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THE CALL'S PAGE OF SPORTS
Another Fierce Opening Rally by Giants Ties Series
THE CAMERA CATCHES TWO LIVELY PLAYS IN THE THIRD GAMEOF THE WORLD'S SERIES, AT FENWAY PARK, BOSTON, OCTOBER 10.
Fletcher (Giants) steals to second while Marquard (Giants) is at bat.
Crushing Defeat Administered To Jake
Stahl's Men at Boston by Gothamites
Remaining Game Has
Two Cities on
Needles
Today's Contest Will
Decide Fate of
Pennant
PATRICK GALLAGHER
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
FENWAY PABK, BOSTON, Oct. 15.—
The Giants got Joe Wood's goat and
scalped the Red Sox 11 to 4. The air
was crisp and clear, with blizzard
blasts of the true Boston Octoberian
type, and every now and then the sun
•name out with flashes of blinding ;
brightness. Conditions were just the j
reverse of Saturday, when a fogbank j
put the batters at the mercy of the
pitchers and Bedient held McGraw's
men to three hits. The twirlers were
the victims today, and all the smoke \
that little Joseph could put on the ball j
was not enough to befog the New j
Yorkers. They hammered away with
vigorous freedom until they drove him
from the mound.
Exit, also, the royal rooters. They
showed the quality of "royalty," also
the linings of their coats. They were
there, band and all, b it with the great
debacle of the first inning and the
downfall of the New England "people's
Ideal," "Tessie," was canned and the I
"royal rooters" were In silence.
Solemn was the voiceless calm of
five-sixths of the crowd —the before
today blustering, boisterous, "sure to
win" Bostonlans were baked In their
own back bay beanery—frisked of their
last chance of winning by "made in
Boston" breezes.
A BAKBK DRIVE
For In the first time in the series a
real old fashioned J. Franklin Baker
drive put in an appearance. There were
two of them, one by Larry Gardner and
the other by Larry Doyle.
Judging by the way the Red Sox
have played in the last two games,
they have shot their bolt and are all
through. Still a break In the luck
might change the whole complexion of
affairs and bring Boston home an easy
winner in tomorrow's game.
Either Wood or Bedient will pitch
tomorrow. Probably it will be Wood,
in spite of his reverse today. To all
appearances It was the cold weather
as much as anything that got him,
but the Giants, after the beating they
gave him today, have no fear of him.
The only danger is overconfldence on
their part, and Wood Is likely to take
advantage of this and come back to
pitch in his pristine form.
( ;OX( ERMNG BEDIENT
It is a serious proposition to entrust
any world's series game to an inex
perienced youngster of the most
marked ability, but to send him In to
twirl the deciding game is a still more
difficult proposition. In spite of his
fine showing against the Giants last
Saturday, it is not probable that Be
dient will appear.
Marquard is pretty sure to oe Mc-
Oraw's selection. The little Napoleon
had Matty warming up all through to-,
day's game, ready to relieve Tesreau
In case Jeff wavered. As Matty was
not needed today, he may be called up.
Big Six will have had three days rest
and ought to be in tip top condition.
Marquard, however, with a little en
couragement in the shape of an early
lead would give the Red Sox the most
trouble. It will probably be a 1 up to
the Rube if he warms up well before
the game, with Matty and Crandall as
relief men.
FIRST INNING SETTLED IT
The Red Sox recovered from
that first inning and though they pep
,ered away fitfully at Tesreau's moist
i,»il they never came within threaten-
difctance of th* Giants. Manager
\f,r;raw' Itl the coarher's box down off
,ird base, directed the attack on Wood
He gave orders w hit the first ba
pitched and. with few exceptions ail
the nine men who batted in tie first
inning rapped the first ba ii sen tup.
This shower of hits, combined with
a louble steal, paved the way to New
York* six. runs: Thereafter Wood
Stahl Says the Sox Will Win in
Walk Today, but McGraw Differs
JAKE STAHL
Manager of Red Sox.
BOSTON, Oct. 15.—1 had hoped we would have the pennant cinched
before this and, frankly, I am disappointed at the showing of Wood and
O'Brien. It makes no difference in the result, though, whether the
Giants win one or three games so long as we win four.
I have no. doubt that we will take the game and the series tomorrow.
