The Washington times., 1912-10-09
her two runs. The last two fell against

her two runs. The last two fell against
In the third round with one gone:
Weed 'S passed ssu. DevSre & poyis ,,io follS%ed low
ner should have eaten It alive. Gard
ner might have gotten It. Lewis. fac
ing the sun. had no chance and yet he
was left alone to drag II down. This
Tor for Red Jack Murray reincarnation.
Jack responded with his first worlds
series hit and put his pals to the good.
The second break developed in the
;a,s assnr win &. one S.s:s .rs sne
slammed a long drive between Deyoree
full speed. But the drive breaking
away in sharp slice" from Snod-
was planted for it-an easy catch--when
snodgrass. not knowing this dashed
forward. knocked down the ball. but
failed to hold 1t.
saved a run-and possibly averted Tes-
reau's downfall.
The turning point OF the day-the vfsal
factor-developed In the seventh. There
were two Red Sox out, with wagner on
stood before Tesreau and victory. Tes-
reau must have known what II meant
to retire this man as he lurched forward
and stuck one over at terrific speed.
hooper ana tne Ddn WHiIlcu UP
in a gentle foul. Meyers whiried and
dashed for the screen. lunged forward:
and, by the fraction of On inch, missed
the catch for the closing out. An inch
Is only an inch but it I. enough emo to- to w =,
this failure Tesreau feli-and great, my
countrymen. was the fall thereof. For
Hooper doubled. Yerkes singled. and the
stuff was of.
The Giants stand was heroic-a
bravely planned assault. but no more
heroic than Woods.
With only one out Merkle. Herzog.
and Meyers hit safely with the tying
and winning runs on third and second:
pat on Fletcher. who had been hitting
weakly. and Fletcher fell for the third
time. Wood, who was on the verge Of
detonating. recovered his poise and
Yerioes and Murray. two supposedly
weak hitters. drove In two runs each.
But the old guard was there. 1t was
Speaker who first broke Tesreau's iron
grip. For New York It was Doyle who
furnished most of the brilliant fielding
close behind Doyle came Herzog. al
ways dangerous and always fighting
hard and fast.
Meyers came through at the right
moment with his right-feld blow. dan
gerous as always. And among those
that knew Hooper and Yerkes. there
was no surprise at their timely wallops.
Neither is a slashing swatsman, but
both loom as vital factors In pinch.
where they come through as often as
Speaker and Gardner. the teams two
Viewed from the angle of the FIRST
battle, the Red Sox. by trimming
Mathewson, are in a position to close
out the series by Saturday. Failing
before the Big Gun. they are likely to
bump into much better or much more
compact pitching from Marquard and
Tesreau. where Wood would be forced
to work at a steadier strtde-a trick
he Is capable Of turning II at normal
form.
In other words. neither team has shown
| any Impressive mastery over the other
no such edge In playing form as the
Of which nonchaiant rebuttal. the Sc
| ries still belongs to either club-with
Boston drawing the edge through pos
session of the jump game, and with the
form close enough to permit
the fortunes of war" to decide the
| issue,
Boston has shown more impressive
power Of attack and fielding as sharp
| as that Of the Giants. New York's
! main show now rests with MPthewsor
and Marquard pitching to top form. Nc
ordinary day-in-and-day-out pitching
can turn the trick against club like.
iy to break up the game In any In
ming with any section Of the batting
l order up.