The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-19
ATHLETICS WIN
SECOND GAME
MOST EVERYTHING THAT MAKES
BALL GAME EXCITING WAS
IN EVIDENCE.
FINAL SCORE 8 TO B
Collins, 9econd Bascman For Phil
adelphia Team, Was the Star
Good Support Saved
Pitcher coombs.


Philadelphia, Oct 18.~-The Phila
delphia American League champions
this afternoon administered a second
defeat to the chicago National
League champions by a8 score Of 8
to 8.
Almost everything that goes into
exciting basebaTwas in evidence.
The feature was Eddie Collins, sec.
ond baseman of the home team. He
reached first every time. making
three hits, receiving base on balls,
and making a force play He e@scnred
three times. He accepted s~ten
chances without an errcr; figured in
two sensational plays that stopped
Chicago from running bases, and
stole twice on Killing.
coomhs Was Erratic.
Coombs pitched most erratic
game, giving nine bases on balls. He
got into trouble In the first inning
BY giving two of the first three men
up bases on balls. He got away with
the inning with bur one run against
his team AT several other stages or
the contest he was In trouble, but the
brilliant work of the men behind him
pulled him out OF the difficulty. He
seemed to show better form when
the bases We're occupied This Ia
shown by the fact that Chicago had
II inen left on bases.
Chleago's inside play did not seem
10 be in working order for with men
on bases Coombs &was unsteady
Mordecai Brown pitched fairly goo4
iylT tire VI stages THE iassiiadel
phians began to touch him up in the
third, and in the seventh he was hit
TO al corners. Nine went to bat in
this inning and scored six runs on
three doubles, two singles, base on
balls. an error and a sacrifice. After
that inning he was taken out. He
was succeeded by Richie. In the
seven innings he pitched the white
elephants hit him thirteen times for
total of II bases,
Chicago scored her rrst run at the
beginning of the game, After Sneck-
ard had received base on balls and
was forced out by Schultz, Hoffman
was given four &alls. Chances sin
gle filled the bases and Schultz scored
on Zimmerman's long sacrifice fly
Fast double plays ended the
chances of the other team to score
in the second
Athletics Score in 3rd.
With two on bases Ia the third and
no outs the Athletics forged to the
front. Coombs struck out and
Strunk. singled; Lord forced Strunk
out at second and Collins hit into left
field for two Bases, sending home
both Thomas and Lord There was
no more scoring until the fifth inning
when Philadelphia added another run
After Strunk had struck out, Lord |
singled and was forced by Collins.
The latter made his second steal, and |
came home on Davis single to left.
The National Leaguers scored their
second run in the seventh. Brown
struck out and Sheckard sent a line
drive into the crowd for two bases.
Schultz lifted fly to strunk. Hof-
man worked Coombs for third base
on balls. Chance sent single to
center and Sheckard crossed the
plate. Chance was forced out by |
Zimmerman.
The Athletics Seventh.
Then came the seventh. Collins led |
off with base on balls and drew up
at third on Bakers single. Davis hit
to left field for two bases. Collins
walked home and Baker went to
third The hard hitting Murphy sent
terrific drive into LEFT for a double,
and Baker and Davis reached home
Barry sacrificed sending Murphy to
third, and the latter came home with
the fourth run Of the inning on
Thomas single. Coombs was an easy
out. Strunk lined TWO base hit to
right, scoring Thomas. Lord should
have been an easy out but Sheckard
cropped his fly and Strunk scored the
sixth run. Lord Wen; out In an at
tempt to steal second
Chicago made one run in the ninth
on Hofman's single.
The total paid attendance was a.
956; total receipts s35.137.
Total receipts for the two days s72,. II
561.50; share of players $39,1Ss.21.
The teams left here over the PENN.
sylvania railroad at S:55 tonight for
Chicago. They are travelling In two
specials. The third game will be
played In Chicago Thursday. +;
Score ..s... ..s ........ r III II
...... $3.50. 8 IA All
Chicago .......... .......s sIi
Batteries-Coombs and Thomas: