Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10

1eellng LIldL Will CHT6e games VI
be administered with certainty {
McGraw, on the other hand,
was battling for what looked to
be his last chance at the highest
of baseball, honors in 1913. 1t
was event from the demeanor
! of the Giants that no card would
be left unplayed to turn the
trick to-day.
Mclean and Schang did the catch
| ing.
The weather was better for base
ball than in any of the previous
games, although partly cloudy. About
$4,000 persons were in the parl1--a
| full house when 1t is remembered that
there was no overflow allowed on the
| playing field. There was much more
excitement and enthusiasm than at
the second game, played here We'd
nesday.
Merkle was in his regular place at
first base, moving about as If he never
had turned an ankle in his life.
Play began at 1902 o'clock, Eastern
time.
FIRST INNING.
Snodgrass, leading off for the
Giants. swung at a fast hook and
then flied to Baker, popping the ball
high in the air. Doyle fouled off
fast one, waited for two wide ones,
and then hit a low fly to Strunk, who
pulled it down after a nice run.
Fletcher hit the first pitch for
grounder to Barry and was out at
first. The Giants looked pretty soft
in this round. NO RUNS. NO HITS,
NO ERRORS.
Eddie Murphy was greeted with a
roar as he stepped to the plate He
fouled off fast one and then popped
up high fly that fell In Snodgrass
glove. Oldring met the first pitch on
the nose and the ball shot out to right
field for triple. Collins watched a
high one pass him, fouled off another
and then hit to Merkle, who threw
Oldring out at the plate on a great
play. RUDE didn't think he was out
and beefed a bit at Egan. Collins
promptly stole second, and another
roar saluted Baker, who responded
by fouling out to Shafer, who was
playing third in Herzog's place. NO
RUNS, ONE HIT, NO ERRORS.
SECOND INNING.
Burns let the Chief slip over a call
ed strike on him, after which he
swung at another, and on the third
pitch flied to Murphy Benders first
pitch to Shafer was low. Then Artie
missed two hard swings at fast
breaking hooks and famed at another
of the same brand. Bender was go
ing at top speed. His control slipped
a trifie, and after serving Murray two
wide ones he pinked him in the ribs
with a curve. Mclean fouied off a
low curve and declined to bite at d
! wide one, which Bender wasted.
thinking Murray would steal. Nc
| Lean nit Sharply 10 center TOT one
base, and Murray, starting with the
pitch, went all the way to third Mer-
kle watched wide one pass him and
then popped a foul to McInnis. NO
RUNS, ONE HIT, NO ERRORS.
McInnis declined to bite at a high
one, and on the next pitch singled to
center. Strunk promptly sacrificed
on a roller to Merkle. A strike and
ball were called on Barry. Then he
fouled off a fast one, inside and then
J sent up a high foul which Merkle
dropped for an error. The impru-
dence of this performance was illus
trated when Barry doubled TO left,
scoring McInnis. Schang got Dema-
rec in the hole and walked. Bender
flied to Burns, the runners not ad-
! vancing. Murphy flied 10 Snodgrass.
ONE RUN, TWO HITS, ONE Err
! ROR
THIRD INNING.
Demaree took a healthy" at the
first pitch and flied TO Murphy. Snod-
grass tried to bsInt and went out on