Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-15
real Pitchers BATTLE
6TFNDIER THAN BENDER, HE
PAsSD But ONi,-lNDIAN
A PASSED FOUR.
JUST ORDINARY PLAYING
Attendance Nearly IO,00O-Gatc Re
cript- Run Above S77,O00-s
4 Weather Was Perfect.

NEW YORK, oct 1l-In the pres
encr of what was probably the great
est throns Of baseball fans ever gath
cred together. the National league
peunant winners, the New Iorb
Giants defeated the American league
titlcholders, the Philadelphia Ath-
Ietics, by score Of TO l in the first
game of the series for the worlds
championship Of 1911 at the Polo.
grounds today
The battle was hard fought through
out, with final honors doubtful up to
near the end. The great stake caused
every point to be played for with
sktlfulncss as only such masters OF
the game are capable The National
Commission announced that 3S2Sl per
sons had paid admission to witness
the contest and the gross receipts
were $77,359,
An Ordinary Game.
From an artistic point of view, the
game was ordinary and would not
live long in the minds of those who
saw it, were not so much depending
on the outcome. There We're scarcely
any difficult chances for sensationa,
plays. such as frequently bring
crowd to it's feet,
Mathcwson Is Stcadicr.
It was a pitchers duel from tho
n thg
better Of it during the early part OF
the contest. His superb breaking cur
YES swept over the plates and eleven
Giants unable to fathom his service
struck out. Mathewson sent back
five Athletics by strikeouts Mathew
sons service was effective when hits
meant runs. He was the steadier,
giving but one base on balls, while
Bender passed four men and hit one.
Baker and Oldring for the visiting
team were the only men on either
club To- get more than one hit. Each
got two, and both Oldrings smashes
were for two bases. The only other
extra base hits We're made by Meyers
and Devore. The latter's rafting dou-
with the winning run in the seventh
inning.
Here Comes the "If."
Eddie Collins of the Athletics. made
horrible bobble of an easy chance
on Herzogs grounder in the fourth in
ming, which allowed the fast flying
Snodgrass TO score from second. This
run tied the score. The only other
misplay was an eXcusable muff by
Third Baseman Baker, Of the Ath-
letics. Of a thrown ball by Thomas to
catch Snodgrass. who was attempting
TO steal third. The runl1er came into
the bag feet first, spiking Baker and
causing him to drop the ball. The
umpire had declared Snodgrass out.
and was compelled to change his de-
clslOn when he saw the ball roll away.
The error did not effect the score. as
Snodgrass was a moment later thrown
out at the plate on an attempted
double steal.
How Athletics Scored.
The Athletics only score was made
in the second inning. Baker pushed
rafting single to right, and went to
second on Murphy's sacrifice. Here
Mathewson sent to the bat a wide
breaking curve which fooled his own
catcher, and on the passed ball. Baker
took third. Davis hit the ball past
short and brought Baker across the
plate.
Giants Didn't Steal.
New York. which led the National
league in base stealing this year, did
not run today on the bases. Bender
held them to the bags, and only ono
OF three attempts at stealing was sue
cesstul. That vas Doyle's stead of
second I'm the first inning.
Tho Athletics tried to steal once.
BsEoss attempting the trick in sixth
innirg. hut was turned back by Mey.
ers perfect throw.
bay u Perfect one.
The DAY was perfect for baseball
The air was mild, the sunshine bright
ani only a few floccy clouds floateo
overhead.
Into the field under these ausplc-
i0us conditions, tnere trooped crown
from all over the country which had
packed the bleachers and was rapid
ly filling the spacious stand long be-
fore the time set for the game. The
Worlds champions of 1910 were given
a cordial reception which was many
times outd1ne. however. when the
Giants trotted on the field and gave
the crowd a surprise by appearing In