Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-12

| the musty fog. There was not a
zephyr stirring to futter Old Glory
as the Red, White and Blue hung
Imply to the high flag staff in cen
tire field.
Boston crowds are different from
any other In the country. To pass
away the time some one started to
sing the choruses of popular songs
and in a momen the entire bleach
ers, 1.500 strong, were singing.
1t was the most remarkable and i'm
pressive performance ever seen or
heard, 1,500 voices, all male, singing
at one time. The echoes rs they
assembled must have reverberated
until they shook the walls of the
office buildings down town. One nan
with an American flag started to
sing the "Star Spangled Banner and
the whole chorus stood up with barred
heads and Joined in the national an
them.
Because of the nasty weather the
PLAYERS came on the field later than
usual. It was nearly l o'clock when
the Red Sox began to straggle on to
the field in groups of three and four.
Manager. John McGraw gave a
sharp lecture to his men before lead
ing them to the field of battle.
The Giants were eager to redeem
themselves for Mathewson's sake and
the wretched support they gave big
| Six" in his last start.
The Red Sox, on the other hand,
were determined to show the home
fans they could win on their home
grounds and as good as cinch the
series. Somebody gave a cheer for
| Christopher Columbus and a would
be wit asked what team Chris played
on.
HE didn't play; he discovered h
United States, scouting for Queen lsa-
BELLA was the smart ~rejoineder.
"McGraw ought to hire him to dis
cover a team" came from another
section; but Columbus got three ring
ing cheers.
The Giants came into the arena at
1 o'clock wrapped in their big macki-
nav sweaters. Boston fans cheered
them as much az the Red Sox, Devore
and Murray being the most popular
Giants with local fans. Cheer upon
cheer greeted Joe Wood, the last of
the Boston boys to appear, the huge
waves of sound rolling across the
field like the boom of a heavy surf
upon the shore.
Speaker wildly Cheered.
A salute of fourteen guno was given
Iris Speaker, whose ankle plainly
bothered him. iris keeps it bathed
in hot water to reduce the swelling,
but it is still very sore and stiff.
The gloom did not bother the play
ers very much in batting practise.
Yerkes smashed M into the right
field bleachers in practise, and there
were many long drives. 1t was hard
to see the ball after it got to the out
field because of the fog, which was
still heavy.
The contest today was regarded
by the ball players as the real turn
ing point in the worlds series. A
defeat for the Giants would make it
necessary to win three games in sue
cession, while the Red Sox with three
games already won would then have
only to win n out of the next three
games. A victory for the Giants
would put the two teams on ever
terms again.
Bedient and Collins batted with the
Red Sox in their practise period.
"We'll have the edge on them to-
day." said Captain Larry Doyle of
the Giants before the game. We've
played in Pittsburgh and know what
it is to bat in this murky atmos-
phere.'
Both Mathewson and Marquard
batted in practise with the Giants.
At 1880 o'clock the bleacher crowd
had overlooked and fully 5on" f""s
were standing in every nook and cor
ner of the field.
The drizzle had ceased, much to the
comfort of the fans in the unpro-
tected stands. but it was still very
foggy.
McGraw drove his men hard in the
fielding practise and the Giants liked
it. for it warmed them up and took
the chill from the dampness u of
them. The crowd, if anything, was
bigger han Thursdays here. Hun
dreds who could not get into the
park stood outside eagerly listening
for the results of every inning.
AS was expected Collins and
Bedient warmed up for Boston. Ma
thewson alone loosened up for New
York. Bedient had wonderful speed
and warmed up better than Collins,
though the latter seemed to have
better control than on Wednesday.
Matty had perfect control, and as
much If not more speed than two
days ago, while he warmed up. Thai
Bedient was eager to work could be
seen from his every action and his
alertness.
Manager Stahl's one doubt was
whether Bedient could go the route.
He finally gave Bedient the order to
pitch with Cady catching. Matty
and Meyers was New York's bat
terry.