Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-18
ATHLETICS WIN, FOUR TO ONE
Take First Game Of the Worlds
Championship Series,
INDIAN CHIEF THE TwIRIER
Connie Bfack's Men Held the Cubs
safe Uatil the Ninth Inning,
when They Score Their
Only Tally,

PHILADELPHIA. Oct i'm a clean
and sharply played Eame the Philadelphia
American league champions defeated the
Chicago CUBE" the premier team Of the
National league. at Shibo park today, 4 TO
L In the frst contest OF the series to de-
eide the worlds ohamp,onship Nearly
5000 persons saw the game,
To Charles Albert bender, the Chippewa
indian pitcher, and TO Frank Baker the
third baseman. Philadelphia largely owes
its victory, The 'NChIer' never showed
better form than no did when he faced
tho Chicago men this afternoon, Bakers
contribution was his hard and timely bat
ting. The Americans found Overall rather
easily, and after the third inning MANAGER
Chance retired him and sent Mcintyre in
70 the box The latter promptly stopped
the Athletics and held them without a
hit until the eighth inning when Baker
hit 70 the right field wall for two bases
Bender, who won the only game the
Athletes took from the New York Nation
ais n the world series Ia 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 inning. II It had not
been for the mufnng OF Tinlrer'a foul ny
By Thomas IN the ninth, the Cubs" would
have been disposed OF with but two hits
as the little shortstop hit the next ball
for a clean single and took second on
Strunlrs tumble,
Bender IL Master,
The big Indian was as steady as a clock
ana appeared to be the master at every
stage Of the game. Besides getting only
three hits, the Nationals were able only
TO work him for two bases on balls and
Schultz got both Of these, one in the fourth
inning and the other In tho ninth
Overall got away with the first inning in
fine shape though Collins singled. but he
got into deep trouble in the second, when
the home team batted him for three hits.
one'a double, He also gave base on balls
In this inning. In the third he was found
for a single and double
Third Basemah Baker was the only man
on either team to get more than one hit.
He banded on the BAN for two doubles and
a single, scoring one run himself and send
ing home two Others OF the total OF four.
Lord was the only other man to hit for
an extra base
Except for a hard running catch by
sheckard OF a long fly Off Murphy's bat
IN the seventh inning and several hard
stops by Baker and Barry, the fielding was
not sensational.
One Stolen Base.
The only base stolen was by Murphy.
who reached second base on high pitched
ball, which King could not bring down In
time for. a. try to the center bag. The
Athletics much discussed weakness behind
Yhe bat did NOT show itself. as Thomas had
the bell down 10 second ahead of the run
neF each Time a steal was triod only two
attempts were made By Schultz.
The crowd that saw the game was not
the largest that ever attended base ball
game IN this city, The official count Of
the attendance was 1851 and the total re-
eeipts S7,g2A60 OF this amount the players
viii receive $40, s0s2S the club owners
l3'H2S and the national commission
$8.742.45.
The failure OF record crowd to attend
was due partly to the inability OF thou
sands 20 obtain reserved seat tickets and
20 the fact that the police department would
not permit any one 20 stand In the aisles
or the grandstand. The national commits
sion had arranged TO sell several thousand
standing room tickets in the big pavilion.
but after lightweight of them had been
disposed OF the police shut down on the
sale.
The bleacher seats were packed ana tbera
were several thousand persons crowded he
hind the ropes in right and left fields.
The bleRchers were filled two hours he.
fore the game began several thousans bav.
Ing spent most OF the night at the Rates
OF the park TO get 20 good seats.
Outside the grounds enterprising house.