The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-27
Down New York Giants BY What is
Unlncky, l3, Yet Lucky
Score
BENDER GREATEST PITCHER
Indian Lets McGraw's Men Down
With Only Four Measley
Little Hits

Philadelphia. Pa. Oct. 6.-Hai,
Philadelphia Athletics, champion Of
the world for the second consecutive
season. 9 s~t ,tr
In an exhibition Of battling eldon
seen in a premier baseball series the
American League team this after
noon defeated New York in the sixth
game of the set by the overwhelming
score of 13 to z, thus giving them
the four necessary games out of the
six played to carry off baseball's
greatest honors
II was more than mere defeat
for the Giants. 1t was rout.
Philadelphia is celebrating to-
night, as 1t has never before OBJ
served great baseball victory.
To defeat New York in revenge
for the trouncing the National
Leaguers gave them in 1905 was al
most as pleasing to the Athletics as
winning the worlds championship
itself.
With the victory goes 60 per cent
of $127,910.61, or $76,74637 of
which each Athletic player will re-
ceive S3,65459., The losers will re-
ceivc the remainder, $51,164.24, or
s2,654.59.
Coming from behind after New
York had scored on run in the first
inning, the Athletics tied the score
in the third Inning. won 1t, in the
fourth by making four runs, made II
q little spare in the sixth when they
added another run and crushed the
Giants in the seventh inning when
under an avalanche of seven hits
which. with a couple of miss-plays,
added seven more runs to the total
Now Down Giants Pitchers.
The sensational hitting of all the
pitchers, the New Workers sent into
the box, aroused the excited crowd
to the greatest enthusiasm.
With victory in their grasp, the
Athletics appeared to let down and
when the seventh inning was over
the cheering thousands started to
leave the grounds.
The struggling National League
champions sent In three pitchers to
stem the tide, but all were hit al
most alike. Wiltse getting the worst
whaling The other two were Ames,
who started the games and Marauard
who followed Wiltse into the box.
Thirteen hits with total of sev-
enteen bases was the total shown by
the hit column when the game was
over. Every member of the team
got a hit with the exception of Sol
Inns and Bender, but the former made
a timely sacrifice that helped to
score run.
When the game began today
Catcher Thomas was the only mem
ber of the white elephant team that
had not made hit in the series He
got into the hit column In the sew
enth inning and the Athletic play
ers themselves cheered Thomas for at
least getting to pitcher.
Murray of the New York team is
the only one of its regulars who fail
ed to connect with any Athletic
pitcher In the series for a hit.
Bender Is Mound Hero.
To Chief Bender, the wonderful
Chippewa twirler, goes the credit OF
pitching the final victory. His work
in the box surpassed the exhibition
he gave in the first game on the polo
grounds in New York. Three singles
and double In as many innings
were all the New Workers. could
gather off his delivery. The two base
hit was made by Doyle in the first
inning and he scored later when
Murphy muffed an easy fly. From
that time the Indian was never in
trouble.
All records for attendance and
receipts for worlds championship
series were broken. The National
Base Ball Commission gave out the
following figures:
Attendance 1881; total re-
ceipts S342,36430
or this amount the players receive
s1276t0.6i, each club receives $780,
h 1912 and the Natioanl Commits