The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-15
GIANTS POUND O'BRIEN AND
 WIN IN THE FIRST INNING

A . A A A \ - N . A A A n A \S ".......................". we will enter the last game with the ad- vantage with New York
 While no announcement of battery se- lections for Tuesday sagame were made before the clubs left the city it was gen. orally believed that Wood would toll for Boston while Mathewson. with a two days rest. would be found in the box for New York.
 The total paid attendance at todays game was 30.622 and the total receipts amounted to s66, Col. of which each club received s29,SS4.3o. The national commits sion's share was s6665. 10
 How It Started
 When Hooper went to the plate in the first inning he found Marquard facing him and the first ball 'Rubes sent down was called a strike by Umpire <lem. The sec ond was a ball and then the Red Sox batsman cracked a single out to Doyle. The latter batted down the ball but it had rolled out so slowly that Hooper peat Doyle's throw to first. Hooper on the first ball pitched started for second but changed his mind and tried to get back to the bag. Marquard whipped the ball across to MerSie and the Boston runner was caught between the bags. Merkle threw to Fletcher. who made a quick re- turn to the first baseman and the latter touched Hooper as he came sliding into the bag. Yerkes flied out to Snodgrass. Speaker was given base on balls.
 Yerkes flied out to Snodgrass. Speak CT was given a base on balls and stole second on the first ball pitched. but he was left there when Lewis lifted q fly to Devore.
 Won in First
 New York won the game right at the start. Devore, after getting three balls and two strikes, hit grounder to Gardner and was tossed out at first Doyle rolled slow bounder to Yerlxes who could not field it in time to head off Doyle and the New York runner was safe. He promptly stole second Snodgrass fell victim of strikes. Mur ray scratched a hit to the infeld. beat ing Wagner's fast throw to first and Doyle moved to third base on the hit O'Brien, who had been watching the runners closely, here made miscue that unbalanced the team for the in ming and finally resulted in five runs pouring over the plate Stepping to- ward first as if to make throw he made palpable balk in not tossing the ball to Stahl and when Captain Doyle appealed, Umpire Klem waved Murray to second and brought Doyle home with the first run for New York. Merkle smashed a two-base hit to right field and Murray came home with the second run. This started the New York fans to cheering and the din became deafening when Herzog flashed a dou- be don the left field foul line, send ing Merkle across with the third score Chief Meyers then drove a grounder at Wagner, who made pretty stop and throw after a hard run, but the Indian beat the ball to first. Herzog .a..1 .1t.n~ n Ie..t.. seemed unsteady and HerZog and Meyers tried double steal and got away with it. Cady shot the ball to Yerkes, who in returning it to the plate trying to head off Herzog threw little wide and Meyers went to third. Fletcher also tapped an infield hit and Meyers came home with New York's fifth and last run.
 There was great joy in the stands and the fans cheered for several minutes. Fletcher took too big lead off first base, O'Brien snapped the ball to Stahl and the New York shortstop was out on a close decision, ending the biggest inning of the present worlds series.
 Sox Get Busy
 The Red Sox came up cheerfully in the second inning and when they got through the score did not look so bad. Gardner opened by ehopping grounder at Marquard, who juggled the ball long enough to permit the Red Sox third baseman to beat his throw to first. Stahl sent a solid single to center, advancing Gardner to second Wagner struck out and Catcher Cady sent up a high fly that fell into the big glove of Meyers.
 Engle the utility infielder and pinch hitter, was sent in to bat for O'Brien and he brought joy to the NRed Sox rooters by facing a two bagger to left field. Gardner easily scored on the drive and Stahl also crossed the plate when Devore made two or three slabs to pick up. the ball. he being charged with an error. This ended all the scoring for the day. Hooper fouled out to Meyers.
 Collins Takes the Slab
 Ray Collins, the left-hander, went in to pitch for Boston in the second half. Maruuard flied to Stahl, Devore struck out and Doyle sent a long fly to Speaker.
 Yerkes opened the third inning by driv- ing a single to center He never moved from the initial bag. Speaker flied to Snodgrass. Lewis drove a long foul to left field which Deyore captured after a hard run and Murray backed almost to the right field fence to get Gardner's long fly.
 In the New Yorlx's third inning YerlSes took care of Snodgrass' short fly. Mur- ray hit to short rightfield and in trying to make second on the hit was out on Hooper's perfect throw to Yerkes. Merkle batted a slow grounder in toward third and made first safely, but was thrown out by Cady to Wagner when he tried to steal.
 Snodgrass' Great Play
 Manager Stah in the fourth inning rolled a slow hit to Herzog and was safe at first. Then Wagner poled one of the longest drives of the day to cen ter field. Snodgrass was off with the crack of the bat. and running sideways caught the ball near the centerfied fence. It was an important catch. for had the ball gotten away from him 1t probably would have resulted in a home run for Wagner with Stahl scoring ahead of
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