No team can keep up the batting pace the Giants have set for the last
two days against pitchers such as we have and at the same time get all
the breaks in the luck. I have not decided yet who will go in the box
tomorrow. It will depend on how the men warm up.
Before sunset tomorrow you will see I am a true prophet when I
say the world's pennant will fly at Fenway park in 1913.
By JOHN J. McGRAW,
Manager of Giants.
BOSTON, Oct. 15.—-My confidence in the Giants has been fully
justified by the last two games. We have played up to our form and
have shown that we outclassed Boston in every department of the game
when we get going right. It is true we have had the breaks for the last
two games, but not more so than the Bostons had in the earlier games.
I don't know who I'll pitch tomorrow, but whoever goes in, I am abso
lutely confident will win. At the gait the boys are going now, there
is nothing that will stop them. *
was a broken reed and Charlie Hall,
Boston's relief pitcher, was sent to
the mound.
Some of the Giant players seemed
to think Wood had broken under the
strain of his two earlier games. His
curve ball had little break to it and
the Giants had no trouble hitting his
fast ones.
JEFF HAS WHIP HAND
Tesreau held the whip hand through
out today's game. His moist ball
broke sharply over the plate, and the
Red Sox were unable to fathom his
delivery when hits would have scored
runs. Twelve red legged players were
left anchored on the bases.
The game was loosely played in the
field, while a gale made it difficult for
the fielders to get under fly balls. Play
was suspended frequently when dense
clouds of dust whirled across the dia
mond.
Manager McOraw tonight said:
"The Red Sox have broken and are
on the run." He added that with the
same aggressive attack tomorrow the
Giants would be carried to victory.
Manager Stahl remarked:
"All clubs have form reversals, but
the rebound is always violent. Tomor
row will tell another story for the Red
Sox."
Bill Brennan Rushes In With
Some Remarks
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—8i1l Brennan,
premier umpire of the National league,
has given his views on the pitchers of
the big organizations and terms them
the real facts in directing pennants
and world's series battles. He charac
terizes Ed Walsh as one of the greatest
assets a baseball club can possess.
"But I won't say he is the greatest
of all," continues Brennan. "For in
stance, I never have seen Ford or
Johnson work, and they say those two
are the real stuff. Bender I have seen,
and also Coombs, having worked last
year in the world's series. I also saw
joe Wood last spring a couple of games
before the season opened. I think, on
the whole, that the pitching of the two
leagues stacks up about even.
"Pitching Is always the thing that
wins in short series. No team ever has
won a pennant without at least one
star, airtight pitcher. Look over the
list in both leagues. There were
Coombs and Bender with the Athletics,
MuMin of Detroit, Reulbach and Brown
of Chicago, Adams of Pittsburg. Math
ewson of New York and Ed Walsh of
the Sox. In every pennant race of the
last several years one or more pitchers
have had to bear the brunt of victory.
"Classifying the assets of a winning
ball club In their order, I should praca
an airtight pitcher first. Second comes
the catcher. A high class man behind
the bat is absolutely necessary to a
winning team, and for substantiation
let me. point out Thomas, Meyers. Kllng,
Sullivan, Carrigan and Stanage. All
these men were of Invaluable assist
ant, in bringing the flags to their va
rious clubs.
"Next comes a heavy hitting outfield,
and I guess I need go no further than
the Boston club of 1912 to show just
what I mean.
"Offensively, of course, hitting Is the
most important feature, but of scarcely
secondary Importance is fast base run
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1912. -
ning. McGraw's Giants realize the
truth of this, and it is generally grant
ed that their ability and daring on the
bases have been the greatest asset
throughout the present season."
Good Showings Made At
U.C. Track Meet
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BERKELEY, Oct. 15.—The first day
of the handicap Interclass track meet,
held at the oval this afternoon, proved
a great success, despite the fact that
many of tre varsity runners did not
compete. Several lower clasßmen proved
their worth, the freshmen showing up
particularly well. The meet will be
continued on Thursday afternoon, when
other events will be run off, and the
finals of events of which only the
heats were run today, will be held.
Among the notable performances to
day was the winning of the quarter
from scratch by "Jimmle" Todd. The
speedy varsity man covered the 440
yards in :52.1. Crabbe won the half
mile, after a game sprint, In 2:02.
The finish of the two mile was also
close, Hayne beating out the freshman.
Mills, only after a hard run. Though
the high jump was not contested. Bee
son Jumped 6 feet 1% inches in practice.
