Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-11

FIRST INNING.
ATHLETICS Murphy lost no time
In going after Matty. He clipped a
clean sihgle.z@hich Fletcher knocked
down in deep short. Oldring tried to
sacrifice but got his bunt too near
the box. Matty fielded the ball and
threw straight to Fletcher in time to
force Murphy at second. 1t was q
> lucky move. for Collins followed with
a snorting single to right. Oidring
went to third and was in position
to score on any kind of a sacrifice
fly. Baker also went after Matty' s
first offering and drove q sharp Ener
to Burns. Oldring dashed to the plate
and arrived there safely when Nc
Lean muffed Burnss high throw. CofA
Inns sneaked to second before Mclean
could recover the ball. McInnis hit a
bounder to Herzog, who chased Col
lins back toward second, and then
threw TO Doy'e, who touched Eddie
out. The Athletics were hitting Mat
ty's first ball in this round but Big
Six stood then off nobly. ONE RUN,
TWO HITS. ONE ERROR.
Z GIANTS-The Athletics had upset
the to 0 score, which had prevailed
over three previous games, in which
Matty and Plank matched their skill
during their pitching careers. Her
zog looked over couple before giving
Murphy fly. Planks southpaw
shots bothered Doyle into striking
twice. Larry shot one over Plank s
head, but Barry tore over behind the
box, grabbed the ball and shot it to
first in the nick of time. Plank had
so much on the ball he could not keep
his cross-fire within range of the
plate Fletcher got three balls and
two strikes. Plank had burning speed
and forced Fletcher to foul twice. his
next Offering was over the plate and
Fletcher swung hard, but the ball
arched gracefully to Oldring. NO
RUNS. NO HITS, NO ERRORS.
SECOND INNING.
ATHLETICS-Mat curved one
over, but it was too far inside and
Strunk passed it up. A fast one on
the outside was called a strike. Mat
ty came back with a curve, which
Strunk fouled. His next effort was a
bounder>. which Doyle tossed to Mer-
kle. Philf selphia fans rooted for
Barry to Ike . up the good work. Jack
hit the ball, nut Murray gathered 1t
in Matty hat excellent control of his
curve ball, an was putting it where
wanted He ,ade Schang look a
bit foolish on two curves at which he
swung like a windmill. Wally was
game, however, and drove the next
one back at Matty with so much force
that the ball bounded off his glove to
short, Schang getting single. Her
, zog ate up Plank's fly. mo RUNS,
ONE HIT, NO ERRORS
GIANTS-Umpire KEN ordered
Plank to keep his feet on the rubber
when pitching cross-fire. The Giants
claimed Plank made a balk every time
he threw 1t. Baker grabbed Burns's
hopper over third and his throw to
McInnis nosed out the runner After
having three balls and no strikes
Shafer waited for two good ones to
drift over. then put up foul, which
McInnis caught away eyer at the
grand stand. Murray tapped an easy
grounder to the box and was cut off,
Plank to McInnis. NO RUNS, NO
HITS. NO ERRORS.
THIRD INNING.
ATHLETICS-Mu again set the
Z pace with a perfectly placed single
between Herzog and Fletcher. Matty
wasted one on Oldring and then put
one in the groove. Rube did not try
to sacrifice this time. He rammed a
hot one at Doyle, who got in bad with
the crowd by 1fumbling. Collins sacri-
ficed~ and was tagged out by Merkle-
The Giant infie1d laid in and Baker hit
to Merkle who instead of throwing
to the plate tried to touch Baker out
!. hoping to make double play he
missed both Baker and Murphy His
throw to the plate was late. Murphy's
run counted. Oldring made third on
Merkle's sbonehead play and scored
when Burns pulled down McInnis's
sacrifice fly. Strunk died, Doyle to
Merkle. TWO RUNS. TWO HITS,
ONE ERROR.
GIANTS-Lanky Larry Mclean
boosted tall fly to Oldring Merkle
sent wicked liner to Collins, Eddie
picking it off jthe grass top for the
second out Flank kept the ball low
on Matty and forced him to hit to
Barry Jack fumbled for a moment,
but recovered the ball and threw Mat
ty out NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO
ERRORS.
FOURTH INNING.
ATHLETICS-Bar pushed a Tex
as Lacquer to 1eft, which fell foul. He
&then sent bounder to Fletcher, who
handled it perfectly, throwing to Mer-
kle. With plenty of time to spare.
Murray raced in for Schang's fly.
Eletcher ran out to centre, pulling
6bwn Plank's line fly while running