Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-15

a quick return to the first baseman
and the latter touched Hooper as he
came sliding into the bag. Yerkes fled
out 20 Snedgrass. Speaker was given
a base on balls and stole second on
the first ball pitched, but he was left
there when Lewis lifted a fly TO De-
wore.
New York won the game right at
the jump off. Devore, after getting
three balls and two strikes, hit a
grounder to Gardner and was tossed
out at first. DOYLE rolled a slow
bounder to Yerkes, who could not field
it in time to catch Doyle and the New
York runner was safe. Doyle prompt
" stole second and Snodgrass fell a
victim to strikes. Murray scratched
a hit to the infield, beating Wagners
fast throw to first and Doyle moved
tn third base on the hit. o Brien, who
had been watching the runners close
ly here. made a miscue that unbal-
anced the team for the inning and
finally resulted IN five runs pouring
over the plate. Stepping toward first
as if to make throw he made
palpable balk in not tossing the ball
to Stahl, and when Capt. Doyle APP
pealed, Umpire Klein 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 double down the left field
foul line, sending Merkle across with
the third score. "Chief' Meyers then
drove a grounder at Wagner. who
made a pretty stop and throw after
a hard run, but the Indian beat the
tall to first. Herzog was held at third
on the play. O'Brien 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 Her.
zog. threw a 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 eheered for several min
utes. Fletcher took too big a lead off
first base and O'Brien. swapping the
ball TO Stahl the New York short
step was out on a close decision. end
ing the biggest inning of the present
Worlds Series.
The five runs looked large to the Red
Sox, but they came up cheerfully in the
second inning and when they got through
the score did not look so bad. Gardner
opened by chopping a grounder at Mar
guard. 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 Cady
sent UP a high fly that fell into the big
glove of Meyers. Engle, the utility in
fielder and pinch hitter. was sent in to
bat for O'Brien, and he brought joy to
the Red Sox rooters by lacing a two
Dagger to left field. Gardner easily
scored on the drive and Stahl also cross
ed the plate when Devore made two or
three stabs to pick up the ball, he being
charged with an error This ended the
scoring for the day Hooper fouled out
to Meyers.
Ray Collins, the left handler. went in to
pitch for Boston in the second half Mar
guard flied to Stahl, Devore struck out,
and Doyle sent a long fly to Speaker.
Yerkes opened the Red SoX third inning
by driving single to center. He never
moved from the initial bag. Speaker
flied TO Snodgrass. Lewis drove a foul
which Devore captured after hard run
and Murray backed almost to the right
field fence to get Gardeners long fly.
In New York's third inning Yerkes took
care of Snodgrasss high fly. Murray hit
to short right field and in trying to make
second on the hit was out on Hooper's
perfect throw to Yerkes. Merkle batted
a slow bounder toward third and made
first safely, but was thrown out by Cady