The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-11
VETERAN INDIAN TWlRLER DISPLAYS HIS
METTLE in THIRD WIN FOR ATHLETICS
MERKIES HOMER SEVENTH STARTS RALLY FOR GIANTS
WHO ALL BUT TIE SCORE IN EIGHTH-IN THE NINTH
INDIAN SHOWS HIS REMARKABLE NERVE.
Sensational Fielding Contest While Batting Honor
Go to Barry and Sc,ang-Today's Game May Be
Last of Worlds Series.

7 PHILADELPHIA. Oct 1o.-But one
victory stands between the Philadei-
phia Athletics and the worlds cham
pionship in baseball tonight. for the
Mackmen defeated the New York
Giants at Shibe park this afternoon
/ by n score Of 8 10 In the fourth game
OF the titular series.
Before the contest was clinched.
] however. 10000 Quaker city fans suf-
/ fered n period OF anxious suspense that
Will keep the Giants eleventh hour bat
ting rally green in their memory for
some seasons TO come. The game effort
OF the National league players 20 over
| take their rivals in the closing in
nings OF the game changed the entire
complexion OF the battle. lifting what
I appeared TO be a onsAsided match into
a contest than hung in the balance
until the last put-out.
Demaree received q warm welcome
al the start. but il was not until the
second inning that the first Athletic
crossed the plate. Mclnnis opened
with a Texas Lacquer that Snudgrass
could not quite reach. Strunk sacri-
feed and Barry's double scored Nc
lnnis. Tho big blow came I'm the
/ fourth. With one out, Strunk knocked
HerzOg over with a smashing single
and Barry put him on third With an
other. taking second on Shafer's
throw 90 third Schang followed with
a vicious liner past Doyle. scoring
strunk and Barry. lie went 20 sec
ond on the throw 20 the plato and to
third a moment later on NcLean's
/ passed ball. Schang scored when
Merkle fumbled Bender's grounder
/ When the Athletics next came 70 bat
they faced Vanguard. and after two
outs had been recorded. Strunk walk.
ed on four successive wild ones
Bsrrys second double 20 left put
Strunk on third and Schang promptly
singled 20 center. scoring both StEunn
and Barry. bender went out. Mar
guard 20 Merkle. and the Athletics
run gathering for the day was ended
Desperate Rally.
The desperate. but as 81 proved. fu.
tile rally OF the Giants. came like
bolt from a clear sky. "Chief' Ben
der. the Chippewa Indian. master of
mysterious curve and break. had held
the Giants runless for six innings
while his teammates. by piledriving
hits had scored as many runs az the
expense OF Demaree and Marquard. Al
ready the fans, trat filed every seat
I in the stands and bleachers. were ex-
Hlting in the downfall OF the New York
I club. Bender. confident IN the big
[ lead Of his team. was pitching con-
sistent ball and there was not a single
danger signal in sight.
/ Suddenly the Giants became trans.
formed from hitless weaklings into
| real Giants who hammered the speed
and slants OF the Indian twirler 70 all
parts ~ the park Il was IN the lucky
seventh that the storm Of hits burst
upon the astonished Athletics and be
/ fore the oborigine and his fellow play
ers could recover. three Giants bad
crossed the plate and the fusiilade con-
/ tinued into the next session. when two
more scored and the team. which was
but few moments before apparently
outclassed was batterinC down the
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