The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-18

Coombs. which was their only exhibition
Of bunchine hits, Fletcher met the ball
plump on the midfin and as il sailed
away the crowd yelled. The yell was
premature. The ball went to Murphy.
, Meyers had better success. His hit to
Baker was too tempcstuous TO be grippod
| and skidded up Bakers arm.
Mathewson came along with full
fashioned drive To right. on which well
| come larrip Meyers went to third. Capt
Davis end his satellites closed in. Devore
! grounded to Barry, who had an easy play
at the plate. but fnmbed. The tumble
allowed Meyers to tally. but Barry made
the hest atonement possible lie re-
covered the ball and threw to Collins for
| a force Of Math ewson. Devore tried to
steal. Barry was too quick for him and
swung Lapp's throw on to him fraction
of a second before his arrival at the middle
| habitat.
Lord and Oldring made their exits on
T, flies in the fourth Lord's being Of the OUT
| field brand. Fletcher mingled with Old
rings. No such negative work for Collins.
That Timber lad gave the ball q passion:
third base. II was neat stop by Her
zog but Collins OUTRAGED his throw Like
wise ne stole second. 1t was q close call
and the Giants fussed a bit over the deci-
| sion. No harm resulted. but might have II
Mathewson hadn't shown his ability ~
bound and tried to jump over Matty's
| head. The latter sprang aloft. snatched
the hurting pellet in and threw out Baker.
The Giants went out one. two. three
a,,r n the fourth Snaa Doyle on s,ounSdsr to
ray a fy to Murphy was the reckoning
Men reached bases on both sides in the
| fifth and the first half brstled with action
and danger. Hersog booted a erounder
from Murphy, Harry Davis. the vener-
ciously and made hit which. the proba-
bilities are. would have sent Murphy to
| third mad the ball not struck Umpire
| Connolly
Bristling Fifth.
While Connolly was lmpng from the
| force OF the smash the Athletic rooters
were condemning him to the bottomless
! pit for not getting out OF the way Muir
ray is no slouch OF \ thrower and he might
| foe couldn't see it that way. They thought
the hit would have gone too far to the
left Anyway Murphy was on second.
Davis on first and none out. which was
mischief enough Barry's first attempt
TO sacrifice was a pop fly. little one.
The next time he laid the ball down and
advanced his pals while Mathewson was
| throwing him out. lapp tapped lightly
to Mathewson. being badly gulled by two
! strikes before he hit He was too eager
Murphy tlied TO come in on his infantile
tap. but seeing he was goner stopped
shor; and gave the other base runners a
chance to advance. Mathewson to Meyers
to Herzog was Murphy's finish. He tried
to beat HerAog in a sprint for the main
domicile but Herzog collared him jus, as
! New York fans yelled joyously and sat
back delighted when Coombs fled to
Fletcher.
Herzog drew four balls in New Yorks
half Of the fifth. He was the only Giant
to occupy canvas lodge in the inning.
and he tarred bu, briefly, He tried TO
steal and overslid. Lapp's heave was
| high. but Collins pounced on Herzog
! before that unfortunate person could
recover the base. Capitulation pro and
OF solid liner. but Murray pulled il in.
Meyers was up long time in New York;
portion and then fouled TO Lapp, who
all but encroached on the front row Of the
grand stand 10 make the catch. Devore
| resigned on a caro- to Baker.
! The Athletics in the SIKH and seventh
innings were comparatively quiescent.
did not have a man on first in that time.
| They seemed to have lost some OF their
steam hut were merely replenishing
their boilers. Baker in the seventh
reached foot across the plate and pulled
fy to Murray. Snodsrass tried to bunt
in the seventh. which was a prelude to
a strikeout. The hrst four balls pitched
to Murray we're wide Of the straight and
narrow path and Murray went to first.
steal was perfect but Collins dropped
the ball after applying il to Murray.
Brace up. Collins" soliloouiZed that
player, whereupOn he did and threw out
Merkle with neatness and despatch. As
a matter Of fact Murray was outguessed
! han ha trtA 70 ataa al ku ,,,ta HI inc
out for him New York base runners
| were outguessed twice this way
In the eighth the Athletics made a
two bagger and a single in succession
! and there was an error on the next batter.
but tho ". C.'s couldn't score. Barry
two bagger to left. He went TO third on
I.app's single to Fletcher. 1t looked as
IL Fletcher could have thrown Barry out
at third on this hit. Matty had been
latter didn't have a good start. Fletcher
Thsn the Is Blot s "niodeS aea rapidly poy.
made a nice play on Coombs's lick and
made a bone breaking slide and the
for a force. but Fletcher dropped Doyle's
assist. Lapp didn't have his eyes open
and turned third base. thinking there
was going to be double play and that
| he might as we'll come on. Doyle 6natched
up the ball and threw home. II was spry
work by Doyle. but Lapp might have
beaten the throw home II he had kept
coming. Instead, his gray matter being
dormant he about faced. Meyers threw
to Herzog. who ran Lapp down: Gotham.
ties were delirious when Oldring ended
the parlour inning by striking out.
! II was one. two. three for New York
in the eighth, Fletcher was thrown out
by Barry on the latters glittering stop
to his left. Nor in the ninth did the New
Yorks reach the Villa Davis. The Ath-
letics one Of them at least-not only
reached the Villa Merkle in the ninth but
several other villas. After Collins had
been thrown out by Herzog Baker un-
covered the hit which stunned the big
gathering and wrought the beginning
of the end,
Bakers Swat SuprrIative.
There was one strike and two balls on
Baker when Mathewson gave him a curve
ball on the inside. Bakers bat flashed
around and tho ball went changing into
the grand stand. Over the helpless
heads Of Doyle and Murray il few and the
| latter Razed at il despairinglY. II dis