New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11
At THE GAME
Crave and Gay Angles to New
Works. First Victory.
auRKETT TALKS OF RUSlE
.,o,o Nerve Is Tested When
De Tries Out Speakers
New Motor Car.
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0' - = the worcester club. was in the
,.ss room before the game talking king, about ut
ptsss They rave about Wood ne
pitehe,s 80 call Johnson and Marquard
sa'u' a,sst OF them all, but they nave
4 me s .nsn real pitcher. Old Amos Rusie
" he'ei n-,n,e could take all these colts
ID Ms oh them more baseball than they
., thought was In the game lie mao
r sneed. more curve on his curve oali
pO,' ~ hon on his fast one than any
~. nitcher the world had ever SEEN
~ Dsrbsps. ever will see" The veteran
a,sd for a moment and then SAID
p,chtfpllv. "The nearest approach 10
nns,s Is Christy Mathewson, the greatest
:, the latter day pitchers, ana the 0'S'
since Rusie himself
when the game was over the oahu Vi
,sa Boston Elks struck up tHe ti'ne
sororad melody "There'n Be a Hot Time
IN the Old Town Tonight" and the Man
haitian rooters Joined in the choFus WIN
. vengeance
1,,han Sneaker drove his new car
..o.nd the field he broke all speed limits
INTO snnithereens. Larry Doyle, whom
rrts had invited out for 10y ride" sat
Hsht and PRAYED as Speaker cut the cor
nsrs. He is a second Harry Grant said
poyle. when the trip in front Of the cheer
l,v ~fans" had been completed in safety.
-
"The New Bedford Times had most
readable story Of the first clash between
,ba Giants and the Red Sox In Its
ws6nesday evening edition. but by some
attn OF the pen It was preceded by this
carlton: ''By Albert w. Kane, sporting
,dltor Of The Times who is covering
.eries for this paper" II should have
ekead: From The New-York Tribune
Not comma was misplaced.
New Bedford fans" need not wait until
evening to get the news Of the battling
teams.
The announcement was made before the
Ksne that If ball hit one Of the police
men standing in the outheld it would still
be in play the same as II II had hit
fence.
There were nine strike-out victims to-
tsy. OBrien famed twice and Hooper,
Yerkes, Wagner. Ball, Devore, Merkle
ana Meyers once each. Three bases were
stolen in the game. the pilfering being
done by Wagner, Devore and Fletcher.
The largest crowd that ever saw base
ball game in Boston passed through the
turnstiles Of Fenway Park to-day.
Herzcgs rapid-flre coaching OF Mar
cuard and the players In the inheld was
10 unimportant part Of New York's de-
fence. The New York third baseman
shouted constant encouragement to Mar
guard for every ball pitched, and when
he was not directing his coaching toward
the pitchers box. he was keeping the in
field keyed up to lighting pitch. Herzog
brought Murray home on a sacrifice fly
IN the second inning and started the
trouble for the Red sox in the fifth by
slashing out a two-bagger, scoring a few
Two Boston fans coming out of the
park were talking over the little ex-
change Of words between Speaker and
Herzog in the game yesterday when
Larry Doyle pacified both men. Said
one: II can't understand it, Now, If
Herzog had gone between Doyle and
a.
but Doyle 10 go between Her
Jog
Just before the game started Ban
Johnson called stahl over 10 his box and
shook hands with him, wishing him luck.
bring It home TO the American League"
said johnson. Wen do our best" re-
Piled stahl.
The sun was so warm that the fans
In the centre field bleachers shed their
coats during the early innings Of the
game. but as the close Of day approached
overcoats would not have been unwei-
come.
Chief Meyers had some quiet fun with
the crowd in the sixth inning, when he
caught Iris Speakers high foul for the
third out. The crowd hOwled and yelled
AZ the Indian in an effort to rattle him,
but II Meyers heard them II bothered
him not at all He held fast 10 the
BAH, and holding the sphere in his glove
he called Herzog over, and the pair
tugged at the ball for a full minute be-
fore they got it out OF the pocket.
The Giants, on and of the field, fought
Ike madmen TO win the game. The
players Oh the bench shouted advice and
70 the men at the bat
and in the field, and never kept quiet
a minute.
On the roof Of an automobile garage
Just across from Fenway Park there is a
specially constructed stand, which has
been packed 10 capacity for both games.
jim MeAleer, president Of the Boston
Red sox, Is more than confident Of the
result. He smiles when asked for an
opinion. and says wisely: We've a tight
little ball club here. A tight little ball
sub. All playing the game; all trying
hard to win. a grand leader in stahl.
Whom win? Why-er-it's a fine day.
ISN'T 1t? Yes. sir. a fine day"
4here was some doubt before the game
that Speaker would be in the lineup.
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