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THE CALL'S PAGE OF SPORTS Jake Stahl's Machine Overthrows McGraw's Vets NEWYCRKFANS CHEER WINNERS MAGNANIMOUSLY Ovation Given Victorious Red Sox by Those Who Had Bet Their Rolls on Giants Greatest Rooters* Carnival the Polo Grounds Ever Heard Makes Stands Shiver Continued From Pasce I portion of the grandstand was packed to the last available seat. When the teams came on the diamond every avail able Inch of the great field was occu pied. The grandstand was a vast sea of liv ing, breathing color and change. Across the deep green of the diamond the bleachers towered back against the bright yellow fence like a giant gabled roof, crammed to the ridge with myriad, multicolored flies. As a potential play was made, from the vocal chords of throats in thou sands the diapason botes of joy or gloom went forth to fill the inclosure and carry to tbe crowds without votive offerings tory or the dire dirge of defeat. Mayor Gaynor was accompanied on liamond by Mayor "Honey" Fitzger f Boston. The oracular executive of Manhattan invited the chief mag • the "Hub" to share his box Itness the defeat of the Red Sox ants." "Honey."' not to be out most famous letter writer . *■ - day- of Epictetus. replied to M Would "'give him pleas lo be his guest "as the Red Sox m ■.'■('. march to the world's '■■.*' Honors even. >n'_ ball fans were represented i tM of life at the Hub, the j hetti-ed by a band which of the homesters winning" tune of the Red Box to the air of "Tammany," while the ton glee singers led the rooters in the strident words of the melody. a Devore and Doyle scored for i_tt- and never a run for Wood's merry men. "Tessie" was worked to the last tonsil: but from the turning ■ tide in the seventh It was "Car . '"arriean" and "The Good Old Summertime." varied by spasms of "Knock Wood." From the yoral standpoint the bean eaf-rs put the celebrated New England "pone: folio" clean over thp home fans, tzllng them in the tonic tank of glorl - or The first real excitement came when tbe Giants first took the diamond for fielding: practice. It was the first j chance the fans had to see the N'a- . tional league champions -JI together. A deafening cheer welled up around i the stadium, dying down but to rise. again. From this moment, peal after peal J vered the vast structure, started and ; progressed, holding the huge crowd in ] MM throes of suspense until the ninth j ling closed with the Giants unable j 111 the leadership lost, when the t bean eaters chewed up their battery in six to and seventh. in defeat, the gallantry of the m« rooters was noble. Big were the cheere, jjreat the ovation given the torious Red Sox. B'nai B'rith Meet Draws Out Many Entries The annual track and field meet of the B'nai B'rith will be held at the stadium next Sunday. The meet is to be contested in four weight classes, the small lads of SO pounds being catered to with a good program. Boys weigh ing 100 and 115 pounds also are en tered, while a series of events Is i duled for athletes of the unlimited ght division. The Jewish Sunday School AthWic leagu**- has a big entry in the meet, and this team is being touted as the likely winner of the main events. Ralph Allen, H. Knrnfleld and C. Raph ael are the men looked on as having the htrongest chances of taking the trophy that has been offered for in dividual superiority. All three men have shown consistently through the season and have worthy records In the league's meets. The entries for both organizations are as follows: 80 POUND CLASH «0 Tard dash: J. S. ». A. L.— H. Da-rig. I_ Fried B. Scblocker. B'nai B'rith—4?. Orwlta, M. <;oldst©_e, M. Lrrer. >rd dash: J. S. B. A. 1,.— H. Davis. L. Fried, I. Levin. B'nai Brith —G. Wascerwitz. at. Let-er, B. Price. Knnuing broad jump: J. S, ■. A. L.—P. Le-rin. B. Se-locker, I. Manhoff. B'nai B'rith— M. Lcr«r, Sid Orwitz, S. Orwitz. 330 Mini relay. 4 boys: J. •*•". ». A. r..— Verio. Bcblaeker, Davis. Frfe-fl. Manhoff. B'nai B'rith—Gotdstose. lrrer. Orwitz. Price. 100 I'Ot'ND CLASS fl da»h: J. B. ft. A. L.—H. Offenbach. M. Gross, C. Levy. B'nai Brith —EL Raphael, D. Zeichlfr, M. Kest. . 130 yard run: J. 8. S. A. L.