Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-18
Athletics Land
 0n MatheWson
BAKER POUNDS OUT HOME RUN
 IN NINTH.
BATTLE WENT II INNINGS
Connie Mack's White Elephants Score Their Second Win of Worlds Series -coombs Pitches Brilliant Game.

Their Second Win of Worlds Series
 -coombs Pitches Brilliant Game. New York, Oct 17-By the score of 3 to in eleven innings of baseball as 1 sensational as a worlds series has ever furnished, the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Giants here today and jumped into a lead of two games to one in the series for the worlds championship. The l White Elephants achieved this feat on their rivals own grounds, facing the | great MathewSon, who had puzzled them into the loss of one worlds series and who had started bravely in attempt to make history repeat itself. Three times in 1905 and once this year the Athletics had fallen victims to Mathewson's wizdrdry Today they finally broke through his guard and fell upon him so heavily in the latter part of the tense struggle that the great boxmen and his mates werc swept off their feet.
 Pounded Their Way To Victory. I Backed up by the splendid work of Jack Coombs, the Kennebunl1 Iron Man. who pitched one of the great est games of his stellar career and held New York runless from the third inning to almost the games very end, tho American Leaguers pound- l ed their way to victory: They tied the score when Baker, their brilliant third baseman, who won yesterday s game with home run hit, picked ~out one of Mathewsons- benders in the ninth and drove it with tremendous force into the far reaches of the right field stand for the circuit. They won out in the eleventh on three safe hits, helped out by two Giant errors. Capt. Davis contributed the hit which sent Baker across the plate with what proved to be the winning run.
 The Giants did not give up without 1 a struggle, and a hard one. A double | followed by an error. gave them a run in the last half of the eleventh. But 1 there were two out when the run came over and it was the Athletics game when the next moment the only oc- cupant of the bases was out in an at tempt to steal second.
 Full Of Sensational Features. No game played here within memory, ! provided so much excitement for the l fans" There were again nearly 40,- 900 of them on hand-the National Commission gave out the official at tendance figures as 37 ,216-and inning after inning this great throng was brought to it's feet by sensational held- ing plays, exciting batting rallies or remarkable feats of the rival boxInen- Coonbs An Unsolvabie Puzzle. l Jack Coombs. hero of last year S | series, earned further laureIs today 1 by letting down the Giants with only three hits in the prolonged contest. Two of these hits came in the third inning, resulting in @ run, and then the durable Coombs was unsolyable until the eleventh inning, when Her zog sent a rattling double to the left field fence. The Philadelphia pitcher employed fast drop which swept up to the plate and then broke suddenly downward before the bats of the help less Giants. Occasionally he deliver ed fast inshoots and most of the time the Giants hit with the handle of their bats.
 In seven of the innings the home team went out in order. Coombs struck out seven men, Snodgrass fan ming twice and Herzog, Devore, Doyle, Meyers and Mathewson once. The Philadelphia hurler passed four men but none of these figured in the SCOT ing.
 Mathewson Favored By The Break.
 Manager McGraw pinned his hope for todays game on Mathewson and until the fatal ninth inning, "Christy' held the Athletics runless letting them down with five hits He was favored by the breaks of the game, which enabled him to pull out of holes in the third and fifth innings. In the third inning with Barry anchored on second. l after single and steal, Iapp picked out a fadeaway and shot a liner direct | ly into Doyle's hands and Barry was quickly Snuffed out at the second bag. Had Lapp's drive been a yard either way a run would have followed. ! MatheWson was further favored by fortune in the fifth when with Murphy on first Davis singled through the box, the ball striking Umpire Connolly on the leg Unchecked by the umpire, the ball would have gone to center field and Murphy would have made at least third. In six of the innings the New York pitcher retired the Athletics in order. Three Athletics struck out. Oldring, who hit Mathewson for, two ] doubles last Saturday, flaming twice and Davis once. .tMatty'' pitched a steady game. giving no bases on balls Philadelphia had six men left on bases and New York only one. Only three Giants reached second base and l two of these scored.
 ' Doyle Accepted Ten Without Error. Captain Larry Doyle executed some fine fielding plays around second base, ! accepting ten chances without the sem- | blance of an error.
 Eddie Collins was also busy around second base for the Athletics. having eleven chances and falling down on two of them. One of his Inisp1ays, a tumble of Beckers grounder in the 11th inning, was responsible for the Giants second run. Had he handled the ball cleanly it would have been the third out and the game would have been over with the score 3 to~1. Col 1ins made two hits and a stole a base.
 Third Baseman Herzog and Shortstop Fletcher were alternately good and bad in fielding. their misplays in the 11th inning paving the, way for the Attn 1etics' runs.
 No Stealing on Lapp.
 The much vaunted speed of the Gi- ants on the base paths was not in evil denee today. Catcher Lapp of the Ath letics turned back five of the Giant runners who attempted to steal. His throwing was above criticism, and the ball was always on the runner as he l slid into the bag.
 Il The Philadelphians were again suc- cessful in stealing on Meyers, who was only able to check one of their three attempts. Lapp caught a perfect game, handling Coombs' swift shoots in fine style.
 Snodgrass Kissed for Spiking Baker.
 The unpleasant feature of the game , was the spiking of Frank Baker by Snodgrass in the 10th inning. Snod- grass had stepped in the way of one od Coombs' fast shoots. which struck him | in ha I'll In Sfo Tod fav hr11