Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
He Keeps Athletics From
BunChing Their Hits.
MANY OPPORTUNITIES LOST
Philadelphia Kept From Scoring at
Critical Times.
CUBS MAKE DRIVES COUNT
Fourth Game for the Worlds Base
Ball Championship Taken by
Chicago on Timely Hitting.
BY j. ED GRILLO.

BY J. ED GRILLo.
Special Dispatch to- The Star.
CHICAGO, Ill. October 2c-Thc proR-
ress of the Athletics toward the worlds
championship title was at least tempo
rarily thwarted today, when the Cubs.
after losing three games. I'm which they
failed to show themselves in the same
class with their rivals, suddenly awak-
ened and after ten innings OF desperate
struggling succeeded in winning their
first game of the series: score to ,.
1t was brilliant game of ball and
the first time since the two teams hooked
up that the National Leaguers showed
themselves a team OF class. Hardly one
of the 10000 souls who journey to the
ball park this afternoon had any more
than hope that the tide might be
turned. Every one seemed to concede
that the game would result in another
victory for the Athletics and end the
series. To make this belief all the
stronger Chance sent King Cole TO the
firing line. A youngster of little expert
ence and whose recent games i'm the pen
nant race did not Indicate that he was
of high class. he pitched brilliantly to-
day, though il was Brown who had TO
finish the struggle, entering before the
score was tied.
1t was to the good, hard and consecu-
tive hitting of the Cubs that the victory
was due They wasted few of their safe
smashes off of Chief Bender, and their
efforts were finally rewarded with a vic
tory.
Bender was not the Bender of opening
day, and yet ordinarily he would have
won his game with apparent ease Had
his teammates been as successful In get
ting hits when opportunity for runs were
offered today as they were In the pre-
vious games this would have been another
slaughter for the Athletics
Couldn't Hit opportunely.
But for once the Mackmen could not
get hits at the right time, and this ex-
plains their undoing. There were chances
after chances offered them, for while
Cole was scored on but three times, he
hardly went through an inning that he
did not get men on the bases. Bender
was good In all but a few innings, but he
again faltered in the closing rounds as he
did in the first game he pitched, only
then he had big lead, while today it was
a close game in which every move
counted.
There was only one inning, the first,
that the Athletics failed to get men Oh
the bases, and yet there We're only two
in which they scored, and that was early
in the game. They had grand chances
in the sixth and eighth and failed on
both occasions. In fact, in the eighth
they had the bases full with but one out
and Yet failed to reach the plate, a fast
double play putting them out of the run
ming.
Behind Bender the Athletics played
well, yet not near SO well as they had
in previous games. But the work Of the
Chicago tielderS was brilliant behind Cole
and the slightest slip-up on any one of
numerous occasions would have played
havoc with the result.
Cubs Uphill Fight.
The Cubs had an uphill fight on their
hands after the fourth inning. They got
off in front again in this game, scoring a
run In the first inning, but were soon tied
and passed At one stage they were two
runs behind, and il seemed that the Sc
ries was indeed over for no one could
imagine that Bender would be beaten
once he held the advantage But the
Cubs pegged along, full of determination.
Batter after batter failed. but they con-
tinued to try. In the fourth they man
aged to get another tally, and then be-
gan the real struggle. Bender steadied
down and pitched silt-edsed ball until tile
NINTH when he came very near to losin..
the game. the Cubs managing to tie il up
in this round. Though they had a man
on third and one out with the score tied.
they failed TO score again because of
Bender's good pitching In the tenth
came the end, for two hard drives, on.
for double by Archer and the Other A.
single by Sheckard drove the winning
run over the plate.
Cole retired the Athletics in order in
the first. Not so Bender. he started
poorly by walking Sheckard. but man
aged to strike out Schultz after the latter.
had made two unsuccessful attempts to
bunt. Hoffman hit safely and Sheckard
trotted nome, but when Baker made a
great pickup and throw OF Chances
grounder, forcing Hoffman. Chance was
also called out because of Hofman's in
with the throw
Cole allowed Baker to start the second
with a single, but he never reached Sec
ond base, for Davis struck out and Muir
ply had sent up fly. Baker was nailed
trying to steal.
athletics Take the Lead.
1t was rather unfortunate for Cole than
the Athletics should tie the score in tho
third inning. He had retired the first two
men who faced him when he began tn
wobble with Bender at the plate, with the
result that the Indian walked Young
Strunk proved the right man for the spot.
for he hit to deep center for three bases
oyershd the bag. Bender had i'm the
meantime scored and matters were even.
Bender went along at a terrific clip in
both the second and third. not allowing a
nan to reach first while Cole had his
-roubles in the fourth, when the Athletics
ook the lead. He started well cough
when he struck out Lord, but the mimi
able Collins beat out a slow bounder to
The speed shown i'm his run
o first was marvellous, for any ordinary
player would have been thrown out by
'eet on the play. On the hit and run
Baker came along with a long double to
eft center which sent Collins to third.
Davis seemed ratified and he struck out
or the second time. leaving ii up to Muir
,hy. That worthy did not fail, either, for
ie drove the ball far out into left field.
leaned over the bleachers to
make the catch, but the ball fell out OF
each and Collins and Baker came home
,iving the Athletics two-run lead. Cole
hen struck out Barry, having struck out
very man who was retired in the in
ling
Bender Gets Out of Hole.
For an instant it looked as il Bender
would have to be taken out i'm the
ourth, when he was hit as hard as he
las ever been i'm his career by the first