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championship scti'a, and The fhiladclphlp
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champions Not onlv wefc tho phila
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frosty weather nnltercd little to the
Nov lrks Their all around nttainmenta
lnclr lr ability Ia a,isPi Themselves 10 vafl.
able iimosphcrlc conditions ~ we'll M to
the technical phases ~ the game. They
oarc nothing for the vasarles ~ the barom-
Ner rhey play with equal facility and
roccaa In midsummer and whsn the frost
a nippins the diamond grass True,
George Browne said after to-day's game
that hc was so cold he could hardly hold
bic bat but he held II firmly enough 70 pluck
base hit.
Christy Mathewson. tho pitching king,
again twrled the New Yorks TO victory.
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Athletics and the home plate are strangers.
The Philadelphias did not come "a near to
that al Of the hearts desire day as they
did Monday. They managed to do some-
thing to-day they could not do Monday,
and that was TO make two Of their four hits
In one inning. but they could not forward
q baserunner beyond second base. Second
base was, the hollow zenith OF their scoring
scoreless, rather-endeavors
Mathewson, self-contained and self-re-
pressed in manner, but positive oppres-
sion to the opposition, did bestride the slab
like Col ssus. He did not bear the palm
alone, for his fellows were all very much
In the game, but he was the planet around
which the others reviewed. ANY club
that bee = us has got to beat our pitching,
asid McGraw after the game. Therefore,
with good work in other departments to-
day as a substantial adjunct to superior
pitching, the game was easily won.
That sirenlike, fade away ball OF Mathew
sons to lure the Philadelphia hitters on to
strikeouts; his drop and his trick Of slipping
them over first one edge Of the plate, then
the other, were a conglomeration so ably
put In operation that the home hitters were
hypnotized. Young Coakley Of Philadel-
phia did not pitch a bad game by any
means. He was not the equal Of Mathew
son nor as cool and steady; but whereas
Mathewsons support was good, Coakley's
was faltering and ragged. For champions,
the Athletics gave poor exhibition. In
deed their tail end work tended to make
New York's play look stronger than it really
was.
Still, without the Philadelphias blunder-
ing, the New Yorks would have won. There
could have been no other result. The
chief offender On the philadelphia side
Tho base paths were soft and not sure as to
footing after the rain, and while several
Of the players slipped, Murphy slipped
more than anybody else. He made three
errors and after his first one was up in the
in the overhead winds. He was unfortunate
IN having each Of the errors a costly one.
Five runs were due to his jugglery and
hooting. Lave Cross also made an ex.
pensive misplay, Inuff Of n beautiful
throw by Powers to circumvent double
The New York men turned on the hits
when the Philadelphias were floundering,
outhitting the home team two to one. In
those innings In which they took the war
path they made things hum. % and a we're
inability Of The Athletics to break up their
base running. They had the home team
on the run, had the latter's wits enmeshed
q they beat it from base to base on the
least provocation, and, taking big leads
throws to Catch them, giving the slip and
the metaphorical laugh to the men who
tried to tag them. As the game looked
to be theirs from the start, they could
afford to take chances. Being slippery as
eels when they did take chances, and the
olox tbai
oongealed the game was like unto crickets
playing tag with snails.
Connie Mack was still cheerful after the
game and not repining or making excuses:
when we do look bad, we look very lad,
he said Which applies to all teams:
weather. Most OF the seating room was
taken. but there was no outfield crowd to
necessitate q ground rule. Although the
occasional appearance Of the sun from be
hind big, baggy and cherries crowds
made the bleachers warmer ABIDING places
stand, upstairs and down, was peopled to
the standing point. Conversation was
carried on with chattering teeth, and the
players practised in sweaters. Even quart
bottles were empty before the game was
DER, Somebody with an acute sense OF the
incongruous tossed an old straw hat out
on the diamond.
The crowd did not have an opportunity
TO enthuse and warm up, but the wind died
down toward the finish and it was warmer
then. That Is there was more material
warmth The hopes Of the crowd had long
been in cold storage.
Before Coakley could get his bearings
at the start, he had dented Bresnahan in
the back with the ball and the game opened
exactly as it did last Monday. When
Browne, after two foul bunts, was retired
on high foul to L. Cross, 1t looked as II
the inning would be barren, but Donlin
upset calculations with throbbing single
10 right. The ball hit the fence and Donlin
was held at first, but Bresnahan reached
third.
McGann, who atoned for his three strike
outs of Tuesday with three pepPery prods
to-day, scored Bresnahan with a far flung
single to right centre, the wind carrying
his hit Murphy va, 80 anxious to make a
double play on Mertes's, grounder that be
wavered and missed the tall. 1t went
through him like tissue paper and Donlin
scored. A base on balls to Dahlen filed
the repositories, but Coakley got out OF a
deeper hole by returning Devlin's bounGer
TO Schreck, forcing McGann, Schreck
doubling Devlin with throw to Davis
The Philadelphias lost no time in sparring.
Hartsel iolted grounder to Devlin, who
missed that one but did excellent work
on all others that came to him. Bresnahan
threw too high to spoil Hartsels steal,
but MathewsoT made q fine stop OF Davis'e
hard hit, threw to Devln without getting
set, and Hartsel was trapped between the
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