The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-09
Mathewsons Great
Victory Over the
Athletics Yesterday

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 9.-Christy
Mathewson, master manipulation of, the
baseball, led the New York Giants to
victory at Shibe park yesterday, when
he shut out the Philadelphia. Athletics
3 to 0 ins a ten inning battle. the sec
n game Of the worlds series.
Hero of a decade Of league end
worlds championship play, the famous
veteran rose to the highest pinnacle Of
his diamond career by an exhibition
of all-round play that wrung volleys
OF applause from the 10000 Athletic
supporters, who were massed in the
stands and bleachers expecting to wit
ness a second triumph for the standard
bearers Of the American league. Pox
score experts will point to their figures
to prove hat eleven other Giants were
instrumental in winning the second
contest Of the series, but the Philadel-
phia fans who filed sadly out Of the
Athletic park spoke only Of Mathew
son. SEE r~ t@#-~ %s rD, s#".@,@~..rr
For a trif1e over two hours and TWEEN
ty minutes h man, whose requiem
was sung by thousands of fans after the
final game against the Boston Red Sox
in the worlds series of 1912, turned
back the hard hitting Athletics without
a semblance of a break. Then, when
he saw his team mates could not wrest
victory from Plank, he took his bat
and drove in the run that won the
game. Spurred on by his example the
other Giants added two more to clinch
the contest, but they were not needed.
Mathewson was the master to the end,
Oldring, Collins and Baker being I'M
able to drive the ball outside the dia-
mond in the tenth and final inning,
although 10000 adherents pleaded for
r hit that might start a winning rally.
AS a result of M~athewson's prowess
the Giants went back to New York
tonight on ven terms with the Ath-
letics and. the struggle will be renew
ed at the Polo grounds tomorrow If the
weather nan so wills, with the two
Teams in comparatively the, same po-
sition they were before they crossed
oats for the 1913 title.
Regardless Of the disappointment
over the outcome of the game as view
ed from a Philadelphia standpoint, not
one of the thousands who witnessed the
play regretted the hours spent in the
stands Or bleachers. AS an exhibition
of class baseball and sensational play,
the game was all that an ideal worlds
championship contest should be in fic-
ton Or reality. .t
For nine innings the rival clubs bat
Tied without advantage, brilliant field
Ing and thrilling coupes shutting out
runs that appeared assured. In the
tenth, with the shades of darkness
settling over the park, the hero of the
game terminated the contest just as
the dramatist would have staged the
final scene. The Athletics had a chance
to win in the ninth and many thought
poor generalship on the bench and
coaching lines threw away the one OPP
p%ortunity that the fortunes of. base
ball cast their way.
Both Mathewson and Plank had
twirled a game that was little short of
wonderful up to this point and Plank
was beginning to- falter under the
strain. Their team mates too, were a
tremble with the responsibilities that
each inning was heaping on their
shoulders. o." p
With the Athletics at bat in the last
half Of the ninth and but a solitary
run needed to close the contest. Strun:l
opened with a single past the. second.
Barry hunted toward Larry Doyle who
ran in and scooped the ball up. twirl-
ed and threw wild: they passed .Wiltse
at first in an attempt to catch the
Athletics shortstop. The ball sailed
clear to the right field grandstand,
while Strunk and Barry rushed
around the bases, Strunk was held at
third when he had ample time to
score. It was the Athletics lone
chance for Wiltse and Mathewson cut
down three Athletics in a row imme-
diately after by a brilliant exhibition
of Unfolding and then came the Giants
rush to victory. Larry Mclean, who
substituted for, Meyers when the In
dian split his finger in practice, sin
gled to right field in the tenth inning.
Grant ran for him and reached second