Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-12
ENTHUSIASM IS HIGH
Third Game of the Base Ball
Championship
AT PHILADELPHIA
PLAYERS I'm THE BEST OF coNDI-
TIoN TODAY.
Plenty of New York Money Ready to
Go Up at Even
Chance.
AT PHILADELPH IA

COLUMBIA PARK. PhiladeIph',. Pa,
October 12.-Although the weather was
clear and warm this morning clouds be-
gan to gather about noon. The atmosphere
also changed and it became chilly and cold
mar the time the sun shone and the other
haii II was cloudy. and the two conditions
confronted the base ball enthusiast who
9ourneyed here this afternoon to witness
the thlrd game of the championship series
oetWeen the New York Giants and the
fhiaueiphia Athletics. The advance crowd
WAS not as great as that Of Monday for
the people --ad commenced to fear the
weather. which lad run the gamut in three
oays-hrst an August day. then one of the
April variety and finally one Of the No.
Vemper brand. BY o'clock the grand
Staiiu ana pleachers were full, in spite Of
the coio-fuH or spectators stirring to keen
warm. and 1t looked as If the crowd might
nave TO overflow into the outfield again. all
though 1t has been decided to keep them In
the stands IL possible.
Inc base ball enthusiasts of "Slumber-
Town aWoke this morning with their an
petites already sharply whetted by the post
ponement OF the championship series YES
t tefaay' Even n, more hungry for base ball
.ooay. II the whole town was base ball
MAD on Monday. when the series commenced
ana the game went to the Giants 1t has
hSdrophobia in Its most advanced stages
v 10y, win the Athletics tied with New
AoIh IN the two games played
Inc human wall around the grounds not
only interferes with the outfield but makes
IL dlfncult for the batters to see the balls
thrown oy the pitchers against such a back
ground. McGraw complained of this fact
on Tuesday and gave 1t as one Of the rea-
sons why Bender was able to keep heavy
batters like Mccain entirely harmless.
fnr no 1tr,, ~t,,@.-
yesterday, the weather here this morning
was as ideal as one could have obtained If
ne had had 1t made to order 1t was warm
ana absolutely clear. so clear. in fact, that
tnere was not even the smallest or f1eeciest
Kind OF cloud to relieve the blue monotony
of the sky.
The players were around early in the
morning and all reported in the best of
ter which had provided a box for the team
last eight, but they spent the morning in
wandering around town.
There was very little betting. either last
night or this morning. There was plenty of
New York money ready to go up at even
money for today's game, or 10 to and 5 to
for the series. but 1t found no takers.
Donlin landed on the second ball pitched
for single against the right field fence.
Bresnahan taking third McGann got q
single OF the same kind to center field fence,
Bresnahan trotting in with the initial run
and Donlin getting third. Murphy let
1SAOi tCS SiOuIlOtE 80 ulIu duO AOu-
lin scored.
Coakley seemed to have neither speed
nor control and allowed Dahlen to walk,
covering the bases Devlin hit grounder
to Coakley. who threw In time to catch Nc
Gam at the plate. Schreck was quick
enough to catch Devlfn at first. completing
a pretty double at critical point. Two
runs.
Second half-Hartsel opened with a
grounder too hot for Dev1in to handle, and
the yelling bleacherites got to their feet,
waving their big Indian flags. They stayed
there, still yelling. while Hartsel stole Sec
ond. Mathewson was equal to the task
of tanning Lord. Bresnahan dropped the
third strike and threw him out at first.
Davis hit to Mathewson, who threw in
time to catch Hartse1. who was trying to
go to third, Devlin and Dahlen completing
the play. Lave Cross was an easy out to
Mccain. No runs.
Lave Cross made fast assist of Gill
bert's hard grounder. Davis. unasssted,
put Mathewson out. The bleachers were
yelling for Coakley to hit Bresnahan again.
But Bresnahan ripped out liner which
looked like a clean single. Lave Cross,
however, made sensational catch of it.,
retiring the side. No runs.