The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-17
AMERICANS
WORLD CHAMP IONS
Error by Snodgrass Paves
Way for the Red Sox
Victory.
Continued From Page One.)

behind and tied MathewsoD in the sev"
enth is the story of one of the grave
errors of omission, and of how young
Olaf Heuriksen. a 25-yearold out
fielder, erasped one of those oppor.
tunities for fame wb,ch comes on rare
occasions during world s series to
youngster on big league bench.
Mathewsou had been toiling along on
Gardner was first man up in the Sox
side of the seventh, and he raised an
easy fly to Snodgrass.
Jake Stahl. leader of the Sox, raised
a high fly pretty we'll back tthe
short field. over toward center, which
might possibly have been caught by
Murray, Snodgrass or Fletcher, al.
though it would have been hard one
for any one of them, Fletcher went
back pedallipe rapidly into the field,
with Snodgrass and Murray closing in
either side. It seemed that IL would
have been easier for Snodgrass than
any of the others TO make the catch
but that is sheer conjecture. as the
ball was being carried by the wind as
The trio came in, one Of those misunder,
standings as to which should make the
play arose and the ball fell safe he.
tween them. Stahl reached second.
Heipe Wagner drew a walk from
Mathewson, who was more liberal with
passes TODAY than ever before in an
important game. Cady hit the first
ball pitched to him for an easy pop to
Fletcher, and Big Six seemed to
have easy sailing. Stab called for
Young Heuriksen and sent him up 10
bat in place of Hugh Bedient, the
young pitcher. who took a decision
over Mathewson in one. game of the
series last week, and who was again
giving the Giants strong argument
Henriksen had never faced Mathew
son before, and is not considered a
desperately hard bitter under ordi-
nary circumstances. \ voupgstcr fac
ing the Old Master for the first time
is generally regarded as Handicapped
TO some extent, especially If Mathew
son is fully extended as be was TO-DAY
He quickly got two strikes on the
Wareham lad. then put two balls
across, He figured that il Uourikscn
hit the next one NJ all. he would hit
TO left and give Murray a chance TO
throw Stahl out at the plate. but as
Henriksen raped the ball puff of
dust arose from the third base bag
as the drive tickled the canvas, and
then the ball sped away down the left
field foul line to the only place where
MURRAY could not get it.
Stahi scored and Wagner took third.
Hooper fit the first ball offered him
for hy 10 Snodgrass and the inning Was
over. All OF Mathewson's magnificent
work through the earlier innings now
counted for nothing. Smoky Joe" Wood
who had bocn kept warmed up hy StahI
tor Just this emergency. entered tho box
as the Giants opened the eighth and tho
boy who WAS batted SO hard in the first
inning OF the game the Day before seemed
to heNe some of his famous stuff
the ,tiauts nf lsa t.p,l
Wood had tossed ont Snodgrass Jnrk
Murray smas shed o line drive into the left
oe'd bieachers for two bases and Fred
Merkic followed him with a double 10
center. giving the Giapts another one
run lead and apparently the game Stahl
played his last card as the SoX wen, into
the tenth vithdra wing Wood and send
ing mp clyde Engic as a pinch hitter
Enslc lifted n high Hy In deep LETT con.
ter and Snodgrass went over and under
he balI and stood waiting for IL To far
III seemed An easy chance. but they All |
ook easy from the stands. The center.
helder had the ball in his hands then
dropped II and Englc pulled up safo "a,
second ~ nv
Immediately aftorward Snodgress made /
4 llno running catch of Uooper'a danger
'us-lookins ny. Ycrl; es walked and fhcn