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Show I SECOND GAME OF SERIES DESCRIBED PLAY BY PLAY j PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 10. There i were no preliminary conforeneey between the umpires and the team captains as tho crowd settled set-tled hack for tho game nnd Umpire Um-pire Hfldebrand called "play bait" at precisely 2 o'clock. The veteran Eddie Plank, paid to be tlie oldest man on cither team, was given hearty encoui-agement encoui-agement aa he walked to the pitchers' box. Mann, who heads the Tension barMng order when the opposing pihdier is n but-hander, but-hander, let Die fir.st bnli go by, as it wua wide. Plank then grooved one for a strike and then the hatter shot a hot grounder to Collins, who hud to back up to get the hall and ma lie a rifle-.shoL throw to Mclnnes I o get the runner. Kvers brought tlje first real cheer from the Boh ton rooters when he laid down a singlo to the infiold, Plank getting the ball too date to throw to first. Three I straight strikes tent Cather back to the bench, but Whined got h free trip to finst on four bad balls. Tho Postoidans saw vision? of a run. but Schmidt spoiled the dream by sending tip a fly to Strunk. j retiring the side. Kddio Murphy was the first of the Athletics Ath-letics to face James. lie did not like tho balls James was pitching and even-tunJ even-tunJ 1 y wa c re wa rd ed with a pa ss . Murphy Mur-phy took u long lead to go down to sec- ' ond on a sacrifice. James tried to keep j him close to the bag and in throwing to 1 first hurled the hall too wide for Schmidt : to get it, and the hall rolled toward the grandstand. Murphy sprinted to second, but a fine throw by Schmidt to Maran-vllle Maran-vllle finished the cpeedy runner at second. sec-ond. "Bosion's getting the breaks," shouted an Athletic rooter. Oldrlng was an easy out, Peal to Schmidt, and Kddie Collins, after waiting for a base on balls, went out by the same route. Second Inning. Catcher Oowdy. who popularized himself him-self yesterday by his hard hitting, was given a baf-e on balls at the opening of the second inning, and went down to second sec-ond on Maranvllle's sacrifice, the latter going out, Poker to Mclnnes. Deal hit a little bounder to Plank and Oowdy was trapped betweon second and third. Plank I threw to Hakcr and tho Mackman chawed Oowdy hnch almost to second before he j I tossed the ball to Collins, who cot the , runner. Jteai played awuv oft' first and j spr. nter to pecmul when S.-hang hurled . t he ball to MclnncH to catch him. and ; the Boston man reached the middle Nation Na-tion safRiy. Schang, who was throwing tOi bases with reckless confidence, also tried lo mp Deal ufi second, but the catchers throw was too high for Barry to get him as lie Hid brick to tlie hag James nded the Inning bv striking out The second Inning of the White Klc-phants Klc-phants was quick;-- over. P.nker gave Schmidt a high foul fly. .lust as he" did" yestciuay. on his first time up. Molnnts nnd Stmnk wore fouled bv- Jarnts ui;d struck out. T:ie big Boston pifeher was given a ; nand as he came off tin; field. Third Inning. I The firaves in tlie third inning got a man on base. AfiT PktiTv threw out Mann by a fast throw of a slow boundf-r livers smashed a single to center field Sciiang made Kvers hug the bag and once nearly nipped him. Cather sent up a high liy, wlii.n Baker gathered In. Then can it a battle of wits between the Athletic battery nnd the clever Huston runner. Kvers gave ' Plunk the laugh I when lie pitched two side ones to Whltted I In the expectation that tho runner would attempt to steal. hlvert- evidentlv did ' not think '!ank would was-t.e another ball I and started to deal. The pitch wa-ia wl-ie I one and Schang nnule a great throw to Collins, who tapped Kvers out three vaids from the base. The bottom of the 7Jhiladelphia batting order came up In the third It was a procession. Barry lifted a 11 v to Cather and the same fle'der sprinted to near the left-Held foul line to get Srhang's long drive. Plank closed the Inning by atrlklng out on three pitches. Fourth Inning. The National league champs got two men on in the fourth Inning and things I looked good for p.,ston. v bitted, the hrst up. raised a ity to Slrunk. With tne count three to two on htm. Schmidt hit the groove hall to right field and was held on first, while Murphv ran in for Uowdy'a short fly. MaranvllU chopped a mounding single to right. on which chmidt was only able to reah second, fhen Barry electrified the crowd by niak-ng niak-ng a hlg'n-jumping stop of Deal's bouncing grounder and leaped to second base, forcing out Maranvillc. It was a great play. The A t hletlcs kept up the one. two, three oidr In their fourth inning. Murphy's Mur-phy's eaey grounder was gathered ln bv James and he was out at first. Oldrlng struck out and Collins phot a bounder at Maranvilie, who tossed the runner out. Fifth Inning. v Ja mea Ft ruck out for the second time in the tilth. Mann raided a cheer bv j singling over the Kr stone seek. Kvers! pent a hitpi fly o Si ruck. Mann, evidently evi-dently thinking that his c&ptain had hit safely, kipt ou to second ana was able to pet bark to first by the narrowest margin Jle was out a minute later on a force hit by