Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-23

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was a prayerful silence, when So
right fielder smote the sphere
bumped up against the right field
a potential base-runner on the Sc
smiled, and the smile broadened
the runner to third.
CAPTAIN CHANCE AT BAT
But the crowd was fairly crazy with
excitement The oar Of cheers was
earsplitting when Captain Chance came
to bat. The first ball pitched nlppeo
him on the finger, but the umpire SAD
he walked into it and it served nm
right. or words to that effect. Inc
"Peerless Leader hoped about, snap
ping the injured member for mo
ment and then resumed his posltloii,
glaring in the direction of the stlll
grinning Bender.
He stepped into another one, but the
result was different. With every mug
Gle in his angry system tense he caugnt
the ball on the seam and slammed IL
to the farthest corner of the lot for
three bases The gloom which had
hung like a pail since Monday floated
away and in the sky of the fanatics
appeared rainbows of hope ana prom
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rooters remained passive and confident.
The habit of being On the winning SIDE
had not deserted them. They acclaimed
the Indian hurler when zimmerman
and Steinfeldt went out, leaving
Chance, with what would have been
the winning run stranded on third.
BAKER MAKES STAR CATCH
The game might have ended in this
stanza but for the sensational eaten
by Baker. Steinfeldt poked foul INTO
a left field box and although the oc-
cupants thereof were far from helptul
the fast fielding third baseman OF the
Philadelphians leaned over among the
seats and shared the ball. But that is
only one of the many ifs IN Whlcn
the game abounded.
The Phiiadelphians came to bat in
their half of the tenth with undated
confidence. Archer smothered foul,
however, and Baker, the first man up,
was disposed of. Captain Davis rose
to the occasion with clean double TO
right, and the local crowd felt some
thing in it's throat.
Home run Murphy was up, but his
best was a sharp grounder Tinker
fumbled it for one breathless moment
and then threw Davis out at third.
Barry ended the rally by striking out.
There were two out when the winning
run came in. Tinker popped out, but
Archer interpolated double which was
followed by Browns out at first. Every
local hope hung on Sheckard, but, for
tunately for those with weak hearts,
it did not have to hang for long. The
Chicago left fielder lit into the first
ball pitched for single over second.
Archer trotted across the plate and the
agony was over.
COLE AND ARCHER START
Chance answered the call of the
West Side constituency by sending
"King" Cole into the pitching box.
Archer was named to catch because
Kings batting average of .OS7 for the
series, it was thought, could not be
lowered by Archer or anybody else.
Chicago scored n the first when
Sheckard walked, stole the only base
of the day and scored on Hotman's
single. In the fourth Schultz singled,
went to third when Hoffman hit to
Davis, scoring on q single by Chance.
Further scoring was checked by dou-
BILE play.
Philadelphia tied the score in the
third when Bender walked and came
home on Strunk's triple TO deep center.
In the fourth it looked as If the Amer
leans were going to repeat the former
batfests. Doubles by Baker and Muir
ply and a single by Collins Melted two
runs. Cole, however, steadied and was
credited with three strikeouts.
In the fifth the visitors had two men
on bases, but Lord and Collins each
sent high ones to Sheckard and the
opportunity vanished. In the sixth
they were threatening. Baker walked
and was sacrificed to second. Muir
phys single was too hot for Steinfeldt
and Baker perched on third. Barry hit
sharply to Steinfeldt, who threw to
Archer, and Baker was out by a close
margin at the plate.
In the eighth Baker was again
caught at the plata force out Baker
beat out a grounder and Davis walked.
Murphy advanced the runners with a
sacrifice and Baker filled the bases
when he was hit by a pitched ball.
There were none out when Thomas
hit to Cole, who nipped Baker at the
plate, Thomas being doubled at first
The official forecast tonight promises
"fair and warmer tomorrow" which
should produce ideal baseball weather.
Coombs and Brown are likely to be the
opposing pitchers.
Manager Chances superstitions
showed themselves in new hosiery
which adorned the legs Of his athletes.
Just before the championship series
was begun Chance ordered new sets of
gray and of white stockings for the
players-the gray for out of town and
the white with black stripe for home
use. The new grays were on exhibit
ton during the first two games at
Philadelphia. They did not prove lucky, |
however, and for the first game here
Chance ordered that the old white ones
be used. This did no good, either, and
so today the new white ones came out !
The Athletics, numbering nineteen |