Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-10-11
WIN FOURTH GAME or SERIES
BY SCORE OF SIN TO FIVE
OVER NFN YORK.
GIANTS RALLIED IN SIXTH
Nerklc still Iimping From Recent
Injury started Break Through
I.ender's Coat al White
Wash.

By Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. oct. 10
But one victory stands between the
Philadelphia Athletics and world s
championship In baseball tonight
for the Mackmen defeated the New
York Giants at shlbe Park this aft
ernoon by score Of Elk to five In
the fourth game OF the series. BE
fore the contest was cliachcd. how
ever. the Quaker city fans suffered
period of anxiety that viii Keep
the Giants eleventh hour batting
rally green In their memory for sea-
sons 10 come
The game effort of the National
League players TO oyertake their ri'-
als in tho closing innings of the
game changed the entire complex
ion of the battle. lifting what APP
pcarod to be- a onc-sided match into
q contest that hung In the balance
until the game was ended.
Bcmarree was paid warm vel
come at tho start but it was not I'M
tiI the second innihg that the first
Athletic crossed the plate.
McInnis opened with Texas
Leaguer that snodgrass could not
quite reach Strunk sacrificed and
Barry double scored Mclanis.
The biz blow game in the fourth
when with one out Strunk knocked
Herzop over with smashing sin
giles and Barry put him on third
with another taking second on Sha-
fors throw 20 third.
Schang followed with a vicious l.n
er past Doyle. scoring StruEk and
Barry. he went TO second on a throw
10 plate and to third moment lat
e.I on Acl.,an'a passed ball.
Schang scored when Merkle fum.
hled Renders grounder
When the Athletics next came "a
bat they faced Marquard and after
two out s'Tuak walked on four
successive wide ones Barrys sec.
oud double 90 left put Srunk on
third and Schang promptly singled
10 center. scoring Strunk and Barry
4 desperate but futile rally came
like a bolt from the clear sky
Bender had held the Giants runless
for six innings. while his teammates
were scoring six runs
Bender confident in the big lead
of his team Vas pitching consistent
bah and there was not a sign Of dan
ger IN sight
Suddenly the Giants become trans
formed from hitless weakings e.
real Giants uUo hammered the speed
and slant a the Indians Offering.
TO an parts of the park
II was 100 the lucky seventh that
the storm o hits burst upon the as
tonished Athletics ard before Bender
and his ''0v players recoye~e.
three Giants had crossed the plate
and the u..iIldc continued into The
next ressiuu when two moro scoret
and tho team which but a few mo
ments before appeared ouiclasser
was batting down the last defense O
the Athletic
McrkIe whose injured ankle stil
caused him 20 limp was tho playe
who was directly responsible fol
breaking through the coat Of white
wash. which BENDER was applying 50
ar'isiically
MerkIe sHocked O home run
scoring biz 'Wo team mates.
Although NcGraV sent two pincl
hitters In .ur ninth. the Giants dil
not put over fhc one run necessar'
10 tie tho .l0ro for Bender fol.
aware of .Ha danger that beet hin
pitched h.H that fairly whisteicd O.
Il flashed and broke across the plate
The Gia.r- are prepared for las
stand al tHe polo grounds tomorrow
and claim fr1t Or they once Re
going thu. Nl yet win the series
Circum-ur,os however. point u
the oppos.. direction. Tor the Mack
men. win three victories are Do'
well yors u tha ability and 90
sources a. Ha Giants
AN Giants pitchers except Mat
thoVson. Ha.a been ht terriciall
by tho A.. Rios.