The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-09
His Work Wrings Vol
leys of Applause From
Athletic Fans.
NEW YORK WINS
BY 3 TO O SCORE
Famous Veteran Turns Back
Hard-Hitting American League
Champions Without Sem
blance of a Break, and Then
Drives In Run That
Gives Victory.

1Hiiaueiphia. october 8.-Christy
Mathewson. master manipulator of the
baseball led the New York Giants to
victory at Shibe Park to-day. when he
shut-out the Philadelphia Athletics In
ten-inning battle by to score in
the second game OF the worlds series.
Hero OF decade OF league and worlds
championship play. the famous veteran
rose to the highest pinnacle of his dia-
inond career by an exhibition OF all
round play that wrung vollGys of an
plause from tho 10000 Athletic sup
porters, VINO were inassed I'm the stands
Gnd bIcachers expecting TO witness a
second triumph for the standardbcar-
ers Of the American League Box score
experts VIII point to their figures 10
prove that eleven other Giants were
instrumental In winning the second
contest OF the series, but the PhIIadel-
rhia fans. who fled sadly out of the
Athletics ball park. spoke only of
Mathewson,
For trine over two hours and
twenty minutes. the man whose re-
nuiem was sung by thousaids of fans
inter the final game against the Boston
lied SoX In the worlds series OF 1912
turned back the hard hitting Athletics
without q semblance OF n break Then
when he saw that his team mates could
not wrest victory from Plank. he took
his bat and drove In the run that won
G,
other Giants added two more.
Master to the END.
Mathewson was the master to the
end, Oldring, Collins and Baker being
unable to drive the ball outside the
diamond In the tenth and final inning
although 10000 adhcrents pleaded for
hit that might start n winning rally
AS result OF Mathewson's prowcss
tho Giants went back TO New York to-
night OH even terms with the Athletics
q al p lr gle wi he rad 49, ho
Polo Grounds tomorrow IL the weather
map so wills. with the two teams In
comparatively the same position they
were before they crossed bats for the
1913 title.
As an exhibition OF hfgh-cIass base
ball and sensational play. to-day's game
was all that ideal worlds cham
pionship contest should be. For nine
innings the rival clubs hattled without
advantage. brilliant fielding and thrill
ing coups shutting out runs that ap-
peared assured. IN the tenth, with the
shades OF darkness settling over the
park, the hero of the game terminated
the contest just as u 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 threw, away
the one opportunity that the fortunes
OF baseball cast their way. Mathewson
and Plank had twirlcd a game that was
little short of wonderful up to this
point. and Plank was beginning to fall
ter under the strain. With the Ath-
letios at bat In the last half of the
inning and but a solitary run needed to
close the contest. Strunk opened with
single past second. Barry bunted
toward Doyle, and Doyle threw wild
past Wiltse. The ball sailed clear TO
the right field grandstand. while Strunk
and Barry rushed around the bases.
Strunk was held at third when ne had
1
letics lone chance. for Wiltse and
Mathewson cut down three Athletics
in row Immediately afterward
Mathewson Clinches Game.
Larry Mclean, who substituted for
Meyers after the Indian split his finger
In practice, singled TO right in the
tenth inning. Grant ran for him. and
reached second on Wiltse's sacrifice.
Mathewson then clinched the game
with his clean smash to centre, while
Grant scored. The, Athletics cracked.
Herzog hit to Collins, who threw to
Barry to catch Mathewson at second.
Apparently Barry was unable to see
the ball. and it flashed on to left field.
Mathewson and HcrZog gained an ad-
ditional base on the misplay. Plank
hit Doyle. filling the bases. Fletcher
followed with bounder over Bakers
head scoring Mathewson and IIerzog.
Aside from the brilliancy of Math
ewson. the two teams were evenly
steady as his rival in the box, giving
two bases on balls ana hitting one
batter to Mathewsons solitary pass.
The Giants secured seven hits off
Plank to the Athetics's eight from
Mnthewson, who struck out five bats
m@n. to Plank's six. New York had
eight left on bases to Philadelphia's
ten. Fletcher, Mclean and Mathewson
secured two hits each, q total of six
out of the seven recorded by the
Giants. Baker was the only Athletic
player to get to Mathewson for moro
than one hit. the home run batsman
being credited with two
Had it not been for Mathewson's
remarkable exhibition in the box and
Mt bat. George Wiltzo would have been
hailed as the star of the game AS it
was, his play was such that ii brought
him congratulations from both players
and fans. Substituted for Snodgrass.
first as runner and then at first base
in the third inning, he played game
that, edualed anything that Merkle, tho
Giants regular, has shown this sea-
son.
Increase in Receipts.
According to the figures of the Ma
>uonal Commission. 20,663 persons paid
admission to witness the game, the re-
ceipts amounting to $4,000, compared
with the records OF the first game here
mately 5000 less, but tho receipts
$4,000 greater, due to the increase in
prices for seats this season.
Probably 1000 more saw the game
from points OF vantage outside the
park. The twoN rows of brick houses
that overlook Shlbe Park on two sides
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