The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-15

is was around the seventh that the
big battle conferred. Twice before
this round Meyers, mission Indian
from California had baffled the Chip
pewa brave. Twice in succession, In.
dian arm had triumphed over Indian
batting eye. But in the seventh the
club of the mission redskin rose high
and the scalpless Chippewa fell. For
Meyers, with one out, CLAIMED two
base hit against the right field wall,
and the echo of his timely wallop
sounded the death song of Chippewa
hopes. A moment later Josh Devore
tore off another double to left, and
Meyers, numbering In, carefully de-
posted the winning run upon the
plate. At which points the bugs stood
up on their hind legs and the raving
roar which followed came near Earring
the gaudy decorations from the crest
of John T. Brush's brand new stadium.
For that run signalled plainly enough
Philadelphia defeat. 1t meant that
McGraw had won the jump battle.
had once more lashed his men for
ward with sufficient speed to break
through Athletic opposition and get
away to flying start. AS the open
ing winner since 1905 has been the
Gal 2-World5's Series. ..........l
ultimate conqueror, this first contest
was considered more than usually VI
tall
From start to finish there was new
er CULVER in the Giant defense nor
a break in their attack. Matty was
hit safely six times and the Indian
five times, but Bender issued four
passes and hit Snodgrass twice, while
Matty's solitary pass was deliberately
issued to Collins in a tight place in
order that big Six might get to
Baker. That the Giants star knew
what he was doing was demonstrated
without further argument when Ba-
ker famed on three pitched balls.
All of which gees to show that good
pitcher, ready and right, can stop the
hardest hitting ball club that ever
slashed a single or smashed double.
l.
1905, Philadelphia batsmen have faced
Mathewson and at the end Of their
fourth game they can report one run,
due to the one flaw in the big guns
support.
pitches Again Tuesday.
Marquard works Monday in Phila
delphia, and on Tuesday it is Math-
ewson again in New York. The series
is not yet over, but the odds now
are very strongly toward Giant sue
cess. For this was Bender's first de-
feat in a worlds series start, each
initial undertaking before having
been crowned with success.
All in all it was the greatest day
New York baseball had ever known,
for in addition to winning, the past
attendance record was broken by
many thousand souls with more coin
taken in from the non-comhatants
than the five game series of 1905 was
able TO show, Sixty-eight thousand
seven hundred and fifty dollars was
the total dividend that year, with over
$4,000 spent at the gates today
$1,000 Per Day Salary.
Should the Giants succeed in captur-
ing the series they will divide more
money among the twenty-one regular
members of the team as result OF
the first game than they divided on
the entire series in 1905, when they
took the worlds championship from
the Athletics. Today's paid attendance
according to official figures, was 49,
217 persons and the total receipts
were s7T,359, OF which s41, 1885 viii
he divided among the players. sixty
per cent to the winners and forty per
cent to the losers. Each of the TWEEN
tv.one players on the winning team
win receive s1,159 from today's re-
ceipts alone. In 1906 the individual
members of the Giants team received
only s1,140 for defeating the Athletics
in four out of five games.
Mathewson's success today which
put his team mates off in front, was
undoubtedly due to daring style
which pitcher with less nerve than
he would have dared attempted. AS
was expected it was Matty's famous
fadeaway which turned the trick. but
he used 1t in manner entirely differ
ent from ever before Throughout the
season Mattv has started the fadeaway
on level with the batter's head, fore
ing it to break over the plate breast
high. Today he aimed the puzzler no
higher than the armpits of the Ath-
.letic batters, and forced it to break