The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-11
But One Game Lies Be
tween Athletics and
Championship.
DESPERATE RALLY
MADE BY GIANTS
Game Effort of National League
Players to Overtake Their Ri
vals in Final Innings Changes
Apparently One-Sided
Match Into Thrill
ing Contest.

14A''h'''piliS' OClDDeT lU.--Sif ono
game lies between the philadolphias
and the worlds championship in base
ball tonight. for the Mackmen de-
featcd the New York Giants by score
Of TO In the fourth gaina Of the
titular series Before tho contest was
clinched. 10000 Quaker Citv fans suf-
iered a period Of anxious Suspense that
VIII keep tho Giants eleventh hour
batting rally green In their memory for
seasons 10 come. The game effort Of
the National League players to over
take their rivals In tho closing innings
OF the game changed the entire com
plexion of the battle. lifting what an
pcarcd 10 be a sided match into
contest that hung in the balance until
the last put-out.
Demarce received warm welcome
At the start, but 1t was not until the
second inning that the first PLAYER
crossed tho plate. McInnis opened with
Texas leaeuer. Strunk sacrificed, and
Barry's double scored McInnis The
big blow came In tho fourth Strunk
Knocked Hcrzog over with a smashing
single, and Barry put him on third with
another taking second on Shafer's
throw 10 third. Schang followed with
vicious liner past Doyle. scoring
Strunk and Barry. He went on 10. second
on the throw to the plate. and to third
a moment later on McLean's passed
nall. Schanse scored when Meri<le
fumhlcd Bender's grounder
When the Athletics came to bat they
faced Marquard. Strunk walked and
got 10 third on Barry's double. Schang
promptly singled. scoring both Strunk
and Barry.
Like Bolt From Clear Sky.
The desperate. but futile effort came
like bolt from clear sky. Chief
Bender. the Chippewa Indian, master OF
! mysterious curves and breaks. had held
the Giants runlcss for six innings while
his teammates by pilc-driving hits had
scored as many runs at the expense OF
Demaree Already the fans were exult
ing in the downfall of the
New York club. There was not
n single danger signal in sight.
suddenly the Giants became trans
formed from hitless weaklings TO
real Giants, who hammered the speed
and slants Of the Indian twirler 10 all
parts or the park.
II was in the lucky seventh" that the
storm OF hits burst upon the aston
ished eyes. and before they could re-
cover three Giants had crossed the
plate. The fusillade continued into the
next session, when two more scored.
and the team which was a few mo-
ments before apparently outcla ssed
was battcrinG down the last defense
of the Mackmcn.
Fred Merkle, whose injured ankle
still caused him to limp perceptibly,
was the player who was directly re
sponsible for breaking through the
coat OF whitcwash that Bender was
applying With Burns and Murray on
second and third as the result OF two
singles and a double steal and two
out. Merkle caught one of Bender $
low balls on the outside corner OF the
plate and lifted II far out into left
centre. where neither Oldring nor
Strunk could reach H. The ball hit
the green turf and hoped the fence
into the bleachers.
Merkle trotted home after his two
teammates with the third home run
OF the series. thus Joining Baker and
Schang III the realm OF baseball i'm
mortals.
Another Desperate Rally.
Spurred on by Merkles example.
Herzog. who had not made hit in the
series to date, opened the eighth with
n single, only to be forced by Doyle.
who was similarly eliminated by
Fletcher. Burns came through with a
double down the third-base line,
scoring Fletcher, and Shafer shot n
triple past McInnis. talying Burns.
Murray smashed scorching drive
at Collins. but the Columbia alumnus
managed to hold the ball until he could
steady himself and throw the runner
out at first for the third out. Although
McGraw sent two pinch hitters To bat
in the ninth. the Giants could not get
over the run that would tie the score.
Bender was now fully aware of the
danger that beset him. and pitched a
ball that fairly whistled as it flashed
and broke across the plate.
II was the narrowest kind of an es-
cape. But for the equally heavy hit
ting of the Athletics In the fore part
of the game and some brilliant dis
plays of defensive tactics the Giants
would now be on even terms with the
Philadelphia standard bearers instead
of trailing two games IN the rear. The
rally. however, has melted the men
of McGraw to believe they may yet
overtake the flying Athletics.
The Mackmcn, on the other hand,
now well versed in the ability and re-
sources of the Giants. are tonight
doubly confident. When they drove
Demarec from the box at tho end OF
the fourth inning, 1t marked the pass
ing of every New York pitcher except
the veteran. Mathcwson. In four
games. AIarquard, Crandali, Tesreau and
Demaree have fallen before the terrific
hitting of the Athletics. AS If to show
the versatility of the team. ii was n
new quartet of battcrs who lombard
ed Demaree from the mound this af-
ternoon. In tho first three games Muir
phy, Oldring. Collins and Baker did
the brunt OF the stickwork. 1t was
the lower half OF the batting order
that sprang into the breach when the
leaders faltered today Seven OF the
ten hits recorded off tho Giant twirl-
Nf.In
Barry and Schang. They also scored
all runs that were credited to tho
Macknen. or the upper half only
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