The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-10-17
HUB OF BASEBALL.

! Wood beats Tesreau. Collins, Hal
and Bedient pitched Matthewson to &
standstill. O'Brien loses TO Marquard
and Bedient can't pull him out. Wood
again beats Tesreau Bedient out
pitches Matthewson. OBrien blows
up; Matthewson wins. Wood batted
out of box; Tesreau wins. Matty pitch
es superb ball but Bedient and Wood
win worlds championship.
That digest of the headlines tells
the story. New blood against the old,
and the Red Sox were the younger of
the men.
One name in that honor list stands
out above them ALL But Matty of to-
day is not the Matty of three years
ago Vanguard and Tesreaul The
names are new; both are ''comers
Wood and Bedient they, youngsters
both, stand as heroes of one of the
most notable, probably the most nota-
BILE. world series games of baseball
that was ever payed
The dope" was this: The Sox beat
the Worlds Champion Athletics, who
had beaten the Giants. And the prob
lem was: Can the Sox win?
The dopesters figured out but little
advantage to either team. To read The
baseball specialists was to play a hat
pool One made blind grab, for both
teams were declared almost equal.
Stated in its simplest terms the ques-
ton was: The Giants have the advant-
age of experienced veterans; the Sox
have the advantage of unterrfied
youth. Now resolve it If you can.
A study of the games will show that
it was youth Won 1t seems undeni-
able that the Sox had the best team.
In the first games youth was the fac
tor that won. In the last games the
experience under the fire told for the
Giants and they tied the Red SOx
series-lead by winning games by
scores that to one inexperienced in
baseball seemed almost like give-away
results. The Giants wen two in sue
oession by large scores secured in the
first inning. To one who knows the
strain of ball playing. even outside a
worlds championship race, the reason
is plain. Youth simply blew M"
Experienced heads with thu moral
support of an experienced field behind
them had confidence. Confidence won
Yesterdays game was different. 1t
was game of desperation. 1t hap
pens to have been our opinion that
the SoX would win the SERIES But af-
ter first O'Brien and Collins and then
Wood had been pounded over the lot
by the confident Giants, we had
reached the conclusion that the Sox
were the best team in every point but
one-they lacked the veterans train
ing that made the Giants, unflinching,
stand the fire. When Wood lost we had
almost given the series to the Clan s.
But yesterdays game showed what
youth will do. Twice the expert need
Giants won it. But the faith of youth |
was sure. and the hope of youth was
firm. In the end the game was won !
by the Sox, whom desperation had |
nerved.
AS the result Matthewson, while yet |
4 winning pitcher, is admitted in his
decline. Marquard. after his sensa-
Lional wins last summer and ter
slump. has regained his right to
place atscng the foremost. Tesiaau
mas branded himself as conin, man.
And 81 Lave Bedient and Wood. u.
'ormer an almost unknown quantity
lmong the Sox.
On the surface there ssems to have
been two reasons for the Sox winring
rhe greatest is young blood. TIC sec
md is Jake Stahl. Stahl's generalship