The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-11

tfraggeSSs him hack. THE other fought
to send him home. Now a good relay
to the plate would have nipped- Lewis
after he finally did dash In. but Merkle
juggied Devore's throw. and the run
counted. Gardner. however. was held
at second, fortunately for US. Had lie
taken third the beans would have been
spilled.
Stahl drbbed to the box. mean
chance for Marouard, but the big fell
loS never fiinohed. He had TO stop
Gardner at third. and he did IL with
beautiful throw. which Herzog handled
faultlessly Henriksen ran for Stahl
Merkls MuHs Throw.
Wagner chopped sharply to F1etch- :
| er. who had an easy force play TOR
Henr!ksen at second. and such a play
would have ended the game. But for
some reason he played the batter.
Merkle was not expecting the throw
which had the runner beaten by
good margin and he muffed. Henrik
sen got to third on the error. and
thereby set the stage for Devore
| masterpiece
That's how New York won the
worlds championship. for its ours
sure as fate The rest of the game
doesn't matter much.
should Have Had More.
We earned our runs, slugged
o'Rrten for them. We should have
had more If Boston luck hadn't stuck
out on half a dozen of occasions
One of these made me look pretty
cheap in my own regard. That's wheh
] ran all the way to third on Fletcher
fly to Speaker, and was easily doubled
| as a result | waited before | turned
second and was sure the ball was
away over Speakers head. So was
McGraw He told me that the wilma
rad fooled us both. 1t carried the
hard hit ball back at the last moment
and enabled Speaker to make won
derfui catch 1t must have been
wonderful from what they said |
didn't see IT, | had my back turned
sitting for all ! was worth ! was
sure / was good for another run.
Here is how / figure victory ours
Joe Wood will have to work at the
Polo Grounds tomorrow. and We
should beat him especially IL Tesream
starts. Matty will be able to pro-
duce a winner. sure. by Monday. Ames
or Crandall should take care Of us
in Saturdays fray.
All Of our pitchers are in rafting
good shape. able. ! think. To hold the
best that Boston can show US. WOOL
Ia the only pitcher of the Red SoS
who has bested us so far, and ne can
not win the series s!nEie-handed-
In ths Ninth.
Swinging into the ninth inning. there
was no gerceptihle flaw in the ma
chine like precision of the famous left
arm as II rose and fell Ike a whip
iasn. Iris Speaker was the first man
to face MarQuard in that inning, and
he raised a towering fly to Arthur
Fletcher. SO high did the ball 90 that
Arthur rubbed his hands together two
or tbre times as he waited for 1t, and
the Giant following in the stands
stirred uneasiy.
Duffy Lewis. thf smuggling left
fielder was next, and he slashed
drive at Mefisie who made = great play
cuffing the ball to the ground. Mar
guard ran over from the box TO take
the put out at first. and while he got
Merkles throw before Lewis reached
first. he failed to put his foot on the
bag, and Bill Klein necessarily had 10
call Lewis safe.
Larry Gardner smashed drive that
passed between first base and Merkle's
outstretched hand, as Big Fred fell nat
on his face and q desperate Gluten AT
the ball, which rolled on out into right
field. It was twisting grounder hard
to Judge, and Devore. who came racing
in from right fumpied II up Aeainst
the bIeacher wall. Lewis could have
scored with ease. but AZ he tore into
third base. "Heine" Wagner. the Sox
shortstop. who was coaching ut that
station. stopped him. iris Speaker
had also gone over toward the third
base line after being retired. and ne
yelled for Lewis to 20 on home an ne
saw Devores tumble. Duty" tore
cut as Josh made poor throw to the
infeid. and scored easily, while Gard
ner pulled up at second.
Rubs's Nsrvs unshaksn.
The stands were blazing with the
red pehnants OF the Boston rooters.
and IS, 900 people were whooping a.
Lewis tailed, while the Giant infield
buxxed about Marquard. The Rube's
nerve was unshaken: he proved II ~
making a sensational stop Of big Jake
StahPs smash. Whiriing around and
tossing TO Herzog iAt third. getting
Gardner. Stahl called Olaf Henrik
sen. utility outfielder. IN 10 run for
him.
Fletcher got Waener.s gentle roll
br and shot the hall across the dia-
naond to Marlie - strsighf ~ 4 riIle
shot although ~ could hare naad4 IN \