Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-10
Plank Was Nervous.

Plank was nervous at the start, and as
he wound up to pitch the first ball a whole
battery of cameras on the coaching lines
took snapshots of him. A swift inshoot
caught Bresnahan on the ankle and Roger
limped to first base. Bresnahan was not
on the base long Browne sent a grounder
spinning down to Monte Cross, who handled
it in unruffied manner and tossed the ball
to Murphy, forcing Bresne ran. Mike Dom
lin caught the ball on tie handle of the
bat. sent a fly soaring to Harry Davis, and
two We're out. But there still was chill in
store for the Quaker concourse. the same
shivering their spines when McGann hit
into the crowd between Lord and Seybold
for two bases. With Browne third and
McCiann on second. Mertes was whitfield out
on strikes and the Quaker multitude re-
jOiced.
Then everybody sat erect. waiting to see
what the Athletics would do with Mathew
son. The tension was keen. But the
Quakers did not do anything with Mathew
son In that inning or any other. In the
first three innings only nine of them went
to bat, while fourteen New Workers were
at bat in the same length of time. Hart
sell opened with a roller to Gilbert, and
that human dynamo shot, the ball TO Nc
Gam whisker ahead of the fleet Hartsell.
O'Day's decision was close and correct.
Lord skied to Doniin and Mathewson ate up
Davis hot lick. ..-q 1929.
After Dahlen had famed in the second
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Devlin and Gilbert both outfooted taps to-
ward third base. Lave Cross would have
retired Devlin on the latter's bunt had not
Plank got in his way. Mathewson struck
out, and Plank took no chance on Bresna-
han, sending him along on balls. 1t was up
to Browne to wipe out this indirect slight
on his batting ability, and he did connect
with the ball squarely. But Monte Cross
gathered in the ball on mean bound and
threw Browne out. =. .s.-. s-- se
DonIin hunted toward right in the third
inning and he and Davis had hair-raising
race for the bag. Both slid for the pre-
cious canvas Davis reaching 1t first. Lave
Cross whipped McGanns jumper over to
first, and Murphy made a quick recovery
his man at first. After Devlin's sharp play
Oh NJ. Cross grounder In the third inning
Donlin muffed Schrecks fly and Schreck
had the honor of being the first Philadel-
phian to repose on a base. His lease of
life was brief Plank grounded to Dahlen,
who doubled IN Schreck and the batter.
Athletics First Hit
Dahlen was thrown out by Murphy in
tn. fourth, Devlin stabbed at a slow out
curve and sat down on three strikes, and
Monte Cross fired Gilbert out at first. The
Quaker half of the same inning was more
prolific of action Topsy Hartsel disclosed
Philadelphia's first bingle. 1t was a clean
slash over second base. Philadelphia's In
side mechanism wen. askew at this point
Lord hunted. the ball going In the air and
falling between Gilbert and McGann. 1t
was such a bunt. however, that HartseI
did not know whether the ball would be
caught or not. He had to hug his base
pending the fate of the ball. The instant
the leather hit terra firma Gilbert bounced
on IL. passed TO Dahlen at second, and
Hartsel was forced. Lord In turn was
forced on Davis grounder 10 Dahlen, Da-
Wis baking a double play by rapid sprint
Ing Dahlen also took care of L. Cross
turf traveller.
The fifth inning was Ne'v York's harvest
time. In that round the Asitors sealed the
temporary doom OF the opposition Mathew
son set a good example for his partners by
gashing the ozone with an untrammeled
base hit to the central meadow. Murphy
was not very spry In getting after the ball
Matty was forced by Bresnahan, H. Gross