The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-10-09
Holds Athletics SrOlplpSS: {:
Wins Game With Own
Bat in Tenth.
IIALTS MIGHTY BAKER
Home Run SluTger Yields to
Master Every Time
Peril Threatens.
PLANK NOBLE MARTYR
His Nine Innings of Grand
Achievement Wasted by
Mates Weak Attack.
NINTH TAKES HIS HEART
He aud Iapp Both Fail in TRY
at squeeze Play-Final
Score 3 to u.

p'Nfl AiEi fHlA. 'Itt. ne 'rltil1S t'll
h'hl"IcS in tho second sam" Of the
worlds series this afternoon stood up
-" 80 'oe through nine scnrelcss Innings.
."rin-s full of splendid work by the ever
-'"tn veterans ChriStN Math"wson and
I,dWard Plank and of support in keeping
WITH their own sterling work. Then cam"
'r" tenth and with i, the break. three
~lus for the Giants and an epic victory
rir that team with the final Scor" } t. -
10 'h"ir favor
feature laden sam" was this. in which
n Giants ev"ued up the reckoning 80
-tro> Non with me pussant Macks. BE
Soro IN" National Lcagu"is were returned
-r. winners defeat was per.'ouslv near
., 'h.m more than once. and IN avoiding
mat fl'r there Mas one participant Who's"
work whose part in the battle. overtoppcd
,,l IN" rest That man was Mathewson.
rs was IN m"aSur" a PERSONAL triumph.
No greater ever ha- been achieved by
~.0+.- player in zane. In shutting out
tN. haii hitting Athictcs on their own
n.i ne pitched them into heplcssness
vth the same superb skin with which he
ho.' O., far less form.iablc team Of Nth-
..; les c..ht .esrs aI" T"-ity's "ill al
p..s p" regarded ~ one ~ the most
r.r.,.tri. of tccompii i>nm"nts for the
I'D ....,N. who not p"fnrc this year has
...,u nor. .ommtrdins skll than he d 4
...I,, t9i who supported that sk!ll with
n,Ne mat knew no finchng.
Matt, Twicc !" Dirr strnits.
T,.'o ~ IN" gam" Marty was in dire
s'...'s HAD ne waver"d in IN" least on
.r,... .,.casIons ia. game would have gone
.-t.n.- h!n. In the inst inning the Attn
IT. ntd Two on bases with none out and
got they could not score in tn" ninth
au,uc-thr mos, dramatic period of
.. tmatic .anc--they had men on second
t-i third and none out and yet couldn't
re
Tho ninth inning situation was Of
-, .rSc the more critical Of the two. 1t
0,- do or die with the Giants then. Any
.i'.nkng. any yielding. the least out
,-o,ning Of weakness and the game was
>c,., indeed ii was close to being gone
e.. way. for no matter how firmly the
,i.trts stood their ground, any sort OF a
h., by the Athletics. who are too potent
.rlar circumstances, and TN" American
.,..l.rs would have had two Victories on
tr.Ii side of thu ledger
l;ut Math.wson. with craft on his part
a,l on the part Of his fielders and with
.oo, stcadincss on the part of both, again
sent the home brigad" to the field empty
h4rIrd whereas in the New York half of
-. tenth, Plank. who up to that tim"
a.,o had pitched one of the best games
of hiS career succumbed bit to the
..,-, of conflict. One OF his fielders-
Collins made bad wabble and cara
vau rf three Giants circled to the plate.
wiits- Plays First Bss~.
As M.'k!e was too lame from yester-
days ulshap TO his ankle to go into the
game and AS Meyers hurt his hand in
Practice shortly before the batteries were
announced McGraw had to make changes
phich apparently would weaken his team.
apparently only. for in reality tn"
changes didn't weaken II in the least.
Snodgrass started the game at first, but
after making a base hit. limped so pain
fully while trying to run that ne was
taken out and was succeeded by Wilts".
n" latter did fine work at first base.
In that wiry, hawklike way OF his
" Hts" proved a custodian OF the first
Junction whose work could not have been
surpassed. He handled difficult drives
vii and in the throbbing ninth inning
A' threw out two men in succession AT
= 70 plate. The other understudy who did
ns'lf proud was Larry Mclean. lie
mad" two hits, one Of them being the in
o'utlon Of the New York rally In the
tbth, and from the start he buckled down
{" the task of handling Matty with seri-
o.sn"ss OF purpose and close application,
IT, hackstopping was as finished a'
"'"rss could have been, and the Chief.
iur the day at least, wasn't missed
Nathcwson was a versatile contributor
'n 'ls teams success. A ringing single
!um has pcstlc--and there were two
s. .r"s on him at the timc-rushed home
u" FIRST run Of the game In this batting
t'N Mclean and Fletcher helped with hits,
IN when connection 1t may be mentioned
nat contrary to yesterdays contest, the
!org't' hit produced was not for more
'ha' single. No extra base jots ap-
''tr'd. That was one angle OF the
tt'iing pitching between Plank and the
ptsri.ss Matty.
fI.' cher. iierzoG, Burns and Wiltse
''" the hrlding luminares for the
''"'. The Athletics infcd did not dis
""'"sh Itself. The opportunities to do
Cestssved ON Fourth Pogo.