Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11
VICTORY is DUE
TO MARQUARD
Red Sox Are Powsrless Be-
fore the Mighty Rube In
Yesterdays Game.
DEvoRE SHINES IN NINTH
Makes Great Catch Prevent
ing Tie--herzog and MUIR
ray Get Home.

was out In the ninth inning the game
between the Giants and the Red Sox
was in doubt. The score by which
the Giants won was 2 to 1, and then
they won by a squeak so narrow that
everything depended on the last ball
hit.
Somewhat different complexion from
the first two games was yesterday
afternoons contest. The rivals set
tied down to baseball which was Of
smoother texture and more natural in
its pace. Yet the game lacked moth
ing in intensity. 1t was In keeping
with it's fellows In being crammed to
the full with uncertainty. The Giants
ran up a score Of two and turned the
Red Sox back banied and scoreless
for eight consecutive innings. In the
last two innings. however. the Red
Cox attack Quickened a bit and their
aggressiveness resulted In preventing
a w~hitewash.
A mum by Merkle was the only
assure in the New York fielding, 1t
coming in the ninth inning after the
Red Sox had made their lone run. 1t
cost nothing, but 1t did create a peril
Gus situation. and there vas q furore
Of excitement In the stands until De-
wore, with a superb running catch of
q line drive 20 hard that 1t vas al
most invisible, brought the game to
an end with two base runners bound
licketty split for the home plate
This ninth was a roaring inning. Mar
guard was In dire straits toward the
last. but, all told. the master Of the
Red Sox.
Used Fast Hop Ball.
1t wasn't all his fault that he was
In trouble in the ninth, although he
appeared to be losing his grip. Fhe
error by Merkle made things worse for
him. but he was plucky even then and
for the greater part of the game cool
and deliberate. The fast hop ball
which has made Vanguard famous and
formidable was on show and greatly
perplexed the Red Sox. In the clos
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a storm Of yelling by the home rooters,
but he remained impervious, yielding
to the din only in the ninth when he
and the team were sayed by Deyore's
catch.
The Giants. too, faced pitching new
to them. They were strangers to
O'Brten. Just as the Red sox knew
naught of MarQuard save by reputa-
ton and observation. The New York
ers didn't make any great indentahons
In O'Brien's pitching. but they did take
more readily to his spit ball than the
enemy did to Marquard's offerings.
The fielding was, barring Merkle's
fall from grace. stainless and snappy
and with q blend Of the sensational.
Herzog, Doyle, Devors and Murray ex.
plotted themselves with plays that
were dimcult and which thrilled.
Speaker was the stellar fielder for Bos-
ton. His finished style made two hard
catches look easy. and he kept New
York's score down by racing out with
the bali and laying hands on It in a
manner which was the poetry Of mo
ton and perfect Judgment.
Gardner and Lewis made most OF
the New FORKS with the stick. whereas
Murray and Herzog. who have ran.
dered valuable service In every game,
were again New York's mainstay with
the ash.
When the Giants jumped into auto
mobiles to hurry away to their hotel
after the game they were surrounded
by hundreds Of New York rooters, who
were simply dancing for Joy. They
grabbed Devors by the shoulders and
arms and fairly Rugged him. They
also patted Rube Vanguard on the
back. There were cheers for McGraw
and an ovation fer Jack Murray. For
fully Eve minutes the machines could
not get under Roadway because of this
demonstration.
Give Credit to Dsvors.
At the COpley Square hotel the Gi-
ants hustled into their street clothes
and. followed by another cheering
crowd, they were driven hurriedly to
the South station, where they boarded
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The Giants gave the bulk of the
credit for the triumph to little Devore,
whose wonderful running catch OF
Cady's fierce drive In the ninth inning
prevented 4 Red Sox victory. McGraw
bought a box Of p~erfectos and passed
them around. Then as the train was
about to start the welcome cry was
heard, First call for dinner In the din
ing car" and more than twenty hungry
Giants made \ rush for the eatables.
With Vanguard getting away with
yesterdays game and Tesreau in great
shape for tOday's struggle at the Polo
grounds. the Giants expressed q gen.
elal opinion that II they could beat
Wood It would be all over but the
shouting, inasmuch AZ the other Boston
pitchers apparently have no terrors for
them.
Yesterdays crowd was the largest
paid attendance that yer saw a game
in this city. 1t would have been impos.
sible to have admitted more than the
recorded number without e~ncrOaching
spon the playing deld- The exciting
drawn battle Of the day before worked
old Boston up to 4 white heat, and ev-
erybody who had the time or the means
went to Fsnway park. The same EN-
Gent police arrangements were IN o.