The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-11

Shafer's triple; tallying Burns, caused
New York rooters to go fairly wild.
Murray was thrown out at first, retir-
ing the side. McGraw then sent in two
pinch hitteFs In the --Rinth, but the
needed run. TT ti49Ifailed to materialize,
Bender realizing>the danger and pitch
ing his best: Unlike previous battles,
the lower half of the batting list
bombaEded Demaree from the mound
and gave Marquard a taste Of their
ability. With the assistance of Old
ring. this quartette, Mc1nnis. strunk,
Barry and Schang. mixed, hits with
clever work on the paths for a run
in the second. three in the fourth and
two more in the. fifth.
1t was the narrowest kind of an
escape. and but for the equally heavy
hitting Of the Athletics. in the early
part Of the game, and some brilliant
ants would now be on even terms with
the philadelphia standard bearers, in
stead Of trailing two games in the
rear. The rally was effective, how
ever. in that it encouraged the men
OF McGraw to believe they might vet
overtake the Athletics. The PROBABLE
tiles, are much against such a, feat,
but the Giants a r prepared for the
last stand at the Polo grounds TO-
day, and claim that if they can once
get going they will win the series.
Small Hope.
All the circumstances point In the
opposite direction, however, for the
Mackmen. with a record of three vic
tories out of four games. are we'll vers-
ed in the ability and resources of the
Giants. When they drove Demaree
from h slab at.the end Of the fourth
inning. after four runs had been scor-
ed from his delivery, it marked the
passage Of every New York pitcher
except h veteran, Christy Mathew.
son. :
In four games Marquard, CrandaIl
Tesreau and Demaree all have fallen
before the terrific hitting Of the heayy
batting Athletics. Only Mathewson. n
the wonderful exhibition of Wednes.
day, when he shut them out, has beer
able to hold the American league pen.
nant winners in. check.
Star ut Hat.
Barry made three hits in tour time,
at bat two of them being doubles
Schang did even greater execution
getting two hits and two bases or
balls in four times up. His two hit,
scored four runs, and he crossed tn,
plate himself. with another.
It is not alone by h batting tina
the Athletics won, however, for botl
the fielding and.Bender's clever pitch
ing were factors. that helped to brin,
victory. The Indian. twirler was ut tn,
top OF his form, except in the seventh
and eighth innings, being steady ant
having excellent control of breaks ant
%curves. He gave. but one base on ball
and hit one. The Giants garneres
only two hits off his, delivery until In,
| ootrnnfh and <kAfR .asiro fatal r,.
eight, while the redman famed: fiv,
as a sort Of retaliation.
Got Them All.
This quartctte scored all the run
credited to the Mackmen. OldrinI
was the only other Athletic hittinl
safe, one Of his two. hits being a triple
the players participated in the receipt.
According to unofficial figures. ther
are to be distributed among the play
ers over 1885, 900, the winners receiv
ing 60 per cent Of this, each playe
of the winning team will receiv
1924. and the losing players eacl
$2.162.
The attendance today was 20.5o
and the receipts nearly $4,000.
Total receipts Of the -four. days ar
$685. 800. so!
In Trouble in. Fifth.
Bender was in trouble In the fit
Inning when he walked Murray an
Mclean singled. McGraw sent Coope
in to run for Mclean and McCormic
to bat In place. of Demaree. who al
ready was marked for the. bench. Mo
cormick promptly lifted a ,hummin
liner over Barry.s head that tabled
Init. 4Oldring came in at top speed
and with Il long l0w dive scopped tn
ball off the grass tops for the mos
Spectacular catch that has. been wit
messed in. many months. With. tw
out. McGraw ordered Cooper to tr
for second, but SchsnR shot the ba
to Collins like q rifle bullet. an