Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-10-18
ATHLETICS WIN
final GAME or
Series BY3T0 |
Plank Showed Speed and left-
ness in His Delivery Against
Giants.
MACK'S MEN ARE JUBILANT
New Workers Made Heart-Breaking
Effort to Save the Day, but Could
Not Overcome Lead of the
Philadelphia Lads.


The Athletics won the final game OF
the world series by the score Of 3 to
/, after a heartbreaking effort on the
part of the Giants to stem the tide.
Plank for the Philadelphia team did
noble work. while Mathewson played
the game Of his life. but could not
save the day for his team
The Philadelphians thus become
the champions of the world and in
cidentally get the largest share OF the
gate receipts from the five games
which it took TO settle the contest
the PhiIlies winning four. the Giants
one.
One Of the biggest crowds that
ever witnessed a baseball game jam
med the park here to see the mighty
Mathewson for the slipping Giants
and Plank for the battering, deter
mined Athletics hitch up in a pitchers
encounter In the fifth game of the
world series
Score 5 to 0 in Fifth.
The Athletics found Mathewson for
one run in the first inning and grabbed
two more in the third, making the
score stand at the end of the fourth
inning 3 to in favor of the Philles.
In the fifth inning the Giants scored
one, thus inspiring hope in the hearts
Of the New York bugs" for a sue
cessful outcome for their team ere
the game ended.
With one game between them and
defeat in the third straight opportu-
nifty to win the worlds baseball cham
ponship the Giants gritted their
teeth and went out to do battle with
the smuggling, chugging Mack men
from Philadelphia.
The AcGraw clan was desperate
They could see both fame and money
slipping away from them as it had on
to fight their hardest to stem the
tide as they did in 1912, when they
tied the series with the Boston Red
Sox after the latter had won three
to the Giants one
The weather was the most favor
able that the two teams had found
on any day of the series in this me-
tropolis, as the journalists say. Dur
ing the morning the sun stuck his
head out occasionally. and an hour
before the game time there was only
slight haze over Coogans bluff,
where early in the day a heavy fog
had prevailed
First Inning.
Philadelphia Murphy singled on
first ball pitched Oldring forced Muir
ply. Matty to Doyle Collins singled
to right. Oldring going to third Ba-
ker flied to Burns. Oldring scored
Baker credited with sacrifice Collins
out when McInnis hit to Herzog. who
threw to Fletcher, who threw to Doyle,
putting out Collins One run; two
hits. one error.
New 1ork-Herzog flied to Murphy
Doyle out, Barry to McInnis Fletcher
flied to Oldring. No runs. no hits.
no errors.
Second Inning.
Philadelphia-St out Doyle to
Merkle. Barry flied to Murray. Schang
singled. The ball bounced off Matty's
glove and rolled to short Plant out
Flied to Herzog No runs one hit,
no errors.
New York-Burus out. Baker to
McInnis. Shafer out. He fouled to
Mclnnis. Murray out Plant to McIn-
mis-. No runs, no hits. no errors.
Third Inning.
Philadelphia Murphy singled
through short. Oldring safe at first on
Doyles error. Murphy going to sec
ond. Collins out to Merkle unassist-
ed. Both runners advanced. Baker
singled and Murphy scored. Oldring
going to third. McInnis singled to left.
scoring Oldring Strunk out, Doyle
grounded to Merkle. forcing McInnis.
doubling McInnis of hrst. TWO runs.
TWO hits. no errors.
New York Mclean out flied to
Oldrns. Merkle flied to Collins. Mat
/ ty out Barry TO Mclnnis. No runs.
not hits. no errors.
Fourth Inning.
Philadelphia Barry out. Fletcher
to Merkle. Sohang flied t. Murray.
/ Plank flied to Fletcher No runs; no
/ hits no errors.
New Nork-Herzog famed DOYLE
! out to Mclnnis unass.sted Fletcher
out lie died 10 StruDk. No runs. no
/ hits; no errors.
Fifth Irnlua.
Observation-Disclosures out DOYLE to
Merkle Oldrps out. Doyle to MerkIe
Collins tiled TO Shafer. No runs. no
hits no errors
J New York-Buras out. he died to
Mclnnis. Shafer walked. Murray
safe at first and Shafer at second on
Planks horrible mur Of an easy pop.
up. Mclean singled to center. Shafer
! scoring. Murray stopped at second
fMerkle hit into q double play. Collins
20 Barry To Mclnnis. One run. one
hit. one error.
Sixth Inning.
Baker singled to right or first ball
pitched. McInnis cut McLean TO