The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-26
GIANTS TRUMP H
IN TENTH BY 4
TO 5 SCORE
Rally in Extra Period and De-
feat Athletics
DEFEAT SEEMED CERTAIN
Home Run by oldrIne in Third Had
Scored Three Runs for Phil
adelphia Team

New York, Oct 26.--The New York
Giants found their bats yesterday at
New York. With but one game be-
tween them and defeat for the
worlds baseball championship, they
won that game, to 3, in the 10Th
inning of "a sensational uphill
struggle against the Philadelphia
Athletics and put themselves again
in the running. The worlds series
now stands Philadelphia Amerl-
cans, three won, two lost; New YORK
Nationals, two won, three lost.
While the Giants earned their
triumph largely by hard and clean
hitting, it was said last night by I'm
nire KLEIN. the National league Of
fetal. who was behind the plate dur
ing the contest, 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 nave
been declared out and the inning
would have ended with the score
still tie. 3 to 3. According to Klein
DOYLE did not touch the plate in slid
ing in. and 1t needed only a protest
Inv the visitors to nullify the run he
was supposed to have scored. me
technical claim was not made, now
ever. and the game stands a victory
for the Giants.
Nobody in the stand knew any
thing of this, and the edge oil the
crowds enthusiasm was not dulied
by the injection of any technicalities
Seldom indeed. II ever, has there
been such excitement on the historic
, polo grounds as during the sensat-
ional and successful rally by the New
Works before a crowd numbering
nearly $4,000. Made desperate by
the loss of three straight games.
their chief pitcher. Mathewson, beat
en- twice, their crack iett-hahuer'
Marquard, retired because oil nome
run and the score 3 to against them
the New Workers. attacked JACK
Coombs' curves in the ninth inning
TO such effect that two TALES came
over. tying the score. Then the
next time they came up, they gave
Eddie Plank, who had relieved the
Kennebunk star, such warm re-
ception that they pushed another run
across the plate and made the game
theirs
New York hopes were at low ebh
when the game started with Mar
-ouard and Coombs as the opposing
twirlers, and they sank still further
when. with two men on bases
"Rube" Oldring sent the ball into the
left.held bleachers for home rul
in the third inning for three PM
adelphia tallies. Coombs was his
old effective self. and the Giants
scored but q solitary run--ln th'
''lucly seventh"-until their ma
tally. Ames had relieved MarquarC
in the fourth, and was pitching score
less ball. when in the seventh, Gran
dali was sent In to bat for him.
The turning point Of the struggle
may be reckoned from Crandall'
entering the game The husky pit
cher. who was passed on this occas
ion, without effect upon the score
and then pitched the Athletics int
ciphers in the ninth and 10th, cam
To the rescue In the nick OF time VIII
n cracking double with two men GU
in New Yorks ninth. His hit score'
Fletcher. who had doubled, mad the
Devore, another OF the days New
York heroes, lined safe drive I
left for n single, which brough
Crandan home and tied the score.
The enthusiasm which accompan
ed this feat was . indescribable. IN
shouting and cheering from IN
stands became a steady deafenin
roar. A few moments later came tn
final veil of triumph by the happ
home fans" when Larry Doyl
drove n double to left, advanced
third when plank's effort to cate
him on Snodgrass' attempted sacr
fee failed, and came home whe
Merkle batted fly high and Tar
Murphy for an effective sacrifice.
The life Of the game conferred
the third, ninth and 10th innings, an
the pitchers were not so much u
focus OF interest as IN the precedir
games of the series After Oldring
home run In the third had shove
Mnnarer McGraw that his lefthan
or was being gauged effectively
the Athletics, he was Obliged TO 70
back upon his second-string me
Both OF lhom-Amos and Crandalt
more than came up to expectation
As for the philadelphians, COON
seemed to have as much speed ~
Wilderness Of curve In the latter pa
OF the game as before, but q
Giants were finding him and the
tsetned 10 be no stopping them on
they started.
The New Workers hit the ball hai
er than In any previous game OF Z
eerire boyle led with two slngl
mud two doubles In Eve times
Murray failed TO show any batu
form. striking out three times Q
OF Eve times at bat He has failed