Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-25
Bender'S Work Marvellous .Game Fast and Often
SensationaI--Near|y $4,000 Fans Present. Players
Share in Series: Winners, Each, $3654.-Losers
$2436-- 7Oday's Game in New York City.

Philadelphia, Oct. 2t-- Hitting the
great Mathewson to all corners of the
field, the Philadelphia Athletics de-
feated the New York Giants at Shibe
Park. this afternoon, for the third ste
eessiye time by the score of 4 to 9,
and the American League champions
lnoW need but a single game to give
them the worlds baseball honors for
the second year In succession. The
victorious team not only outbatted the
champions of the National League, but
also outfielded them and showed more
Ialertness on the bases.
1t was a finely played game, sensa-
tional in spots, and gave the home
crowd plenty of opportunity to cheer
New York got the jump in the first
inning, but the Athletics came from
! behind, passed them in fierce on
slaught in the fourth inning and were
never again headed. Nearly 5000
persons witnessed the contest.
Mathewson, the main stay Of the
| Giants, was fairly crushed under the
| fusilade of hits and at the end of the
seventh inning he retired in favor of
Witt. The latter pitched but one in
ming against the heavy hitting Phila
delpha team and escaped with one
two base hit out Of four men UP. Ten
| hits for total Of Is bases We're made
eff Mathewsen in SIX innings. In the
seventh inning he gave his only base
on balls to Baker.
CHIEF, Bender, the Athletics sterl-
ing pitcher while he did not equal the
wonderful game he twirled against
New York OH the opening day of the
series was never in trouble except in
1.-THE first inning. New York got but
seven hits off him, only two of them
coming in one inning. He struck out
four men and gave two bases on balls.
In the opening round the top OF the
New York batting list jumped on the
chippewa in a manner that made
tie timid ones fear that all was lost.
The great Indian settled down. how
lever, after New York had scored two
runs on a single by Devore, a triple
| by Doyle and a sacrifice fly by Snod-
grass and had New York at his mercy
practically all the way.
Barry the brilliant shprtstop Of the
Athletics WAS the star man ut the bat
In four trips to the plate he ripped out
a single and two doubles, but none of
his hits figured in the scoring The
sensational Baker came TO time with
pair of two-basc bits out Of three
times up. and Murphy broke lose for
the iirst tlhe III li.e series a"" 49,
out TWO aeuples 'iiat SCI me rioNu
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