The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-18

Philadelphia, October 17-In a clean and sharply played game, the American league baseball champions defeated the Chicago National league team this after noon by the score of to l. in the first contest of the series to decide the world s championship. Nearly 3o,o00 persons saw the game.
 To Charles Albert Bender, the Chippe- wa Indian pitcher, and to Frank Baker, the third baseman, the Philadelphia team largely owes its victory. The "chler never showed better form than he did when he faced the Chicago men this afternoon Bakers valuable contribution was his hard and timely hitting The American champions found Overall rather easily. and after the third inning, Man ager Chance was compelled to retire the star pitcher and send Mcintyre to the box. The latter promptly stopped the lccals and held them without a hit until the eighth inning, when Baker landed for a terrific smash to the right field wall for two bases.
 Bender's Fine Work
 Bender. who won the only game Phil
  tionals in the worlds series in 1905, al lowed the Chicago men but three hits, one in the first inning by Schulte and two fin the ninth, and not one Chicagoap reached second base until the final in - nirg. If it had not been for the muffing of Tinker's foul fly by Thomas in the ninth inning the Chieagoans would have been disposed of with but two hits, as the little shortstop hit the next ball for clean single and took second on Strunks 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 work him for only two bases on balls. and Schulte got both of these, one fin the fourth inning and the other in the ninth.
 Overall got away with the first inning fin fine shape though Collins, the second haseman of the locals, hit 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.
 Tn 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 dou- bles and a single. scoring one run him. self, and sending home two others. Lord was tried Only two attempts were made, tra base.
 Except for hard running catch by 6heckard of long fly off Murphys bat fin the seventh inning and several hard etops by Baker and Barry, the fielding was not sensational.
 The only base stolen was by Murphy, who reached second on a high pitched ball which Kling could not bring down in time for a try to the center bag. The Americans much discussed weakness be- hind the bat did not show itself. as Thomas had the ball down to second ahead of the runner each time steal was tried. Only tw attempts were made, both by Schulte.
 Game Started Late
 The crowd that saw the game was not the largest that ever attended a ball game in this city. The failure of rec ord crowd to attend was due partly to the Inability of thousands to obtain reserved seat tickets and to the fact that the po- lice department would not permit any one LO SldHu III lue dlSies ol lHe stand. The National commission had ar ranged to sell standing room tickets in the big pavilion, but after SS of them had been disposed of the police shut down on the sale.
 The bleacher seats were packed and Hhere were several thousand crowded behind the ropes in right and left fields
 The bleachers were filled two hours before the game began, several thous- and of the rooters having spent most of the night at the gates of Shibe park 1n order to get good seats.
 The big game was late in starting, Hue to a long conference over ground