Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-17
BY j. ED GRILLO.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BOSTON. Mass, October 1.-THE finish
of yesterdays game. when Snodgrass and
Merkle deliberately made present of
worlds championship was a fitting eli
max to series which has been the most
poorly played in the history of the inter-
league games. which wind up the base
ball season every year.
Had these games been played between
the tailenders of the two leagues the
playing could not have been worse. In
none of the contests have the players or
each team displayed ability enough to
warrant the belief that they were menu
beers of a pennant-winning aggregation
There have been no heroes In tnese
games, but many dubS-
BY what reasoning a player II sc Snod-
grass is retained on team which may De
asked to contest in so important a series
is hard to understand. He has been a
disappointment in every one of the
games. and his muff in the tenth yester-
lsday capped his whole career with tile
!. worst play ever witnessed in world s
series.
Few better games have ever been
pitched than the one Mathewson presented
yesterday. He should have been COM
paratively easy winner instead of losing
after ten innings of magnificent work. 1t
was d wonderful series from spectator s
point of view. but. on the whole, the
lraying was far below the standard, both
teams showing the effect of having finan-
cal interest in the outcome
Hugh Bedient has proved himself a
wonderful young pitcher in this series
o.. His victory over Mathewson Saturday
was grand exhibition of the twiriing
art. and he came back with the same
lind of game yesterday. though on several
OCCASIONS he had TO overcome mlsplays
made by his teammates. Gardner was
md he got
al difficulties on several occasions. but
ne always worked himself out of these.
There was not an inning that he did not
ave men on the bases and in game
Ike the one of yesterday any sort of
.ilp-up on his part meant certain de-
!eat. He was therefore under constant
train but stood his ground like vet
craIi.
grass dropped EngeIs hy. MathewSon
would undoubtedly have gotten out VI
this hole had AIerkie been wide-awake IN
that inning Though there were two or
and bur ore out when Speaker came up,
at should have been retired and the
situation would then have looked Elucn
brighter for the Giants. Speaker gave
him an opportunity when he hit up nign
FOUL. which fell into the cOacher's box II
INST baSe Merkle had to take only
nve or six steps to get under the ball. but
lie stood motionless and allowed Meyers
TO chase the ball from behind the plate.
Speaker VAS spared. He took advantage
OF the chances and singled to right. ty-
ing the score. and placing Mathewson
into desperate hole. the chance was
could not believe his eyes when the ball
fell TO the ground without any effort
having been made to eaten It,
Snodgrass presented pitiful sight,
when after the game was over, ne fairly
dragged himself IN from his position. and
started for the waiting taXicabs. which
took the players to their hotel None OF
the other players on his team would
speak 20 him and after he got into the
cab he buried his head in his hands and
cried like a baby. That was the most
costly muff that ball player has ever
made. II cost the worlds championship
and made a difference of something like
100 TO everyoneone of his teammates.
ii would not be at all surprising If that
muff ended SnodgraSS career as Giant.
His teammates will not forget his blum
der for some time to come and conditions
are not going TO be congenial for Snod-
grass n the future.
Hard luck has followed Mathewson dur
ing the entire series His pitching has
isesn CT the best, and with any Kind OF
luck he would have won every one of the
three games he worked in. Mathewson
never proved more COnvincingly that ne
IL undoubtedly the greatest pitcher OF
ttcm all than In the series just closed.
Notwithstanding tie fact that he did not
Get through the series with victory to
his cr1tii: He twirled remarkable ball.
a..i what other pitcher is there who. after
being the mainStay OF his team FOR over
twelve years, could shine as he did in the
last Week or so? Even the partisan fans
of Boston take their hats Off to Mathew
He has proved himself the master
a. the pitching world, and yet has not
Ecea rewarded with a victory.
No greater change in a bali player $
Performance is recorded than that of
Murray OF the Giants this year and his
Efforts against the Athletics last fan.
Murray has been one OF the mainstays
for the Giants against Boston He has
hot only played splendid ball in the field.
1uI ne has been "A most effective hitter
Twice yesterday he helped his team TO
runs. I'm the third. his slashing double
scored the first run. and ne brought the
go. ~ The tenth nome himself, after