10 count runs with the opportuni-
Ties offered TO score them. In the first
os, oeSoiu, third' and eighth innings Plank
lame 10 MS own rescue, and made the
national League champions look like
.rrtiiateurs az the bat by pitching skill
mat even the crowd was obliged to ac-
hno"ieuge with generous applause
Bresnahan reached third in the omen
ing ig Inning on base on balls, a sacrifice
~ az Donnn. al j a passed ball. but Plank
o,,s o,sappo,nted McGann by striking him
OUT; In the second inning Devlin doubled
Win Two out. but Gilbert was easy
prey Tor l. Cross. Bresnahan and
broWne singled in succession with ono
90, Gain IN she thlrd. but Donlin and Nc
Gann offered easy fly-0uts. This was the
two hits. AoiA H'aoe
Flank was erratic and brilliant In the
first on balls. and when Rrouna b,ntaS
70 sacrince was slow in going over TO
cover nrst. and Davis was Obliged to
s,ad srand looking at the fleet outfielder
=
10 take his throw. DonIin bunted- bI,f
rIank perfect fielding and throw 10 +,
Sross nlpped Bresnahan by a hair. Nc
lam and Mertes hit easy ground halls
o!aset!y at Plank. both being thrown
OUT at first.
Mertes' Fine Catch.
Mertes blighted the AthIetics' chances
f0r a last effort IN the ninth inning nv
= making the prettiest play OF the game
Z ssd8 running catch OF drive nv
murphy. close up to the left field bleach
ers- Had the ball escaped the New York
opthelder it would have been good for
three bases. Monte Cross struck out ana
holman. batting for Powers. ended the
game with the same Intellectual exertfon
new York Is claiming the worlds nen-
Hant today The contention is based o,
Inc 1act OF three victories and that
MatneWson will be In the box TO-DAY
winch. on the strength of his previrnis
snut-out victories against the PhiladeI-
puiahs. IS construed into another
ulumph. the final one, which win bring
sne highest honors and the richest
pecuniary reward to a ball team that it
~ within the province of the great ma
'iohai sport to grant. The score.
r,r New York. ALB. r. II. o. A. f