The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26


 New York, October 25.-The Ma tionals found their bats today and with but one game between themselves and defeat for the worlds baseball cham pionship won by the score of to in the tenth inning of sensational uphill struggle against the Philadei- phia Americans and put themselves again in the running
 Tonight the worlds series stands: Philadelphia Americans won 3, lost ?; and New York Nationals won and lost 3.
 While the Nationals won largely by | hard and clean hitting it was declared tonight by Umpire Klem, the National league official who worked behind the plate, that had a timely point been taken by the Athletics on the last play of the game when with two out Larry Doyle slid home with the final tally, the runner would have been declared out and the inning ended with the score still a tie. to 3.
 Doyle, according to Klem, did not touch the plate in sliding in, and it needed only a protest by the visitors to nullify the run he was supposed to have scored The technical claim was not made however. and the game stands as Giant victory.
 Nobody in the stands knew anything of this and the edge of the crowds enthusiasm was not dulled by the in jection of any technicalities. Seldom. if ever indeed, has there been such scene of excitement witnessed on the historic Polo grounds as during the sensational and winning rally of the Giants in the presence of crowd of nearly S5,OOO persons.
 Giants Discouraged
 Discouraged by the loss of three straight games with their premier twirler Mathewson, twice beaten their famous left handler, Marquard, for the second time taken out of the box after a home run rap from Philadelphian's bat, and the score of 3 to 1 against them, the New Workers swung their bats against Iron Man" Jack Coombs' curves In the ninth inning to such eff feet that two tallies came over, tieing the score.
 Then in their next time up Eddie Plank started, who relieved the Ken nybunk star, and another run was pushed oyer the plate for a well earned victory. New York hopes had been at a low ebb as the game started with Marquard and Coombs. as the opposing twirlers, and sank further still as with two men on bases Rube Oldring drove the ball into the left field bleachers for nome run in the third for three Philadelphia tallies.
 Coombs was his old effective self mean while, the Giants having scored but sol itary run, this in the lucky seventh" up to their final rally
 Ames had relieved Marquard in the fourth, and was pitching scoreless ball. when in the seventh Crandall was sent in to bat for him.
 Crandall Gets Credit
 The turning point of the struggle may be reckoned from Crandalls introduction into the game. The husky twrler, after l being passed to first in the seventh in ming, but without effect on the score, pitched the Athletics into ciphers in the eighth, ninth and tenth, and came to time with a cracking double with two men out in New York's ninth His hit scored Fletcher, who had dobled, and De- vore, another of the days many heroes, | lined a safe drive to left for single that | brought Crandall home and tied the score.
 | The scene of enthusiasm that accom- panied this feat of the Giants was in- | describable. The shouting and cheering | from the stands merged into one con- | tinuous, deafening roar. A few moments | later, however, came the final yell of | triumph on the part of the happy home | fans, who had seen defeat turned into victory as Larry Doyle slammed a double | to left, advancing to third when Plank S | efforts to catch him failed with a double movement on Snodgrass. and he came
 home when Merlkle boomed fly high to l Murphy for an effective sacrifice. l The life of the game centered in the | third, ninth and tenth innings, and the pitchers were not so much the focus of ! interest as in the preceding contests
 Oldring Hits Homer
 After Oldring's home run in the third
 had showed Mf-alger McGraw that his | left handler was being gauged effectually