Following are the times made In the
meet:
440 yard dash—Todd '15, first; Woodruff »16,
second: Ellis 'l. r >. third. Time :".2 1-5.
220 yard dash—Trial heata won by Morrison
*1«. Griffin '14. Scott '10. Coryell 'IG, Todd '13.
Todd's time from scratch, :23 flat.
Shotput—Cromwell '16, first: Weyand '16, sec
ond; Root 'tfl, third. Distance of winning put,
31 feet 6 inches (H feet handicap).
SBO yard run—Crabbe '14, first; Cooper '15.
second; Vedder '!«. third. Time. 2:04.
J2O yard hurdle?!, finals—Beeson '13, first-
Mnker 'lfi, second; Preble 'lrt, third. Time, 16
flat.
Two mile run—Hayne. *13. first; Mills *16. sec
ond; Splndt '16. third. Time, 10:28.
Broad jump—Root 'lfi. first; Reed '14. second;
Maker 'ltt. third. Distance of winning lamp.
lit feet tOH inches (handicap l foot).
100 yard dash, heats—Winners, Reed '16, Mor
rison '16, Mclntyre *16, Coryell '16.
C. of P. Game vs. U.C.
Is Lost in Shuffle
BERKELEY, Oct. 15.—N0 game was
played upon the campus today by the
varsity football team, owing to the
Inability of the team of the College
of the Pacific to fill its date. Heavy
practice was engaged in, however, by
the entire squad.
Coach Schaeffer has cut down the
squad to its final proportions. The
list of men still present on the var
sity Rugby squad follows:
C. A. Allen, D. J Boganlus D. O. Brant, M.
K. Campbell. L P. Oavius, P. I>. Craae, T Fl
Pills. L. J. Dolan, J. M. Donftlas, 0 w ETans"
H. W. Fleming. II W. Harlowe E. G. Hill j'
O. Uo*kins. J. X. Holden, ('. A Hollixter W. N.
Kinjr. J. L. McKirn. 1,. M. Morris, L. W." Merer
Hosweil Miller, W. P. Miller, M. A Mini S." B
l>< art, C. M. Price. J A. Stroud ('.' E. WaMner*
V. S. Wet more K. S. Carpenter. ('. G. Caufleld'
H. A. Fletcher. L. B Dlavala, W. B. Sander*,
G. C. Montgomery, F. L. Buekner, William Ed
itor. G. W. Fish, B. E. Graf. R. L. Gianelli,
Herbert Hardy. J. B. Hodge?. K. A. Have*, M.
E Hazeltine, A. M. King E. 8. Eantx, T. P.
Eane, .1. G. Porter, C. G. Togni, G. W. Wulff.
H. S. Walts. C. J. Abrams.
THE TALE TOLD IN
THUMB NAIL FORM
That Whirlwind Opening Ses
sion by the Muggsyites
Did the Business
BOSTON, Oct.-IS.— Following Is a'
condensed summary* 'of today's game
at Fenway park by innings:
FIRST iIfHINCI
New York—Devore was safe on .*»n :
infield hit, which Wagner could not
field. Doyle singled to center. Devore
being held at second. Devore and
Doyle executed a double steal. Wood's
pitch to the plate being low and Cady
making no attempt to throw out
either runner. Devore and Doyle
scored on Snodgrass' two base hit to
right. Murray sacrificed Snodgrass to
third on a grounder to Stahl. Snod
grass scored on a single by Merkle
who took .second on the throw in to
catch Snodgrass. The wind carried |
Merkle's fly out of Lewis' reach. Wood
took Herzog's grounder and threw to
Wagner, who then tossed it to Gardner
who touched out Merkle on the line.
Herzog took second on the play
whence he scored o v n Meyer's single to
left. Fletcher got a single to right,
Meyers taking third when Gardner
dropped Hooper's perfect throw.
Fletcher went to second on the play.
Meyers scored on an infield hit by
Tesreau which Wood was only able to
knock down. Fletcher srored on a
delayed steal. Tesreau was out going
to second after Fletcher had scored,
the play being Cady to Yerkes to
Stahl to Wagner. Six runs, seven hits,
one error.
Boston —Hooper fanned. Yerkes
walked. Speaker filed to Murray.