Cather. Barrv to Collins. "Homerun" Bai'.er tried to hit tne ball out of the park in th.e Mackmen's ' half of the fifth. He-caught one or" James s swift balis with a resounding smack, but the ball lofted too high and Whltted watted for it. to come down in center flfld. With this dangerous man out of the way again, James mixed up He offering offer-ing end retired both Mclnnes and S trunk on e:nke. it was the second time in the game that each had fanned. Sixth Inning. Pos'.on again got two men on in the sirrth. Whltted sent a little fly to Collins. Schmidt was strurk on the shoulder by one of Plank's slow balls, but Umpire Hllde;v-a.n i com Id ri"t let pirn ta'e hrst, deeding that PcnmSdt hsd let th.e hall hit him. The batter then Mle-I o.;t to Murphy Mur-phy in th1 right rM. r'uur ha J hails zayg ffowriy his b;ise and he moved down to tt'nJ when P'amt staked M;j.r-:t M;j.r-:t nvl,'!e in tip- ndddle the h;i--K. I al then Tidvd the in:u'g '- forcing Ot'wdy tit third. BakT .''riiincr v.- n grounder I end nuking the ovt un..ss:s:.:d. The world's i-ha p'l'i'-ns had a change to . '""re in i ssx'r :tr,riz. Barry was an ea f.-.y m : t. Ma - i x h' in -V.m'.d t. Si'hane ;h'-n brni;'iit he hor. routers to their f fr-t by y:i.n s'.ivg a "''hd t"'c - has Mt dnv.n the ifft-tlrdd foul Ilnr-. it - Athletlrs" Ili-Rt Jilt of the game ar of the rooters thouglit that Jaa going to "crack. " Then came , play for Boston. Gov.dy let James's fast curves siip throi bands and the speedy Schang da. third. Gowdy tjuickly recovered and made a rifle-shot throw to Jj-Schang, Jj-Schang, sliding into the bag, ciured out. It was a close play " was an eatrj- out. Maranvilie to i h Seventh Inning. ' The lucky seventh did not se"' team do much, although the A leaguers got tiieir second and Hi in thin session. James fdl a vl"'rf Htrikes 'for tlie third time and Ma ' struck out. Baker tossed out K Murphy, In tho Athletics' half,,-out, half,,-out, and Oldring was thrown Kvers. Collins hit a grounder tcVj who threw to llrst too late to runner. Collins took a long lead ,v James kept pegging the ball over L ' and was finallv rewarded h- 0 Collins off the bag. Collins klckep took his position in the field. gi Eighth Inning. 2 The only errors crept into the p the eighth Inning, but they resulte runs. Cather was out. Barry to y. W hit ted &hot a hot grounder to v. ho made, a gr'-at ytop. but a wid to Mi-Junes, w)io had to extend 6 to get it. The ball beat Whltted was declared out by T'mplre Byr in the next instant he was callc as Mclnnes let the ball roll out hands. Schmidt forced Whltted ond, Collins to Ba rry, a nd Gowdj the inning by flying out to Strunk Baker hit a weak grounder to and was out at hrst in Cue Alhletl of the eighth. Mclnnes sent up fiy and Maranvilie ran across tl Held foul line to get it. He got 1 f standing stiil, but dropped It, aiT Innes's lire at the plate was pr M;iranvile being charged with ai Mclnnes then fouled out to Peal, ended the Inning, going out, Ev Schmidt, Kinth Inning. ! Then came the ninth and the : Maranvilie was out through sharp f ! Barry to Mclnnes. peal smashe-, smashe-, riii"- long fly, which many of i bed i tor- believed Strunk misjudged, in and tiien turned and sprinted back to the hall, but could in" reach ir. and Deal puiled up at 1 to the frantic joy cf the Boston j L At this point sand got into the si working Athletic machine. Pea far off second base and Schang quick throw to tap him. Deal ly saw the play and dashed for r-.r was about haT way down the paJlJ Barr- got Sehane'e throw and 1 j holding the bail as Deal slid in 'fVf base. Whether it was because Be'-not Be'-not close enoueh to the bag to throw or whether Barry believer. too late to head off Deal is not "-' Manager Stall ings and the player bench were wild with joy and the rooters made an awful din as th iz-?d tliat a run was about to h : Jamc- struck out for the fourt v. I but this did not lessen th.e ent of th.e Bostonians. Mann came ' -as Collins and Mclnnes walked c ... spoke to Piank, and the heady b a 3e i na n of the Ma ck m en mad e i with his head tiiat was no doubt ... to the other players not in the Whatever the Athletic? tried to . i-didn't i-didn't work out, for Mann sm, low fly to right field. Collins wonderful try to get the ball. H ' back and leaped into the air. ' tipped his fineers and fell, and" II Mfe with the run that won th Mann went down to second on passed ba 11. s nd when Evers w; - s bss on balls it looked a" tho Braves would score again. Cathi the fnninz. however! by forcing 1 second. Barr to Collins, Tn the face of James's pifc looked all over for the Athletics, Boston twirler wobbled a little ninth nnd thins looked dangei ; the visitors. Barry brought tht cieiphia. rooters to their toes by and getting a pass. Pc'rang -gn-ar.s by striking out, bnt a later these were u::mcd to ch -- -Barry flashed to second for a c; . -Wpish wa? STt in to bat for Fl. " re ' ived a base on balls. Tt wa Mrrpiiy, and tne crowd held its Murphy waited and then caught .:- -en the end of his bat and the t out to MaiRtivi;ie. Tlie little fie1- . fudv alive to ;;,e situation. if " into ike ar. bror.cht down t' -to iimcd second, forcing out Wal ma d e a lightning th ro w to f. rs 'double rVy, ending the cstne. |