—M. Cross. H. Ja-Obsen. H. Stelchart. B'nai B'rith—Feat. Muffin. Zeidklnd. Runuing broad Jump: 3. S. B. A. L.— M. Groif*. 11. Offenbach. H. Jai-obson. li'isai B'rltli —Kest. A. Llchenstein, Zeichler. Stm-ling broad jump: J. S. iS. A. L.— M. Gross. H OffVnbuch. B. JacobfK-n. B'nai Brith — Test, MuMn. Zeichler. 440 yard relay, 4 beys: 1. fi. 8. A. L. —Jacob- son Grow*. H. Offenbach. ">vr, I. OC«_bae-, Blum. B'nai B'rith—Zeichler, A. f IrtlW-Tti la, Raphael Fe_t. Musia. V ' l« POUND CLAM 100 yard dash: J. S. S. A. L.—R. Katz. L. Jaeab-08, C. Walk. B'nai B'rith—L. Milen bacfa. R. Marks. N. Neuman .ird dash: #. B. B. A. 1..—8. Katz. C. Ilefbt. L. Jacohson. B'nai B'rith— U. Murks. L. MUe-b-eb, B. Fas*. RunntnK broad Jump: J. S. 8. A. U—L. Cabf- C. Walk. J. Levison. B'nai B'rith— L. LicheMtela. Mile-bach. Marks. Running high Jump: 3. is. 8. A. L.—L. Cahen. C. Walk. J. I-Jvison. B pal B'rith— I_ Llchenstein. L. Harris, R. Marx. 440 yard relay, 4 boys: J. B. S. A. L.— L. Cahen Walk, Katz. L. Jar-obaon. Hfcht, Lerlsaa ' B'nai B'rith—W. Neuman, Mar.\. L. Havrio, L. Mile_barli. S. Fasn. c-NLiMrnao 100 yard dash: - T . 8, 8. A. L.—Ralph Allen, j H {tor-field, C Chen. * B'nai B'rith—C. Raj phael. 11. Lachtnan. A. Harris. _ 220 yard dash: J. B. B. A. L.-R. Stone, C. ■ -,* R Allen. B'nai B'rith—H. Wolf, C. Raphael. A. Goldston*. Running broad jump: J. »••""•• r*'„,,T_ B *| Allen, H. Korntield. R. Stone. B net B'rith—, H. La'bmau. A. Harris. Standing broad Jump: J. ***•• B. A. L.—X. Allen. S, Jacobs. H. Kornfield. B nai B'rKh— ~H. wolf A. Harris. ad shot pat: 3. JL s \ L-R. Allen. H. Levy, E. Rosenthal. B'nai B'rith—J. C«ihen, H - Woif. :,.,! relay, B h sy_: J. B, I_ A. l_— Cob*-, L.-vy. Korafleld. I. i'r llE?*.. ? o, £' A. Harris. Goldstene, Lactama-, Mikcba-h, J.J Cobeu. I THE VICTORIOUS PITCHER IN THE FIRST CAME OF THE WORLD'S SERIES, AND THE BATTERY OF THE LOSING GIANTS. Gotham Police Swoop Down On Scalpers at Polo Groundsj YEW YORK, Oct. s.— SpeeulHtOrs with ticket* io sell at exorbitant prices were active outside the Polo ground- today. Few of the "m*S.lp*rm" bad any urt-at number of the valued pasteboard*. The police were or. sen ant and the speculators had to work craftily to dispose of their wares. •seventeen men alleged to he ''scalper*" were arrested. Thirteen of them were fined 910 each and the others discharged for lack Of evidence. One man from Hoboken said he waited In line el*ht hoars for a ticket and thousht he was entitled to sell It for a fancy price. Another claimed he had been refused admittance on a ticket be bought from a speculator and was trying to make the speculator take It lir.ok when be was arrested. Another prisoner admitted he sold two tickets tor f-4. Managers and Pitchers Issue Statement on Great Contest [Special Dispatch to The Call) NEW YORK, Oct. B.—The following statements were given out to night by four of the really interested parties before the Red Sox and Giants started in special cars for Boston tonight: JAKE STAHL Manager of the Red Sox. The game, I think, clinches the series for us. joe Wood was not at his best—if he had been pitching the brand of ball of which he is capable New York would have been blanked. He showed his wonderfnl reserve power in the ninth, when he fanned Fletcher and Crandall, the latter one of the most dangerous pinch hitters' in the country. Collins tomorrow will pitch better ball than Wood did to day, and our team will have the con fidence of once having defeated the Giants and of having driven McGraw's best card out of the box. JOE WOOD Victorious Pitcher. I pitched a bad game, only seeming to find myself in the ninth inning, when the Giants had two men on ! bases. At that I have had harder fights j in the American league, and I tremble j to think of what might have happened | had that howling bunch of Washing ton lighters been against me. I want to hand the credit to the boys for their great support and to the men who batted in the runs. I am tickled to death over Steve Yerkes*' ! work. He has been called our weak j spot, a great injustice to him, and his i dandy hit that scored two runs in the ! seventh was enjoyed by me more than I any hit I have ever seen made. Lewis rose to the occasion by scor* i ing my pal, Tris Speaker. Hooper i came to the front by scoring a double, | and, in fact, everybody hit—and I they'll hit harder before the series is ! over. We have batted the other Giants' pitchers hard in oun former series, and Tesreau, the mysterious, is the only man we hold in doubt. The boys did not fear him—that ball i club does not fear any pitcher on iearth. