Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-15
"Sox 0veranxious Yesterday;
Stahl Pulls Bone B, Smith

low is curve bah pitcher. ana If
takes several days to get him
right, according to the players of
the American league who are along
as special correspondents ana
hangers on.
If the Giants should be so fortu-
nate as to win this afternoon. they
viii be in the best strategic posi-
ton for the big pay-off.
McGraw would be in a position
where he can use either Maruuard
or MatheWson. The Big Train as
Matty is known to his teammates
will be just right tomorrow, as he
will have had four days of rest.
If l were manager of the Giants
and it came to one game that was
to decide the championship. /
would rather see Mathewson pitch
than any man in the world. Those
are the moments in which he is SUI
preme.
Can't Figure O'Brien's BLOW"
The Boston fans We're consider
ably shocked at the terrible lashing
handed Buck" O'Brien yesterday
and they are still wondering what
the Giants did to wreak such havoc
in such a short period of time. The
turning point in that game was
when O'Brien made a palpable balk
to first base and allowed Larry
Doyle to walk home with run.
II l..
pitcher who has been pitching
baseball for a number of years
could make such mistake as to
start a throw to first base and
then stop dead in his tracks It
showed one thing to McGraw, how
ever and he lost no time in strik-
ing while the iron was hot. Imme-
diately after O'Brien made the baIk
there was great activity among the
Giants. McGraw and Coach Robi-
son were running here and there
and the players were tossing up
bats and getting ready for d
slaughter.
Don't fool around with him
now said McGraw. Hit at any
thing that comes up"
McGraW had seen in an instant
that the Red Sox were ratified and
that O'Brien was more upset than
any of them. Their calm, hard
working spirit of previous days
had gone and in it's stead was a
nervous anxiety over winning the
I q To
championship.
By hitting at the first ball or at
any one that came near the plate
the Giants got to O'Brien before he
could settle down after that balk
StahI Makes Poor Move.
Bang! Bang! Bang! The hits be-
began popping around the field AMI
when the smoke had blown away
the Giants had five runs and the
game.
Right then and there Jake Stahl
did a most foolish thing.
He took O'Brien out of a game
that wa hopelessly lost anG sub
stituted Ray Collins, pitcher on
whom he was depending for an I'M
portant fight Collins pitched in
masterful form, but it was ike
shooting at the stars.
The only result of this move was
the running of two pitchers on a
hopeless defeat and putting himself
in an awful position if anything
should happen to Wood, the one
great star, today.
RUDE Marquard caught the spirit
of victory from his team mates and
pitched a beautiful game He was
a little unsteady in the third and
fourth innings, but after that ne
Strengthened out and the SoX were
helpless.
RUDE declares that during the
second inning he felt that Iisa-
ment in his arm was working out
of place and that it affected his
control. Between the fourth ana
fifth innings he went to the bench
where Ed MackalI, the trainer
bound the pitching wing with ao-
hesive tape so as to hold the liga-
ment in place After that RubeN
control was perfect and he per-
formed the rather remarkable feat
of making nineteen batters pop
easy flies.
EngIe Proved Surprise.
The one man who fooled Mar
guard and who is responsible for
the only runs made by the SoS is
Clyde Engle, the utility tnffeIde5
who batted in place of O'Brien N
the second There were two on
bases when Engle came to the bal'
and he sent them both home with
two Dagger that bumped into Tue
left-tield fence.