Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-11
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BOSTON October 11.-Time is proving
that this series is not going to be a walk
in many. quarters before the two teams
had met. Three games have now been
played and the teams are on an even
basis. each having won game. 1t is
doubtful if ever before two teams so well
matched have met in the worlds series
There is little to choose between them
and from this out it will be largely a
matter of gameness and luck to decide
the winner 1t is very evident that the
strength of the Giants when compared to
the Red Sox has been underestimate
There may be lot of flaws in McGraw'
! aggregation, but this is also true of the
SoX: but both are good ball teams fol
| all that.
Yesterdays game proved beyond ques-
ton that on what has been shown of the
pitchers in the three games played Nc
Graw has the better of the argument
His twirlers have done the better work in
the three games. while. barring Wood
none of Stahrs twirlers has stood out
AS a hitting team the Giants also have
the better of it, and while there has been
some weak fielding at times. on the whole
that team is just as capable of doing
sensational things in the field as its RI
val
The fourth game of the series will be
played today in New York. The chances
are that it will see the second clash OF
Joe Wood and Jeff Tesreau. who opened
the series Tuesday, when Wood got the
decision only after 4 grueling struggle
rhon DitchinO
will be at their best today, perhaps not
but one thing is certain, if the~pair work
on even terms another great battle will
! be seen on the Polo Grounds.
| Pretty nearly every one who has fol-
| lowed base ball for years has at some
! time or other been present when some
Outfielder made most marvellous catch
] which in his opinion was the greatest ever
There may have been fielding feats in the
games history which outclass the one OF
DeVOre in the final inning of Yesterday s
game, but never before has the occa sion
| been so perfect for a player to perform
so remarkably. The stage was set for
! Just such a play. 1t came at a time when
every man. woman and child within the
| Enclosure was a tension. Those who
hoped for the Giants were anxious ans
nervous: those roofing for Boston full
] of expectancy and joy. 1t was beyond
question one of the greatest fielding fea Is
|
still hard to realize that Devore eve,
reached that ball. When it left the ba
and was soaring far out in space il
seemed beyond human ability for Devort
| to Peach it. Boston supporters saw vic
| tory in that drive, and their disappoint
ment when hope vanished was no greater
| than their admiration for the player who
had turned the trick.
! Marquard should really never have beer
| in trouble. Two plays by Merkle in that
t,,ir do oil he arl A.
made his first mistake when. after picking
| up Lewis prounder, on which Marquar6
was covering the bag. he tossed the bal
| to the pitcher while he was Yet yard:
| from the bag. Marquard. of course. had
\ to Slacken his stride to make the catch
| and that hesitation cost him the play.
| Then, with d run over and one man or
| the bases after two were out, he acteC
| as If the position was new to him, wher
| he tried to accept F'letcher'S throw, which
| should have ended the game He did no
| switch his feet, and the result was that h.
| dropped the ball. In a previous inning
| Merkle spoiled "a double play because ht
| must have forgotten how many were out
! 1t was in the fourth. when Speaker. who
| had singled, was forced at second OF
Lewis grounder to Herzog Doyle mad,
l perfect throw to first and would hav,
| had Lewis by feet. but Merkle had care
| lessly walked off the bag. and after catci
ing the ball was too far away to ge
| back in time.
| Both pitchers allowed the same mum
Der of hits. seven, yet Marquard LOOKED
| the better. because his control was almos
| perfect, while O'Brien was in trouble OF
| almost every man who faced him. II,
| walked three men early in the game
| while the first walk handed out by Mar
| guard did not come until the eighth, ant
| then after two hands We're out Marquar,
kept the hits well scattered, no two com
ing in the same inning, barring the ninth
| and one Of these was scratch.
Larry Gardner did a bit of stupid worl
on the bases which probably cost hi.
team the game. In the ninth inning wher
he made his double which drove Levi.
home he should have been safely squat
ted on third instead of second. But n,
fOolishly stopped at second while Devor,
was still chasing the ball. Then wher
the relay came into the infield it bounded
away from Merkle, and still Gardner re
manned at second. 1t was the first hi
that Gardner has made in the series
is in their basework that the Red So,
have not shown to advantage in tn,
games against the Giants. McGraw
players seem to know when to run ant
take desperate chances in going into tn,
| hays wl1ile the Rcd Coy aproar 70 he d.