The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
HOWE REVIEWS THE GAMES
 OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP TILT
Reasons Victory and Defeat in Each of the Games Con- cluded-Says New York is Brilliant While Boston
 is Steady and Sure-Hgh Compliment for Wagner
Fly IRWIN M HOWE (staffxftcIan for Clubs of Major Leagues)

The first game of the worlds series was played true to form. Wood was the mas ter workman through the entire game. and with regular Red Sox support would not have been scored on His control of that sharp breaking curve and his speed were truly remarkable He only tried a slow ball once and that was the fourth ball to Deyore in the third inning. Eleven strike outs tell part of the story.
 Tesreau was iuvlncible for five innings while the American league champions were getting acquainted with with his system which was to waste all the fast ones, high, low or on the outside and depend exclusively on the splitter for ex- ecution. When he began to tire his fin ish came with astounding suddenness. The theory that Tesreau's speciality might not stand the American league test may be based on something besides partisan prejudice.
 A moist ball pitcher must have some thing more than a strong arm and & stick of gum to get by in the Johnson circuit.
 Doyle and Wagner featured the infield play as they nave so often upUt Quilfle the season just closed. Doyle further justified the opinion of the Chalmers commission as the most valuable man in the National league by hammering out two hits and scoring one run. Two or Wagner's stops were beauties.
 With one down in the sixth. Speaker tripled to left center-the first hit for the Bostons-Sn odgrass dropping the ball after hard run Iris scored immedi- uta1t, nfta T fcf hfs xarnG 1ta spot where Manager McGraw should have shifted pitchers, but no one in the Polo grounds knew of 1t then. When the seventh opened the Ozark Giants stuff had evaporated. Four rousing hits senr Tesreau to the baths and the victory to Boston
 New York had all the breaks in this game. yet could not quite win. Lewis lost Doyles easy fly in the sun in the third inning and shortly afterward Yerkes allowed Murray's drive to go for nit, though he fields harder chances all the time. That accounts for two of the Giants | runs. In the ninth Yerkes interfered with Hooper on Herzogs fly and this error of judgment would have cost the American league champions the game | except for the marvellous work of Wood who with one out and with men on second and third whiffed Fletcher and Crandall and saved the day.
 The Tie Game Darkness stopped one of the most fierce ly contested games ever engaged in for the highest honors, at the end of the eleventh inning. In dividing the glory there is little choice between the teams. The oft repeated statement that the stars don't shine in the big games will not hold here.
 Though battered to every corner of the lot by the strong Boston outfielders. Mathewson hurled a good game. Not a man walked in eleven innings and only the best batsmen on the home team were ! able to hit him effectively. Stahl's hay ! making hit in the first Inning came be- fore he was thoroughly warmed up. Larry Doyle played good game. lie saved run in the second by a eroat. stop and throw of Collins grounder as Hooper doubled immediately afterward. In the tenth after Speaker had tripled and scored on Wilson's error at the plate. Lewis doubled for the second time. Doyle then came through with a great play on Gardners hit and saved the game. Murray will no longer be chided for his failure to get hit last year. He made three hits in the second game, scored two runs himself and drove in two more He traded places with Snod- grass when the sun came out in the fifth inning ana m the eighth went back wards over the low wall in left field in a vain effort to stop Lewis hit. Fletcher played his regular game, :nak- ing errors when they were especially damaging and an occasional spectacular stop and throw.
 This observer was not surprised at Col lins' failure to hold the Giants though he might have gone through had not Lewis dropped Snodgrass fly at the opening of the eighth. All the New York men who have hit left-handed pitching during the season were there with the wallop just as the figures show they should HerzoE especially took kindly to Collins deliv- cry and sawed off three hits for six bases, keeping even with Murray.
 Hall WAS indifferent and Stahl made a poor guess in calling him instead of bedient in the eighth. Wagner furnished the final proof Of the form sheet. It is safe to say that his playing in the sec ond game has never been equaled fin championship series by any shortstop. His brilliant stops of bad bounders. of sharp hits over second his accurate and light ming throws and his tagging and blocking or runners on attempted steals were the real features of the day.
 The American league champions are. If course, good team. but without Wagner, good night.
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