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1912. JOHN McGRAW Manager of the New York Giants. Losing the first doesn't bother us in the least. We showed that we could hit Wood, and we will hit him harder when we face him again. Tes reau was nervous in his debut in such an important game, but he's over that now, and his magnificent physique will enable him to come back and win his next start. We still 'have Matty and Marquard, and I fully expect the great veteran to make good against the Red Sox tomorrow. I have not lost confidence in Tesreau, and told him after the game to be ready to pitch again in his regular turn. JEFF TESREAU The Losing Pitcher. Speaker did the trick. Up to the time that he hit that triple things looked easy for me. Then Lewis came along, and I tried my best to fan him. He apparently was not making any effort to get that hit— he held his bat straight across the plate and was the most difficult man to handle that I ever pitched to. ile seemed intent only on getting the ball far enough away from the plate to score Speaker. It was the greatest example of a player sacrificing his own chance for glory I ever have seen. Had Lewis taken a healthy swing, I might have fanned him, but he held his bat in such a way that he had me powerless. Then he deliberately tapped the ball between Merkle and myself to Doyle —just enough to let Speaker score. Later, with two on bases, I tried to fool Hooper with a curve ball, one of the few I used, and he stepped into it for a double. It was Lewis and Hooper that beat me; but I have had my first taste of world's series base ball, and if McGraw wants to put me in again there will be a different story. FAMOUS BASEBALL FLAYER IS DYING "Cupid** Childs, Great Second Sacker of the Eighties, is Nearlng Home [Special Ditpstch to The Call] BALTIMORE, Oct. B.—Clarence L, Child*. kno.wn familiarly by baseball fan* at "Cupid" Childs, la dying; of Bright* disease at hi* home here. Child* was one of the greatest second base men of tha eighties and nineties and was a member of the Cleveland "Spid ers" of the National league. He Is 45 year* old. j LOUISVILLE ENTRIES [Special Dupatch to The Call] LOUISVILLE. Ky., Oct. B.—Entries for tomorrow's race* are a* follows: First race. Are and a half furlongs— Cheerful 112. Spanish Oueen 112, Cirtle B m. Carpatbia 112. Icicle 1137 Ask »a 112 Idle Talk 112. Hock Bar 112. Anna Reed 112. Secoud race, eel ling, five and a hall' furlongs— Salesla 102. Franctne 102. Cash on Delivery 104. Flex 105. Melvdr 107, Gold of Ophir 107. Cohort lot. Royal Tea 107 Dorothy Dean 108, Merrick 10&, Sure Oet 100. Theodore Cook 110. Third race, handicap, (•is Tom TOO. Bl Pal-mar 108. Cream 108, Star of Danube 108. Floral aPrk 11«- Fourth race, mil* and a sixteen th—Sieetb 90. Fack 90. Melton atreet 105 White Wool 105. Sun Qneen 107. Mary sDvl* 107. Volthorpe 112. Fifth rac*. selling, mile and a sixteenth—Core nosU 67. Winifred D 07. Moisant 98. Jack Ellis 100. Damson 106. Pierre Dumas 100. Mooulijrht 108, Sly Lad 10«. Fay O 100. Explicit no. Tom Blgbee 112. Barn Dance 112. - Sixth race, selling, mile and an eighth—Sir Cateaby OT. Manly 103 Loni-* Katz 103. Dick Baker 103. John Lonls 100. Feather Duster 107, Console 107, Flying Feet 109. My Fellow ill. BIRMINGHAM SIGNS "OT {Spteifi Dupatch to I he .dUj CLEVtL_iND. Oct B.—Joe Birmingham, who managed the Cleveland Americans during ike fag end of the ***** *mt «_#** today signed a contract cc manager for lfl-3. Box Score Analyzing Especial Features of the Initial Game BOSTON ab. n. bsi. 2H. an. iih.sii. «*b. bb. so. po. a. c. Hooper, r. f. .3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Yerfcea. 2b. 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Speaker, c. f 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Lewis, 1. f 4 O 0 0 0 U 0 0 O 0 2 O 0 Gardner. 