Evening star., 1912-10-10
BY J. ED GRILLO.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON Mass, October 1O.-Only IN
the event of Boston winning the next
three games will the base ball supremacy
of 1872 be settled this week. but it is
most likely that the struggle will so into
next week.
That the two teams are we'll matched
has been proven by the two games which
have been played to date. Today's game
originally scheduled for New York, VIII,
of course. be played here. and if game
is PLAYED this change in arrangements
will also bring the Saturday game to
this city.
That Wood seems to have the best and
only chance to stop the Giants was dem
onstrated yesterday. when both Collins
and FIalI We're badly handled by the New
Workers. Hall may not have been figured
upon. but Collins was. and his failure to
hold the Giants gave Hall an opportunity
to demonstrate that he need not be
considered so far as Boston's pitchers
are concerned. This leaves it up to
Wood and O'Bricn, and the latter still
has to show just what sort of stuff he is
made of. He is to have the opportunity
today.
On the other hand McGraw is not mulch
better off, IL, in fact. he is as well forti-
fled. Tesreau went part of the route we'll
on opening day. Mathewson pitched
well enough to have won yesterday, but
il was grueling a struggle that it is
decidedly doubtful if he will recover from
the strain in time TO be of any further
service IN the series. Marquard is in the
same position as O. Brien-he still has TO
show-and like OBrien, he is to have d
chance to do so today. 1t may he. OF
course. that both sides Will law a sur
prise by working some OF their other
pitchers who have not been mentioned,
but that is not likely.
MI things considered Mathewson pitched
a splendid game of ball. Few pitchers
would have stood up in the face of the
support that was accorded him. and while
il may he true that Matty is not the
Mafty of Old there is a whole lot of
pitching left in him. He was hit hard in
spots. but not near as often were his
rivals, and. what is more, he had perfect
control and did not walk a single man
! in the eleven innings that he was on the
slab.
With anything like good support Ma
| thewson would have had easy sailing.
! for while the SoX hit him hard occasion
| ally. he was not an easy proposition to
score on. But the chances are that it
| has been some time since Matty has been
asked to extend himself as he did yes
| terday. He was especially primed for
! this contest, and the chances are that it
will wind up his career 10 far as the
present series is concerned
| Fletcher's mistakes wore all made on
| comparatively easy chances. At times he
played brilliantly. and really helped his
team by some very good work in the 1ield.
/ But he appears to be one of those erratic
| fielders who cannot be relied upon II
is hard to understand how he dropped
| Yerkes' liner in the first which started all
could have made a play ON Gardner
| tying run to come home. But every
cannot stand the strain. and Fletcher
| On the two games played Wagner has
stood out from all the other players be-
| cause of his great work. Wagner is a
real ball pla He has the nerve which
is so essential. and he is simply bubblina
over with ability. His fielding of all sorts
| of grounders regardless of where the,
are hit in his territory and his wonderful,
handling of thrown balls marks him as
one of the greatest shortstops that the
game has ever produced. But for Wag.
ner Boston would have lost both of the
games they have played, and yet Wae.
ner is not great hitter. But he prevents
more base hits and runs than some OF
lthese hard-hitting fellows make or drive