Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-10
ERROR AT PLATE LETS IN
SPEAKER ON 3-BASE HIT
Short Stop Fletcher Heart Broken over His Three
Costly Misplays--C Collins Started for Boston
but Is Relieved by Hall in the Eighth
Giants Then Forge Ahead.

gle, TWO Dagger and three base
blow and sent up a sacrifice fly oppor-
tunely.
Mathewsons sontrol was perfect
He did not issue a base on balls ana
famed four men. Doyle played h
scintillating game at second for New
York.
PLAY AGAIN AT BOSTON.
With to-day's game tie. the next con
test will be played here tomorrow ant
the tickets originally sold for Friday.
game will he good tomorrow. The ticket.
sold in New York for the game scheduled
there on Thursday will be good for the
game to be played there on Friday.
I'VE have stopped the Red Sox on theil
home grounds" said Manager McGrav
tonight. 'and the team Is very vel
satisfied. We have shown that the Giants
were game and that gameness Is goinl
to count great deal more before the
series Is over
The Red Sox have always felt thai
Mathewson was the one man they had
to heat" said Manager Jake" Stahl to
night. II think to-day's game, while il
did not end in a victory, shows that We
can hit the New York twirler, whose
work to-day must have tired him out"
There was just as much ceremony In
starting the game to-day AS there was
In New York yesterday. with the added
feature Of several hundred Red Sox
rooters marching into the ground be.
hind brass band playing a lively
march. The "Rah. Rah Rah" of the
loyal supporters of the American
Lon on oil, 1T
forth as the home team took the field
Umpire silk" OLoughin announced
that ball that went into the small tern.
porary stand that extended along the
left field bank would count for a two
base hit. and n drive into the stands
in center and right field would 20 70,
a home run.
Manager Jake" Stahl having elected
| to send in Ray Collins, a left handler, tc
do the twiring. the make up Of the
Giants barting order was in doubt unit
the visiting players actually took thei,
| turns at bat. Snodgrass proved to b.
the first man up.
COLLINS GETS OUT OF HOLE
| There was cheer when Collins served
up the first strike and OH the next bal
pitched the New York outfielder hoist ed
| a long hit into the left field blea cheers
for two bases. This put Collins in a hole
right at the start. but he was right or
| his task and turned Captain Doyle back
to the bench as his first strike out vic.
! tim. Doyle had tried hard to put Snod.
grass at third but Colins's curves fool.
ed him. Becker. who went into the game
because Devorc does not take kindly te
left hand pitching, was an easy out
Yerkcs to Stahl. Snodgrass going tt
| third. Murray also failed to reach first
| ending the inning by hitting weak
grounder to Collins. who tossed the bal
| to first.
FIREWORKS FIRST INNING.
| The first fireworks in the game wer,
set off Immediately Boston came to bat
| Hooper opened with an infield hit 4
Mathewson and beat "Matty's" throw t
first by hard sprintng. The Boston FAM
started to cheer and the volume increased
to n tumult when Hooper outguesset
| Mathewson and stole second, Meyer.
throw being a little wide. Fletcher theI
made his first error. 'muffing Yerkes',
| liner. Iris Speaker came to time with
hunt which Mathewson failed to fell
and let it run along toward third base
| Hooper and Yerkes moving up.
| Then the Red Sox rooters rose in all tn
/ stands and called upon Lewis to hit e
| out" but the best he could do was I
! drive a bounder to Herzog. who fashe
the ball to Meyers at the plate forcin
| Hooper. Gardner hit one through tn
pitchers box which Mathewson could no
| hold and Doyle. running in, scooped u
| the ball and threw Gardner out. Will
| ierkes came across the plate with tn
first run of the game.
Breaking into the run column CAV
Jake Stahl confidence and he swuni
viciously at one OF Mathewsons GU
curves and drove it to left field 70
a single. sending home Speaker an
Lewis. Doyle took Wagner's high fly
ending the inning. This three-ru
lead looked extremely good 10 the Re
SoX rooters and they sang while tn
band played.
GARDNER HIT IN FACE.
New York players did not appear t.
mind the lead and several OF them pat
ted Merklc on the back as he wen
to bat, Collins. however did not Civ
him a chance 10 distinguish himself
for he struck him out on three pitche
balls. Herzog waited, and with tw
balls and two strikes on him. drov
a smashing three base hit to RICH
center field and crossed the plate
minute later when Meyers's laced GU
a single which struck Gardner in tn
face. Fletcher put up high fly I
Hooper and Mathewson forced Meyer
at second. Yerkes to Wagner. endin
the inning.
For Boston In the second innin
lCarrigan went out. Herzog to Merkls
Doyle robbed Collins of hit when h
Iscooped up lbs grounder by brillian
hit of fielding and tossed the pitcher on
lat first. Hooper again raised tremend
ious cheer In the stands by lining GU
This second hit. two-bagger to righ
but he was left there for Yerkes wen
Tout. Fletcher to Merkle.
Both New York and Boston went on
lin order In the third inning. Snodgras
new out to Hooper Doyle put up 70.
fly that Gardner got near the stand mn
Becker went out on srounder tha