The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-18


fcats OF the rival boxmen.
enthusiastic outbursts seemed al
most evenly divided. When New York
forged ahead in the third, the echoes
were awakened by a big uproar But
when Baker in the ninth prevented
what until then had looked like sure
aeieat Of his team by lacing out his
homer. the din was deafening. The
uproar was renewed when the Phila-
! the eleventh. The New York fans"
stood Loyalty by their team up to the
last. however. and never gave up hope
until Lapp's true throw to Collins got
| Becker for the last out
Jack" Coombs, hero of last wears
worlds series. earned further laureIs
to-day by letting down the Giants
with only three hits. Two of these
came In the third inning, resulting in
run. and then Coombs was unsolv-
able until the eleventh. when Herzoe
sent a rafting double to the left field
fence.
Coombs Cnhitablc.
In the seventh inning the home
team went out in order. Coombs
/ struck out seven men. Snodgrass fan
ming twice. Herzog. Devore. Doyle.
Meyers and Mathewson once The
Philadelphia hurler passed four men,
but none OF these figured in the
scoring. He was strong throughout,
ana perfectly cool at critical stages
Manager McGraw pinned his hopes
on Mathewson. and until the fatal
ninth .'Christy" held the Athletics
runless. letting them down with I'VE
hits. He was favored by the breaks"
OF the game, which enabled him to
pull out OF holes in the third and fifth
innings. In the third inning. with
Barry anchored on second, after
single and steal. Lapp shot a liner
directly into Doyles hands. and Barr,
was snuffed out at second. In the
fifth, with Murphy on first, Davis
molly on the leg. Unchecked, the ball
would have gone to centre field. and
Murphy would have made third at
least.
Matty Broken Reed.
Mathewson was a broken reed when
Baker smashed his solid home run
drive III the ninth. tying the score.
He escaped in the tenth inning with
out difficulty. but the Philadelphians
uniimbered their heavy artillery in
the eleventh. and before the cannon
aiding was over two men had scored.
in six Innings the New York
Three xthletics struck out. Oldring
| who hit Mathewson for two doubles
last Saturday. tanning twice, and
| Davis once. "Matty" pitched a steady
game. giving no bases on balls.
Philadelphia had six men left on
bases, and New York only one. Only
three Giants reached second base. and
two of these scored.
Jack" Barry was the particularly
| bright fielding star to-day. His most
spectacular play came in the eighth
inning. when Fletcher hammered a
hard twisting grounder through tho
box. Barry came over with lightning
| speed, scooped the ball after 1t had
taken a wicked bound and snapped it
| to Davis ahead of the flying Fletcher.
! Captain Larry" Doyle at second base.
accepted ten chances without error.
while Collins was also busy around
second base for the Athletics, having
eleven chances and falling down on
two OF them. His tumble of Beckers
gr runder in the eleventh was rcspon-
sible for the Giants second run.
| The much-vaunted speed OF the
Giants on bases was not in evidence
| Catcher Lapp turned back five Giant
runners who attempted TO steal, while
! Meyers was only able to check one of
the visitors three attempts.
J Baker Spiked.
The unpleasant feature of the game
was the spiking of Frank Baker by
| Snodgrass in the tenth inning. in an
| attempt to steal third. Lapp made a
perfect throw to Baker. who was wait
| ing for Snodgrass with the ball. The
| Giants centre fielder came into the
bag feet first. He appeared to raise
one foot as he slid In and the spike
| shot into Bakers arm. ihe Athletic
| players evidently believed that, the
spiking was Intentional. for "Topsy"
Hartsel berated Snodgrass bitterly,
| and as the latter walked to the bench
he was Missed. Snodgrass said 1t was
| unfntentional, and that Baker had
| blocked him.
First Inning.
Play was started at 2 o'clock. with