Lewis out, Herzog to Merkle. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
SECOND INNING
New York —Hall replaced Wood. De
vore walked. Devore stole second,
Cady's throw being wide. Doyle
walked. Devore was caught off second
by a quick throw from Hall to Wag
ner. Snodgrass singled to right. Doyle
took second on the hit. Doyle scored
when Hall threw wildly In an effort to
catch him napping. The ball went Into
center field, and Snodgrass took third.
Murray flew to Wagner. Merkle out,
Wagner to Stahl. One run, one hit,
one error.
Boston —Gardner scored on a long
home run drive behind the center field
fence. Stahl sent up a high foul to
Meyers. Fletcher threw out Wagner
after Tesreau had knocked down the
ball. Cady fanned. One run, one hit,
no errors.
THIRD INNING . . .
New York —Herzog singled to cen
ter. Meyers singled to left. Herzog
went to second. Herzog was forced at
third when Hall took Fletcher's
grounder and threw to Gardner. Tes
reau was thrown out at first. Hall to
Stahl, Meyers took third and Fletcher
second on the play. Devore flied to
Hooper. No runs, two hits, no errors.
Boston —Merkle took Hall."? grounder
and threw wildly to Tesreau. Hall
took second on the play. It was a
hit and an error. Hooper singled to
center. Hall taking third. Yerkes
fanned. Speaker flied to Devore, who
threw Half out at the plate. No runs,
two hits, one error.
FOTRTH INNING
New Yo^k—Doyle went out on a
grounder to Stahl. unassisted. Snod
grass filed to Wagner. Murray was
out when his grounder was deflected
by Hall to Yerkes. who threw to Stahl.
No runs. No hits. No errors.
Boston —Lewis sent a fly to Devore.
Gardner was hit by a pitched ball.
Stahl singled to left, Gardner going to
second. Stahl was forced at second
when Doyle took Wagner's grounder
and tossed to Fletcher. Gardner went
tc third on the play. Tesreau threw
out Cady at first. No runs. One hit.
No errors.
FIFTH INNING
New York —Merkle was out on his
slow roller, which Cady threw to Stahl.
Herzog fanned. Meyers singled to left,
his third hit of the game. Meyers was
out when Wagner took Fletcher's
grounder and tossed to Yerkes. No
runs. One hit. No errors.
Boston —Hall sent up a high fly,
which fell safe between Doyle and
Snodgrass. and the runner took second.
Hooper walked. Hooper was forced at
second when Yerkes' grounder bounced
out of Doyle's hands Into Fletcher's.
Speaker walked, filling the bases.
Lewis fouled out to Merkle. Gardner
went out, Tesreau to Merkle. No runs.
One hit. No errors.
SIXTH INNING
New York —Tesreau out, Yerkes to
Stahl. Devore walked. Doyle knocked
a home run into the crowd in right
field, chasing in Devore ahead of him.
Snodgrass filed to Lewis, Murray out.
Hall to Stahl. Two runs. One hit. No
errors.
Boston —Stahl sent a long fly to De
vore. Wagner singled over second.
W**ner took third on a wild pitch, the
Murray (Giants) first run on Herzog's fly, sliding safely to the rubber.
Smoky Joe Retires in a Haze of Blue
After His Bombardment by the Giants'
Box Score Analyzing the Details
Of the Seventh Game of the Series
GIANTS— AB. R. BH. 28. 38. HB. SH. SB, 88. SO. PO. A. E.
Devore. 1. f 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0
Doyle, 2b 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 2
Snodgrass, o. f 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Murray, r. f 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Merkle. lb 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1
Herzos. 3b 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
Meyers, c 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Wilson, c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Fletcher, ss.' 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0
Tesreau, p 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
Total 40 11 18 1 0 1 1 4 5 1 27 16 3
BED SOX— AB. R. BH. 28. 38. HR. Sfi. SB. 88, SO. PO. A. E.
