The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-18
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Philadelphia, Oct. 1S.--1n a clean and
sharply played game the Philadelphia
American league baseball champions
defeated the Chicago cubs, the premier
team OF the National league, at Shibe
park by the score of to 1. 1t was
the first contest of the series to decide
the worlds championship. Nearly 3d.
600 persons saw the game.
To Charles Albert Bender, the Chip
pewa Indian pitcher. and to Frank
Baker the third baseman, the Philadel-
phia team largely owes its victory. The
chief" never showed better form, and
Bakers valuable contribution was his
hard and timely 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 Nc
Intire to the box. The latter promptly
| stopped the athletics and held them
without hit until the eighth inning,
when Baker landed on one of his curves
for a terrific smash to the right field
wall for two bases.
Bender, who won the only game the
athletics took from the New York Ma
tionals in the worlds series in 1905,
allowed the Chicago men but three hits
one in the first inning by Schultz and
two in the ninth and not one cub
reached second base until the final in
ming.
If it had not peen for the mufflng of
Tinker's foul fly by Thomas in the
ninth inning the Chicagos would have
been disposed of with but two hits, as
the shortstop hit the next ball for
clean single and took second on
Strunk's tumble
The big Indian was as steady as a
clock and appeared to be the master
at every stage of the game. Besides
getting only three hits, the National
leaguers were able to work him for
only two bases on balls, and Schultz
got both of these.
Overall, elected by Captain Chance
to win the first game, got away with
the first inning in fine shape, although
Collins, the star second baseman of
the athletics, hit a single, but he got
into deep trouble in the second when
the home team batted him for three
hits, one a double. He also gave a
base on balls in this inning. In the
third he was touched up for a single
and double.
Third Baseman Baker was the only
man on either team to get more than
one hit. He landed on the ball for two
doubles and single, scoring one run
himself and sending home two others
of the total of four. Lord was the only
other man to hit for an extra base.
Except for hard running catch by
Sheckard Of a long fly off Murphys
bat in the seventh inning and several
hard stops. by Baker and Barry, the
fielding was not sensational.
The only base stolen was by Muir
ply, who reached second on a high
pitched ball which Killing could not
bring down in time for a throw.
The athletics much discussed weak
ness behind the bat did not show itself,
as Thomas had the ball down to sec
ond ahead of the runner each time a
steal was tried. Only two attempts
were made, both by Schultz.
The crowd that saw the game was
not the largest that ever attended a
game in this city. The official
count of the attendance was 26,S91 and
the total receipts $S7,424.50. OF this
amount the players will receive $780,
209.23; the club owners $I3, 472.82, and
the national commission $3,742,45.
The failure of record crowd to at
tend was due partly to the inability of
thousands to obtain reserved seat tick
cts, and to the fact that the police de-
partment would not permit anyone to
stand in the aisles of the grandsJand.
The national commission had ar
ranged to sell several thousand stand
ing room tickets in the big pavilion,
but after eighty eight of them had
been disposed of, the police shut down
on the sale.
The bleacher seats were packed and
there were several thousand persons
behind the ropes in right and
left fields,
The bleachers were filled two hours
before the game began, several thou
sand of the rooters having spent most
Of the night at the gates of Shibe park
in order to get good seats.
Outside the grounds enterprising
whose homes overlooked
the. playing field, erected bleacher
seats on the roofs and sold them at
from 30 TO 30 eacn.
The big game was late in starting,
due to long conference over ground |
rules, and over the question of permit
ting moving picture men on the field, |
while the game was in progress.
Umpire O'Day, who decided the base
decisions, ordered the photographers
off the field. They refused to go and |
to Ban Johnson, president of |
the American league who was in a box. |
Mr.. Johnson summoned Connolly and |
told him that the moving picture men
had permission of the national COM
mission to operate their machines.
0'Day acquiesced but Manager Chance |
objected to the machines being placed |
behind the plate. 1t finally was agreed |
TO permit the photographers to place |
their cameras against the grandstands |
behind first and third bases.
When Bender slowly walked to the |
pitchers box he was given q splendid |
ovations His great record for the sea-
son was remembered by the crowd and |
the Philadelphia, rooters settled back |
believing the chief would |
to show his great form.
Sheckard, the first man up, fouled |
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eheered. The next was a strike and |
with two more heaves of the Indians |
mighty arm. the batter went out on |
strikes. Schultz, the next man up
sent chill through the crowd by |
a clean single to left. Then |
On the first ball pitched Schultz start
I'd for second and was headed off by |
Thomas beautiful throw. Hoffman was
in easy out.
In the athletics half Strunk and |