New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29
Golf and Lawn Tennis Doomed
as Never Before, Courts
and Links Being Mecca
for Thousands.
TRAVERS DEFEATS HILTON
Maurice E. Mclaughlin Sue
ceeded Billy Larned as Ma
tional Champion, Going
Through Season With
out Being Beaten.

The baseball season OF 1912 came to the
most sensational climax in history when
the New York Giants and Boston Red
Sox met on the diamond TO decide the
worlds championship. Such a bitterly
fought struggle was not anticipated, and
for the first time Il took more than seven
games TO settle the issue. The eighth
game went ten innings before the Red
Sox nosed out victory by a score of 10
.. the much lamented mum of fly ball by
Fred Snodgrass helping things along.
The series began with the honors in
favor Of Boston, due largely to the
phenomenal pitching Of Joe Wood, who
had a brilliant season in the American
League The first game was played at
the Polo Grounds before a tremendous
crowd, with Wood opposed TO jeff Tes-
reau, the young sptball twirler OF the
Giants New York took a lead OF two
runs early in the game, while Tesreau
rrystifed his opponents for six innings.
But the break came in the seventh and
Jeff was driven to cover, Crandall taking
his place The Red Sox were never
headed, although the Giants got men on
n hit needed 10 win the game Wood
struck out the last two men-F1etcher
and Cran6all.
The second game was played In Boston
and resulted in a ten-inninS tie, with the
score TO G, Matty pitching against Col
Iirs. Hall and Bedient The third game
was also contested at Fenway Park and
paw the entrance Of Rube Marquard into
the arena. He turned in the first victory
for the Giants, with O'Brien and Bedienf
as his opponents The score was to /.
Joe Wood appeared in the fourth game
at the Polo Grounds and registered an
other victory for Boston by a score Of
8 to l. Tesreau being the victim once
AGAIN. Then came another victory FOR
Boston back in the Hub, with Bedient
pittcd against Mathewson, the score
being . 20 /.
With the scene all set for a brilliant
rally the Giants came back hard and tn
umphed over the Red Sox at the Polo
Grounds. with the score 5 to 2. Mar
Guard registering his second victory. with
Ray COINS as his opponent. Then came
the fearful slaughter in Boston. when the
Giants drove Joe Wood from the box and
walloped the Red Sox by score OF II TO
4 making the series stand three victo-
1ies for each team. Matty and Bedient
were pitted against each other in the de-
Gliding game. which was also played in
Boston The peerless New YORK tWirier
shut out the Red Sox for six innings, but
I'm the seventh Hendricksen batting for
Bedient. hit safely and tied up the game.
"a
box and was found for a run in the tenth
INNING. but the Red Sox came back and
Tailed tvic in their half, winning the
game and the series.
The big fixture was characterized by
many sensational plays. McGraw de-
scribed HoopeTs catch Of Larry Doyle's
long fly in the last game as one OF the
most remarkable he had ever seen. One
almost as difficult was made by Josh De
wore IN the third game, when ne STAYED
off defeat for Marquard. The fielding Of
Teinie Wagner, the Boston shortstop; the
fine hitting and fielding OF Red" Muir
ray, the goat" of the series between the
Giants and Athletics In 1911, and the all
around sterling work Of Charlie Herzog
were features OF the series. Christy
Nsthewson. although he did not win
game. was commonly conceded 20 be the
real hero He started three times. pitch
ing an eleven-inning tie, a ten-inning de
feat by a score OF 3 TO 2 and a nine-in-
ming defeat by score Of 10 !. With
perfect support he would have won all
three games.
New figures for attendance and receipts
were set. The total attendance for the
eight games was 5000 and the total re-
ceipts $50 SO OF which the players re-
ceived $l4751 20, the two clubs $29i,l7 20
and the National Commission $t9,OS3 90.
Each member OF the Red Sox received
u.024 IS and each member OF the Giants
S2.566 10.
The pennant races in the two leagues
were productive Of the keenest interest
The Giants came home from successful
training trip at Marlin Springs and forged
ahead "a a tremendous lead, gained large
ly through the pitching of "Rube" Mar
guard, whose record Of nineteen straight
victories equalled the worlds record. He
was not beaten from the beginning OF the
season until the first week In July. The
New York team bade fair TO make a run
away race OF It. but the strain on Mar
GAdEQ lplO anu ne Idlltu u Dics~h even
on the games no pitched for the rest Of
tho season. with his collapse tho team
fell of. and the Chicago Cubs climbed
steadily until they cut a lead OF fifteen
games down TO four. Then JEFF Tesreau
took up Marquard's burden, STAYED off
the Cubs and gave the Giants victory
by an ample margin. Chicago suffered
from lack OF good pitching and finished
third, with the Pittsburgh Pirates second.
In the American League IL was fully
expected that the Philadelphia Athletics
would win their third successive pennant,
but Connie Mack failed 70 get his great
machine working smoothly, and handi-
capped by poor pitching, they could not
hold the pace Plank alone OF the great
trio Of Bender, Coombs and Plank held
up his end the relapse OF the Indian be-
ing keenly felt
The Boston Red Sox maintained "A
steady pace. not moving TO the front or
being considered q serious pennant con
tender Until the season was nearly half
over, slump was expected at any time,
hlIt the team went forward impressively,
due largely TO the exceptionally brilliant
pitching of Joe Wood who won thirty
four games and lost only five, while Col
Inns. Bedient and O'Brien and Hail did
good work.
The Washington Senators, under Clark