The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-17
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Boston, Oct 17.-There is but one answer to the most dramatic, heart 4earing world series ever played Rfathewson, the central figure of the gwirlinR scene, could beat the Resi sox unaided but he was powerless be- fore the combined assault of the Red Sex and the Giants Briefly, pitch inr with all the wonder of his com btF1ed brain. heart and erm, he was unedual to the task of beating both clubs. He was never greater Tn ms career but there is no man that ever lived who is great enough to beat ld.
 Three times he stood and fought back the Red Sox- He carried them into two extra session rounds in spite s3f his support, not through it. In tnepe three contests, he held his rivals to two earned runs while eight earn ed runs were scored behind him. But the answer comes here-in the three games. Il runs were piled agaanst him and of these were presented Boston through the blear-eye6 gu gup. ,, up as he should have been, and counting only the earned runs made by Boston contestants, his three and 2-1. with two victories and, drawn fight in place of two defeats and e draw.
 The Last Stand
 Take that last stand by Mathew son where. working the deciding bet tlwafter the frenzy of those first seven games, he came back with the great ct pitching he has shown, this year he has never s9rpassee run lead to the 7fh when Stahl pop ped a short fly between Snodgrass and Murray which should have been drop safely for a hit. A; double fol- lowed. later on from Hendrickson's timely bat and the score was tied But he still had an even right and double in the 10th and Merkle drove him home if seemed as if the tide had turned his way
 fIy to center and one man looked gone. The ball scared up and out iooped in curving arch to Snod-s his glove and popped out again as if striking the heart of the rubber trust Hooper, however, died line Sneaker. always a deadly, dangerous hitter, swung weakly and lifted a short, easy foul within six feet of drst- Merkles apparently still Tn trance from the fatal huff in center, failed to rush for the bali which should have been one of the easiest outs of the game and it fluttered 10 earth.
 Between these two plays, the ex- tra $30,0OO, which had almost dis appeared into Giant pockets, fluttered out and over to Boston. For Speaker given life, slashed a hit and before the rally ended Mathewson had lost another fight
 No Alibi.
 When a team plays the way the Giants did, McGraw declared, we have no alibis to present. When a series goes to the 10th round of the 9th game and swings in the balance upon an easy ball and a. short pop foul, we'll leave it to keener visions than we possess to cut into the dope.
 The Giants outbatted and outplayed Boston on the. bases by a margin of 2 to l. But when a team, exce1ling in these departme ents with 26 earned runs against 1z, is unable to main tain and protect this advantage in defensive play, there is certainly no roar coming over the break of the battle When the team can't protect a margin of earned runs, in 8 games, sufficiently to win at least 4 of the games, there is no opening left to cheek the final result to luck as great part of luck is played all through this frenzied game.
 Team For Team
 Team for team, the Giants batted