The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-25
GIANTS WIN.
Tie Score by Batting Rally IN
Ninth.
The Victory Comes in the Tenth
Inning.
CRANDALL THE HERO
His Double Makes New York
Victory Possible.
Oidring's Home Run Gives Attn
letics Lead in Third.
Five Pitchers Are Used by the
Two Teams.



Batting Order.
NEW YORK. Ph1LADELPHlA'
Devore, IT, Lord, H.
DovIe 2b Oldring, CT
Snodgrass, CT. Collins 2b
Murray IF. Baker, 3D.
Merkle, ID Murphy5 IL
Herzog, 3d. DAVIS, 10.
Fletcher, S. Barry s.
Meyers, C. Lapp' {.
Marquard, p 1oonlos' p
Ames, p. flank' y.
Crandall, p. -....,
Unlpires-Klem and Brennan Natlonal
League. Connolly and Dineen, American
league
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New York 0 0 o / 0 II 10 2
Polo Grounds. New York. Oct. 25.-
The New York Giants defeated the
Philadelphia Athletics in a thrilling
game by a score Of 4 to 8 in ten in
nfngs Of play this afternoon.
The Athletics commanding lead of
three runs was finally overcome in a
desperate ninth inning rally by the
Giants. who sent two runs across the
plate on two doubles and a single.
The home team won in the tenth.
when Doyle doubled. then advanced
to third on an attempted sacrifice and
scored on a long fly by Merkle, which
Murphy captured on the line BY let
ting the ball drop to the ground it
would have counted as a strike against
the batter and the base runners could
not have advanced.
OIdring was the home run hero.
With two men on ahead of him, he hit
a home run into the left field stand.
The blow unsteadied Marquard who
was il the box for the Giants and he
was taken out at the close of the third
inning
Ames, who relieved him, pitched
wonderful ball and held the Athletics
from scoring until the end OF the
seventh when he was relieved to let
Crandan bat for him.
The Giants scored one in the
seventh inning. Coombs was wild
and walked Merkle. Barry's error on
Herzog's grounder landed Merl1le on
second. Merkle got to third on
FIetcher's sacrifice and second on
Meyers sacrifice fly.
The Giants had men on bases sew
eral times during the game but with
Coombs invincible they were unable 20
do anything until the seventh. Then
came the rally in the ninth
The National commission announced
the total attendance was 33,22S and
the total receipts $69,3S4. Of this the
National commissions share was Sc
93S.2O and each club received S31,-
222.SO
No money went to the players be
cause the game today was the fifth and
it was stipulated that they should not
receive any share of the proceeds after
the fourth game.
Big Crowd Out.
Polo Grounds, New York. Oct. 25.-
Some 10000 spectators swarmed out
to the Polo grounds this afternoon to
see the Philadelphia Athletics and
the New York Giants clash in the
fifth game of the worlds series With
three victories already won the Ath-
letics came on the field determined
to capture fourth contest and to de-
termine the baseball championship
for 1911. The Giants were making
their last stand to win victory 10
give them a further chance at the
championship laurels.
Today the players knew the exact
value Of the stakes. Victory in the SER
les meant the difference between 81
364 and S2,45o for each player Under
the rule the victors take so per cent
of total allotted to the players.
"Still Fighting Doyle SAYS.
I'VE will be out there fighting TODAY
just the same" said Captain Larry
Doyle of New York today.
Marquard has been carefully groom
ed Tor TINS contest by Manager Nc
Graw.
y Meyers Most Hopeful.
e'Chief" Meyers is the most bopaf,,I
of the home club, saying. If one club
can win three straight there's no rea-
son why another one can't"
We are playing for today's game
declared Connie Mack sTf Nc 5oo,+
get It We viii Try all the harder far
the game tomorrow. | think we hava
good chance of winning the ti+Ia ~
worlds champions again. / realIv ca,st
say who viii pitch today 1t may be
Coombs and then again it may he
Plank Morgan and Krause are also
coed pitchers who have not been sbi1,,-,7
in this series"
First Inning.
aoelphia-Marquard used ,ra.r
speed and was inclined to be nnsfes51-
and Lord had balls and stril-as
on MN when he drove short H1s-
70 ieIt' on which Devore made wo--
der1ul snoestring catch OIdrinrr 1vs7,t
OUT on grounder to DOvIe. who r,a+7e
a pretty throw to Me Ale OIdr591
broke his bat in smashi }g the b5iI
MarQuard seemed a little se-,,,,-, i
Meyers weit jown and patted him on
the back Collins was out on a fiv r.
Snodsrass- No runs, no hits. no errors
New 4ork-Devore hit the first ba1i
pltcned TO Barry who got his r,an
hand1ly at first. Doyle hit a vel
foul which Baker captured. Snodersss
was given a big cheer when he starT7ss5
TO the plate. Snodgrass went out bv n