The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-17
WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY.
Philadelphia MT New York.

Philadelphia. October ls.-when
John Franklin Baker. third baseman
pulled home run over the right field
wall OF Sh!oe Park. scoring Eddie Col
Inns ahead of him. to-day, ne put the
Philadelphia Athletics on an even foot
ing with the New York Giants, and the
two teams Will now go to New York
for the third game tomorrow in the
series for the worlds baseball honors.
Score: Philadelphia. 8; New York /
The big hit came In the sixth inning.
with two out, and when the lighting
Athletics had touched up Pitcher Mar
guard. of the National League cham
pions. for only three hits. Bakers
smash was the last in the game for
the American Leaguers. but It was
enough And just as important as
Baker was on the offensive was Eddie
Plank, the star left-handed pitcher OF
the house of Mack, on the defensive.
The veteran southpaw never pitched
a better game In his long career. Only
one Of the Giants reached second base,
and that was Herzog, who made that
bag on long hit TO centre field. which
Oldring either misjudged or lost in
the sun. Plank was never In trouble,
end in rhe last six innings New York
went out in order.
Vanguard, on whom Manager Nc
Graw had pinned his faith to make II
two straight victories for New York,
pitched game that was almost the
equal of that OF Plank. He allowed
the t>avy-hitting Philadelphia team
but four hits. two in the first inning,
in which the ouakers got their first
run. with. the help of a wild pitch.
and two in the sixth-Collins's double
and Bakers hit out of the grounds.
In the eighth inning Manager McGraw
changed pitchers. sending in Crandall.
q right-hander.
Unxtendy in First Inning.
The New York lett-tiander only once
during the game showed any unstead
mess. and that was in the first inning.
He appeared TO be nervous. and for
nails. and 1t looked as though ne would
blow up" and Manager McGraw no
doubt thought so, too, for he tmme-
diately sent Crandall down the side
lines to warm up. But Marquard, un-
der the steady coaching OF his Indian
catcher, soon settled down. and he had
no more trouble until Baker broke up
the game in the sixth inning. Mar
guard, however. was hit harder than
the score indicates Five of the outs
We're long flies to Devore. and one long
fly went to Snodgrass. New York sent
only three flies to the outfeld. two OF
which were captured by Lord and one
by Oldring.
Plank had eight strikeouts, Devore
falling victim to the cross-hre de.
livery Of the Philadelphia four times.
while anarquard struck out twice. and
Snodgrass and Murray each once. Six
of the Athletics went out by the
strikeout route. They were: Lord (2),
Baker, Murphy and Plank (2). Mar
guard got four of these and Crandall
two--Lord and Plank in tho closing
inning.
Neither Plank nor Marquard gave a
base on balls. The only -misplay
charged against them was Marquard's
wild heave in the frst inning, and q
man hit by pitched ball by Plank.
The Athletics went out In order in Ave
innings.
New York's only run was put across
! the plate by the last half of the bat
ting order, 1t came in the second In
ming, Hersos drove fly to centre.
which oldring failed to get, and the
New Yorker pulled up at second. He
went to third on Fietcher's inf,eld out,
and raced across the home plate when
Meyers hit a single to left
Philadelphia's first run came in the
opening inning. Lord. the frst man up,
singled to right, and reached second
on Murray's tumble. He was sacrificed
to third by Oldring. and came homo
on Marquard's wild pitch.
The fielding honors to-day were the
reverse OF those OF Saturday. The