The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-25
ATHLETICS BUMP
MATHEWSON AND
WIN 4 TO z
Philadelphia Victor in Fourth
Game of Worlds Series
GIANTS MAKE GOOD START
New York Scored in First Inning but
Was Passed in the
Fourth

Philadelphia, Oct 25.-The Phila-
delphia Athletics, hitting the great
Mathewson to all corners OF the
field, defeated the New York "Gi-
ants" at Shibe park, yesterday after
noon for the third successive time, 4
to 2, and the American league cham
pions now need but single game to
again give them the worlds baseball
honors for the second year in sue
cession. The victorious team not
only outbatted the champions OF the
National League out also outfielded
them and showed more alertness on
the bases.
1t was finely played game sensat-
ional in spots and gave the home
crowd plenty of opportunity to cheer
New York got the jump in the first
inning, but the Athletics came from
behind, passed the Giants" in a
fierce onslaught in the fourth inning
and were never again headed. Near
ly $4,000 persons witnessed the con-
test
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"Giants" was fairly crushed under
the fusillade of hits and at the end
of the seventh inning he retired In
favor of Wiltse. The latter pitched
but one inning against the heayy-hit-
ting Philadelphia team and escaped
with one two-base hit out OF four
men up. Ten hits for total OF 10
bases were made of Mathewson in
seven innings. In the seventh in
ming he gave his only base on balls
to Baker.
"Chief" Bender, the Athletics ster-
ling pitcher, while he did not equal
the wonderful game he twlrled
against New York on the opening
day of the series, was never in trou-
BILE except in the FIRST inning. New
York got but seven hits off him only
two of them coming in one inning
He struck out four men and gave
two bases on balls. In the opening
round, the top of the New York bat
ting list jumped on the Chippewa
in a manner that made the timid
ones fear that all was lost. The
great Indian settled down. however
after New York had scored two runs
on single by Devore, triple by
Doyle and a sacrifice fly by Snod
grass, and had New York at his
mercy practically all the way
Barry, the brilliant shortstop oil
the Athletics was the star man al
the bat. In four trips to the plate
he ripped out a single and two dou
bles, but none of his hits figured II
the scoring. The sensational Baker
came to time with pair OF twobast
hits out OF three times up, and Muir
ply broke loose for the first time
In the series and laced out two dou
bles that set the crowd wild will
cheering. Capt. Davis substituting
for the injured Mclnnes, also was II
the thick of the battle, pounding on
a two-base hit in the big fourth in
ming. when the Athletics passed New
York by scoring three runs. It wa
IN this inning that the greatest ex
hib.tion of hitting yet seen in thu
present worlds series was given.
The only men on the Philadelphia
team that did not get into the hi
column we're Oldring, Thomas ant
Bender. Oldring and Thomas, how
ever each had a sacrifice. Bende
hit the bail TO the iniield in each o
his four trips TO the plate, but mad
no attempt in any case to beat tn
bail to FIRST. For New York Devor
Doyle and Fletcher showed best q
the plate Devore got two singles il
four times up Doyle smashed a trl
pie in three times ~ bat, and Flel
cher had a pretty pair OF singles bu
only Devores hit and Doyle's three
base drive figured in New York
scoring.
New York started out like n wiz
ner in the FIRST inning. Devore reacl
ell first on an inheld tap aud cam
all the way home on Doyle's tripl
TO right center. The New York sec
ond baseman probably would hay
gotten only single on his hit IN
not Oldrng Slipped In the soft tuI
OF tho 1utleld, the ball eludlng biz
lorl or0ugh to permit Doyle TO pu
up at third. Snodgrass brough
Doyle homo with long sacrifice Il
O. Lord. Tbs was the end Of Ne
Yog6s scoring.
The tworuu lead looked big to Oh
Athletic partisans but the fghtin
Athletics kept pegHng away 6
Mnthewson. There were chances I
score IN the second aud third inning
but z. wos not until The fourth th,
The AmNfr 1 lcagueys showed the
rrN M ini strength. Baker, wh
f'spcs &c The fret time M caugl
ono ffathcweons outside oury,
mf dove q o loft oenter for ~
t.scs, much 20 The delight OF Il
crowd. Murphy smashed a tw
hag9or 70 left, sending Baker aero.
the plate, nni Davis brought th
spectators TO their feet by driving
double to right field, sending HON