Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-26


| Giants found their bats today. With
but one game between them and de-
feat for the worlds baseball cham
| plonsh1p they won that game by the
score OF to 8 in the tenth inning of
| q sensational uphill struggle against
| the Philadelphia Athletics and put
themselves again in the running. To-
nlght the worlds series stands:
| Team Won Lost
| Philadelphia, 2
New York, 8
Doyle Failed to Touch Plate.
While the Giants earned their tri-
umph largely by hard and clean hit
ting, it was said tonight by Umpire
Klein the National League official who
test, that had 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 bN~n de-
clared out and the inning would have
ended with the score still a tie. 3 to
| 3. According to Klein. Doyle did not
touch the plate in sliding in and it
needed only 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 a VIC
tory for the Giants.
Giants Tie in the Ninth
Nobody in the stands knew anything
OF this and the edge of the crowds
enthusiasm was not dulled by the in
lection of any technicalities. Seldom.
indeed, if ever, has there been such
excitement on the historic Polo
and successful rally by the New Yorks
before a crowd numbering nearly
$4,000. Made desperate by the loss IF
three straight games, their chief pitch
er, Mathewson. beaten twice, their
crack left handler. Marquard. retired
because of a home run and the score
8 to 1 against them, the New Workers
attacked Iron Man Jack Coombs
curves in the ninth inning to such
effect that two tallies came over tie
ing the score. Then, the next time
they came UP, they gave Eddie Plank.
who had relieved the Kennebunk star,
such warm reception that they push
ed another man across the plate and
made the game theirs.
oldrins's Homer Scored Three .surs.
New York hopes were at low ebb
guard and Coonlbs as the opposing
twirlers and they sank still further
when with two men on bases Rube
Oldring sent the ball into the left
field bleachers for q, home run in the
third inning for three Phila delphia
tallies. Coonabs was his old effective
self and the Giants scored but a soil
tary run-in the lucky seventh IN
ii. their final tally Arnes had reliev-
ell Marquard in the fourth and was
pitching scoreless BAH when in the
seventh Crandan was sent in to bat
for him. ,
CrandaIi's Lucky Double
The turning point of the struggle
may be recl1oned from Crandalrs en-
tering the game. The husky pitcher
who was passed on this occasion with
out effect upon the score, pitched the
Athletics into ciphers in the eighth.
ninth, tenth, came to the rescue in the
nick of time with a cracking double with
two men out in New York's ninth.
His hit scored Fletcher, who had
doubled, and then Devore. another of
the days local heroes. lined safe
drive to left for single which brought
Crandall home and tied the score.
New York Fans Go Wild.
The enthusiasm which accompanied
this feat was indescrible. The shout
ing and cheering from the stands be-
came a steady Geafening roar. few
moments later came the final yell of
triumph by the happy home fans
when Larry Doyle drove a double to
left, advancing to third when. Plank's
effort to catch Snodgrass' attempted
sacrifice failed, and came home when
Merkle batted a fly high and far to
Murphy for an effective sacrifice.
Giants Finally Found coombs.
The life of the game centered in the
third, ninth and tenth innings, and the
pitchers We're not so much the focus of
interest as in the preceding games OF
the series. After Oldring's home run
in the third had showed Manager Nc
Graw that his left handler was being
gauged effectively by the Athletics, he
~l.l, 4 to Irsr- nv,d
string men. Both of these-Ames and
Crandall-1nore than CAME up to ex-
pectations AS for the Philadelphians,
Coombs seemed to have as much speed
and Wilderness of curves in the latter
part of the game as before, but the
Giants were finding him and there
seemed to be no stopping them once
they started.
New York's Best Batting Day
The New Workers hit the ball harder
than in any previous game of the Sc
ries. Doyle led with two singles and
two doubles in five time up. Murray
failed to show any batting form, strilS-
ing out three times out of five times at
bat. He has failed to get a hit dur
ing the series SO far. For the Athlet-
les, Coombs and Oldring each had two
hits Baker, the sensational batsman
of previous games, failed of a hit off
any@of the three New York twirlers.
Both teams showed more life on bases
than formerly, each beiRg credited with
two stolen bases, and both Lapp and
Meyers nipped other attempts at get
ting to bases.
Pitchers Well Supported.
Startling fielding was not marked
during the game. One of the best
fielding features was q Shoestring
catch by Devore Off Lord in the first
inning. Both sides supported their
pitchers in fine STYLE however, only
one misplay being charged against
Philadelphia and two against New
York.
Ideal Baseball Weather.
The crowd that saw the game again
completely filled the bleachers and
lower stands, but there were many va
cant spots in the upper stands Better
weather could hardly have been asked
for by either spectators or players. The
sun shone brightly on the big anphi-
theater and the air was not unrea-
senasbly cold. The inf1eld had dried
during the clear days after the tong
rainy spell, and although the outfeld
was little damp none of the play
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