New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-12
Biggest Crowd of Series Roars
and Shouts in Vain for
a Rally to Break
Up the Game.
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distinct occasions he dettly plucheo
burning base hit out Of the fire, ana
saved Wood no end Of trouble.
In the fifth inning both Merkle and
Fletcher were rudely deprived of safe
ties by his scintillating plays, and as
Herzog Clipped In a single In TINS
frame much damage would have been
done had Heine let these grounders
leak through him. In the eighth ne
made a wonderful pickup back of the
pitchers box, and caught the fleet
Devore with an underhand toss to
first. It was fortunate for the Red
sox that he did so, for Snodgrass and
Murray both reached the initial sack
in that frame, and a run would surely
have been counted if Devore had been
safe.
The day broke damp and gloomy. and
for time II was doubtful whether or
not a game would be played. The rain
which fell during the night had soaked
the outheld, although the diamond itself
was well protected by tarpaulin covers.
It was not much of night TO stand in
line. and there were few fans" foolhardy
enough to do IT, There were few score
hangers-on about the grounds who formed
a line with the idea of selling their places
to the FANS when the ticket booths were
opened, but aside from this all was quiet
along Coogan's Bluff.
"Fans" Early Despite Clouds.
The umpires took trip to the grounds
nd
after inspecting the field agreed that a
game could be played provided no more
rain fell. Although the sky gave no
signs of clearing and threatened
deluge, the gates were opened shortly
after Ii o'clock, and several thousand
OF the elect were admitted. For the
next three hours there was a steady at
tack on the turnstiles, until, at the time
the game began, the stands were filled
TO their capacity as far as seats were
concerned, although several thousand
more could have been squeezed in had
the fire department allowed the aisles to
be filled.
Inspired by their victory over the Red
Sox in Boston on Thursday, the Giants
appeared confident when they came on
the field of battle. The crowd caught the
SDlIll VI INC lAdg anu AN'~N
thusiasn. New York was the favorite
TO win the struggle before Joe Wood
swung into his stride and the heroes Of
Thursdays game we're greeted with loud
acclaim, bleacherites in the right and left
provinces paying a marked trlpuIe 10
Devore and Murray.
But not one of them got the reception
which fell to Matty's lot when the battle
Scared warrior walked across the field
No more spontaneous cheer could have
come from the lungs of the throng had
Larry DOYLE made home run with the
bases filed Matty himself was forced to
smile at the ovation, which was totally
unexpected AS one visitor remarked al
ter the outburst: New York just hates
him, doesn't it?''
Some OF the elements which were SO
prominent in the three other games OF
the series were missing. One of these
was Mayor Fitzgerald Of Boston, VINO, II
he was present, concealed his person with
UNEXPECTED effectiveness. The royal root
ers with their lusty trumpeters were not
on hand en- masse, and consequently Wood
was forced TO win his game without the
aid OF the old war song "Tessie." He did
not seem to miss the music, and certainly
nobody else minded. There was band
tucked away somewhere in the STANDS
for faint strains were heard stealing
across the field before the game started
but II was lost in the shuttle after the
umpire said, PLAY BALL"
Rigler took his turn behind the plate
and did an Indifferent bit of work. While
his unpiring was not bad, by any means
he miscalled many balls, and altogether
did not come up to the standard set by
his three colleagues OLoughlin was on
the bases, with Evans in left field and
KLEIN in right
Bad Start for "5ig jeff"
Tesreau got off to a saffron start
when Hooper singled and Meyers threw
Yerkes's sacrifice to centre field, in an
attempt to force the Boston right fielder
at second. The roar which Issued forth
from the stands when Speaker hit into
a double play gave Stahl and the Red
sox an inkling Of the temper OF the
crowd. II seemed to impress them so
much that the Boston manager imme-
dia.ely dispatched two pitchers to the
outer garden to warm up in case WOOD
faItered. Evidently Stahl was none too
confident of winning, and II might De
stated also that these same pitchers re-
moved their sweaters and got busy on
three different occasions during the game
Their services were not in demand, how
ever.
Tesreau's wildness did not extend any
further than the actual passing OF two
men, but because his splitter" took such
weird breaks he was forced TO dispense
with it in the pinches, and the Red sox
were nothing loath to wallop the straight
ones. With Gardner on third, In the sec
ond inning. a place earned by means OF
a triple, Tesreau put too much stun on
the ball in pitching to Stahl. 1t took
crazy break and went for wild pitch,
Gardner scoring with the first run.
hit and a pass put two on with none
out In the third, but Tesreau showed MS
mettIe by retiring Yerkes, Speaker ana
Lewis without a run being scored. In
the fourth a pass. a stolen base and
scratch hit netted another count, which
was as big as a mountain. Thereafter
Tesreau was impregnable.
The youngster did not make such bad
showing, but only shut out ball could
have beaten such pitching twirling as
Wood showed, and Jeff was not capable
OF rising to such heights. The Red oox
picked up only Ave hits in seven innings
of his delivery, while he famed five
batsmen. When he got under way he