The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-11-04
WORLDS BASEBALL
SERIES ENDED
Philadelphia Wins Sixth Game
and 1911 Championship of Ma
tional and American Leagues

New York, Oct. 25.-The New York
Giants defeated the Philadelphia
Athletics in thrilling game by score
of4to 8 in ten innings OF play this
afternoon. The Athletics commanding
lead Of three runs was finally overcome
In a desperate ninth inning rally by
the Giants, who put two runs across
the plate on two doubles and a single
The home team won in the tenth when
DOYLE doubled, was advanced TO third
on an attempted sacrifice and then
scored on long fly by Merkle. which
Murpdy captured on the line. By let
ting the ball drop to the ground IL
would have counted as a strike against
the batter and the base runners could
not have advanced Oldring was the
home.run hero. With two men on
ahead Of him he hit a home run into
the left field stand The blow un-
steadied Marquard who was in the box
for the Giants and he was taken out at
the close of the third inning.
Ames, who relieved him. pitched
wonderful ball and held the Athletics
from scoring until the end of the
seventh when he was relieved to let
Crandall bat for him. The Giants
scored one in the seventh inning
Coombs was wild and walked Merkle.
Barry's error on Herzog's grounder
landed Merkle on second. Merkle got
to third on Fletcher's sacrifice and
scored on Meyers sacrifice fly. Ths
Giants had men on bases several timer
during the game, but with Coombs'
invincible delivery they were unable to
do anything until the seventh. Then
came the rally in the uinth.
Athletics Win Deciding Game
Shibe Park. Philadelphia. Oct. 26.-|
The Philadelphia Athletics won the
championship by taking the sixth game
from the New York Giants this after
noon by q score of 13 to- Ames, who
started the game in the box for the
Giants threw the Giants hopes to the
four winds in the fourth inning when,
with two men on bases, he threw to-
ward first on Barry's bunt. that he had
felded. and hit Barry on the head. The
ball rolled out to right field while Mur-
ply and Davis scored. Then Barry
went all the way home on Murray s
wild return Of the ball to second base.
Bot it was in the seventh inning that
the Athletics ran wild around the
course. scoring seven runs. They
made farce out of Wiltse's efforts to
hold them. They hit almost every |
thing offered and the Giants added to
the comedy with costly errors. Even
Marquard. who relieved Wiltse when
the inning was two-thirds gone, let two
men score on wild pitch. Then
Thomas got his first hit of the series.
The burlesque was ended when
Thomas tried TO steal second. Eight
men faced Wiltse In this half and SIX
Of them got hits. To the spectators II
seemed as IL all the Athletics were
scampering around the bases without
fear Of being caught. The crowd saw
1t was over and started to leave the
grounds. singing and cheering. The
Giants made one run in the first inning
when Doyle scored after reaching
second on . double. He eros the
plate on Murphy's muff OF Murray
fly. The Athletics evened the score IN
the third inning when Ames passed
Thomas and Lord doubled into right
Geld. Thomas scoring. The lead OF four
runs secured by the Athletics in the
next inning was too much tor the
Giants, and with Bender pitching great
ball. the New Yorkers had little chance
to repeat the sensational performance
Of yesterday by tieing the score.
Wiltse who relieved Ames in the
fifth inning. appeared for the first time
during the series. The game was
marked By instances of brilliant fielding
BY both teams Collins, In the second
inning. prevented score by herzoR
when he made wonderful pickup oil
Meyers hot grounder and registered
the third out of the inning by throwing
to lrst. Devore wound up the scoring
In the fourth inning by getting Lord
long fly after hard run. IL was as
brilliant piece Of fielding as has been
seen during the worlds series.