The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-15

finite trouble.
Two wsre out ia the Giants end of
the first inning. with Larry Doyle,
the captain OF the Islanders on sec
ond base, when Jack Murray. the red
headed slugger of the Giant outfield
came to bat. O'Brien had started
very unsteadily. and his spitban was
not responding to his fingers. Little
Josh Devore had a count of three
balls and two strikes on him before
he finally tapped an easy roller TO
Larry Gardner. for an easier out.
Doyle hit the first ball OBrien
pitched to him and ii took high
bounce over the pitchers hand. TO
Yerkes. who made a nice stop and a
fine throw. but the feet Doyle beat
the toss. Larry joekeyed back and
forth off first until he had Forrest
Cady nervously calling for pitch outs
with Snodgrass at bat.
o'Brien Is Worried.
Finally Doyle tore out for second
and Cady's throw being high. the
sturdy field leader Of the Giants pull
ed sp safe In a eioHd Of dust From
that point of vantage, Doyle worried
O'Brien with his wild dashes up and
down the base line, but finally
'Buckyt@ famed Snodgrass, and ap'
pearei to be out Of danger. He work
ed WITH great 0ettptff ai4pD on NfutinSy
mounting the bali SO long between
pitches that once Red john TOOK
advantage of his time rights and step
ped out Of the box. Finally. with the
count three balls and two strikes,
Murray pushed a slow roller to Nag-
ner, and beat the throw TO first Doyle
moved to third. with Merkle up. Muir
ray began leading off first. double
steal being the probable McGraw
,pssys;s ard tfisr4esIa eyed fnfrn efesesy,
tossing the ball To Stahl once or twice
IN force Murray 10 hug the bag Nc
3raw was coaching OF third. In the
box at first was wise old Wilbert Rob
4paun,~ famed as this Giant pitcher
maker" once the star catch of the
greatest ball club that ever took the
feld--ihe Baltimore orioles. His huge
bulk wrapped In the real racklnA~
of tho Giants. Robbie was talking to
Murray
O'Brien was In position. and here
swung his arms high 10 deliver the
bali 10 Merkie, then he suddenly stop
ped and stepped ont of the box. 1T
was clearly "a 'bslk
For u fun ten seconds none II the
Giants seemed 10 gather the purport
of q Bricn's act, then as Umpires
Efil Klein, behind the BAT. and BID
Evans. on the bases. seemed 10 aesi-
tate irreselutely, the hoarse below OF
Robinson rolled across the diamond
claiming the "baik" Immediately
McGraw. from third, and the Giants,
from the bench, were in full cry ana !
Murray started for second at Robin
sons orders, before the umpires waved !
him on. Doyle hung third until Nc
Gray plucked him by the arm and mo- /
Toned him home. O'Brien seemed /
jazed az he resumed work,
Merkie Bumps the Ball.
ptp Fred Merkle reached out with
his long bat and bumped the bali to
the concrcte wall In right field for
two bases, scoring Murray. Charley
Hergag the smuggling star of the series,
sapped the first ball pitched to him
across third base 10 the LETT hein |
hleacher wall. scoring Merkle. and .
pull!ng up himself ut second. Ray
Collins WAS now warming up with
Nunamaker in the far outtieio-
Chief Meyers laid his enormous club
against Il sfsttbail with all his weight. |
and Wagner did Well to get the ball
with one hand and hold the drive
10 n single, while HerZog took third. |
AS O'Brien was winding up to pitcn |
10 Fletcher. big Meyers pulled out
for second as the start or double
steal with I1SiLNN N~A0f ~ I
Yerkes and as Herxog came tearing |
in from third, yerkes returned the
throw. but the ball struck the ground
in front of the plate. and Herzog
was safe Meyers rumoled clear
around to third on the bad throw.
Fletcher popped into the air toward
third, and the bali fell safe In front
ef Gardeners outstretched hands
o'Brien hurried in to lend assistance
81. via ha HYtle hinw count
ed for a hit, and Meyers scored.
Fletcher jockeyed too far off first, and
was caught mapping by a quick throw
from O'Rrien, while Marquard was at
bat.
The lean Ruhe started or in fash
Ion that gave the Giant esthnssastf
much useasiness. His curves would
not break for him, and the famous
.shop" to his fast ball, which helped
him to nineteen straight victories. was
missing.
AT the start the RUDE was hit so
freely that toward the end Of the
second inning line of Giant pitchers
were warming up in right field. in
readiness for an emergency call.
hooters From Boston.
Three or four hundred Boston root
srs, headed by the celebrated singing
mayor. Honey Fitx." came over today
to be in at what they fondly hoped
would be the finish. They occupied
their old section in the stand be-
hind third basefi and they had their
band which broke its very best record
on ..Tessie," the ancient war song Of
the Boston battalion. The rooters had
their horns, and their pennants. and
every man wore a wide red band
around his hat, labeled: "oh. you
Sox" Also, they all carried dolls
dressed In baseball uniforms
The New York attendance was the
highest of the series. only some 3d.
600 people turning out, for 1t must
be confessed that New York, too.
rather felt that this would be the end
of the series. 1t is believed that tho
total receipts will now run over half
q million dollars.
Evans decision on the race against
Herzog's throw in the fourth when
big Jake rolled to the Marylander, was
close. He said Stahi was safe. Then
It. was that Enodxrasa went drifting
hack into left center and made his
wonderful catch or Wagners bat. II
was even greater than Devore's mar
velous clnch in Boston, when little
Josh saved q game for Maruuard.
In the Giants side Of the fourth.
after Herxog had lifted a fiy to Speak
err, Meyers tripled to left center. II
was mammoth wallop, the ball sing
Ing pass Speaker~with terrific speed
The heavy footed ciief pounded