Hooper, r. f 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0
Ycrkes, 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 00 1 1 1 4 0
Speaker, c. f 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 " 0 4 0 1
Lewis. 1. f 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
Gardner, 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Stahl, lb .5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
Wagrner, ai 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 S 0
Cady. c 4 1 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
Wood, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 1 0
Hall, p 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
Total 38 4 9 2 0 1 1 0 S 8 27 17 ~2
SCORE BY INNINGS
Giants 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 I—ll
Red Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 o—4
SUMMARY
First base on errors—Boston 2. Struck out—By Tesreau 8. by Hall 1. First base on
called balls—Off Tesreau 5, off Hall 5. Double plays—Devore to Meyers; Speaker (unassist
ed). Hit by pitched ball—Gardner, by Tesreau. Wild pitches—Tesreau (2). Hits—Off
Wood, 7in 1 inning. Left on bases—New York 8, Boston 12. Umpires—Evans behind bat,
Klein on bases, O Loughlin and Rigler in the outfield. Attendance 80,000.
ball going into the grandstand. Tes
reau threw out Cady at first. Hall
walked. Hooper fanned. No runs. One
hit. No errors.
SEVENTH INNING
New York—Merkle singled to center.
Herzog filed to Lewis. Stahl made a
nice stop of Lewis' wild throw to catch
Merkle at first. Meyers got an infield
hit. Fletcher flied to Speaker. Merkle
scored on a single to right by Tesreau,
Meyers going to second. Devore flied
to Lewis. One run. Three hits. No
errors.
Bostor —Wilson replaced Meyers for
New York. Fletcher threw out Yerkes.
Speaker singled to center. Lewis
doubled to left, sending Speaker to
third. Fletcher threw out Gardner,
Speaker scoring on the play. Lewis
took third on the play. He scored when
Doyle fumbled Stahl's grounder. Wag
ner fanned. Two runs. Two hits. One
error.
EIGHTH INNING
New York—Doyle singled to right.
Snodgrass out to Stahl, unassisted.
Doyle went to second. Speaker made a
brilliant catch of Murray's long drive.
Merkle out, Wagner to Stahl. No runs.
One hit. No errors.
Boston —Cady sent up a high fly,
which Doyle muffed. Hall singled to
right. Cady taking, third when Devore
juggled the ball. Hooper filed to
Snodgrass, Cady scoring on the sacri
fice. Hall was forced at second when
Yerkes' bounder was deflected from
Tesreau to Fletcher, who threw to
Doyle. Yerkes took second on a wild
pitch. Doyle threw out Speaker at
first. One run. One hit. One error.
NINTH INNING
New York—Herzog walked. Wilson
singled to center. Herzog scored on
Speaker's wild throw to catch him run
ning to third. Wilson went to second
on the piay. Speaker caught Fletcher's
line drive and, running In. touched
second, completing a double play. Tes
reau walked. Devore out at first,
Yerkes to Stahl. One run. One hit.
One error.
Boston —Lewis walked. Gardner
fanned. Lewis was forced at second
when Herzpg took Stahl's grounder and
tossed It to Doyle. Tesreau threw
Wagner out to Merkle. No runs. No
hits. No errors.
Home Town Fans Are Ready for
Final Game
Baseball fans will have their last
chance today of seeing the electric
diamond in operation on the stage of
the Alcazar theater. The game yester
day brought out more applause from
the audience than any held during the
season. When the Giants started their
first inning rally, which resulted in
enough runs to tie up the series with
the Red Sox, everybody In the house
was on edge and cheering as though
his or her efforts might do some good.
There were cries from the balcony to:
hit the ball up there and to remove i
Smoky .Toe Wood long before Manager ]
Jake Stahl thought it advisable to
do so.
The special wire from Fenway field j
was in perfect working order and the
machine recorded each play with its
usual accuracy. The same good service
is promised for today. In fact, there
will be more of it, as this game will be
the decisive one of the series.
The doors of the Alcazar will, as
usual, be opened at 10 o'clock this
morning, and from that time on to the
close of the game the wire will be kept
hot with the details of play.
Smoke's Trip Shrouded
In Doubt
[Specie/ Dispatch to The Call]
CHICAGO. Oct. 15.—The proposed trip
of Jack Johnson to Australia for bat
tles with Sam Langford and Sam Mc-
Vey was clouded in doubt today, when
Kelley, Mcintosh's representative, and
Johnson failed to agree upon a stake
holder.
Johnson insisted upon Al Tierney of
Chicago, a local alderman and saloon
keeper, who held stakes for the John
son-Flynn battle. Kelley failed to see
where Mcintosh could be justified in
placing *15,000 in the hands of a man
he did not know and insisted upon a
Sydney bank holding the money.
Jack Curley. who Is interested In the
matches, failed to suggest a com
promise. The men are to meet again
tomorrow in a further effort to
straighten out the tangle.
