New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-17
THIRTY THOUSAND LOOK ON
Almost Lose Their Reason, Too,
When Baker Breaks Tie by
Slamming Ball Over the
Fence in Right Field.
BRILLIANT PITCHERS DUEL
: Rube" Marquard Allows Only Four
Hits but They Ali Count-Eddie
Plank Also Mows Down the
Giants by His Puzzling
Shoots and Curves.
fry rolorrarh 70 The Tribune. !


Philadelphia oct. 16-They are crown
ing Frank Baker here tonight, the keys
OF the city have been turned over TO him.
and the laurel wreath hangs round his
neck, for the brilliant third basenlan ~
the Athletics with crashing home run
in the sixth inning sent the Giants
stumbling down the hill Of defeat In the
second game Of the worlds series before
n tremendous crowd at Shibe Park th's
afternoon. The score was 3 10 |.
With nearly thirty thousand spectators
flooding the field and filing the stanIs
to their capacity, Baker concluded that
il was the psychological moment 10 lct.
Two were out and Eddie Collins was on
second. when Baker sent the ball soaring
over the right field fence. So the game
was won.
This telling punch brought 70 dis
astrous close a brilliant duel between
Eddie Plank. the veteran southpsw of
Philadelphia. and "Rube' Marquard, the
sensational debutante Of the National
League After getting off 10 a poor start.
in which composite array Of two hits,
an error and wild pitch netted the homo
team one run Marquard showed his
nerve by facing the jeers, taunts and
deafening din OF the fans bent on rat
Ting him with the coolness Of a Mathew
SON. lie steadied down. and, except
when his support cracked. as crack it
did In spots. not a man got 20 first for
four frames. A double by Charlie Her
zog and a timely single by Big Cher
Meyers in the second inning tied ths
score and gave Rube fresh start.
Then the two teams came down tho
stretch neck and neck.
Baker Slams the Ball.
There were two out in the sixth frame.
as told. and Marquard had allowed only
| two hits when Eddie Collins bent on re-
! trievng himself for misdemesnor on
( Saturday, smashed double 10 left field
Frank Baker then came to the bat and
thirty thousand raving baseball maniacs
turned 10 with one voice and oommanded
/ hin to do his duty. Marquard put over
/ a strike and followed with ball. bue
1 the third time the sphere came billing.
and ccoing along about shoulder high
! just where Baker likes It most.
I "Bif me. frankie. biff me, There's q
spot Ger yon fence I would fain explore
/ il seemed 10 say. And frankie biffed-
The ball went soaring for an altituds
record. Red" Murray raced to the
fringe Of spectators on the field and
waved it a touching farewell. Larry
Doyle nearly threw n ft right on tho
diamond. and Collins and Baker scored
| in a walk
! II was at this juncture Of the game
that all the pent-up enthusiasm If the
! Quaker fans" bossomed forth IKE a
night blooming cereus. Pennants and
hats went up in the air. horns. rattlers
and gongs played weird Oriental
sounding symphony. and voices cracked
10 a whisper. The roar could be heard
fer miles. and through it all Charlie
Faust silently cursed "Rube" settled
down and famed Murphy for the third
out but the damage wrought was ire
trievable.
That crowd was a wonder. Nnle "
was not as large boy more than ten thou-
sand as the Polo Grounds party LAST
Saturday. yet ii made up in noise what
il lacked in numbers Hundreds of pa
trolmen completely surrounded the play
ing field 10 keep order, and they were
needed. for when the Slowtown brand
gets fully aroused the strong arm Of the
law is required A temporary fence Was
built around the outfield. and the over
flow from the stands ran up into tho
thousands. The tops Of the houses which
border the park were black with hum
dreds. and every window that looked QUE
on the field was vantage point eagerly
sought after
Weather Perfect for Game.