The Washington times., 1912-10-10
ONE MUST SETTLE
IN STRIDE TO WIN
First Team To Play in Form Is Almost Sure to Land the
Worlds Series-Frenzied Baseball Shown, With
Science Throw rito Winds
By cRANrLASp RICE.

BOSTON, Oct. 10a-Before the pop
eyed frenzy Of that grand battle a
drawn game-the Grand Old Dope
skids OF the trail and vanishes for
good and all. Blown full Of holes,
twisted out Of gear. kicked in the
Stats. there isn't any dope to work
on or to work with. There isn't
anything left but two ball clubs reel
ing in dizzy circles, noundering and
detonating with incessant thuds and
yet nghting blindly. madly for the
championship Of the world.
Footwork has gone-headwork has
vanished and the two contestants are
now face to face attempting to pound
each others brains out with nothing
left but the wallop and the punch.
Science VS.. Slugging.
From this wild. unkempt mixture two
may ndppttb Sito
which slips back to earth and begins
playing regular ball may strike an Easy
trail to the crest. or II neither settles.
the old hay makers will decide It about
next "wednesday In the last round Of the
seventh game.
Here at the end OF two battles when
some line should stand upon the fivai
play. each club sees in the other an
easy victim. Either may be right. The
Giants hit WOOD harder than they ex-
pected to on Tuesday. and yesterday
they tore the glistening hide on both
Collins and Hail. They believe they
have Boston's pitching in hand and will
continue to hit unless some one shows
q bit of Improvement over what has
gone before. After beating Tesreau, the
Boston team found the Giants defense
80 far apart that six unearned runs
we're pushed across. But one would have
been netted II the Giants had supported
Matty faultlessly. When a ball club ts
drawing six unearned runs within one
fieeting afternoon the defensive play OF
the opposing team can be summed up
briefly without calling upon any burn
ing oratory to explain the answer.
From the Giant viewpoint, McGraw
now has Marquard, Tesreau and Math-
ewson left to work In turn and he ex-
poets far better pitching the rest Of the
way, although Mathewson would have
breesed through yesterday with the
yswnng o,,IH sap n p'oESsS bry Lewis hepeS eS
break Collins-but one that was upset:
Back Of Mathewson Fletcher cracked
at least three times. while Wilson.
Merkle and Doyle contributed three ad.
al ~ = a
by the official scorers. The breaks by
Doyle and Merkle cost nothing. but
wilson's mum at the plate was broad
side into Giant hope.
From the Red Sox viewpoint, Tss-
reau and Mathewson have been unable
to beat them and Stahi believes that
O'Brien. Wood and Collins will be there
in the next three starts. Neither CLUB
has shown anything resembling the
tured the first ave games last fall.
This goes. except in the batting. In
their two games the Giants have
combed Boston's premier twtriers Tor
nineteen hits. totaling tgenty.seycn,
fall in their frst two starts they made
nine hits for ten bases and but three
runs against nine scored to date;
Both clubs are hitting the ball: bins-
yesterday were forced to pursue triples
and doubles until their tongues hung
out. The afternoons yield netted Ave
triples. six doubles, and eleven singles,
and OF these twenty-five hits. at least
nineteen were slashed on smoking lines.
leaving a trail of fre behind.
Belonged to Matty.
The credit for Boston game and driv-
ing assaults or the closest pinch hits
her stars tore on at the proper mo-
ments, Mathewsons third worlds series
start should have netted the Old Mas
ter his third first-game victory.
Where the Giants pounded Collins
and Hall from the field 1t was Mathew
sons support which cost HIM the ver-
diet and not his own work In the box.
The Red Sox hit him and hit him
bard. but through his coolness and