Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-10
WOOD IS.PITCHING HERO OF
FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Boston Twirler Strikes Out II Men-Tesreau
Wonder for Five Innings but Is Driven
from Box in the Seventh-Series Has
Just Begun, Says McGraw.

meant runs
THE series Is just beginning" said
Manager McGraw, land while we would
have liked to have won We are by no
means disheartened by to-days defeat.
The Athletics were defeated the first
game of the world series last year but
they captured the title of champions.
| Business came to standstill In the
| financial district when the game was in
progress. Crowds on the stock exchange
and In brokerage houses forsook the stock
quotation tickers and hung around the
news tape which carried the record OF
the game. Scores of bankers took holi-
day while the directors OF the Missouri
Pacific railway advanced directors
| meeting one hour that several of them
might see the Red Sox and Giants do
battle.
The crowd at the Polo Grounds was
handled without confusion and there
virtually was room for all who came.
Spectators obtained high prices for
seats in the upper stand but many lost
| money when would he purchasers fail
ed to meet eXorbitant demands for the
coveted pasteboards.
For New York Larry" Doyle shone
with his usual brilliancy. He had two
hits in four trips to the PLATED one
of them being for two bases He was
all over the field and nothing got past
him. Herzog also was very much in
the game, getting two hits and help
| ing New York make the third run.
ONLY ONE ATTEMPTED TO STEAL.
But one attempt was made to steal
| n base and that came in the second
inning. when after reaching first base
on force. Stahl started down and
was tagged by Meyers with a perfect
throw to Doyle
| Despite the nervousness of the two
teams there. were but two misplavs
These were committed by Wagner and
Fletcher the two short stops falling
down on easy grounders no doubt due
to their anxiety to get the ball across
! to first.
| seventeen men struck out during
the game. For New York Fletcher fell
victim three times to Woods smoke"
| palL Tesreau famed twice and De-
wore, Snodgrass, Merkle. Herzog. Mey-
ers and Crandall each struck out once
! Jake Stahl went out twice on strikes
as did also Third Baseman Gardner.
Hooper and Speaker struck out once.
The umpiring was of the highest order.
There was no disputing Klems work on
balls and strikes and Evans had no trou-
| BILE In deciding the plays on the bases.
| OLoughln and Rigler had nothing to do.
When all the preliminary conferences
had been concluded and tho photograph
ers had taken pictures OF the rival players
| sngly and in groups the players took
| their positions amid a storm OF cheers.
| Mayor Gaynor threw out the first ball
| which Meyers caught Umpire KLEIN
threw up both arms and indicated that
the game was on.
| TEsREAU PASSES FIRST MAN.
Tesrcau. one Of the biggest men on the
ball field to-day looked every inch a
Giant as he hurled the first ball to the
plate and KLEIN called 1t a ball. Hooper.
the first Red Sox batter. waited out the
string and was rewarded with a base on
balls. He took second and third on
icrkes's and Speakers outs. both OF
! which We're fast grounders. and was left
on the paths when Lewis sent a fly to
Snodgrass
Wood got his Smoke" ball right at the
jump when Devore. the first New Yorker.
stepped to the plate and struck out.
Doyle reached Woods pitching but he
shot grounder right into the waiting
paws Of ''Heine" Wagner. who threw the
New York captain out at first. Snod-
grass brought the stands to their fee. by
crashing a single over second. the hrst
bit. and the crowd cheered again when
Wood passed Murray. but the enthusiasm
was short lived for Merkle popped out to
Wagner.
In the second inning Boston agar
got Its first batter on first. through
Fletcher's fumbling Gardeners ground
, err Stahl hit TO Tesreau who turned
swiftly and threw Gardner out at Sec
ohh' Stahl reaching first base. but ne
was out moment later in trying tt
, steal. Wagner was given his base or
, halls and Cady followed by sending 6
high fly to Murray.
r There was very little action In New
, fork's second inning. Herzog sem
up pop fly that Stahl captured ant
. Meyers and Fletcher struck out.
q Joe Wood was given a fine reception
by the crowd as he slowly walked I
< the plate in the third inning. He wait
t ca patiently and received base OF
. oals and Hooper sent him down t'
q second ON neat sacrifice, Tesreau Il
4 Merkle ferkes again went out, Doyle
y TO Merkle' Wood taking thind where
r ne remained as Lewis closed the In
4 h'hs with high fly that Fletcher hat
4 to run backward to get
A NEW YoRK's BIGGEST INNING.
! New York's biggest inning Of the gam
= uid not open ausplciously. Tesreau, thu
hrst up In the third. went out on strikes
DeVore mad better luck and got four ball
ana minute later pulled up at thir'
u base when Captain Doyle put up a higl
ny that gave him two bases. Wood ap
peared to be weakening. hut he stucl
gameiy at his task and fooled Snodgras
into striking out The excitement amonl
the rams at this time was intense. Devor
rented to go home, but Wood paid NJ
: attention to him. Murray singled 4
center Held bringing both Devore AM
n Doyle home with the first runs of tn
game Speaker threw home to head OF
s Doyle at the plate but he was too lat