3b 4 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 Stahl. lb. 4 O O O O O O 0 0 2 <* 1 0 Wnwsuer, mm 3 1 2 1 O 0 O 0 1 0 5 3 1 C ady. c 3 0 1 O O 0 1 O O 111 O O Wood, p 3 1 0 0 O 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Total 31 4 « 2 1 O 2 O 4 7 27 8 1 KEW YORK AB. R. Bit. ZB. 38. HR. SH. SB. 88. SO. PO. A. E. Derore, 1. f 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 O 1 1 O - 0 Doyle, 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 O 0 O 0 2 7 0 Snodgrass, c. f 4 O 1 O O O O O O 1 2 0 0 Hurray, r. f..-. SOIOOOOOIOIOO Merkle, lb 4 1" 1 0 O 0 O ■ 0 1 12 0 0 Her-og, 3b 4 • 2 O 0 0 O O 0 1 1 1 0 Merer-*-, c 3 O O 1 O 0 O 0 O 1 « 1 0 Fletcher, ss 4 0 1 1 O 0 0* O 0 3 3 1 1 Teareaii, p 2 O O 0 O O O © O 2 0 2 O (-randull, p 1 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 O 1 0 1 0 *McCormlek .1 O O 0 O 0 O 0 O O 0 0 O **Beck«r O O O 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 Total .33 3 I 3 00 0 O 2 11 27 13 1 *Batted for Tesreau In seventh. **Ran for Meyer* In ninth. SCORE BY lANIXGS Red Sox • • • ° ° ■ 3 • •—** Giants ° ° 2 ° ° ° ° ° *—• SUMMARY Two base hits—Doyle, Hooper, Vi apner. Three base hit—Speaker. Base hits—Off Tesreau 5 in 25 times at bat In arven Innlnars. off Crnndall lln « times at bat In two Inuina-s. tnct-f-d* "Its—Hooper, Cady. Double _!„_ stahl to Wood. lieft on bases—Boston 6, New York fl. First base on called bolls—OH Tesreau 4, off Wood 2. First base oa errors—Boston 1 Sew York 1. Hit by pitched ball—By Wood, Meyers. Struck out—By Tesreau 4, by Crandall 2, by Wood 11. Time of sanit — *" hours and 10 minutes. Umpire*—.At plate, Klem; on bases, Evans; left Held, O'l,o_sh lin) right field, Rigler. Full Summary of the Opening Conflict of Series by Innings NEW YORK, Oct. B.—Here is a complete detailed summary of the opening game of the 1912 world's series at the Polo grounds this afternoon— : ooint by point, inning by inning: FIRST INNING First half—Mayor Gaynor threw the hall out to Meyers. Hooper walked, Tesreau being somewhat unsteady. Yerkes was Cut, Doyle to Merkle. Hooper taking: second on the play. With Speaker up. the crowd gave a sheer. Speaker wag out, Doyle to Merkle. Hooper went to third on the play. Lewis Hied out to Snedgrass. No rues, no hits, no errors. Second half—De-sore fanned. Wood's speed was terrific. Doyle waa oat, Wagner to Stahl. Snod {rass singled to center. Murray walked. Mer-le ied out to Wagner. No runs, one hit, no errors. SECOND INNING Eirst half—Gardner was safe on Fletcher"» er ror. It was a ground hall and Fletcher fumbled It sadly. Gardner waa forced at second when Tes reau took Stahl'a grounder %nd threw to Fletcher. Stahl was out stealing. Meyers to Doyle. Wag ner took his base on halls. Oady waa out on a long fly to Murray. Mo runs, no hits one error. Second half-r-Harsog popped oat te Stahl. Meyers fanned. Wood served the India* one drop curve aad two high inshoots. Fletcher waa oat on three strikes. No rune. n» hit;, THIRD INNTNG First half—Wood waa given a big cheer when he came to the plate. Weed J**--*** to first on four balls. Hooper sacrificed, Tesreau to Merkle. Yerkes was out, Doyle t* Merkle. Weed took Slrd. Speaker waa -purposely passed to first, wis was out on a high fly to Fletcher. No runs, no hits, no errors. ..,._, Second half—Tesreau cam* in for liberal ap plause when he west to the plate. Tesreau struck cut. Weed struck out tie last three men who faced him. Devore waa given a base on halls. Doyle got a double to left Devore taking third. It was a high ball and fell near the left field foul line, toe far in for Lewis to reach it. Snodgrass struck out. Devore and Doyle soored onMurray's sinfle to center. Murray went out tryi-g t« »tr**o_ hia hit, Speaker to Oady to Wagner. Two rune, two hits, no errors. ** FOUHTH INNING i First half—Gardner went out On a high foul to Hertog. The ttaada were now cheering every play t_*t «v made. Stahl *tn*m oat. __d the crowd yelled. Teereau's sfithaH was breaking sharply over the corners of the plate. Wagner fouled to Meakle. No runs, no hitl, no errora. secend half--Marrsv waa given a great ovation as he came in fwat *•-*** Bold. Last -fear