Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-12
BY FRED j. BENDEL


From a NaH correspondent
NJ BOSTON. Oct. 12.--If Boston al
ind one pitcher now among its much
|~bvaunted staff of fingers, rated as the
pest in either of the two big leagues,
The result of the 1912 worlds series
will no longer be in doubt. Wood.
with the supreme confidence he'has in
himself and the courage he inspires in
his teammates, has proven he can
Jtand the brunt of the series.
II the dope works along the ope
grooves. the Red Sox pitcher, who has
more smoke thar Pittsburgh on its
tsnokiest day, and more speed than
Il Gotham on the Great White Way, will
breeze in with his third victory on
| Monday, cinching the series for the
| american League champions.
Manager Jack Stahl must 1nd his
second winning pitcher and find him
TODAY: otherwise, the fate of his team
kwill still hang in the balance. The
ewriter from the start has thought
Ekhat Bedient is the man for the JOB.
|#f Hugh can win n game, Wood
will ask nothing more. Joe, the
EN'Joint Killer" is confident that he
Nan pea Marquard and beat him on
Monday, after two days rest, While
|t9ube will have had a ~three-day lay
A,f and the advantage of pitching on
His own grounds.
. At this writing, the fans of the w
Iebig villages have not had n privilege
Isof seeing their respective team win a
;Axame. The Sox have captured both OF
Etheir games In Manhattan n the
&Hents tied one and won another at
Et6oston.
Giants Make No Long Drives.
H .The Giants made no long drives of
TyWood Yesterday, as in h first game,
hut they hit him oftener. Cnariey
n Wagner and steve Yerkes came to
n Woods rescue with sensational plays
&thet lifted Wood out of the ruck sew
Neral times. Wagner, who has played the
Mmost consistent, sensational fielding
n same of any player in the series, i'm
n Iroyed on his work yesterday, and
keaye an exhibition of sho%rtstopping
II FIAT has never been excelled, II
y ealalled, in any worlds series game.
contrary to expectations, the Giants
u outfeld has really played more SEN
nationally on the fielding end of the
4 game than their three opponents. The
NCiants' infeld cracks in the pinches,
y whereas the outfeld has done yeo-
4 man work.
ssRed', Murray perpetrated another
secend story theft Of a crashing drive
\ from Hooper's cudgel, yanking the
hill down with one hand while run
Z Ming sidewise and backwards at the
4 came time yesterday, while Devore's
star play saved the previous game
tor the Giants.
\ Wagner's Great Play.
Charley Wagner, however, was the
4 neIding hero yesterday. He killed on
y no less than foul clean-looking hits
d Nv sensational stops. His most re-
x markable fielding stunt was a stop OF
q hounder from Fletcher's bat ten
feet back of second on the Yerkes
Y aide of the bag. Wagner sprinted
over from short to cover on a hit
I and-run play and had his start, but
( even then 1t seemed that Fletcher's
9 bounding hit would &c to centre n
4 that Herzog would reach first base.
\ Charley speared the ball with n
< hand and shot it to first, nipping
A Fletcher by a hair preauth, anu TIC
biz crowd, though disappointed
cheered Wagner again and again.
~ "Bjg Jeff" Tesreau, who was the
"white hope of the Giants. has met
4 a fate similar to that of his name
1 sake in this important clash. The
Red Sox Jack Johnsoned" him again
i Yesterday on his own w~obbliness.
I They got. but two runs off him, one
I Of them through Gardeners triple and
\ q wild pitch.
/ After Murray made his sensational
! catch of Hooper's drive, Tesreau
seemed to gain confidence. He was
invincible until McGraw derricked
I him to let Mccormick hit in the sew
: enth inning, a that nearly Won
the game for the Giants. With
II Fletcher on second, Mccormick drove
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