The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-13
WAS An OFF DAY.
The Athletics Shut Ont by
Giants Fast Work.
Pitcher COakIey Poorly Support
ed By His Team Mates.
COULD NOT HIT MATTY.
Murphy Fumbled 3 GrOunders
at Critical Moments.
Attendance Was lO,99l and the
Receipts IS, 34S.
COULD NOT HIT MARTY.

Philadelphia, Oct. BIT was all New
York Thursday in the third game for
the baseball championship Of the world
between the National league champions
and the American league pennant VIM
ners, the visitors scoring nine runs
while the home team failed to tally.
The series now stands , to in favor
of New York
Mathewson pitched another magnifi-
cent game, the Philadelphians hitting
him for only four singles-the same
number of hits they made of him on
Monday. Only one home player reached
second base. Coa6ley, the former Holy
Cross college pitcher, received poor sup
port, the American leaguers putting UP
one OF the worst exhibitions of fielding
they have been guilty of this year on
the home grounds. Murphy was the
chief offender He fumbled three
grounders a critical moments and
Bartsel dropped a fly ball. The usual
good head work of the home players
was missing. New York played an easy
game.
New York started off with a rush in
the first inning. Bresnahan was hit by
a pitched ball. Brown fOuled out to L.
Cross, who held Bresnahan on first
Donlin singled, Bresnahan going to
third. Mccain also singled on which
Donlin moved to third while Bresnahan
scored the first run. Then Murphy
fumbled Mertes' grounder on which
Donlin scored. Dahlen waited for four
balls, filing the bases Devlin chopped
grounder to Coakley, who threw Nc
Gam out at the plate, and Sehreck
made a quick throw to first, heading off
Devlin completing d double play. Ex-
cepting a muff by Hartsel of McGanns
fly in the third inning, the New Workers
went out in order in the second, third
and fourth inning.
The fifth inning was a distressing af-
fair for the home rooters. Mathewson
went out on an easy grounder to NJ.
Cross. Bresnahan was given base on
balls. Murphy fumb1ed Brownies
/ grounder, Bresnahan going to third and
Browne took second on the throw to
catch Bresnahan at third. Donlin was
plrpOseIy given four balls, filling the
/ bases. Then Murphy fumbled McGann's
easy grounder, Bresnahan scoring. A
single by Mertes TO right sent Browne
/ home. Dahlen forced AIertes at second
/ on which play Donlin scored and a mo-
ment later Dahlen stole second while
/ Coakley held the ball Mccain scored
! the fourth run of the inning on Dew
/ Inns Single, Dahlen going to third. The
Philadelphians' signals went wrong as
4 Devlin stole second and Dahlen slid
\ across the plate with the fifth run. Gil
4 bert, the ninth man up IN Inc innings
4 sent a fly to Lord. &
| Powers relieved Schreck. behind the
bat in the sixth inning and in the sew
enth inning he threw two men out who
I tried to steal second. Not a New York;
I until the ninth, when with two out
I Browne singled and stole second. Don
/ lin got base on balls and both rum
ners worked double steal Powers.
made a good throw to L. Cross, who
dropped the ball and Browne was safe.
1 Mccain sent both men home with a
| two-base hit and a moment later the
! New York captain was caught mapping
at second by fine throw by Powers.
OF the thirty-tW0 men who faced
/ Mathewson nine reached first. Eartsel,
the first man up in the first inning, was
safe on Devlin's tumble of his grounder.
tween the bases on Davis felder's
choice. Seybold got to first in the sec
ond on MatheWson's only base on balls
/ and was forced out. In the fifth NJ.
| Cross singled and was left at first. In
I the seventh Davis singled and was
thrown out going to second, after a
/ foul fly had been captured Seybold
I singled in the same inning and never
/ got away from first base. In the eighth
/ Coakley was hit by a pitched ball after
/ two were out and the man who followed
him was an easy victim. With two
/ out in the ninth. Captain L. Cross sin
/ gled and Seybold ended the game by
| striking out.
ball. The attendance was officially an
nounced at 1881, the receipts IS. 34S and
the players share $4,507. The total at
/ tendance for the three games is 53, 938
| and the total receipts $40, 072.
The teams will play in New York to-
/ day and Saturday. Plank and Powers
will be the Philadelphia battery tomor-
row. The score:
NEW YORK.