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| ed as he desired-carefully and at his
leisure
Meanwhile Mathewson. several
years younger than Plank. but none
the less veteran, worked methodic-
ally on the sluggers of the Mack bri-
gade in fashion that showed how
we'll he had studied them since he
first faced them two years ago. There
were a half dozen instances where
the breaks OF the game were unde-
niably against the Giants, but this
is not the time to talk of breaks, in
view of the marked disparity be-
tween the teams. Big Larry Mclean,
who had to fill the vacancy behind
the bat caused by the injury of Chief
Meyers and who has been stor at,
the bat at least, contributed the blow
that gave the Giants their one run.
McGraw took no chances with Snod-
grass in certerfield. Tille Shafer
played that position again and
Herzog was at third
The Athletics went into the s.ne
with more dash than they have dis
played at any time during the series,
even when they were winning.
The Mack men attacked Mathewson
in the first inning in a manner that
indicated they had carefully planned
the assault. Eddie Murphy hit the
first ball offered by the, "old master"
for a single to left, Fletcher barely
breaking the ball down. Oldring
hunted to Matty, who made a quick
pickup and threw to second that eff
faced Murphy at that station Col
Inns hit the first ball for a single to
right and Oldring raced to third.
Baker also took a swing at the first
ball, lining out to Burns. A perfect
throw to the plate would have smoth-
and touch third, but Burns, ordinarily
a corking thrower, shot the ball in
too high for even the towering Nc
Lean to handle it accurately and Old
ring scored. Collins moved to second
on the heave. He got credit for
sacrifice fly and Burns was charged
with an error. McInnis tried to hit
the first ball, but fouled it off and
then rolled to Herzog, who ran down
Collins between third and second, 1t
was quite apparent that the Athletics
had figured out that it was a good
scheme to hit the first ball thrown
by Mathewson in an attempt to rush
him off his feet at the very start.
With the count two and two OH
Herzog in the Giant end of the fifth,
Plank became very deliberate, NOV
Ing slowly around in the box and
otherwise "stalling" until the crowd
commenced to boot at him. Wally
Schang, the wonderful young back
stop of the. Mack men, walked out
and talked to the veteran, before he
resumed Apitching, and Herzog was
easily disposed Of Barry had to
make grand plunging play to keep
Laughing Larry" Doyle from beat
ing out bunt.
That same inning the body blow
started with Murphy singing to left,
after taking one strike. Doyle fumbl-
ed Oldring's roller, the foxy Bronx boy
crossing the second baseman by act
ing as if he intended to bunt anu then
smashing out hot drive. Murphy
took second. Collins pushed a per-
feet bunt at Merkle and was tagged
| out on the base line as the other
two runners advanced. Baker hit an
casey bouncer to Merk1e midway be-
tween first and the box, and as the
first baseman got the ball he ap-
parently thought he saw a chance for
double play, as Baker was near him
running to first and Murphy on hie
way home from third was quite a
distance from the plate. 1t would
have been perfectly easy for Merkle