Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-14

The series stands Boston 3,
Giants ,. tied one. Collins sue
ceeded O'Brien after the disas-
trous first inning and pitched
alright ball. the Giants not get
ting another run
Rube Marquard pitched the entire
game for the Giants, this making the
second victory for him in the present
series. In the second inning Boston
landed on him for three hits and
achieved two runs. but outside Of that
the Red Sox We're unable to score.
Estimated attendance, $4,000.
FIRST INNING.
IT is as calm as a sunny day on the
Sahara when Hooper takes his place a
bat. The Giant fans have made bit
Of noise through the preliminaries. but
they are quiet now Marquard takes
his place, as calmly confident as
though he were working a March game
against the San Antonio club. The
first ball he pitches is called strike
somewhat to the irritation Of Harry
Hooper, who is at bat The next two
are balls. Then Hooper tears off sin
gle to right This does not appear to
worry Marquard in the least Far from
IT, Instead of showing any furry. he
hurls the ball with brisk snap to
Merkle and Hooper is caught off the
bag and retires crestfallen Yerkes
lifts to Snodgrass. Speaker gets two
strikes on him, then a ball. then he
fouls one, then he gets another ball,
then he fouls another then he gets
third ball, a fourth and walks. 1t was
great work for Iris. He spoiled the
good ones and let the balls float by.
With Lewis up, Speaker goes right on
down to second Lewis overlooks his
bet by flying to Devore.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
O'Brien opens up with peck OF
speed. but his first hurl Is low. With
the count three and two. Devore
grounds to Gardner and is out to Stahl.
DOYLE taps gently to Yerkes and beats
the throw to first, by dint Of tremen-
dous running. With Snodgrass up,
Doyle starts to steal, changes his mind
and scratches back to first Snodgrass
starts spasm Of fouling. and finally
DOYLE manages to get in his steal.
Snodgrass then strikes out. With three
balls and two strikes on him. Murray
grounds to Wagner and beats the throw
to first while Doyle takes third. The
Giants are showing a flash of their old
time speed now and have the Red Sox
infielders guessing. Then O'Brien I'M
corks palpable balk the first of the
series. and Doyle scores and Murray
takes second. With two strikes on Mer-
kle, he smacks the ball the right field
for a double and Murray scores. On
the next BAH Herzog meets it and il
skitters down the left field foul line
for two bases. scoring Merke When
Meyers comes up, Cady and O'Brien
hold a conference. and IT is evident that
the Sox catcher Is more than willing
that Buck" retire. The stands are
cheering wildly now. and continue ii
madly when OBrien goes back to the
slab, Meyers singles and Herzoe stops
at third On double steal the ele-
ph4ntiI'e Meyers takes second and Her
zog scores II doesn't go for a steal
however, foU the scorers say Yerkes
handled the ball too slowly. and they
give him an error instead on fetch
er's safe bunt Meyers scores Fletcher
is then caught sleeping off first. from
O'Brien to Stahl Five runs, six hits.
one error.
SECOND INNING.
Gardner galops right Oft with a hit
on the first ball Marquard sails across
the plate. II is an infreld tap. but he
beats it, Stahl singles cleanly to center
and Gardner takes second. There an
pears to have been a kink in the sig
nals, for Gardner should have made
third on such a tremendous walop
| Wagner fans or four pitched balls
! Marquard seems to be coming 10 lie
! here. His fast one is teriihC amG he Is
! mixing il up with curves in way that
| ought to get any batsmen Cadv hoists
/ a foul To Meyers. Engle is sent I'm tu
/ bat for O'Brien and delivers maguin
Gently with double TO left that scores
! Gardner and Stahl Hooper FITS a toui
| 20 Meyers and is out
Two runs, three hits, one error.
Manager Stuh sends Ray collins in
/ for his second attempt az iins the
| Giants Marquard encourage Him VITA
| "a tiN-out go StahE DcVpre take. llre
| straight strikes and tetlros. Nurp
| DOYLE comes up tho Boston cuntIng,
Lii.