he failed to make a hit in* the world's sfirte*. Merkle wm another strikeout victim of weed, who burned , the hall acrosa the plate with hlindia* speed. It i waa his fifth strikeout. Serzog singled to wnter, j the ban beuading ever Wagner's head. Meyers went eat, Wood te Btakl. .tenet took second. Fletcher was another strikeout victim, leaving HeTsog stranded at second. No runs, one hit, no errors. FIFTH INNING First half—Cady went out. Doyle to Merkle. Tesreau was now in his best pitchio? stride. Not a Boston player has made a hit so far. The Giant pitcher employed a fast breaking; spitter and a wicked inshoot. Wood went out on a grounder to Merkle. unassisted. Ecoper could not see Tes reau's fast ones and f-nried. The Giant pitcher was given a round of applause as he came to the bench. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second half—Tesreau struck cut. He took three mighty swings at the ball, but failed to connect. Devore popped to Lewis. It was a pitchers' hat* tie, Tesreau having the better of :t. Doyle got a single, which Gardner managed to knock down and the runner tried to stretch and was thrown out, Gardner to Yerkes. It was a wonderful stop by Gardner and an equally fine throw to second. No runs, one hit. no errors. SIXTH INNING First half—Yerkes flied to Snodgrass. With ! Speaker up. the Boston fars cried for a hit. Speaker got a three base hit to left. Speaker soored on Lewis' grounder to Doyle, who threw the runner out at first. Gardner struck out. One run. one hit. no errors. Second half—Snodgrass was safe when Wagner fumbled his grounder. It was.a hard hit ball and bounced out of Wagner a hand. Murray attempt ed to sacrifice, but popped a fly into Stalls hands and he then touched the first base before Snod grass could return. Merkle flied to Wagner. No runs, no hits, one error. SEVENTH INNING First half—Stahl out, Doyle to Merkle. Wag ner singled sharply to center, and the Boston crowd howled. Cady also sin-led to center. Wag ner taking second. The stands were in an uproar as Wood went to the bat. Cady was forced at second when Doyle took Wood's grounder aad tossed it to Fletcher. Wagner went to third on the play. Wagner scored on Hooper's double to right. Wood took third on the play, The score was now tied and the Boston crowd was again in an uproar. Wood soored on Yerkes' single to left. Yerkes took second on the throw in. Hooper else scored on Yerkes' single. Speaker struck out. Three runs, four hits, no errors. Second half—Herzog was the first strike victim of the inning. Wood used great speed and shot them across the corners of the plate. Meyers we* "forced at second on Fletcher's grounder, which Yerkes threw to Wagner. McCormick went to the bat in place of Tesreau. Meyers hit by a pitched j Continued on Page IS, Col. 0 *•# EDITED ." ; : ksi_^_iT-_*f : ~ ..;. , ■ 11 11 ~,, THRILL CHASES THRILL AS THE BATTLE WAGES Game Puts Goose Pimples on tha Gothamites and Beaneators Alternately Smoky Joe Wood Justifies *7ia Wildest Hopes of His Bos ton Boosters WALTER MARCHAND [Special Dispatch to The Call] NEW YORK. Oct. B.—First blood for Stahl! His Red Sox today put a crimp in New York's hope of winning four straights and got a start on the world's series which may never be overcome. It was a great game of baseball. From the time Jeff Tesreau wafted his j first spitball over the plate up about ' the level of Hooper's cap until Otey Crandall struck out fn the ninth the great crowd of more than 40,000 fans were kept on tiptoe. Life at the Polo grounds from 2 o'clock until the game was over was just one blamed thrill after another. They were progressive thrills, too. The Giants took the lead in the third, only to lose it in the seventh; and in the ninth, with one run in, two men on bases and only one out, it seemed cer tain that McGraw's men would at least tie the score, if not win the game. But Smoky Joe Wood tightened up, struck out Fletcher and Crandall in succession and ended the agony. New York lost, but McGraw has no reason to be ashamed of his men. The veteran was against the youngster. Both men had bad innings. Wood was able to tighten up in the final pinch, and Tesreau did not. That tells the