The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-16
REQ SOx WIN AGAIN.
WOOD PITCHES SPLENDID GAME
AGAINST GIANTS.
Both Teams Play Good Ball. With
Wagner of Boston Starring In the
Field.

New York, Oct. 11.-Boston. pen
nant winners of the American league,
was victor today over the New York
Nationals by a score Of to / in the
fourth game Of the worlds series.
The Red Sox have now won two
games and the Giants one game, the
second contest having ended in a tie.
Some $4,000 people. jammed in the
confines Of the Brush stadium today,
saw simon pure baseball in a contest
that thrilled. The two teams played
In their true form and the nervous
ness apparent in the earlier contests
was not observed.
Smoky Joe" Wood shone today.
The Red Sox players fairly hugged
their star bOXman as he walked out
of the playing field with his second
victory over the New York club dang
ling from his belt. Gray sodden
clouds cloaked the sun and in the
murky atmosphere Woods speed
worked havoc with tn Giants bat
ting. Only once was a Giant batter
able to gauge the Boston mans curve
for hit when a hit mean a run.
The infield was wet from a nights
rain and Wood stood on the hurting
mound for nine innings with a pile
of sawdust beside him to dry the ball
before each delivery to the plate. His
service was without blemish or flaw,
but one man being passed while
eight Giants walked to the plate and
then walked back again after vainly
trying to read the riddle Of the Bos-
ton boxmans mystifying drop balls
and fast inshoots.
How can we hit what we can't
| see?" asked Red Murray when he
walked to the bench after tanning for
the second time.
Wood was in trouble in only two
innings n the sixth and again in
the seventh, when the home clubs
only run came over the plate. The
sixth showed Wood at his best. Tes-
reau jabbed a hit to left and Devore
bounced drive off Woods ankle for
base before any one was out The
Stands went wild with excitement and
tried to rattle the Boston pitcher. But
Wood was cool as a Labrador ice
berg in March. He caused Larry
Doyle to pop out and then fed Snod-
grass and. Murray on quick breaking
downshOOts, making those Giant bat
infield.
A New York boy broke the hearts
! of the Giant partisans. He is Heine
Wagner, the Red Sox's shortstop
whose plays today robbed the Giants
of three hits. Two Of his stops of
smashes over second were made with
one hand on the dead run. Then
half turning, he snapped his throws
to first base ahead Of the runners by
step.
With one run needed to tie in the
eighth Devore smashed grounder
past Wood. Thousands cheered as
the ball sped by second base, for a
hit meant a good start for a final raj
ly. Wagner raced over the bag.
scOoped the ball with his gloved hand
and snapped the ball to first without
recovering his balance The fleet De-
wore was out by inches. Yerkes and
Fletcher also starred in fielding plays
while Murray robbed Hooper of
three base hit at the beginning of the
fifth. Running back to the concrete
wall, the Giant right fielder leaped
into the air and clutched the ball with
one hand.
Tesreau did not get into his pitch
Ing stride until the Red Sox had made
two runs. After that he frightened up
and in the fifth, sixth and seventh in
nings turned the Bostons back in one,
two, three order. The moist bali
finger was taken out only to allow
pinch hitter to bat for him.
There were 13 strikeouts during the
game. For Boston Cady struck out
twice and Lewis. Stahl and Wagner
once each. On the New York Murray
and Merkle were famed twice and
Dcvorc, Snodgrass, Meyers and Tes-
reau went out once each by the strike
out route.
With today's game the PLAYERS
cease to share in the worlds series re
ecipts. The four games played netted
thein Sl4I,572.2S. breaking the rec
ord established by the New York and
Philadelphia clubs last year when