Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-15
BY FRED j. BENDEL
lFrom a stan correspondentl

lFrom q Stan Correepondent.l
BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 15.-Today
New York enthusiasts who were or
the verge of despair yesterday al
this time are soaring on the highest
pinnacle of joy. McGraw's men stood
the crucial test, went through the fire
and came out on top IN a glorious
fighting triumph that prolonged the
series for at least another day. Bos-
ton believes the Giant supporters
ascending spirits will be 'ephemera
In longevity" as they might phrase
It or frame it in speech in the City
of Culture. Joe Wood is invincible
In the eyes of the Bostonians.
In the first game Joe won with
his remarkable fast ball, depending
chiefly on it's hop to fool h Giants
His second victory was accomplished
practically on curve balls. The
Giants were unable to meet his sharp
breaking drop squarely and were hit
ting over the ball. just topping it and
sending it on bounds and rolls ia
the Boston inf1elders. When the
Giants realized their ~predicament in
that game they tried to place thos7
grounders, with the result that Wag-
ner got wise, and by his wonderful
baseball intuition-it was nothing
more nor less-outguessed the Giant
batters and started his sprint toward
the spot where the batters hit in
variably in time to check the sphere,
His shortstopping in Fridays game
will go down in baseball history as
one of the most marvellous exhibit
tions ever given by any ball player.
Cady's Explanation.
q Yesterday, for the first time in the
series, there were a number of inffelo
hits. HEX Cady, in discussing the
game with the writer, declared that
the hits the Giants beat out early in
the game were due to O'Brien's spit
tiers. The Boston infielders were
afraid of making a wild throw after
stopping hard drives. n in getting
q good grip on the sphere lost that
precious second that meant so much
to them. Cady gives unstinted praise
to Marquard for his great pitching
but also says that his team deserves
a lot of credit for their game fight
with a five-run lead against them al
the very start of the game.
"Marquard was using a splitter yes
terday," said Cady after he saw he
did not have anything else that could
fool us. Our batters were tearing off
terrific wallops, but the Giant out.
field, which has surprised me re.
peatedly, pulled down long larrups
that would have meant triples, and
" .~-. -,I1- C~4I-ro CSC
caught the ball, it would have beer
a homer. Our boys fought. gamely
and never quit, but when RUDE
started his splitter we could not seem
to meet the ball as solidly as'before
He had us guessing for a few min
utes. especially in that sixth timing
when he struck his stride and famed
Gardner and Stahl.
"He fingered the ball for a curve
ball, it seemed, but when these bat
ters swung the ball jumped. He hat
not been moistening the pill. but we
soon got wise to his methods. He
was splitting in his glove and rub.
bling 1t on the ball innocently enough
! do not believe n fan in every
thousand present got wise to the rea-
son why RUDE suddenly checked on
hitting. We would surely have beater
the Giants but for this unexpected
turn of affairs.
1.-THE home team could not keep uI
its sensational work of pulling dowr
extra base hits. I'd bet my share
of the series that Wood will win to-
day. He'll have his old speed and
his curve ball as well. He has not
mixed them both much in either Of