Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-15
BY ]. ED GRILLo.


NEW YORK, October 15.-The outcome
of the worlds series is once more in
doubt Conceding that Boston still has
an advantage of one game, and has
reason to feel fairly safe today when
Wood will undoubtedly pitch, yet there
is a chance for the Giants.
On two different occasions in this series
Wood has humbled the Giants. but both
of his victories have been the result OF
mispIays He has done some brilliant
work to be sure but luck has also favored
him and he has really allowed more base
hits than were expected of him. 1t may
be that things will not break so well for
him. and that he will meet defeat. II
this should come to pass there would
be grand chance for the Giants. for
in this event Mathewson and Bedient
would hook up again on Wednesday, and
MathewSon would be the faVor1te over
the Boston yOungSter.
But, of course, beating Joe Wood right
now is not an easy matter. He Is In
good form and his teammates play with
lots of confidence behind him, which
may happen. 1t would he base ball to
have it SO. Tesreau. though he has failed
to win game, has not pitched properly.
His starts have been bit weak, but II he
should happen to get away good from the
post today he will be troublesome, of
that there is no doubt So that a series
which twenty-four hours or so ago looked
to be all one way had changed to one
very much in doubt and the team which
seemed to have been beaten again looms
up as real contender.
A more palpable balk than the one made
by Q'Brien in that first inning has per-
, haps never been seen on a bali field. The
big pitcher deliberately turned toward
first base and made a motion to throw,
but held the ball. Whether he was under
the impression that he was not standing
on the slab when he made that motion
no one will ever know, but there was
not the slightest question about it being
a balk. and Umpire KLEIN was quick to
give his decision. O'Brien's face flushed
when he saw the umpire wave the base
runners to advance. and he lost effective
ness there and then. Both the doubles
made by Merkle and Herzog We're clean
cut and put him in position where his
efforts were lamentably weak. OF course.
when all this had occurred it was evil
dent that a mistake had been made in
selecting O'Brien to pitch this important
game. and this was emphasized when Col
Inns. who succeeded him, went. eight in
n.ngs without allowing run.
Marquard has upset all dope by being
the only one of the Giants pitchers who
has won a game from the Sox. If re-
ports were to be believed before the series
opened then Marquard was not to be fig
ured on. That all of McGraW's pitchers
loafed during the last few weeks of the
regular season is evident from the splen-
did work they have done in the world
series. Marquard has been particularly
effective. but none of McGraw's pitchers
has failed to deliver the goods, and in this
respect they have looked better than at
least two of Stahls pitchers, namely, Col
Inns and O'Brien.
In one respect the game was remark
able in that nineteen Of the SoX went out
on flies to either the infield or outfeld.
Sixteen Of them gave chances to the out
fielders while Merkle, at first, had but
two put-Outs and the other infelders had
plenty of time to rest. 1t seemed i'm
possible for them to hit Marquard's de-
livery anywhere but in the air, and this
gave many easy chances to Marquard' s
support.
There was just one brilliant play, and
Snodgrass pulled that In fact, but for
his catch there is no telling what might
have happened. There was a man on
the bases at the time and none out when
Wagner hit ball so hard and far over
Snods head that it seemed certain two
runs would come home Snodgrass COW
| cred a remarkable amount of ground. on
that hit. and then had to leap several
early as the fourth inning. and had the
hit gone safe the chances are that Mar
guard would have been in trouble, and
there is no telling what might have
happened.
The Giants went into the game suffering
less from the strain that the Importance
from financial standpoint has placed on
| them, and. as result. played the kind
| of ball that made them peNnant winners
Viewed strictly from an artistic stand
point there has been room for much fault
to be found in the playing of these games
There have been any number Of plays
pulled which during the regular season
a nd fn ho N @
| player, but which are overlooked in this
series because the men in charge of the
| teams realize that the players are under
strain and timid about taking chances.
| Meyers, for instance. made a serious
mistake and robbed his team of run
when. after hitting for three bases in
the fourth inning. he did not take a
chance to score from third after Speaker
| had caught Fletcher's fly. 1t was not a
long hit, but Meyers could probably have
scored He should have taken the chance
any way, for Marquard was next up and
the chances Of his making hit were de-
cidedly slim.
The failure of Stahl to use a pinch hit
ter in the fourth inning was criminal.
Marquard appeared to be weak in this
round and an error and a hit placed two
men on the bases with but one out At
| that stage of the game the score stood
| 5 to , and what the Red Sox needed was
] offensive strength and let the pitching
take care OF ITSELF
Yet Collins was allowed to go to bat
with third and first occupied when base
hit would have placed Marquard in po-
sition where he would have had to do a
lot of thinking. The result was that Col
Inns hit to Fletcher and a neat double
play was made. which retired the side
without a run being scored. Hall could
have finished the game had a pinch hit
ter been sent up for Collins and a pinch
hitter in a previous inning had made
good. being responsible for the only two
runs the visitors got during the game.
Jim McAieer is indeed a lucky man. He
Is now assured of seven games being
played in the series and perhaps eight.
and since the playing Of the first four
games the entire gate receipts go to the
club minus 10 per cent, which the national
commission deducts. This should net
him over S125.OOO which. together with
the seasons profits, which must amount
close to 100000, brings the earnings Of
the Boston club to much over a quarter
Of million dollars and should come
pretty near to returning all the money
which McAleer invested in the club last
winter. To invest a LIES savings in a
ball club and win out in a single sea-
son is having the breaks sure enough.