Petaluma's Entries For
Cloverdale Meet
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
PETALUMA. Oct. 15.—Petaluma high
school will be represented at Clover
dale Saturday by a lively track team.
The boys are all In good condition.
The entries follow:
Fifty yard and 100 yard dash, Hatton.
McKinney; 220 yard dash, Hatton.
Ward; 440 yard dash, Skllllng, Ward,
Brown; 880 yard run,* Tonnlngsen.
Stlce, Brown; mile run, Stice. Skllllng
Brown; 120 yard hurdles, McKlnnev;
220 yard hurdles, Oxender, Smith; high
Jump. Dykes. McKinney; discus. Sex
ton. Skilling; pole vault. Tonnlngsen,
Oxender and Smith.
■■ •
MINER MEETS DEATH
UNDER BIG CAVEIN
GOLDFIELD, Oct. 15.—One hand
thrust from a pile of rubbish was all
that showed today to tell that George
Rider, a miner, had been killed last
night by a cave in of the Mohawk
mine. His wife sat up all night wait
ing for him, and her first news of his
death was when the body Was borne
home.
i ~«
THIEF LEAVES FOOTPRINTS— Berkeley Oct.
15.—Prints of bare feet on hardwood floors and
on a window sill are the enly clew obtained by
the police, as to the Identity of a burglar who
broke Into Dr. H. H. Penland's home, 2000
Wooisey street, last nlsnt and stole ISO.
fibITED
J.
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Indigo Tint Affects
Whole Population
I Of The Hub
McGraw's Artillery
Too Heavy for
The Star
By WILLIAM HENRY WRIGHT
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BOSTON, Oct. 15.—Joe Wood and the
royal rooters, not to mention some
30,000 fans, had one large pale blue
time of It when the lusty Giants turned
Fenway park Into a field of carnage
and romped away with the most one
sided victory of the most sensational
world's series that ever has been
played. Bringing the count up to
three victories for each team, the
chances of New York to win the title
are brighter than ever before. Dusk
tomorrow will tell the tale, as the de
ciding game will be played here. The
score of today's riot was 11 to 4.
Howard Emerson Wood had been
"saved" for the battle, primed by a
three days' rest and groomed to top
oft a brilliant season's record with a
little cordial In the form of a world's
championship. But alas and alack, the
impossible happened and the Gibraltar
of the Boston defense crumbled into
dust under the fire of the New York
gunners.
Making good their boast, the Giant*
knocked the tar and most of the pitch,
out of the same Wood that baffled them
so badly on two previous occasions. A
cyclonic bunch of seven hits struck the
Boston encampment in the first inning.
netting six runs. The team collapsed
with the pitcher under this withering*
volley and the game bore many re
semblances to the struggle of painful
memories in the painful world's series
last year, when the Giants were buried
by the Athletics. But the losers then
were the winners today.
WOOD HIDES OUT
Wood managed to retire the side,
but not until every man in the batting
order had faced him. Then he scurried
to the bench and did not appear for the
rest of the day. Charlie Hall finished
the struggle and served only to fatten
the batting averages of the New
York tribe with ten ripe, luscious hlta
that netted five more runs.
Jeff Tesreau, who already has lost
two games to Wood, finally put
across a winner in the series. He waa
in dire straits all through the grill
and needed a fat lead to work under.
He pegged away with his task, keep
ing the eight hits he allowed well
scattered, and held the Red Sox to a
quartet of tallies, three of them com
ing after the Giants had scored ten
rune.
Read the story:
Little Josh Devore put Wood In the
hole right off the reel by lacing a
pretty little single down to Wagner,
which the Boston captain tried vainly
to field with one hand. The pit was
dug under and deeper when Larry
Doyle spanked a drive through the box
into center field for a single, Devore
stopping at second base.
RKD SOX RATTLBD
The Boslon team was palpably rat
tled and up in the air at this unex
pected turn in affairs, and McGraw
caused further confusion by ordering
a double steal which Devore and
Doyle caried out to the letter. Then
followed a batting orgie that will long
be remembered In Boston. If Fred
Snodgrass never di 1 anything else in
hi* life, he added oil to the flame by
hitting a drive into right field which
rolled for a double when Harry
Hooper fell in trying for a shoestring
catch.
Right at this point McGraw changed
his attack and Murray was ordered to
lay down a bunt, which he did in the
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