Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-08

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IAssociated Press Special Service to
the Star-Builetinl
- PHILADELPHIA, Oct. s. Besten
~ on their home grounds, Grip.
! pied BY the Injury Of two men,
fighting an uphill game before hos
tile crowd, the New York Giants came
back today and took the second game
Of the world's series by score Of 3
80 0, after ten innings Of desperate
baseball.
chrlsty sathewsou, the "old Fox"
OF baseball and the man who has lost
other worlds series games BY hard
luck, was crowned king Of the dla
mon1 a the finish of teday,s contest
The veteran was IN brand form and n
was proemInentiy his playing ths
made the victory of the oI3nts pos
sibie. s
The oame wss dslsyeo Oh account oi
wei gFeGats u hsd rsined hsrd at
niollt, and the condition Of the play.
me Held w61 partly responsible for
the tour errors. cqtxiiy divided be.
tween the two teams. But the strain
cf-the game was also responsible for
the slips, and this strain fell hardest
on Eddie Plank, the cunning south
paw Of the Maokmen and Maek's
choice 70 60 against the Giants today.
GIANTS WERE cRlePLED.
The Giants went into the game Grip
pied, far Merkie's ankle, strained in
yesterdays game. did not permit HE
beginning the contest today, while
Catcher Jack Meyers, the clever In
dian and hard hitter, injured his ing
er IN praetIelng before the game. Lar
~ MeLean, picked up BY Manager
Mecraw this year 40 . substitute
catcher, went In In Meyers place, and.
re In turn was succeeded by Wilson In
the last half o. the tenth, after Nc
Lean had been taken out to let Grant
run bases for him.
Chrlsty Mathewson's eoolness was
never shown 70 better advantage. The
Athletics had him in q tight pinch In
the ninth inning, but he escaped by
splendid pitching. Furthermore, It was
Mathewson who drove the first run
across in the tenth.
Captain Larry Doyle held his team
together niagnificently and u was
largely hIs fighting spirit that drove
the New Workers to victory In the,
tenth inning.
HOW THE CRISIS CANE.
In the ninth inning, outfieider
Strunk Of the Athletics singled and
Shortstop Barry bunted safely, maxi
inc first Capt. Doyle then made a
raiseue, thro,sins wild to stop Barry,
and both men advanced. With Strunk
on third and Barry on second, Wiitse,
who was substituting, fielded Lapp,s
groander and threw to the plate like
shot, catching Strunk coming
home. Wiltse also tieided PIank's
qrounder and Mathewson caught Bar
~ with a quick throw before he
could get Ia line for q score. Mathew.
son followed up his work by throw.
ing Murphy cut at first.
"THE BREAK
The Athletes, with their rally
checked, were dishesrtencd, and when
the break" came in the tenth. they
could net check the ons!aughts ef the
Giants. In the frat of the tenth Nc
Lean singled for New York, and Grant
ran for him. Wiltse sacrificed Grant
to second and then Mathewson sin
aIed, scoring Grant from second.
The score upset Eddie Plank and
the veteran southpaw lost his speed
and puzzIing curves. Eddie Collins,
the star second baseman, also waver.
ed under the strain, and when Her
zog gave him a hard grounder, he
threw 1t wild, Mathewson going
around to third and 'Herzos to Sec
ond. Plank, growing wild, hit Capt.
Doyle with pitched ball and then
Shortstop Fletcher singled, scoring
MatheWson from third and Herzog
fConffnued on mage threel