The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-11
Up-to-the-Minute Amateur and Professional Sporting News
GIANTS CAPTURE
THIRD CONTEST
New York, with Marquard
Pitching, Grabs Victory
From the Red Sox.

Boston, Oct. 1.-THE New York
Nationals overcame the Boston Ameri-
cans yesterday by u 2 to 1 score. in the
third game Of the worlds series. Each
club now has victory and a. one
witnessed the pitchers battle. in
which Marquard won over O'Brien.
Dev0re WAS the hero OF the day. The
midget outfielder made a catch that
snatched Il seeming victory from Bos-
ton. sending them down to defeat.
The Ret SOx made q desperate rally
in the ninth. and had men on second
and third and two out, when Cady
which DeVore speared after a sensa-
The Rubc Was a Puzzle.
Marquard was a puzzle to the Red
Sox throughout. He rave only II
base on balls.
Buck o'Brien held New York to
six hits. but three Of these were made
found himself In difficulty in the sec
ond when Murray led of with double
which resulted in q run on a sacrifice
hit and IL sacrifice fly; again in the
nth, when Herzog raped out a two
Dagger and came home after Meyers
advanced him to third on Fletcher's
single.
Red sox Rallied in Last Inning.
Boston made a stand in the ninth.
two runs were needed to tie. The
crowd groaned when Speaker popped
to Fletcher and hundreds started for
the exits. Lewis scratched an infield
hit and Herzog rushed to steady Mar
guard; Gardner drove a wicked
bounder past Merkle along the right
R1NI N~N ~~l Ax<y{c v,yor r@,,~Il~~
third when Speaker checked him.
Lewis fought Speaker off and was half
way toward home. when he heard a
warning cry and turned back. Once
more he ran towards home n scor-
ed. That momentary return Of Lewis
to third base was costly. Gardner,
on a drive which Devore played with
oyer second and would have made
third. but Lewis. returning to the
base. forced Gardner to hustle back to
second. When Lewis finally ran home,
It was too late for Gardner to adj
n With Gardner on third. he
could easily have tied the score IN
Merkle's muff and Fletcher's throw on
=" Speaker Active, Though Crippled.
Speaker limped through the game
with a wrenched ankle but it did not
prevent him in New York's half Of
the ninth inning from racing over to-
ward the temporary fence and taking
Fletcher's drive for three bases. Then
wheeling quickly. Speaker threw to
stahl and doubled on Meyers. who
was rounding third in the belief that
the ball had gone to the back fence.
Mc(sraw Has High Hopes.
Boston got the start on u.s." said
Manager McGraw. but We caught
them and now will go in front.
The Giants have learned much
yesterday. but they took defeat cheer
fully.
Play in New York Today.
The two clubs returned last night to
New York. where the Polo grounds
will find them in combat today,
weather conditions permitting. There
were nine .-%strikeout victims Yesterday.
O'Brien famed twice, Hooper. Yerk-
es. Wagner. Ball, Devore, Merkle and
Meyers once.
Giants Steal Bases.
Two bases were stolen in the game
the differing being by Devore and
Fletcher. The largest crowd that
ever, saw a ball game in Boston pass
ed through the turnstiles of Fenway
Park.
h national commissions figures
showed the paid attendance was a..
624. The crowd anne late and the
stands did not really begin to fill up
until an hour before Umpire Evans
called play. All the stands We're JAM
med and hundreds stood behind the
temporary fences IL. the back field.
The roofs of houses across the street
were black with people.
Players get S34.OOO. =
h total receipts Of the game
We're '$Ss.142 of which. the players
share amounts to $34.096.6s. each
club $11.365.5C The National Com
missions share was $6.314.20.
All the worlds series records for
attendance and receipts and conse-
quently for the players share Of the
money are practically certain to be
broken in the present series. The to-
tai receipts of the first three games
responding games being .$196.63 as
compared with $195.914 last year.
The total attendance figures of the
first three games. however, falls
short of the record of these games by
about 1900. Figures are 100. 500 this
year and 1o1.7S3 for last year.
In the three games already played
of the present series. the players will
share s%1o6.1s3.94: sixty per cent to
the winners n forty per cent to the
losers. This compares with $127,910
for the entire share last year.
The fourth game of the series to
be played in New York is the last
in which the players are entitled
to share in the receipts. Of
1icials connected with the business end
OF the contending clubs say the MEM
bers of the winning club will have
about $4,000 each. last year Philadel-
phia received $3.654.5S each. :.
First Inning.
E{rct ho1f-novor uo4 y .;--,> A.
center. Doyle flied to Speaker; on an
attempted hit-and-run play, Devore
was out stealing. Carrigan to Wagner.
Devore was blocked six feet off the
base. ~Snodgrass on on a fly. to
Speaker. No runs. one hit. no errors.
Second half: Hooper flied u to
Fletcher. Marquard showed good
speed and fast breaking curve. Yerkes
to Merkle. No runs: no hits; no err
rors.
Second Inning.
First half: Murray made a two
base hit to right center. Merkle sac
riflccd and was out. O'Brien to Stahl.
Murray went to third on the NAV.
Murray scored on Herzog's sacrifice
fly to Hooper. whose throw to the
plate failed to catch tho fleet New
York fielder. Myers was out. Gardner
to Stahl. One rum; one hit, no err
rors.
Second half: Lewis shot a hot
single to center. Maruuard tried 10
catch Lewis off first and the crowd
by the umpire. Gardner sacrificed.
Herzog to Merkle. Lewis took Sec
ond. stahl went nut on a high fly t.
Murray. Wagner struck ont No