Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-16
GIANTS GET THE FIRST
 FROM PHILADELPHIA
A Batter Hit by Bender and Tumble by Collins at Critical Point-Score 2 to i.

In the presence of what was prob ably the greatest throng of baseball enthusiasts ever gathered together, the National league pennant winners, the New York Giants, defeated the American league title holders, the Philadelphia Athletics, by a score of to l. Saturday. at New York, iii the first game of the series for the worlds baseball championship of 1915.
 The battle was & hard-fought one throughout with final honors doubtful up to near the end. The great stake the series caused every point to be played for with watchfulness of which only such masters of the game, the minds behind the great baseball machines which took the field Satur- day, are capable.
 It was g pitchers duel from inning to inning, with the Indian, Bender, having the letter of it during the early part of the contest. His superb breaking curves swept with blinding speed over the plate, and II Giants, unable to fathom his service, struck out. The Chippewa famed eleven of theSGiants, and Mathewson sent back five Athletics to the bench by the strike-out route. Mathewson's service was effective when hits meant runs. He was 2 the steadfer of the two noundmen, giving but one base on balls, while Bender passed four and hit one man. Eathewscn employed his sweeping drop curve, which he effec- lively used with his fadeaway and a high fast one which sped across the plate with a jump to it.
 Baker and Oldring of the visiting team were the only men on either club to get more than one hit. Each smashes were for two bases. The only other extra base hits were made by Meyers and Devors, the latter's rat ting double sending the New York catcher home with the winning run in the seventh inning.
 Eddie Collins, the brilliant second sacker of the Athletics and the star Of last years worlds series, made a bungle of an easy chance on Herzog' s grounder which allowed the fast fly ing Snodgrass to score from second This run tied the score. The only oth- CT misplay made in the game was an excusable huff by Third Baseman Ba- ker of the Athletics of a thrown ball by Thomas to catch Snodgrass, who was attempting to steal third The fleet New York runner came into the bag feet first, spiking Baker on the arm and causing him to drop the ball. The umpire had declared Snodgr2ss out. and was compelled to change his decision when he saw the ball roll away The error did not affect the score as Snodgrass was a moment later thrown out at the plate on an at tempted double steal.
 The Athletics only score was made in the second inning. Baker pushed rattling single to right and went down to second on Murphy's sacrifice hit. Here Mathewson sent the batter a wide breaking curve which fooled his own catcher and on the passed ball Baker tock third. Cant. Harry yriz rt1xt t11fi ir,or %I, iv,f Innis. smashed solid drive past short which brought Baker across the plate
 The field play of the Giants was perfect, although they had but ore hard chance. This difficult chanre came in the fifth inning when First self to touch Eddie Collins after get ting his grounder, which looked like an infie1d hit. This play came at a time when the Athletics were occupy ing second and third bases with two out.
 league in base stealing this year, did not run wild on the bases. Bender held them to the bags and only ons of the three attempts at stealing was successful. This was Doyle's steal o1 second ill the first inning when Thom- ming after the attempted steal o1 third by Snodgrass a double steal was attempted by Snodgrass and Herzog This time Thomas had Snodgrass al the plate by yard on Collins gooe return of Thomas throw. The Ath- Ietics tried to steal once, Baker at tempting the trick in the sixth inning but was turned by Meyers throw.
 From an artistic point of view the game was an ordinary one and would not live long in the minds of those who saw it were it not for what de.
 
 were scarcely any difficult chances ol opportunities for sensational plays such as frequently bring a crowd te it's feet.
 The national commission announced that 3S,281 per sons had paid admis- sion to witness the contest, and tht gross receipts were s77.359 Of tit gross receipts the national comnis, sion received $7,73s.90; the player. S41s773.S6. and each club. $13.s2462