The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10
PHILADELPHIA WINS FIRST
GAME
FIRST
(By Associated Press.)

"Ohtu . championship oIu66iC W |
tween the New York Giants and the s
the Philadelphia Athletics. II
The first light of the morning show
ed a clouded sky and threatening
rain, but the weather cleared, howev-
er, and the eagerly anticipated strug-
gle came off according to schedule.
Possibly never before have the
competing teams been so apparently
evenly matched, and all betting is vir-
tually even.
Sometime before midnight OF Mon
day the crowd began to gather at the
grounds, by one o'clock this morning
more than one thousand persons were
at the gate and the line was swelling
fast, and by eight o'clock thousands
were arriving, and this stream of ca
ger lovers of the game continued I'M
til and even after the game was call
ed.
II was estimated that fully forty |
thousand fans filled the stadium to |
witness the struggle.
Batting practice began early and
the fielding practice was brisk, every
player on both teams showing dis
tinctly that he was in the best of
shape and determined to do his part
to win the game.
The game started shortly before
two o'clock with the Athletics at the |
bat.
Following is the result by innings: |
First Inning
Athletics-Murphy handed a fly out |
to Murray and took his seat; Oldring
singled to right and gained first, but
was caught mapping and got no fur
Their; Collins singled, and Home
Run" Baker flied out to Burns. Two
hits; no runs.
Giants-Shafer flied out and Doyle
performed a similar stunt. Fletcher
singled and got to- first, but died
while trying to steal second One
hit; no runs.
Second Inning
Athletics-McInnis was up and
then down., third to first; Strunk
famed and Barry was out, short to
first No hits! no runs.
Giants Burns burnt the wind"
Herzog was out at first and Meyers
flied out. No runs; no hits.
Third Inning
Athletics Schang sent long one
to the field, but was out; Bender was
out, short to first; Murphy singled
and stopped at the first station, and
was out when he was forced by Old
ring. No runs; one hit.
Giants-Merkle singled and went
to first Marquard made safe sacri-
flee and Shafer flied out. Doyle sin
gled and Merkle crossed the plate
with the first rim. Fletcher flied out.
One run; two Tits.
Fourth Inning
Athletics-Collins passed up a sky
scraper for three bases; Baker made
a safe infield hit, scoring Collins. Nc
Innis sacrificed Strunk hit to pitcher
who caught Baker at third. Barry hit
for two bases and Strunk took third
Schang then sent out another three
Dagger, scoring Strunk and Barry.
Bender was out, pitcher to first Three
runs; four hits.
Giants-Burns doubled, but Her
zog's grounder to Bender forced
Burns. Herzog taking second on the
play. Murray watched three pretty
ones go by and Myers flied out. No
runs one hit.
Fifth Inning
Athletics-Murphy out, pitcher to
first and Oldring followed suit. Col
Inns took free pass to first, stole Sec
ond and scored on Bakers home run
hit into the right field stand. Here
pandemonium broke loose, and re-
NAMED unclaimed for several min
utes. McInnis popped up a little fly
and took his seat. Two runs; one
hit.
Giants-Merble singled. McCor-
mick, who was batting for Marquard,
also singled. Merkle taking second.
Shafer sacrificed Doyle was safe at
first and Merkle scored on Barry's err
ror. Fletcher singled, scoring Nc
Cormick. Burns forced Fletcher,
but Doyle crossed the plate. HerZog
flied out. Three runs two hits! one
error.
Sixth Inning
In this inning Crandall took Mar
guards place on the mound.
Athletics-Strunk, Barry and
Schang went out on fies.-No runs;
no hits.
Giants-Murray was out, second to
first Meyers was out, pitcher to
first and Marl1la famed No runs. no