The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-10-21
WORLDS BASEBALL SERIES
Philadelphia Athletics Win Two
Out Of Three Games In Hard
Fought Battles

| Iaht AaatA VI ~
defeated the Philadelphia American
league club by q score of . to in an
evenly contested game at the polo
grounds to-day.
About 10000 people saw the opening
| contest of the worlds series. which
was q pitchers battle between Ohristy
Mathewson and the Indian Chief,
Bender.
The Athletics scored their only run
on q hit by Baker. a sacrifice hit and a
bassed ball and a sharp single by Davis,
which brought Baker home. A base
on balls to Snodgrass, followed by an
infeld out, an error by Collins, sent
the first Giaut across the plate in the
fourth inning. The second run came
in the seventh inning. when Devore
drove Meyers home with a double.
The Giants played errorless ball.
Bender struck ont IL men. while
Mathewson famed five Athletics.
The National commission has an
nounced that the paid attendance was
IS ,2s1 persons. with gross receipts
ST., 1859.
Athletics Win Second Game
Shibe Park, Philadelphia, October
16.-The Athletics turned the tables on
the Giants in the second game for the
worlds championship to-day by a score
of 3 to /.
The game was even until the sixth
inning, when Collins doubled and
Baker drove the ball over the right field
fence for a home run. Both pitchers
were in excellent form. Plank having
a slight advantage owing to his steadi-
ness.
Marquard was visibly nervous in the
opening innings, bat steadied down aud
the Athletics were unable to do any
thing with his delivery except in the
sixth inning. New York's only run
was the result of a misjudged fly in
which went for two bases. The
local team backed up Plank in faultless
style while the Giants made three
errors, one of them a rank muff by
Devore, the latter also striking out foul
times.
The total attendance was 20. 2S6, total
cash was s42. 962. so.
Athletics Win Third Game
New York, Oct. 1.-THE Philadelphia
Americans defeated the New York
Giants by a score of 8 to Q to-day in an
thinning contest. which was probably
the most bitterly fought in any of the
series seen in recent years.
and "Irou Man" John
Coombs of tbs Athletics were bracketed
in a tight pitching battle. Baker made
q home run in the ninth tieing the
The Athletics victory in the
llth inning came when they fell on
Mathewson for three hits, combined
with an error, which gave the visitors
two runs. Total attendance. 1926;
total receipts, S75. 1893.
Rain Prevents Thursdays Game
Philadelphia, Oct. 19.-Rain to-day
caused another postponement of the
of the fourth game between
Philadelphia and New York for the
baseball championship. The
grounds were In a soggy condition and
as q light rain was falling, the umpires
called up the members of the National
commission in New York and informed
them of conditions. IL was decided to
call off the game for to-day and it will
be played here tomorrow if weather
permit.
Death has entered the family of one
of the Philadelphia players. but it will
not break up the combination. Reu-
ben N. Oldring, the Philadelphia center.
was notified to-day that his sister
Lillian had died last night in Mount
Vernon, N. Y. She bad been i'll since
July and the announcement of her
death was not unexpected, but at the
same time 1t was a shock to him.
"My first impulse was to jump to
New York." said Oldring to-day, "but
the matter calmly, | have
decided to stick to the team. 1t may
seem strange for me to play baseball
with my sister dead, butt can do her
no good now and at this critical stage of
the worlds series, I feel I had better re-
main with the team"
Oldring wilr go to New York to-day
and expects to be back for tomorrow
game.
In case Oldring later decides not to
play in one or any of the games.
Strunk will play in his place. Strunk
is a good substitute. He play ed in four
Of the worlds series games last year,
making five hits and scoring W runs,
his batting average being .278.
Widespread rumors that Osnter
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