The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-17
World Series Winr,ers
BY DAMON RI-NYax.

| hoSToN. Oct. ls.-Tw Ie this 49,
ternoon, Christy Mathewson held o.
championship of the world IN HTT'
grasp, only to see 1t Kicked away HI
the errors Of commission and ornmfe1
SION by tho men behind him. and g.
might the Boston Red Sox are ~
noioefs OF the coveted title. whfriNa
means supremacy In baseball. IS M
Tne end came in the tenth innfr
OF the eighth game of the hardSc<
fought series in tho history OF thng
9ame, when the gallant Eox rushod r d
through the grasp in the fleldine e ~
Tense Of the great pitcher and -
by ~ score Of to III Fas d ssss
out-pitchinx two young, fresh Co.
ponents. Hugh Bedient and Toe Wo66ss
the wonderful veteran, who had aI..ss
ready fought two bitter engagsnaenf
| In the battle for the champiousli1, 4
carried his team along to what se>f y:
cd certain victory for six inninG
ana then began a series Of breaks hG-M
mind him that finally lost the NeS
York GIANTS the greatest prize IN e.
world OF sport gs
IL Is detractinE in no wise fro1
the. victory Of the Sox to say thska
no pitcher ever lost a game invulr~
ing such stake under such unfOrfu@
nate circumstances. and baseball na6glS
arc talking tonight not 70 much VI 4
the winning OF the championship 49,
tne Boston team, az Of the groafneGS
OF the old star.
No Excuse for Giants rs
There ia no excuse for the Giau3ns U
There can be only individual absota~sgaa
ton Of the sins OF errors. The sy1fs
pathy 10 all for Mathewson. wAoA
emerges from the long series withou@
having won single game, but viii
all the laurels ass
CAUTIOUSLY enough. the story OF t0S
day Is not the story OF how the NJ
Sox won the cha mpionship. but t1eS5a]
story OF how the Giants lost 1t. SonS6
In seeking to place the blame, sina3&5
out Fred SnodGrass the blackhaiH1 I
centerheider, who made a bad rutf
or ny bah In the tenth inning ~
started the Sox 10 two runs and IT.
title. but while that happened t. 6&
the most conspicuous error OF c0Is6sSz
mission. 1T vas not the play whi17
turned the Giants down the iano I
defeat. s2s&
Two errors OF omission figured
prominently in the downfall OF stts
big town boys as that nun by fS&3
luckless Snodgrass, who seemed NJ =
have been picked out BY an evil fS174
this afternoon as a shining mark.
who feels more keenly than anyo1
else the stings of the shafts OF nj
fortune. ssSgga3
1t must be remembered, too.
whatever else he has done. the Gias
miSht not have been playing, tt
game this afternoon but for the ca
fornia boy, whose catch at the
Grounds last Monday kept them il
series. Anyway. when 1t Is consid
ed that the Giants. headed by one +
the greatest of baseball leaders, hAV&
been able to outgeneral the
through eight games; have outhit the
and made show OF them on tlX
bases. but stili could not win, becax
Of mechanical felding deficiencies,
becomes, annaraa. that no ons =
should be picked out for blame.
hsndrickssn q Hero.
How the good. game Soy came
from behind and tied the scoFe II
Mathewson in the seventh II the ato
OF one Of the grave errors OF ON
sion, and OF how young Olaf Hondrir
sen, q twenty-three-year -old outfl6
err. xrasped one Of those opportn
ties for fame which comes on
occasions during . world series ~
youngster on big league bench.
thewson had been toiling all SD
on q scAnt margin Of one run. L11
Gardner was the first man in the
side OF the seventh, and he RAISED
easy ny to Snodgrass.
Jake StAhi. leader Of the Scx, ~
h high ny pretty well back OF the IT.
field. over toward center. which n
posaiblv have been caught ~
ray, Snodgraas or Fletcher. alt1
II would have been : hard chnn
any one Of them. Fletcher went
pedailinx rapidly into thu nSld
Snodgrass and Murray closing ~
either side. II sseMed thar e
have been esaier for SnodgrAss
any Of the others to make the
bah was being carried by Tho 49,
the trio cAmD In. a
one Of those ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
10 which man should nAke 49,
arose, and the han FIJI aafe lM
tiiam stahi reached ser0ssA
1Nagner. drew n walk ftcm 11
SON. who was nore liberal WtEA5
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