New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-03
YANKEES FALL BEFORE
ATTACK OF RED SOX
Bedient and Wood Weave
Magic Spell Over New York
and Win Two Games.
ALLOWS ONLY TWO HITS
Boston Youngster Has Better OF
Duel with Ford, While His
Team Mate Makes II
Thirteen Straight.

The Boston ke1 SOX. prospective 'iall-
pious Of the American League. took the
Yankees into camp twice yesterday after
noon in g double-header that was played
al the Polo Grounds before crowd OF
nearly twenty thousand persons. 4 one
run n,RSin was the deciding factor n
each battle The Yankees. although
beaten made a game stand and fought
right through 10 the finish. The Red soy
won the first contest by score Of TO !.
and after a bitter struggle captured the
second b a score OF 10 Q.
Joe Wood made his string Of victories
thirteen straight by winning the second
game. but he was extremely lucky to get
AVA with il. Three times the Yankees
were on the verge Of br@king through
his defence and getting runs across the
plate that would have spelled defeat for
TIE premier Boston tvirler. George Nc
Cornell opposed Wood. and virtually
threw The game away in the first inning.
when nc made wild toss 10 hrst base
that eventually resulted IN the scoring OF
the winning run.
A. drawing card the successors OF the
Athletics came right up 10 expectsu lions.
vss-n not a vacant seat in the entire lower
stand ot the Giants amphitheatre. ano
the bleachers were well filed. despite the
the fact that a nasty nor'easter direct
from the sea spilled q lot Of mist ana
rain over the landscape which became so
thick { couple OF times that play almost
hs6 20 be suspended. Beyond o4mDenlnS
the fans" the drizzle failed 70 have any
other effect. because the play was 80
rsG no. al the tine That tns crowd
STAYED on to the bitter end.
The Yankees hitting OF Eedient in the
trs, game was so inconsequenual ss 10
- Negligible. hut IN The second set-to lie
hiltou7ers majc wisl;y brs p sno
worked into Wood FOR seven ssfeue7. In
fact Il was the Wood jinE more than the
Weed person hat beat he lsnkees.
Coupled Nth Tie brand Of bsil inat Me
Council delivered. Tire seven hits tilst the
Ysnkees accumulated would have won an,
ord,rsry game iands down. but they we're
NO quite effective enough 20 overcome
IN. Wood combination.
Ford held the Sox well in hand in the
-rst game n al save the eighth inning
In that frame ne vas touched FOR two
hits. including Yerkss's triple. \ balk'
which scored the winning run. made us
defeat virtually self-inricted. Bat al that.
eight widely scattered ssfeties wc-e the
sun total OF the Red Sox's hitting. Gard
n.r ut safely in the second innirs. bit
Fard sot him al first Oh quick tlirO7'
70 Chssa. Yerlses walked IL the fourth
ard was on his way 70 score WHEN Nc
Milan. Simmons and Chase retired him
a. SECOND and doubled Speaker a. FIRST.
Lewis end Gardner singled in succession
n n. firth. but again double plsT = as
inserted this time b. Simmons and Chase.
The sox had men or the paths in the
s.z,h ard seventh, but Ford ras the mas
ter IN the plnches. and they had 10 chance
70 GET further than second.
Ca-rigsn opened the eighth b. driving
the ball down the third base line. and he
reached second or p sacrifice By B.dient.
!, Hooper grounded 10 Ford, who threw 10
! lHartBsll az third and got Carrigan sliding
ytnto the bag. Yerkess triple scored
Hooper and after Speaker had been
passed belk brought Yerkes in from
third with the winning run. In the ninth
the Red sox were on the verge OF start
tg more trouble OF a hit By Wagner
ard base on balls, but Ford struck out
Bedient and retired the side
The Yankees meanwhile had made on,
lone run in III. second inning. I-eliv.l'
walked, stole second and scored on Hart
zel'. single. From the second 70 the
eighth not a New York man got 10 first
Simmons was safe on Gardner error IN
the eighth frame, but was doubled UP OF
Hartzells line drive 70 Lewis. Paddock
bsAstsd for Ford In the ninth and walked
or four balls Mcmillan sacrificed him
along 20 second. but there Csdy caugh,
him rsppinE AS Chase followed with a
single Paddocks fault was the more
reIreheDsible.
Hooper slammed into Mcconnell for a
single before the second game was well
started, and finally induced tie Yankee
pitcher 10 hurl IN. ball ovcV Chase .
head IN tie attempt 10 catch him nap
ping. Hooper lost no time N getting 20
second Yerkes sacrificed him 10 third,
and he scored when Speaker drove a
sacrifice ~ TO Daniels. Mcconnell set
tied down after that lapse and held the
Boston crowd runlsss for the remainder
OF the game. IN the fifth they did get
one man a. far a. third. but 81 all times
Mcconnell was the master.
Th. scores follow: