The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-09

swung MS bat IA @'A@@ '
fury, and missed
The game was oyar a great Splash
OF lfvte colortnE against background
Of brilliant green rolled over the heio
In the wake Of the ball players IS
they raced toward the clubhouse WINE
the fubtlant Boston rootsrs took pa
rsd.ng with their hank. and sang ana
oheered their good game Red SoA anu
for the defeated Giants. too
THAT startling SHIFT made hy Mana
w.~ esrfsravv in the ninth inning pro-
duced a nnish to the game WhiCh ~.
n. remembered as long as they pihS
for the championship OF the "o'i"'
gnuatting on his launches inning a.
Ter inning, the cold eyes OF the 49, 49,
chief had studied every move n.''1S 5
by the star OF the Boston pahu- "a
wss NOT uitching to the farm that ha"
,nas. him the sensation of the Ameri~
car league He was manifes]lN hSt~
ya,ls. and at times bit UNSTEADY
THE Giants, under instructions from
ere Little Napoleon tried waituis
him out" crowding the plate anu
working desperately Tor bases
balls but ever wood mtbihNA'iisN -
advantage of keeping them IN tf'e
nois > Tha Giants are famous for
sne;r ability To wait 1t Is th@ NAG
Traw creed that base on balS u
- good as a base hit And SO man
after man went TO the plate, ana WAT
!. "a. while the eyes of thsir -ieaasi
searched every move OF Wood Tor
weakness.
Giants Switch Tactics.
I'm that last half of the ninth, with
hone apuarently dead. McGraw sue
Aenfv switched hts n48tSe of atfiseA
---rx-trr--st t4f+- t|eaa pitching and every
man that went up swung al the hrst
ba,i smoky Joe" pitched. Time ana
again that shift has brought victory
20 tn Giant-feFees In many a nara
fought game. Jack Murray, the reu-
tnatcned right fielder OF t1e 'rol4t'i
crew. who was bitterly roasted for
his hating inefflciency In the series
las, year, but who redeemed himself
this afternoon, lifted a long Hy 1"
Harry Hooper. Fred Merkle. whose
bat had seemed tmppteut against tire
cracking speed of the Boston hurlef
ALI afternoon. singled over second
Charley Herzog. crowding the plate
to the last haif-inch of room allotted
the batter, dropped a single in short
right field.
A storm of cushions Tained down
over the diamond from the wild en-
thusiasts in the stand, AZ Big Meyers
smashed a single to the right field
barrier, scoring Merkie, and taking
second himself on the throw in. while
Herzog pulled up at third. Becker
was put into run for the heavy-f9+,tea
Indian and then it was that Wood
had to prove his worth.
Against this modern marVel Of base
bail, McGraw pitted IA big numbering
backwoods boy from the Ozark noun
sains---"Jeff' Tesr eau. fondly called
the Bear Hunter, because Of some
myth that once he was 81 mighty MIN
~ rA oh
was the greatest compliment ever paid
n young pitcher In his first big league
season by "a manager especially by
McGraw, who places experience on ii
par with simple ability.
Tcsreau Choice of McGraw.
Tesreau was chosen over the great
Mathewson. who never lost the open
ing game of All imports nj series, and
who has twice led the Giants to VIC
tory in ths first contests for the
worlds title. fJe was picked over
Marquard. the most sensational left
handler or the tffnH. Doubtless MIR
Graw spent many a sleepless hour
bordering his pitching Selection. ana
then he finally fell hack upon youth,
backed by the most remarkable mas
terry of that freak delivery called the
spitbail that any youngster has
brought into the big league IN many
year.
Fer i've innings this broad faced
boy, whose arm is as big around as a
child's body. and who carries 215
pitching pounds. spread out over six
feet, TWO inches, OF height. turned the
Red Sox back without the semblaDce
of safe hit Always, "A little ua-.
steady al starting, because he Is
man who must have plenty of work to
reach his highest efficiency. Teareau
weathered an uneasy first inning, and
then went booming along as steadily
as "a veteran
Wood and TeSreau both come from
Missouri The former Is the city boy
1.-the, and graceful, while Big JEFF,
who was never IN Il big town for any
length OF time until McGraw brought
him up from Texas, q couple Of
years. agos ia typical Of the. country
and the open He moves with the
swing OF a grizzly bear, he pitches
with mighty lunges. while Wood is
light. and breezy in his every motion
Tesreau has no more temperament
than a hydrant. The roaring crowd
dtsturbs him less than the soughing
OF the wind through the pine trees
back on the Ozark hills. His mode Of
pitching gives an impress on Of nery-
business. bAt that Is his unsteady way
& Gupring his enormous hands about
the baseball, he holds it To his mouth
and applies the slippery elm and to-
bacco juice which is the secret gf the
spitball, like a man munching an APP
pie. And today, for five innings las
was master of the Red Sox.
Mathewson Warns Up.
Before the game commenced Nc
Graw loekeycd with Jake Stahl, Tho
big manager Of the Sox, over the
pitchers, II was believed 10 be a
certainty that Stahi would work
Wood, hut McGraw wanted to make
sure. The home manager turns In
n the name OF fis pitcher last and
Mathewson and Tesreau warmed ap
@ &de b. side. With Wilbert Roblnsr.H
the old orissie coach Of the Giant
pitchers, who has helped develop
TesrezE. and with Chief Meyers.
TIN The -ath4t- side Wood was work
ing easily with Nunamaker. the Young
I catcher Of the sox. Mathewson wore
his old red sweater. while Tesreau
A worked without wraps SO the wise
81 man knew thar MeGraw wah merely
4. Mailing With the old master, and