The Washington herald., 1912-10-15

4 x00 n0o0f0010 OOoy m80c w IL uOss~s
able mind that II Boston lost to-day's
game, to-morrow's should be played IN
Boston anyhow Well. Boston lost nak-
iag the count three games to two in
favon Of the American League cham
psona A. soon as tho ninth inning was
over, the commission members got to-
eethsr with Managers Stahl and McGraw
in the middle Of the diamond at the Polo
Grounds and tossed q coin to see where
the wednesday battle should come on.
provided the Giants win again to-mor-
roW.
Series over for New York.
The coin was tossed Mr.. stahl guessed
right. which signines that we viii all
spend the rest Of the series in Boston.
regardless To-morrow's game win be
played there on the merits Of the case,
and II Il doesn't decide the argument.
there will be another at Fenway Park on
Wednesday. The Polo Grounds are
through for the season. In other words.
Well. the guess of Stahl on the coin
was all right. but the guess on OBrieu
was not. a. limited above. II Ray Col
Inns had started to-day. he would almost
certainly have licked Rubc Aarquard
and the folks behind him. He began
pitching after O'Brien had been knocked
out, and after he had begun the New
workers. were nelplese.
The Giants have won two games. A.
everybody knowsL But . few may not
remember that Narquard In both the VIC
tories pitched on both occasions. Rube
may have anything he wants to-nikht-
anything New York can give him. II
you ask NJ, We will admit that MarQuard
was better than when he licked the sox
I'D in Boston. But who wouldn't be bet
ter. Who couldn't pitch good ball
Ah> haN
scored fve runs in the first inning? Mar
guard probably won't work again in this
worlds series But his name Will go
down to posterity a. the man who won
two of New York's victories. or. mayhap.
the man who won all the games New
York captured
Mr.. O'Brien pitched his first inning to-
day Just as We have seen some nigh
school boys pitch. He got to the point
second, and no runs in. Then he blew.
Never in history did anybody blow hard
er, and II is Q wonder that New Workers
didn't score q million b 'ore Buck was
removed. He was 30 badly licked when
Nurray's infield grounder had been
turned into q single that he committed
Q balk which no umpire could overlook
The baIk was the finishing touch. After
II Buck worked only In tIance. ten
year-old girl with bat in her hands
could have gone up to the plate and
made Q base hit OF him.
When finally the inning was over.
through q bit Of good fortune. the Giants
were leading by a score OF 5 to O. ana
the Sox had nothing to do but make six
rrns and keep the Giants from scoring
again Ray Collins was the boy picked
to hold the score where II was. He sue
ceeded admirably.
Ther. "a, onIv one chance for n New
York man to tally during Rays regime
and that occurred when Meyers tripled
with one out in the fourth. The chief
didn't score. Nor did anybody else who
fsced Ray. He was there. % much there
that II was . pity from an American
League STANDPOINT that he could not have
started in O'Brien's place He didn't
tent. but he was at least Rube's equal
from the second inning on.
Thrining Catch by snoAsrass.
As has been their habit all through the
series, the Sox were IN bad luck. They
grasped two runs OF the Rube in the
| second and then stopped tallying. But
IL wagner's long blow in the fourth had
ever gone safe. believe US. MarQuard
would have had his hands full. Stahl
was on first base at the time. Heine
1 CI8CRCu Ou0 ~ hdIu - uC h1iC" INV
and It was caught by Snodgrass. . really
| brilliant grab. In four years Of watching
the Giants. We have never seen Fred pull
a catch like 1t. Which all goes to show
| that the Giants are doing their blamdest
to make things interesting. Devore made
the best catch Of his career in Boston
the other day and robbed the Sox Of the
game. Devore Ii Marquard's roommate
but Snodgrass II not. So Fred's catch
although not a. brilliant, was the more
remarkable.
This time the Giants outnelded the
American League champions. In fact
New York was not charged with q single
error. while the Sox were guilty Of two
one OF which gave New York . run. The
| first and the second were the only scor'
ing innings. The rest were very tams
| when contrasted with the other games Of
the series. Both Marquard and Collini
were % strong. outside Of . couple Of
bad spells. that the pastime was more oi
| . parade than Q contest.
The loyal Boston rooters were on hand
with their brass band and the familiar
airs Of 'Tessie'' and Sweet Adeline'
constantly came to ones ears. Bu
something beside sweet music II Otter
necessary ~ an adjunct to victory.