Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-18
Nearly $4,000 See Bender Fool Ma
tlona| Champs Overall Replaced by
mCIntyre--CoombS VS.. Brown
Today in Second Came.


sharply played game the Philadel-
phla American League baseball cham
pions defeated the Chicago Cubs. the
premier team of the National League,
at Shibe park this afternoon by the
score of to l, in the first contest
of the series 20 decide the worlds
championship. Nearly 27,0OO persons
saw the game.
TO Charles Albert Bender the Chip
pcWa Indian pitcher, and to Frank
Baker. the third baseman, the Phil
adelphia team largely owes its vic
tory. The Chief never showed bet
ter form than he did when he faced
the Chicago men this afternoon.
Bakers valuable contribution was
his hard and time hitting. On the
other hand. the American champions
found Overall rather easy and after
the third inning, Manager Chance was
compelled to retire the star pitcher
and send Mcintyre into the box. The
latter promptly stopped the Athletics
and held them without a hit until the
eighth inning. when Baker landed on
one of his curves for d terrific smasI,
to the right field wall for two lases.
Bender. who won the ONLY game the
Athletics took from the New York
Nationals in the worlds series in
zoos. allowed the rhicagn men but
three hits, one in the first inning by
Schultz and two in the NINTH and
not one Cub reached second base un-
til the final inning. If it had not been
for the mufting of Tinker's foul fly
by Thomas in the ninth inning the
Chicago's would have been disposed
Of with but two hits. as the little
shortstOp hit the next ball for IA clean
single and took second on Strunk' e
tumble. The big Indian was as steady
as clock and appeared to be the
master at every stage of the game
Besides getting only three hits, the
National Leaguers were able to wor
him for only two bases on balls ant
Schultz got both of these. one in tn.
fourth inning and the other in th.
ninth.
Overall, who was elected by Chanc'
to win the first game, got away wit
the first inning in fine shape, thoug'
Collins, the star second baseman
the Athletics, hit a single. but h
got into deep trouble in the second
when the home team batted him for
three hits, one a double. He also gave
d base on balls in this inning. In the
third, he was touched UP for singh
and double.
Third Baseman Baker was the only
man on either team to get more thar
one hit. He landed on the ball fo
two doubles and single scoring or
run himself and sending home two
others of the total of four. Lord was
the only other man to hit for an extr'
base Except for hard running
catch by Sheckard of long fly off
Murphy's bat in the seventh inning
and several hard stops by Baker and
Barry, the fielding was not sensation
al The only base stolen was by Muir
phv. who reached second base on d
high pitched ball which King could
not bring down in time for try t"
the center bag. The Athletics much
discussed weakness behind the
bat did not show itself. as Thomas
had the ball down to second ahead oi
the runner each time steal was at
tempted Only two attempts were
made, both by Schultz.
The crowd that saw the game was
not the largest that ever attended -
baseball game in this city. The ofti-
cial count of the attendance was 70
s91 and the total receipts $37,424.50. or
this amount the players will receive
S2O, ,2O9.23. the club owners Sl3.4i2S2
and the National Commission $3142 As.
90; Of crowd TO at
tend was due partly to the inability
of thousands to obtain reserved seat
tickets and to the fact that the police
department would not permit anyone
to stand in the aisles of the grand
stand. The National Commission
had arranged to sell several thousand
standing room tickets in the DIG
pavilion but after So of them had
heen disposed of the police shut down
IN the sale. The bleacher seats Were
nacked and there were several thous-
and persons crowded behind the
rones in right and left fields The
b,eachers were filled two hours be-
fore the game began. several thous-
and Of the rooters having spent most
of the night at the gates of Shlpe
narls in order to get good seats. out
side the grounds enterprising house
ro,ders whose homes overlooked the
n1avinp field, erected bleacher seats
on the roofs and sold them at from
SO to S. EACH
The big game was late in gettlhg
started. due to long conference over
ground rules owing to the croWd III
the field and over the question OF
perritting moving picture men on the
field while the game was in progress
Umpire O'Day, who decided the pase
decisions, ordered the photographers
off the field. They refused TO 80
and appealed to Ban Johnson. pres
ident of the American League VINO
was in a box. Mr. johnson sum nm.
moneed" Connolly and told him tnat the
,,,o,,;ng nicture men had permission