Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1913-10-10
championship Game Is
waged at the Polo Grounds,
New York.
MANY THOUSANDS PRESENT
Crowds Stand at Gates All Day Walt.
ING Chance to Enter Enclosure
New York Makes First Score
In the Third Inning.


inning, but went rapidly to the rear
in the fourth inning when the Athlet.
ics tailed three runs and followed this
up with two more In the fifth.
These leads the Giants were never
able to overcome and finally succumb-
ed after a most heroic struggle.
The final score being to 4 In ia.
vor OF the Athletics.
In the sixth It was SO dark that
when the Giants went to the bat the
Athletics were hardly discernible from
the press box.
New York was first to score. In the
third inning Merkle singled. Marquard
sacrificed and Doyle singled to right.
scoring Merkle.
Philadelphia forged to the front in
the third when three runs were scored
on triples by Collins and Schang. a
double by Barry and a single by Baker,
with a sacrifice by McInnis sandwiched
In between. The Athletics added two
more in the fifth when Baker drove
a home run into the right field bleach
ers scoring Collins ahead Of him.
New York grabbed three runs in the
fifth on singles by Merkle. Mccormick
and Fletcher. with timely sacrifice in
between.
Philadelphia scored the last run of
the game in the eighth inning when
Collins beat out a bunt, took third on
Bakers single and crossed the pan on
McInnis' double.
Some 10000 persons filled the broad
reaches Of the Brush stadium to wit
ness the New York Giants, pennant
winners of the National league. do
battle with the Philadelphia Athletics,
leaders u the American league in the
first game of the worlds baseball Sc
ries.
Opening Inning.
Athletics-Murphy up, flied to Muir
ray. Oldring singled to right and
caught out on first. Marquard to
Merkle. Collins singled to center
Baker flied out to burns. No runs, two
hits. no errors.
New York-Shafer flied out to Muir
ply. Doyle flied to Strunk. Fletcher
singled to left. Fletcher out stealing,
Schang to Collins. No runs, one hit.
no errors.
observation-disclosures out. Herzog
10 Merkle. Strunk struck out. Barry
out, Fletcher to Merkle. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
New York-Burns famed. Herzog
out, to McInnis unassisted. Murray
singled to left field Meyers flied out
to Oldring. No runs. one hit. no errors.
MISUNDERSTANDING flied to Burns:
Bender out, Fletcher to Merkle. on
an infield tap. Murphy singled TO
center. Oldring forced Murphy. Flech-
er unassisted. No runs. one hit. no
errors.
New York-Merkle singled to Bar
~, who fumbled; Merkle safe on
first Marquard sacrificed, Collins to
McInnis. Shafer flied to StiVnk.
Doyle singled to right. scoring MERLE.
The great throng In stands End
bleachers went wild as Merkle crosse ed
the plate. Fletcher flied out to Mar
ply One run. two hits, no errors.
iladelphia-Collins tripled to COZ
ter. He drove the first ball to tbs
bleachers. Baker hit W Doyle. who
fumbled a little roller. Mclnnis sac
rificed. Marquard to Merkle. Strunk
hit to Marquard, who threw Herzog,
forcing Baker at third. Strunk stop
ped at first. Barry doubled to left.
Strunk stopping at third. Schang
tripled to center, scoring Strunk and
Barry. Shafer leaped to get the
drive. but ball just touched his glove.
Bender out. Marquard to Merkle.
Three runs. four hits, no errors. one
left.
New York-Burns doubled to left
on the first ball pitched. Herzog hit
to Bender and Burns was run down.
Bender TO Baker to Barry to Collins to
Barry. [Herzog took second on the
play Murphy famed. He watched
the third strike go by him. Meyers
flied to oldring. No runs; one hit. no
errors.
adelphia-Murphy out, Mar
guard to Merkle on an attempted
sount. Oldring out, Marquard to Mer-
Ne. Collins walked. Collins stole a
bond. Meyers throwing to second to
e. Baker hit home run into the
ht field bleachers scoring Collins
pad OF him. McInnis flied to Fetch
Two runs; one hit. no errors.
New York-Merkle singled through
hter on the first ball pitched. Nc
rmick singled center on the first
n pitched. Shafer out. Collins to
tInnis. Merkle going to third and
tCormick TO second on the sacra.
W Doyle was safe at first on Bar
9 low throw TO McInnis. Merkle
bring and Mccormick going to
I'd. Fletcher singled. scoring No
rmick. The ball hit lenders shin.
WIe advanced TO third. The ball
on Bsnder's shin to right nsld.