The Detroit times., 1912-10-17
Heart Breaking Support Lost
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GIANTS OUTPLAYED
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But on Defense They Bungled
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BY cRANTLAND RICE.

BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 17.-There e
Ibut one answered. the most dramatic,
'hearttearing world series ever
played.
>Mathewson, the central figure OF
the swirling scene, could beat the
Red Sox nnaided, but he Was power
Hess before the combined assault of
tine Red Sox and tire 6iafts,
4 f3riefiy, pitching with all the won,
der Of his combined brain. heart and
arm. be was unequal to the task OF
Ebeating. both clubs, He was never
jkTeater, In his career, but there Is no
jman that ever lived who is great
lenough to beat IL.
y Three times he stood and fought
hack the Red Sox rush. He carried
them into two extra session rounds
in spite OF his support, not through
H. In these three contests he held
his rivafS to-tw0 earned runs wfiiie
eight runs We're scored Dehind- him
But the answer comes here-in the
three gHmes- IT runs pffed
against him and Of these nine were
presented Boston through the blear-
eyed support or his own heRehmeRs
Backed up as he should have been,
and counting only the earned runs
made by both contestants, his three
games should have resulted, so; IL
and 2-1.. two victories and drawn
fight In. place. OF two defeats and a
draw.
Take that last stand by MathewsoL.
where, working the deciding battle
after the frenzy of those first seven
games, he came back with the great
est pitching he has shown this year
pitching he has never surpassed when
IN his prime. He had a~one-run lead
to the seventh when Stahl popped a
short Hy between -Snodgrass and Mnr.
ray which--should have been eaton
alive, blit which--was allowed to drCp
safely for a hit A double. followed
later on from Henriksen.s. timely bat,
and the score was tied. But he stu
had an even fight and when the re-
doubtable Murray tore a double from
Wood IN the tenth and MerRle drove
him hoin6. it seemed as IL fate at last
had TUNED his way, won over by his
valiant battle against such unbeat.
able odds 80. :.
Engle. batting for Wood, lifted fly
TO center and. -one man looked gone
The ball-soared mp and out, -looped in
q curving. arch to -Snodgrass set for
the play -thndded into HIS glove and
popped lt-again as IL striking the
heart OF the rubber trust. Hooper,
however. died on a line smash and
there was chance again. Speakeg,
always deadly, dangerous hitter,
swung weakly and lifted a short easy
foul fiy within six feet OF firsr. Merkle
apparently still in a trance from the
fatal muff In center, failed to rush
Tor the ball which should have been
one OF the easiest plays OF the game,
and II fiuttered TO earth.
Between two plays, the extra $780,
600, which had almost disappeared
into Giants pockets, huttered out and
over to Boston. For Speaker given
life, slashed hit and before the rally
ended, Mathewson had lost another
fight.
Beyond sympathy for Mathewson
we have no alibis to present--When
series goes TO the tenth ro,md-ol
the eighth game and swings in-the
balance upon an easy fly ball and
short pop foul, we'll leave Il to keen
er visions than we possess TO cut into
the dope and award the edge on
playing form.
The Giants outbatted, outpitched
and outplayed Boston on the bases
4 by margin OF to j. But when
team. excelling in these departments )
with 26 earned runs against IL, is un.
able to maintain and protect this ad.
vantage in defensive play, there is
certainly no roar coming over the