story. JEFF STARTS RAGGEDLY An encouraging feature to the game for McGraw was the fact that his men could hit Wood, and hit him hard. Doyle. Merkle. Snodgrass. Meyers and Fletcher all connected with the unhlt table one. It may not be denied, how ever, that Wood is some pitcher In the pinches. Tesreau started the game a little bit raggedly, walking the first man up, and all the fans except the Bostonians looked sad. On a prettily executed hit and run Hooper advanced to second, Yerkes being thrown out by Doyle. Then came the mighty Speaker to bat. There was a general craning of necks and the Boston contingent began to let it be known they were on hand. Tesreau did not show any signs of ter ror. He tightened up a bit and the best Tris could do was to send one to Larry Doyle, who shot it like a flash to Merkle; but Hooper went on to third and New York was on the anxious bench. Then came the first real star bit of fielding in the game. Duffy Lewi* came up to the plate smiling 1 . He smashed viciously at a waist high ball right over the plate snd [hit it squarely. Straight as a bullet lit went toward center field. It looked | good for a sure two bagger and Hooper [started leisurely home. With the crack lof the bat Snodgrass came racing in and grabbed the hall like a youngster i taking a stick of candy. Then tha New jYork fans had a chance to roar—and | they did. i WOOD ACTS XEttVOl S Wood seemed more nervous than Tesreau when he went to the mound, but he fooled little Josh Devore with his fast ones. Believe m*» they Were fast, tool Doyle was an easy victim. Wagner getting the assist. Then Snodgrass started the bleachers by smashing 'out the first clean hit of the game. It bounded over Woods head and rolled into center field. This seemed to rattle Wood for a while for he walked mus ingly. There was a short conference between Wood and Cady, which seemed to steady the smoky one, for all Merkle could do wat to lift an easy one to Wagner. In the second Fletcher achieved the distinction of making the first error of the series. Larry Gardner opened the Inning for Boston. He picked a good looking one and sent it red hot to Fletcher. The Giant shortstop was over anxious and fumbled so he. could not get the ball over to Merkle until Gardner was safe on the sack. Stahl's attempt to send Larry along with a sacrifice was disastrous. He ! was only able to send a weak roller to Tesreau, who tossed it to Fletcher lat second long before Gardner had a I chance even to slide. Stahl tried to j make up for the failure by stealing j second, but Mr. Meyers** good right i arm was working right and Jacob found -the ball waiting for him. Heinie I Wagner drew a pass, but It did him ! fiO good, Cady lifting a skyscraper ' right into Red Murray's hands, retiring the side. FA*\S BAIT THE IMP The crowd had its first real oppor ! tunity to do a little umpire baiting in | the Giants' half of this session. The ! first ball thrown to Herzog hit him on the arm, but Klem called It a foul strike. Then the bleachers told Mr. Klem what they thought of him, hut the foul strike went wide of the mark. New York whooped when Chief ! Meyers, shouldering his war club, faced | Wood. The Bostonian grinned and I shot two over the plate so fast Meyers j couldn't see them. Another over the | outside corner and the chief probably | would have made a home run had he not missed the ball by several inches. ! Fletcher- also went to the bench by the strikeout route after he had re -1 cejved two balls and fouled two Into • the stands. The third session was the one when I the fireworks began. It started out I rather gloomily for the Giants. As a ; matter of courtesy, perhaps, Tesreau presented Wood with a pass to first and he was sent to the next station Iby a very pretty sacrifice bunt by : Hooper to Tesreau to Merkle. Yerkes kept up the good work by shooting a grounder over to Doyle, who threw him out, while Wood journeyed over to third. Speaker was next on the batting list and Boston hopes ran high. No telling what would have happened If Tesreau had -not sent Tris to first by the four ball route, preferring to take chances with Lewis. In this he was Continued on Page 13, Column 4 11