The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-18
THIRD GAME IN BIG
SERIES WON BY
ATHLETICS
Giants Beaten 8 to 2 in II
Innings
ANOTHER HOMER BY BAKER
Mathewson outpitched by coombs
and Given Poor Support
by Teammates

New York, Oct. 1S.-By the score
of to in IL innings of baseball
as sensational as a worlds series has
ever furnished, the Philadelphia Ath-
letics defeated the New York Giants
at New York yesterday and Jumped
into lead of two games TO one in
the series for the worlds champion
ship. The white elephants" achlev-
ed this defeat on their rivals own
grounds, facing the great Mathewson
who had puzzled them into the loss
of one worlds series and who lad
started bravely in an attempt 70
make history repeat itself.
Backed up by the splendid work OF
Jack" Coombs, the Kennebunk iron
man. who pitched one of the great
est games of his stellar career and
held New York runless from the third
inning almost to the games very end
the American leaguers pounded then
way to victory. They tied the score
when Baker, their brilliant third base
man, who won Mondays game with
a home run hit picked out one OF
Mathewson's benders in the ninth
and drove it with tremendous force
into the far reaches Of the right-held
stand for the circuit They won ont
in the 18th ON three SAFE ATS, neip-
ed out by two Giant errors
No game played at New York with.
in memory, in regular season or
world series, has provided so much
excitement for the fans. There were
again nearly 10000 OF them on hand
the national commission gave out
the official attendance figures as b.
2l6-and inning after inning this
great throng was brought 10 lbs feet
by sensational helding plays eXcit
ing batting rallies, or remarkable
feats of the rival boXmen
Jack Coombs. hero OF last years
world series, earned further laures
yesterday by letting down the "Gi.
ants with only three hits i'm the pro
longcd contest Two of these hits
came in the third inning. resulting IN
run and then the durable COombs
was unsolyable until the 18th inning
when Herzog sent q rafting double
TO The left field fence The Philadel.
phia pitcher employed fast drop
which swept up to the plate and then
broke suddenly downward before the
hats OF the helpless Giants Oc
casionally he delivered 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 cut in order Co0mbs
struck out seven men, Snodgrass fan.
ming twice and Ilerzog. Dcyore, Doyle
Myers and Mathewson once The
Philadelphia hurler passed four men.
but none of these figured Zoo the scor
ing. Coombs was strong throughout.
perfectly cool 90 critical stages aud
sent the last ball he pitched mp to
the plate with terrific speed. show
ing that he had not weakened under
the strain of III innings
Manager McGraw pinned his hope
for yesterdays game on Mathewson
and until the fatal ninth inning.
"Christy' held the Athletics ulnless.
letting them down with five hits lie
was favored by the breaks" III the
game, which enabled him to pull out
OF holes in the third and fifth in
nings
Mathewson was further favored by
fortune in the fifth. whom with Nur.
ply on first Davis singled through
the box, the ball striking Umpire Con
molly on the leg Unchecked by the
umpire the ball would have gone to
center field and Murphy would have
made third at least
Mathewson was n broken reed
when Frank Baker smashed his sol.
Id home run drive into tho far right
field seats In the ninth inning. tying
the score, He escaped the 10th In.
ming without difficulty but the Phila.
delphians numbered thei. heavy ar.
tillery In the iith and before me can.
nonading OF timely drives was over
two runners sped across the-pla.e In
six OF the Innings the New York pit
cher retired tie Athletics In order
Three Athletics struck out Oliri1s
who hit Mathewson for two doubles,
Saturday, tanning twice and Davis
once. "Matty' pitched stepdy
game, giving no bases on bats. Phil
adelphla had six men left on buses
and New York only one Only three /
Giants reached second base and two
OF these scored.
Jack Barry was the particularly /
bright fielding star OF yesterdays I
game, which was replete with sclutil. /
lating stops and throws. Barry's 4
most spectacular play occurred IN the /
eighth inning when Fletcher hammer. /
cd a hard, twisting groundor through I
the box, Barry came over with light. .
ming speed, scoopod the ball after Il I
had taken a wicked bound and snap. /
ped it on o line to Davis a couple % I
feet ahead Of the flying Fletcher an /
OF Barry's plays were clearly and .
executed. lie also starred 4
In the Athletics offcnse, knocking a |
double and single In three times 1
at bat and laying down a pretty sac.