The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-14

GIANTS WILL FIG H T
b. X. ". I4ARDNER.


shifts back To New York Tomorrow
and the majority of impartial spec
tators are hoping thai the curtain Will
be rung down after smother view or
the polo Grounds, for worlds series.
no matter how interesting or how
hard fought. are bound TO grow tire
some.
Moreover. Boston has proven 1t has
the better hall club and the Impair
tai persons mentioned above cannot
see, - hat good 1t viii do to extend
the agony much longer. II may be
said without fear OF contradiction
from New York. or elsewhere, that
John McGraw ia up against it. lie
knew IL Yesterday morning when
Richard Marquard confessed ia q
~srs, arm and Charley. alias Jefr.
TeSreau, informed him that split FIN
ger on his pitching hand was bonner
ing him considerably.
There WAS one thing for McGraw
to do yesterday. that vas To p'ich
Mattv H.. had no other enailCe UNI
less h., wanted TO forfeit the series,
fur no one else was available except
the unreliable Anes, the fading
George wiltso and the peculiar otis
CrandalI, who can finish, but Is uh-
aole 10 start.
The question -. What viii ths M
tie N4noleog da tomorrow = WAli
he try Marquard and the sore arm
fr Tesreau and the split finger
However he decides. tho Giants Will
ea into the game almost hereft OF
bnne. for they have now seen "A real
ysy,sfttYs pitcher. os&tasaes~ 81 1es- W cad
and there * no longer the belief IN
The New York camp that Wood Is IN"
aenfv obstacle between the National
league and triumph.
Giants Must Take Three.
I,ere,at,s fF59+ GIANTS witt VIII GzsTzTCIT-'
row. Rnt if they do. what vii, be left
Ia them? II they defeat 9 Brien or
Collins. they will know full well
that Wool and Bedient are lying IN
vait 10 face them on Tuesday ana
Wednesday, They must take three
straight games or tho losers end OF
the purse.
After what happened ~ them yes
icrdav. most Of them have become
aerugtorned to the s2.6og and have
oi,it fig4lring on the big slice
This series. So far, has been unique
IN many ways For cine thing, there
has been ths, weather. II Was fcgsy
Yesterday auj cloudy the day before
al the polo Grounds But II has
hesn warm all the time. In fact,
there was only one day on which
,,vercssats were not uncomfortaoie'
Then. too. the scores have been I'M
commonly close. only one Of the ue-
cfsfye battles was won BY margin
~ more than one run, Nooo \"
victory in New York on Friday
us the most one- sided as far az
taInez are concerned, and nobody Us
..allIng Ia / games one-slded these
DAYS.
The sci looks thus 10 the writer;
The Red soS- possess- mora class
and have been playing against All
brands of hard luck. To he. sure. they
haven't been hitting as hard as theH
can nit, but they have been hitting
all the time. This Was especially
true in Yesterdays game when they
kept siamming away at MANY through
most OF Tf1e innings and we're abe
10 collect only Ave safe ones There
were more hard Boston drives IMAM
In any OF the other struggles, ana
VET the Sox Accumulated less hits
Boston has not played Its best
game The Giants. on the other
hand have looked better than at any
time they faced the Cubs during the
National league season They have
shown more spirit. have hattei harder
against fairly good pitching. and have
aelded more cleaniy and sensationally
than in their midsummer games
Doylc's Hard Luck.
There has been but one hard luck
member of the New York club in
this engagement and he is MeGraw's
best bali player Iarry Doyle. Fielding
beautifully at times he has been ufl-
fortunate in HIS defensive work on
several occasions and has hit in
worse luck than any one else in the
series. with the possible exception or
Iris Speaker. HerZog and Murray
have been the New York stars. The
former may be branded a horseS1oe
han player, but he certainly has set
the mace for his side. and IL the others
had been unable to keep 1t up the
Giants would not now be up against
an apparently hopeless proposition.
The series has been the biggest
one financially, yet staged. All
kinds af records have been broken.
The piayers az both clubs will get
more money than ever before was
handed them The magnates will
proft proportionateiy. The attend
ance mark in New York has not been
broken, but it has almost been tied
twice. Boston set new Crowu
record there and beat yesterday.
There has been less talk of ticket
sealping than ever. and 1t has been
easter for tho real fans to secure
seats.
The Giants came over from Boston
last night. The Sox viii arrive here
at II o'clock this evening. Tomor-
rows crowd promises to be huge.
although 1t will hardly come up to the
other two. The royal rooters Of
Boston are, expected early in the
morning, for they do not want to miss
the chance to gloat IL their favorifes
eliEch the title in this town.
Begin Actual Paving To-day.
With the concrete foundation com
pleted from Eighth 70 Tenth street
on Broad. the actual work of laying
,asnhait blocks on that-thor@aghfare
will begin this morning. Contractor
Cnrley says he can pave block, so
that the work on the north side OF the
street will be finished Wednesday
night. opening that side OF the street
TO traffic While workmen are con-
GREETING the block between Seventh
and Eighth Wednesday and Hhnrsday
eyf 4atsfta will No f9rensxFsram NJ. nsa,tt \,