New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-10
New York Team Overcomes
Handicap of Three Runs
and Takes Lead Only
to Lose 1t Again.
Continued from nrst page.

had broken his neck. All he lost, how
ever. was his cap and his wind. and ne
was cheered by the crowd when ne re-
sumed playing. Lewis was still mover
ing on second, and at this Juncture
Fletcher let a hard hit ball by Gardner
slip through his legs. scoring LEWIS
with the tieing run.
Frad Merkle. who opened the tenth
with a triple to right, was the nero OIL
that frame, as he put the Giants IN the
lead again by counting on 'Mush m'
Cornnick's sacrifice fly. But the Ieau
was not long lived. for, with one OUT III
the tenth. Speaker sent q terrific hit 10
centre field which went for three passes,
and would have been home run hau
iris not slowed up at third. When ne
saw shafer juggle Becker's return ne
darted for the plate and was safe' al
though Wilson would have had MIN Il
he had held the ball.
iris would have scored, anyway as
Lewis followed with double TO right
which looked so much like a j. FRANK
lin Baker when it started on It's course
What the hearts Of the New York root
sers sank within them. Fast fielding oy
Ipecker held Lewis on second, and then
i1t WAS ND to the old master 20 retire
tGardner and Stahl, which he did, leaV-
eng Lewis stranded on third.
II was a ragged game all around but
replets with the thrills that shook the
slams" TO the marrow and left tnem
t,veak and weary after SILK" OLough-
an announced the end OF hosuilues'
Cheers and groans in quick succession
made the stands fairly tremole' VI
Nh. two teams the Giants seemed 10 De
sunerior. If Fletcher had succeeded IN
stonpiug Gardner's drive in the elghth
the game would never have gone into
extra innings. big Six" was IN ex-
cellent form at the start A tough sue
cession Of unlucky breaks In the hrst
aiming gave the Red sox three runs
Here. too, Fletcher made an error
with a double play knocking at the
door which would have saved the trio
Of counts. Because the Red sox could
not beat Matty in the last few innings
fbe,r case appears TO be hopeless
After the seventh he had absolutely
nothing on the ball. and only his WIS
courage and marvellous control blocked
the path to Boston victory But sun
Stahps men. try as they might, could
moi drive him 10 the clubhouse.
Collins Easy for Giants.
ON the other hand. Collins as serious
worlds series pitching proposition mas
been practically eliminated. he was 'ne
easiest sort of picking for the Giants ana
A. was surprising that he lasted as long
as ne did. snodgrass hit the SECOND pan
he pitched into the left field STANDS TOT
,,,o-base hit i'm the first inning, and
ever thereafter the National League
champions kept pecking at his curves
until they had driven him to cover. ne
had no speed and nothing remarkable ID
the way OF curves The righthanded Dat
tiers on the team, such as Murray Her%os
and Movers, Toasted lavishly on his OF
ferings. and nearly every ball hit by the
Giants was met on the nose. Colllns'
however, had good control. not giving a
mass Nine hits were garnered OH MS
delivery in a trifie less than eight innings
these including two doubles ana TWO
triples.
Hall as a rescue man proved fzzle.
He came In 10 stop the rally In the eigh'h'
and was greeted by HerEos with the two
cushion shot that put the Giants In the
lead With two out In the ninth, con-
,,,tion which had been produced by re-
snarkabls stop on the part OF Heinle
ryasnar. who robbed Fletcher OF hit
s1Iau passed Snodgrass, Doyle and Becker
An succession. Fortunately for him "Heo
rTurray hit into force out at second
"a triple a pass and sacrifice ny IN the
tenth showed Stahl that II he was song
40 hold the Giants down more reserves
~Dsra needsd. so he called upon Bedient In
ltbA eleventh. Hugh made good use OF the
hower,ng skies and dwindling light by
.nutting on all the speed at his command
HAs q was he hit a man and passed an
ether hut both we're thrown out stealing
While Matty was found for eleven mus
which were distributed through as many
innings, he did not give free ticket &c
the initial sack. big Six" famed toui
,men. his most notable strike out Vicun
being Heinie Wagner, who came up tc
the bat with men on second ana thiro IL
xhe riotous eighth. and was called out by
.silk'' O'Loughlin. Collins famed hve
while Bedient attached the scalp OF Larry
DOYLE TO his belt in the eleventh. some
thing which Collins had accomplished IN
the first.
Perhaps In emulation of the antics
which attend the worlds series AFFAIRS al
the Polo Grounds: maybe because ran
IS ''fan" the wide world over; at any
rate. they were in line early last evening
at Fenway Park. Although temporar!
stands. with a capacity Of 10000, had beer
erected all around the field. the Boston
brand of dementia baseballis did not trus
the words of the management that there
would be ample space for everybody. Inc
Ufans' were determined not to get lei
and were on hand at the earliest possible
moment 10 insure getting seats. severa
hundred stood in line the greater part OF
.he night but a majority Of the more
conservative ones waited until this morn
ing When the ticket booths were opened
shortly after o'clock there were severa
thousand present. After the FIRST rusf
vas over there was marked diminutior
IN numbers OF the approaching hordes
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