The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-08
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FINAL Score.
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Total attendance 2o,5ss. Total
receipts $49,64o.
Z Philadelphia, Oct. 8. - Tho
Giants captured the second game
Of the worlds series today, defeat
ing the Philadelphia Athletics by
the score of to . in ten innings.
1t was a pitching battle. AetWeen
Mathewson and Plank until the
tenth inning when Plank percept-
IDLY weakened and coupled with
fearful wild throw by Collins, sent
plate.
MatEewson was in difficulties in
the last half of the ninth, when he
was cor1bed for two hits, and with
Doyle's error, put Athletic rum
ners on second and third, with
none out. Then MatheWson, with
splendid pitching and s an sir-,tight anr,s
unless. The third contest will be
played in New York tomorrow.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8. Despite a
drizzling rain which set in before mid
night, more than 1900 fans camped
outside Shibe Park, many of them
since 4 o'clock yesterday. Ticket
spectators were much in evidence on
the street and at hotels. One So seat
for three days sold for $40.
The police arrangements include a
detail Of men to guard McGraw and
his players while in the city. Five
hundred blue coats and fifty plain
clothes men were assigned to duty at
the park.
twenty thousand passed through
the turnstiles before the game began.
A thick Scotch mist kept thousands
anxious lest a downpour would stop
the game The inheld WAS covered
with canvass to keep off .dampness.
When it was peeled off the diamond
was in fine playing condition Gon-
stant treatment was given Merkie's in
jlred ankle during the morning be-
cause he insisted he would attempt to
play. 2<=>
Teams Lined up.-
New York-shafer CT; Doyle 2b;
Fletcher IS; Burns 4 II; Herzog' 81; /;
Murray rfs Mclean c; Merkle 1b;
Matty p.
Philadelphia Murphy rf: oldring
If; Collins 2b; Baker 3b; McInnis 1b;
Strunk cf; Barry IS; Lapp C; Plank p.
Weather now cloudy, threatening.
< GAME BY INNINGS.
First Inning.
New YorkHerzog leading; Shafer
bats fifth. Herzog few out to short
right. Doyle few out to left Fletch-
er strikes out. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
Philadelphia Murphy up singled to
center. Oldring up, singles to left.
Murphy on second. Collins UP, sacri-
feed. out first to second. One out,
two on bases. Baker up, strikes out.
McInnes flew to right. No runs.
Second Inning.
New York-Burns up, famed. Shat
er flew out to right. Murray struck
out. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Strunk up. out sec
ond to first. Barry flew to left. Lapp
strikes out No runs, no. hits, no er-
rors.
Third lnning.s
New York: Snodgrass singled over
third base. Mathewson singled to
deep center sending Snodgrass to
third Mathewson moved to second.
Wiltse. ran for Snodgrass. The Ath-
letic infield strove to stop a possible
run. Wiltse out when Plank took
Herzog's grounder and threw to Lapp
who ran down Wiltse on the line.
Doyle flied to Oldring. MatheWson is
pitching supberb ball.
Philadelphia: Wiltse went to first
base for Giants. Plank out Doyle, to
Wiltse Mathewson threw Murphy
out at first. Oldring out Herzog to
esNiltse Only four balls We're pitched
In the inning by Mathewson.
Fourth Inning.
New York: Fletcher out Barry to
McInnis. Burns out on three pitched
balls. Shafer safe on Bakers wild
throw. Shafer out stealing. No hits,
no runs Lapps throw had Shafer
beaten by several feet
Philadelphia: Collins out Mathew
son to Wiltse. Baker singled. to right.
Doyle was barely able to knock it
down, McInnis out at first on ground
Strunk walked. Strunk was forced at
second Doyle taking Barry's grounder.
No hits, no runs.
Fifth Inning.
New York Murray flied TO Oldring.
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famed. MatheWson walked Herzog
out, Collins to McInnis. One hit, no
runs.
u PhiIadeIph Lapp out, Doyle to
.5VViltse. Plank singled to right Muir
ply flied to Burns. Plank out on Old
rings grounder to Fletcher. One hit
no runs.
Sixth Inning.
New York Doyle out, Plank to Nc
Innis Fletcher fouled to- McInnis.
Burns flied to Murphy. No hits. no
runs
PfiIadelphia Collins famed. Bak-
er out. Fletcher to Wiltse. McInnis
tanned. No hits, no runs.
Seventh Inning
New York Shafer flied to Strunk.
Murray popped to Barry. Mclean out
on long fly to Oldring. No hits. no
runs. 5.s8s s335
PhilAd deIphia StrunK flied to Burns,
q who made a dazzling shpestring catch.
Barry out. Herzog to first. Lapp
scratched a hit through Wiitse. Plank
lined to Fletcher. One hit. no runs.
Eighth Inning.
New York Wiltse out, Collins to
4 McInnis. Crowd save Mathewson
great cheer In recognition wonderful
pitching Mathewson flied to Murphy.
who took the ball off the tops of ti,e
erase and then turned a complete