The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-24
Baker, Murphy and Davis Doubled in Fourth Athletics Made Their Fourth Run in Fifth Inning
(RY Grantland Ricel

back" the weather man turned out a to-order variety and, when play was called at p. m. in the fourth contest of the worlds series, Old Sol was beaming on the job, just as though he had never slipped a cog. Not a cloud flecked the sky and the slight ly footballish snap in the atmosphere only served to hven things up and superinduce loosening of enthusiasm.
 Notwithstanding all the bad things said of 1t, Shibe Park responded nobly to a vigorous massage and rub down with the result that both the infield and the outfield gardens were in bet ter shape, and while the turf was soggy enough to reduce the speed of the outfielders, the infield and base lines were in as good condition as when the first game of the series was played here.
 That. the long delay in the series and the incidental squabbles and dissen- sions, such as the Snodgrass-Baker matter and the moving picture trou- ble, had not heightened interest in the series was shown in the lack of early fans at the bleachers' box office, al- though before 1 o'clock the bleachers were filled.
 All early dope was that Bender and would renew the little ar gument which they have been carry ing on for several years, but McGraw was evidently willing to be shown and, as soon as the squad arrived on the field, the Giant leader chased his whole twirling squad ins the sunshine before the right field bleachers and set them to warming up at lively pace. Mack followed suit a few moments later by sending Bender. Coombs and bleachers with instructions to "get their blood in circulation
 Baker, like a real star, timed his entry several minutes after the Ath- letics, got what was due him and what he was evidently expecting. He responded, stepping to the plate in batting practice and lifting the first ball pitched over the right field fence into the home run territory. The obviously looking for omers.
 That the Giants were infinitely in better shape, following the. long rest, and that they figured the delay would work to their advantage rather than their opponents, was obvious.
 They ran through batting and field ing practice with snap and ginger On the other hand, the Athletics felt the advantage of their one game edge and went through their practice with out fuss or f1ubdubbery.
 Shortly before o'clock the crowd overflowed into the outfield behind the temporary fence, but there was every indication that the attendance figures would show we'll under 25,000
 The lineup:
 New York-Devore, If; Doyle, 2b; Cno od of. 3b; Fletcher, ss; Meyers, c; D.
 adelphia-Lord, If; Oldring, of: Collins, 2b; Baker, 3b; Murphy, If; Davis, 1b; Barry, ss; Thomas, c; Ben der. 9.
 By the time the batteries were an- nounced the bleachers had been filled was comfortably packed, as were the roofs of the overlooking apartm ent houses. The grandstands, however. were freely dotted with vacant seats.
 Umpires behind the bat, klem on bases. Brennan on left foul line, and Connolly on right foul line
 First Inning.
 Giants-After Baker and Devore had both taken a hand in the prac- tice, McGraw picked the latter ana the little left fielder, whose batting slump has been one of the sad fea- lures of the series for the Giants, stepped up. the first man to face Bender. Devore broke his hoodoo by singling, his rap being a high bound er just out Of Bender's reach Doyle Lripled to center, scoring Devore. Doyle connected with the first ball pitched. Snodgrass flew out to Lord and Doyle scored, beating the throw Tn with time to spare. Murray grounded out to Davis. unassisted. Two runs, two hits, no errors.
 Luck was with the Giants in the first half of the first session, as the soggy outtield was undoubtedly re- sponsib1e for Doyle's stretching his hit into a triple. Oldring made soppy going and the ball went over his head.
 Athletics-Lord famed on three going out on four pitched balls. Col Iins singled over Doyle's head and a bunch of enthusiasm that was a real novelty. Matty grinned as the star of the series stepped to the plate and waved his outfelders back to the fence. Baker famed. No runs, one hit, no errors.
 Second Inning.
 Giants-Herzog dropped one to Oldring in short center. Fletcher singled over. short. Meyers forced out Fletcher Thomas to Collins. Meyers hit a pop fly which dropped in front of the plate. Matty was put, Bender to Davis. No runs, one nit, no errors.
 Athletics-Murphy, the first man ID for the Athletics, dropped one in- .o the right field crowd, the first ball pitched, which was good for two ,ases. It was his first hit of the series. Murphy went to third on Mat .y's wild throw to catch him off sec ond. Fletcher was spiked slightly by Murphy as the latter slid into second put aside from a badly torn pair of rousers, no serious damage was done he Giant shortstop. Davis was call ed out, Matty to Merkle, on an ex- close decision. The ball was a slow grounder along the third oase line on which Matty made a very rapid play. Barry and Murphy attempted the squeeze play and Mur- ohy was caught between third and nome when Barry failed to bunt was run down and retired