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Hooper. No runs; two hits; No

t1OOper got the pail on the run almost
| against the right field fence.
| Boston-Hall singled, grounding to
Merkle, back OF first. base. Merkle
threw wild to Tesreau, who covered
first, Hall taking second Hooper
singled to center, sending Hall to
third. Yerkes struck out. Speaker
flied to Devore, whose throw to Mey-
ers doubled Hall at the plate. No
runs; two hits; one error.
| A brilliant catch for Devore which
retired Speaker in the last half Of the
third. saved Tesreau when he was
webbing badly The big fellow was
unsteady. Hall missed chance to
score after Devore's catch by waiting
Fourth.
| New York-Doyle out, Stahl unas
sisted. Snodgrass flied to Wagner.
Murray out, Yerkes to Stail, Hair
getting an assist for DETECTING the
ball to Yerkes. No runs; no hits; no
errors.
| This was the first session in which
the Giants did not get on base. Hall
was steadier and had the three Giant
heavy hitters biting On slow ones.
! Boston-Lewis flied to Devore.
Gardner was hit by pitched ball.
Stahl singled to left, Gardner going
to second. Wagner forced Stahl,
Doyle to Fletcher, Gardner going to
/ third on the play. Cady out, Tesreau
/ to Merkle. No runs; one hit; no
| errors.
lucky recovery by Doyle of a
grass-cutter grounder off Wagner's
bat cut short Red Sox rally The
! bali hit Doyles wrist and bounded
/ from second base. The Giant captain
dashed after it and by snap throw
! to second to Fletcher, forced Stahl at
second.
Fifth.
New York. Merkle out. Cady to
Stahl. Herzog struck out. Meyers
/ singled to left. Fletcher forced Mey-
ers, Wagner to Yerkes. No runs; one
hit; no errors.
Chief Meyers made his third slash
ing single in three times up, in the
first Of the fifth. Hall distinguished
himself by registering the first strike
out of Giant when he famed Her
zog.
The third strike was called on the
Giant third baseman
Boston-Hall doubled to center.
Hooper walked Yerkes forced Hoop
er, Doyle to Fletcher, Hall going to
third. Speaker walked, filling the
bases. Lewis fouled to Merkle Gard
ner out Tesreau to Merkle. No runs;
one hit; no errors.
The Red Sox had Tesreau going in
the last half of the fifth and had the
bases full with only one out but
Lewis and Gardner failed miserably
! A lucky break for each team featured
this half of the session. Halls two
base hit was high fly which fell be-
hind Doyle and Snograss and which
either should have caught easily. The
lucky break for the giants was on a
hot grounder by Yerkes which hit
Doyle and bounded into Fletcher's
hands, forcing out Hooper at second.
Sixth Inning.
New York-Tesreau, out, Yerkes to
stahl. Devore walked. Doyle made a
home run in right, scoring Devore
ahead of him. Snodgrass flied to
Lewis. Murray out, Hall to Stahl.
Two runs; one hit; no errors.
Doyle's home run in the first
half of the sixth, the second of the
game, and the series, was line
drive into the right field center. Like
Gardeners home run, the ball landed
inside the playing field, but bounded
the overflow crowd.
Boston-Stahl flied to Devore. Wag-
ner singled to center. Wagner took
second on wild pitch and when the
ball rolled to the stand he was given
third on the ground rule. Cady out,
Tesreau to Merkle. Hall walked.
Hooper struck out. No runs; one hit;
no errors.
Tesreau was good and bad in the
t last half of the sixth. He had his
great speed but was off on control
He showed his mettle by tanning
Hooper with two Red Sox on.
Seventh inning.
New York-Merkle singled to cen
ter. Herzog flied to Lewis. Meyers
grounded to Wagner whose throw to
Yerkes was too late to get Merkle at
second and Merkle was safe at second
and Meyers at first.
Fletcher flied to Speaker. Tesrean
singled to right. scoring Merkle but
Hooper's throw to Wagner held Mey-
ers at second. Devore flied to Lewis.
One run; two hits; no errors.
Hundreds of Boston fans began to
leave the park when the Giants got
to Hall again in the first half Of the
seventh There was no enthusiasm i'll
those who remained.