- yWSgzigtBp1 wpmi vjmrn if&wwtMkjmim G&virxm'?kvf,yc'' tvrr , Cif7"?nsrijr wtp'i THE WASHINGTON HERALD. SXJNDAY. OCTOBER 15. 19U7. Complete Report of World's Series by Many Diamond Experts ed each other warmly during practice. As they shook hands an army of pho- GIANTS WINNERS tographers took a shot at them. NEW YORK DEPENDING ON THIS TWIRLER CREDIT FOR THE VICTORY The game was delayed five minutes by CONTEST come chump with a revolving camera TO CLEVER IN FIRST who planted himself back of second base DUE TWIRLING and refused to budge. President Tom Noyes, of the Nationals, Continued from First Pse Main together with Ban Johnson, Robert Mathewson Combines Speed and Craftiness and others, occupied a box In the Section. grand stand. Enough to Save His Teammates Who right, but might have been ccstly, for Umpire Klem behind the bat was per- the play on Snodgrass at the home' plate fect. Not a single bait or strike de- Are at Bender's Mercy. was close. cision was 'protested by either club. By DAMON IU'NYON. dismayed by the fact that they were Of couree. It would ordinarily be poor facing judgment to chance a steal of third with Chief Meyers, the New York catcher, New York, Oct. 14. Christy Mathew- the title holders, and the club two the opposing made a beautiful throw to Herzog at Phila- that had shown up Chicago last yea;. men out. But where son, greatest of his kind, held the They upon side to you, I think it is a mis- third base In an attempt to catch Baker, came the field like lloa cubs hands it delphia Athletics, champions of the and they ployed their game that way take not to take it. but the Phlladelphian slid under safely. world. In the hollow of his mighty The winning run was earned on a Mathewson, Meters, and Devore these fol- hand this afternoon, and the New York are the names out, by Meyers and Devore's well-h- it The umpires were distributed as that stand with a great stout-heart- grounder over third, which netted him lows: Klem behind the bat. Bill DIneen Giants scored tho first blood in the deal to bo said for field, world's series. Fred Merkle, who saved the game by a two bases on the bases. Brennan in right and play. Outside of the pitching, there was no Tom Connolly In They won by a narrow margin of 2 to marvelous plunging left. It was a battle of pitching Titans special feature to tile play. 1, after a baseball battle that will live throughout. The Giants were garbed In black flan- memory of enormous Bender seemed to give way forever In the the toward the end. while Matty closed NOTES OF THE GAME. nel uniforms, with white stockings, white throng which saw It. was easy was laughing like a schoolboy. vlsored caps, and the letters "N. Y." In It no victory. Great as somber-face- d great His rival seemed greatly The first ball pitched In the game was a mpnogram on the left sleeve. Mathewson, no less was Albert perturbed during closing Innings. Bender, the Chippewa Indian, who op- the a strike, and a beauty. Lord then big from posed him. Able to Steal Dmci. whiffed at two more. Chief Bender drew a hand It was a struggle between the crowd the first time up. His best two of the most remarkable pitchers of McGraw's men stole all the bases they was Stuffy Mclnnis went on for effort was an easy roller to Matty. their time, and the fight all the more went after, s two. They first base extraordinary that these same two men Just a brief pedtod during the early practice, Rube Oldring and Frank Baker refused were the stars of their respective clans came from behind with a dogged de- and it was pitiful to see him try to to be awed oy the great Matty, the back In 1905, when the Giants and the termination which stamps them as a throw Reminded one of a cricketer couple doubles Athletics first met for world's title. plucky team of the McGraw school, and bowling former connecing for a of a "em over. and Baker cracked out a pair of singles Mutty In Condition. to them the result was never In doubt. Bender Speaker, out- Ma- bothered them with his crushing Tris the famous Boston Baker had the chance of his life to For uiys and days the peerless speed fielder, In from start to finish, and had the sat directly behind the writer make himself famous when first and thewson has been preparing himself for youngsters fighting way. press event, to- bad balls all the the box and remarked before the second were