The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-17
BAD FIELDING COST GIANTS
 WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
Red Sox Were Steadier at Critical Times
 Although 0utbatted and 0utptched

.275 against .22S, S pred 31 runs against 25, made 75 hits for 1o1 bases against 61 hits for s5 bases, stole 13 bases to Boston's and eerned 26 runs to Boston's 12. But against this, 1 McGraw's team had IS errors to Bos-
 toms 10 and of the Is. 14 came at | tight spots of the battle and brought
 in runs. Througl1 this wretched de- l fense the Giants first kicked them
 selves into the hole and were trailing 1 to l. They then steadied, fought their way back savagely to even 1 terms and with the championship 1 won turned again in the last round recall
 Summed up in closer detail, Meyers
 1ouspatted 1D a. and outcaught Cady, The O'Brien and Bedient. Stahi outpIav, ed MerHIe. At short, Wagner was
 steadfer than Fletcher and did the 3rd. by 40 lengths Murray, playing left field in five of the eight games. was Herzog's closest rival for the pest all round player. He outcIassed one Of the big stars of any of the worlds series play. But for the would have won the first and last gam es alone. driving in or scoring four of the five runs compiled by the
 Tn center, Speaker Ioonnsd so far s,a- yond Snodgrass the comparison is pit fable Speaker was the only Red Sox to bat 300 and his fielding was bril- liant snodgrass. batting poorly, help ed to kick away two games in the held and was the main cause Of the last disaster; Over in right, Devore where both were effective at bat and where both saved the situation time ana again by remarkable catches
 When Hooper raced to the right Held Wa1A launched himself into lnidaiI- yes terday and hauled down Larry Doyless almost sure run, he not only made 4 n %ae-% 5-n<z IT. ies but seved the game bevonc all. doubt But for this euHerInira culous catch. one of those things that could does through combination of nerve.= speed and luck, the game would have gone to New York ? to l within nine. rounds. Of the nine jobs, each team excedled in four. with one a tie Team for team. the Giants exceIIed in three of the four vital departments batting, pitching, fielding and baserunnin g-but were to far shy in their one weak de- pertinent to cover their margin won in other ways.
 against almost hopeless odds and It seems the irony of fate to have this desperate charge nfarred and blurred by plays which you or I. dear reader: who haven't possibly handed a ball in years, could make wFt11S one hand while lighting pipe with the other. There's the rub in the raw, as Mir. Hamlet said before us.
 The star of the series was Herzog. who outplayed both teams at every angle-who outbatted and outscored all others and who fought his way through a smashing game Murray also deserves praise for his game and brilliant all around work.
 The Boston stars were Yerkes, Stahl and Hooper-three overlooked in former games.
 Among the big ddsappointments was Larry Doyle, who, despite several bril- liant plays, was far below forn-far below the class he showed, last year. Doyle hit we'll in but one game of the fl giht and this was the game where his failure to hit would have done little harm.
 Summed up, it was a series includ- ing the widest mixture of brilliant and sombre play ] Games were say ed by miraculous work and lost by schoolboy muffs and errors-and the only regret both teams might have is that such a drama should close and swing upon a fly ball popping from an outf1eIder's hands or an easy foul f1uttering safely away when it should have been snagged with both eyes Sr