The Detroit times., 1912-10-15
Red Sox Have Excelled in Field.
ing, Giants in Batting
and Hurting
"a
lS RUNS EACH TOTAL
FOR THE SIX GAMES
Half of These, However, the
Giants Have Been Forced
to Earn
BY eRANTLANp RICE.

BOSTON, Oct. 15.-Dawn broke on
the restless, shattered slumber OF two
Red-eyed, nerve-racked clans who
were 10 rise again and face their
seventh fight for the championshfp OF
the world.
The Red Sox, hghting desperately.
has rushed To a safe, clean lead, only
10 have this lead cut down to the
margin OF one game-and 10 De
placed where II her star slabman fat
ed today the edge would belong 70
fhe rival and clan who had age and
experience ready 10 meet youth and
brilliancy, inexperienced against sueh
q smashing test.
There fs glory for all In the fght
like this-and the only pity In that
one must lose where the other mnst
wiz. Both have fought with too
much heart and courage TO miss the
laurel which only one can wear.
AZ the series now stands after yes
tcrday's battle. no one but a partisan.
reeking with bias, prejudice and un.
fairness. can say that either team has
shown the edge. man for man and
clan for clan.
The Red Sox have excelled in field- J
ing; the Giants have excelled In pitch.
ing and batting. The great work OF
their slabmen with Marquard head.
ing the list. has made Stahis slash
ing batsmen rely more upon the
breaks in the Giant defense than abil-
ity to hit i'm the needed runs. The
Red Sox have scored Is runs to date
and earned nine.
The Giants have also scored Is
rurs, an even count in scoring, but so
relentless and almost fiawless has
beer the wonderful defense, Of Wag-
Eer, Yerkes, Speaker and others. that
their lmpenetrable defense has forced
Manhattan's hope TO earn Is OF her
Is runs-five-sixths against one-half.
New York has made fifty hits to
Moston's 43-and has stolen eight
bases TO Boston's six. Bat New York
has made IL errors to Boston's five
and where New York's IL errors sent
| through unearned runs, Boston's
i FIVE sent through but three tallies
! that should not have scored.
The spirit and the courage OF this
! fight has never been equalled. Bos-
ton, after a ragged start, supposed to
he breaking when Marquard tied
things up. swung back together and
rushed with such fierceness that Tes-
reau and Mathewson were beaten
back and the jump had placed her
/ PEOPLE within one game OF the title.
! And in the next stand they formed
! again at the show down and took but
cne round to smash their way to
within gripping distance OF the prize.
Richard LeMarquis, duke OF the
rifle pit and southpawed mandarine
| OF the mound. stand as the peer OF
Wood with two victories TO his credit
and no defeats-and the only two vic
tories the Giants have put across.
| II was Marquard's early rush
through May and June which put the
I Giants where the National league flag
at last came their way. And now 1t
aas been Marquard's work In the big
show that has put his pals within
reach OF the prize and given them
their chance.
And vet. such are the fortunes OF
war Marquard pitches two games.
allows two earned runs and wine
games, allows one earned run and
stands without victory.
In this last stand the Giant at
tack put Marquard beyond any great
trouble by tearing the hide OF Buck
O'Brien in thick, red, gore dripping
stripes at the start. Ray Collins fol-
lowed with such 4 bewildering dis
play that New York stood helpless.
! RI Ray had shown the same stun I'm
the first start, the series would have
ended Saturday night. He toiled with
the srt of a master, but there are too
many 'ifs" to wrestle with In this
series TO attempt lining them up.
Strung out six inches apart they
would make the yellow wall OF China
.ook like a brief span orless than the
distance OF an elephants leap.