occupied In the third Inning. this and the result was seen Meyers game. any day In his But and Devore hit him when "I can't see reason why the He lgnominlously struck out, and a se- wonderful wo- r- at the Polo were Athletics not hard Grounds. hits needed. should hit Mathewson ries of groans went up from the Phila- Mathewson pitched game. enough to win. We found him easy two Just last spring they were discussing a wary He delphia rooters. quickly sized up his years ago, and batted him all over the the question of whether or not the big men. and once ho - passed Eddie Collins lot." yells! You should fellow- was all In. purposely In a Talk about Indian tight hole to take a chance Baker. noise when Chief Meyers The Athletics got a flying start In the at It seemed quite natural to hear E. have heard the Over 2S.000 people saw the game. Their came to the bat for the first time in the second Inning, and the Giants' following sympathies were largely Lawrence Phillips do the announcing, looked very glum, but the master hand with the Giants, who third Inning. Chief Bender grinned and but It was a doleful gathering that watch- and hundreds of Washlngtonlans Meyers dumped in front and two of McGraw soon showed, and the speed ed McGraw's eyes. a weak roller This picture shows "Rube" Marquard throwing a curve, Matty's best shoots. The big picture lads gamely struggle along were at the ringside rubbed their of plate. that he has been developing all year until they had turned darkness light, the shows Marquard about to shoot over one of his famous curves that are so puzzling to his opponents. In finally brought home the victory. into Imagining for a minute they were in our Cluba Evenly own snug little concrete castle. Phillips Snodgrass is some base runner, and the left-han- d is Matty's pitching hand about to shoot his "fadeaway." The right-han- d Clean hitting gave the Athletics their Matched. upper corner shown upper single could be heard perfectly by the 40,000 forget it. took more than ordi run In the second. Then the The clubs were so evenly matched In. don't It corner shows the hand of the peerless Matty about to heave over one of his fast balls. score tied persons present. nary speed to get home from second on was In the fourth, when the playing strength that there was no great wonderful Eddie Collins fumbled, Snod- advantage to bo noted during Eddie Collins' fumble of Herzog's hard grass run- the first It was the lucky seventh for the Doyle all started after the ball, and a giving a great exhibition of few Innings, but as the game went along which sent In hit grounder in the fourth inr.ins. but ning when he brought home tho coveted Giants, and Devore's hit. Snodgrass pulled the trick. collision seemed almost certain. As luck OF tho Giants gradually showed stronger In winning was luckiest ever. CAPITAL FANS HEAR would have It, the ball bounded Into VIEWS LEADERS run. the run. the every department. Tney seemed tho He rau.it have carried a horseshoe con- Josh Devore made a pretty catch of Merkle's paws and he was able to dash Chief aicyer a Hero. get Collins by more resourceful. They seemed to taunt cealed somewnere about his person. Thomas' high fly In the nfth. ovir to first base and an In Inning Big Chief Meyers, CORRECT REPORTS ej clash In nln cacs out of ten, Collins OF RIYAL TEAMS the seventh the Athletics wltn their speed, and when George McBrlde, the Nationals' dandy Baker easily caught when he at would have been afe. How Merkle was the man whose possibilities in this series the game was at an end tew tnero were on in to will still re- have been so often debated, smashed who would not say that the best team captain, was in the press box. After the tempted to steal. He was first able make connections won. game he said: "New York had the luck. the eighth, one was down, and when he main a mystery. The foregoing is an the left field wall with a e hit. other sample of how nicely everything Devore followed him with Mathewson probably never pitched a I still believe the Athletics will land the reached the keystone sack, Larry Doyle Little Josh game of ball which showed hlb wisdom broke for tho Giants. r, championship." had the ball waiting for him. Crowd of 2,000 in Buz of McGraw Feels Confident; So another the Indian scoring and his amazing craft to the same de from second, and the game was over, so gree.