Arizona republican., 1911-10-18
Athletics Great Third Base man Batted Out Another Victory for His Team mates With a Homer in the Ninth.
ONE OF GREATEST
 GAMES ON RECORD
Christy Mathewson Held the Quakers Safe for Eight Innings When Baker Broke Up the Party and Twas all off.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17-By the score of 3 to in eleven innings of base ball. as sensational as a worlds series ever furnished. the Philadelphia Ath- letics defeated the New York Giants today, and jumped into the lead with two games in the series for the worlds championship.
 The White Elephants" achieved this feat on the Giants own grounds, facing the great Mathewson. who puzzled them into the loss of one worlds series. and had started brave ly in an attempt to make history re- peat itself. Three times in the year 1905 and once this year. the Athletics have fallen victims to Mathewson's 's wiZardry Today they finally broke through his guard and fell heavily upon him in the latter part of tense struggle Backed up by splendid pitching, Jack Coombs. the Kenne- bunk Iron" man. who pitched one of the best games of his career. held New York runless from the third in ming until the games end, while the American leaguers pounded their way to victory The score was tied when Baker, Mack's great third baseman, who won yesterdays game with home run. drove one of Mathewson's blenders into the far reaches of right field for a homer in the ninth. The Athletics won out in the eleventh on three safe hits. helped out by two ~wu#r a Giants did not give up without a struggle, as a double followed by an error gave them one run in their half of the eleventh. There were two out when the run came and the game ended when the only occupant was out stealing second. Jack Coombs, hero of last years worlds series when he won all three games he pitched, earned further laurels by letting the Giants down with three hits Two or these came in the third inning, result ing in one run. He was then un- solvable until the eleventh, when Herzog doubled to the left field fence. He struck out seven men and walked four but none of these omissions figured in the score. Manager Nc Graw was confident Matthewson would be able to win today's game and Christy made good until the ninth. ID to that frame not single Athletic crossed the plate, although he got into tight holes in the third and fifth innings. Matthewson was broken reed when Baker smashed out his solid home run in the ninth, thus tieing the score. An unpleasant lea ture of the game was the spiking of Baker in the third by Snodgrass, who attempted to steal third. The Giants centerfielder came in feet first. ap- naared to raise one foot and the enil,es shot into Bakers arm.' AS Snodgrass walked to the bench ne was hissed He said it was unln- tentional. but Baker blocked nm
 The third game in the senes TOT the worlds championship was piayed at the Polo grounds this afternoon | in the presence of another enormous | crowd and under lowering skies which 1 threatened every instant to empty and I bring the magnificent contest to an | untimeiy end Again Christy MathewsOn, the great est baseball pitching machine m the i world. was called upon to carry his | team to victory, and although he re- snonded nobly to the Herculean task. fell just short of its accomplishment. i Inning after inning he worked with clocklike regularity, only once easing a bit in his terrific pace It was then that Philadelphia seized the oppor- tunitv and tied the score, the lead having been taken by the Giants earlier in the game.
 From that time on it was a battle royal. brilliant play following the classiest of pitching until the ninth, when Bakers hOme-run tied the score.
 In the eleventh. Philadelphia scored twice and cinched the third game of the most remarkable series of ball games ever played, although New York scored once in their half of the eleventh.
 The score on games now stands: l. Philadelphia two and New York one. The scene again shifts tomorrow to Philadelphia, where the battle will be renewed. Following is the story of the game:
 Batteries-Coombs and Lapp; Math- ewson and Meyers.
 First Inning.
 Philadelphia-Lord out, Doyle to Merkle: Oldring out. Fletcher to Mer- kle: Collins out. Merkle to Mathew son. the latter covering first. No runs.
 New Work-Devore famed on three fast-pitched balls: Doyle out to Davis.