The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-08

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ing the war"
AS soon aa as0gass newly acquired
Limousine hadsssnsd Of the field, Nc
Graw and Stahl were lined up by the
snap-shooters : and photographed in
the act OF shaking hands just as
though they really meant 1t.
Shortly after one o'clock three hun
dred Boston fans armed with brilliant
red banners and headed by a brass
band marched through the lower
grand-stand and took up their station
back of third base. They immediate
II began whining things UP, the band
leading offssTiths q parody on. the old
song andmany,"" to which the root
ers sang an accompaniment. After
that came an imitation college yell.
The throng of Giant fans listened
good humoredly and when there was
a hull in the Bostonian party. replied
in a friendly manner.
Probably because it was worn out
with the strain of waiting, several
hours, the crowd quieted down before
the game and maintained an almost
unbroken silence even the photog-
raphing of the stars of both teams
brought forth no cheers.
In the preliminary practice, the
work Of the Giants was decidedly
sluggish. There was little fancy work
and little Of the show.day dash and
snap, which was the subject of so
much comment year ago. McGraw
was little In evidence and there was
every indication that there was
method in the wearing of the old uni
forms. If it was McGraw's intention
to get entirely out of the mind Of his
players the fact that they were after
another blue ribbon, his tactics were
obviously successful
In striking contrast, the Sox were
gingerly and as kittenish as a bunch
or college players in a conference
championship. In their first batting
practice each man up appeared bent
on running ball or splitting a bat
and several Of them were successful.
The crowd appeared to appreciate the
pep displayed by the visitors and
the attitude toward the home team
showed marked change.
At lao 1t was announced in the
press stand that Mathewson and
Meyers and Wood and Cady would be
the batteries. The selection of Wood
by Manager Stahl caused McGraw to
place Josh Devore in left field with
Srcdgrass in center. The Boston line
up was regular with the exception of
Cady, who has done little catching for
the Sox except when Wood has been
in the box. Cady is man of excep-
tionally large stature and handles
woods speed with ease.
The Red Sox finished their hitting
practice at 1:40 and the Giants trot-
ted out for their fielding practice.
They were greeted by rather err
ratio cheeFiHg crowd
McGraw hit to the infield.
Mathewson warmed UP leisurely
with Wilbur Robinson catching. In
contrast with their sluggish work in
hitting practice. the Giants showed
leS& of pepper" IN the field. Doyle
and Fletcher worked like two streaks
around second and Merkle had sever
al circus stops. on first. The eyes of
the crowd were on Matty. The big
fellow has not worked in game for
two weeks and rumors has it that he
has been developing a spit ball. Most
of the time in warming up he threw
what, if 1t was not a splitter, was the
closest imitation possible. The ball
lobbed up to the plate scarcely re-
volving and broke sharply in almost
any direction 1t is said that Mathew
son never until today used the damp
fling.
At 1:45 the teams lined up for con-
ference amid silence from the crowd
and applause from the photographers
The camera-men lined up solid and
after arranging the dignitaries for
themselves proceeded to. mug them.
The umpires and the leaders re-
NAMED in conference for several min
utes.
At isl the Red Sox trotted out on
the field and went through their pre-.
liminary stunts. There was little
flash lines apparent in their work but
their play was made surely and per-
manently. The gaze OF the throng
shifted now from Matty to the widely
heralded Smokey Joe' Wood, who
began warming up with Cady. If the
crowd expected any Of his smoke it
was disappointed, for he refused to
unlimber himself
At 1:53 p. M, Mayor Gaynor, clad
in very rallish looking Norfolk grey
coat and Mayor Fitzgerald, In most
decorous top hat. were escorted on
the field by squad of police. The
two dignitaries were at once held up
by the army of photographers and
made to stand and pose.