The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-11
BY WILLIAM HANNA.

PHILADELPHIA. o H. 10.--What
promised to he nothing more difficult
for the Athletics today than a pleas
ant romp to victory. turned out to be
a ball game after all. The Athletics
won and now have three victories to
one for the Giants. They are only
one game away from the worlds
cham pionship.
The score by which they won today
was to s. but yet In the ebb and
flow Of fortune the fact that the
Mackias sappers had at one time
lead Of six runs did not a.ter the fact
that before the game +.-as over IL
came about that the difference be-
tween victory and defeat for the Ath-
letics hung on occurrences of hair line
fineness.
The Giants were six taliies behind
and runiess when the seventh inning
began. Into that inning. and the next.
they merged practically all the hit
ting they did. and piucked five runs
so abruptly that the question changed
from what will the Athletics win by,
to, will the Athletics VIM
Shade OF Superiority.
The Athletics victory was theirs by
virtue of a shade OF superiority In bat
ting. fielding. and pitching. The per-
tinent fact that the Athletic flelders
handled two vicious line drives
splendid1y. was just as much eloquent
Of skill and rapidity of action on their
part as was the fact that the min
utest difference in the direction OF
those drives would have won for the
Giants, or at least put them on even
terms. IT was work Of high class and
next to instantaneous action by the
AL Fah HAD
off those drives: II was rough on the
Giants to have the savage slams turn
ed against them.
A wonderful nab of a line drive
from Mccormick, Oldring being the
one who did the catching. foreclosed
on a New York run In the fifth in
ming A still more important play
was the feat of Chief Bender in
Knocking down fierce liner from
Fletcher's bat in the eighth inning.
and biighting a rally which, as 1t was.
produced two runs. On the other
hand. the Giants were not entirely
ming.
| Barry the Star.
Barry was the batting star today.
He was the center of the Athletics
attacking force. He made three hits
and journeyed to the home shrine
with three runs. The lower end of
the batting order did the business
today Collins and Baker were in the
background. McInnis, Strunk. Barry
and Schang formed a four-man COM
bination which bore the brunt OF the
home teams offensive operations
Two innings OF attacking ANNA
| ton were not enough for the Giants.
BY that time the Athletics. who. did
! not walt for any late stages to show
their hand. had driven Demaree to
cover and worked in enough Of their
sharp and harmonious outbursts OF
wailoping to have a winning supply
| of runs The game was won by the
which they did all their batting.
| For the fourth time in the series
Mack made no changes in his battle
front, while McGraw made several
Bender was in better form than on
Tuesday, and for six innings held the
1 Giants to two scattered hits
| The fourth Is Fatal.
Demaree. under worlds series fire
FLOR the first time, worked his change
OF pace to the confusion Of the Ath-
letics for three innings. but in the
fourth the Athletics damned out the
hits. Schang got hold OF a slow one
and broke up the game. for there
were men on second and third atSths
time A passed ball and hit by
Bender. which was the veriesi
scratch, added run. Every slip by
the Giants was costly. as the fact thai
run from a combination OF a passed
bail and a scratch hit attest. Mar
1 guard really held the Athletics In good
style.