Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-08
Nearly 10000 Baseball
Mad Fans See Giants
Clash With Boston in
First Game of Series.
By "Billy" Smith


ton Red Sox today defeated the
New York Giants in the first game
Of the post-season series between
the pennant-Winners of the Ma
tional and American leagues.
Thirty-eight thousand fans wit
messed the game start, with Tes-
reau and Meyers as the Giants
battery and Wood and Cady work
ing for the Red Sox.
Here is how the game was
played:
First Inning.
There is a silence that makes your
hair Jingle as Hooper walks to the box,
swinging the conventional pair of bats
When he drops one and settles his feet
for the first time of the series in front
of the Polo grounds plate you can all
but hear him breathe. The silence does
not last One strike on him. Two
strikes. Then the Giant fans let out a
roar. Tesreau is striking him out! But
no--a ball, another, three, four and he
walks. And as Hooper canters smiling
| toward first the thousands and thou
+, sands of Boston fans let out a roar
| that shakes the stands and echoes
again and again against Coogan's his
toric bluff.
1t looks bad for the Giants right here.
McGraw's whole safety depends on
Tesreau's being steady. And he isn't,
But things cheered up right away for
New York. YerIes snacks one down
to Doyle and is neatly thrown out to
Merkle. There is some class to this
Doyle He shows it all the time
OF course Hooper goes on to second
on the play and is in scoring territory,
with Terrible Iris Speaker up. With
strike and a ball on him. the Texan
grounds to Doyle and is out at first
Hooper goes on to third on this play,
which constitutes a sacrifice though 1t
was not so intended. And then Hooper
dies. for Lewis hoists to Snodgrass. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
Devore Fans First.
When Wood walks to his place on the
Polo grounds slab there is more cheer
ing from the Boston section, led vigor-
ously by Mayor Fitzgerald. The Boston
star is smilingly confident He knows
he is right and he holds the. Giants
lightly. 1t will be a cinch And 1t is
cinch to get Deyore. Strike follows
strike until the fatal three are acquired
~,
the unoffending bat boy.
Doyle is easy with a grounder to
Wagner, who throws him out to Stahl
On Snodgrass the whole thing depends
and he seems to know it. He scowls
and bites his lips as he walks to the
plate. With two balls on him he meets
one fair and 1t goes to center for
single, the first hit of the worlds Sc
ries, There is a 30,000-lung demon
stration at this and the air fairly trem-
bles with the noise
Then up comes Murray, the boob of
last years worlds series. He has a
chance to redeem his laurels and in
measure he does It, by waiting out
Wood for four balls, 1t is nice work
for couple of them are close This
puts the responsibility up to Merkle
and the situation is tense. Two strikes
are piled up and two balls Then there
is a crack Of the bat and q weak fly is
raised to Wagner who grabs it and
ends a sensational inning 1t has been
a fine chance for both teams to score
No runs, one hit, no errors.
SECOND INNING.
Gardner is the first man who gets
chance al Tesreau's wet ones in the
second and he makes the most OF It.
The first two Of Tesreau's offerings are
balls. Then comes strike Then the
third ball, then the second strike. In
the supreme batting pinch Gardner
dumps a grounder I'm Fletcher's direc-
ton. 1t is an easy out, but the Giant
shOrtstop is nervous. He tries to take
it carefully, but messes it up instead
and in a fash Gardner ISIS afe on the
error.
Then comes Stahls opportunity, but
he doesn't do much with it. His bunt
is neatly executed, zut it rolls too
swiftly and Tesreau picks it up and
with a quick whirl and snap nails
Gardner at second, Fletcher taking the
throw Stahl tries then to make
amends for his poor but by stealing
| second but in this also he fails
| Meyers has his first chance and he