Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-17
RED SOX AS THE WORLD
CHAMPIONS ARE NOT THE
TEAM ATHLETICS WERE
If Mathewson Had the Support Mack In
field and Outfield Could Have Given,
He Would Have Won All Three Games.
DOYLE, sNoDoRAss, MERkLE AND MEYERS
OFFENDED IN EVERY BATTLE MATTY WAS IN

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showed wonderful nerve on Monday
when he compelled the Kissed home
fans in Gotham who had been knock
Ing him to turn around and cheer him
by making a sensational catch.
The worst mistake ~Snodgrass made
outside of dropping that fly yesterday
was getting caught off first base in
Fridays game at the Polo Grounds;
but the fans gave Wood no credit at
all for his cleverness. Snodgrass did
not have much of a lead and had
been chased back several times.
Wood has a trick in throwing to
first base. The first time he turns
and losses ~leisurely to the bag and
the runner gets careless. Suddenly
Wood Wills turn and throw with a
half sidearm and half underhand mo-
ton, which he never uses during the
game, but with great speed. He
pulled just that trick on Snodgrass.
Fred Merkle did fall down yester-
day when in the tenth he failed to
catch Speakers foul fly before iris
got in his damaging single. Merkle
will never shine in a worlds series,
because he is too afraid of making
ai = VI JuQ6Ilttll. ne WAS un-
fortunate in not touching second base
years ago, and he never will live
down the ignominy heaped on his
name at that time.
Stahl, however. had two chances to
retire Red Murray before Red raped
out his two doubles. which resulted
in both of the Giant runs. Twice
Murray put up fouls, which Stahl
misjudged. partly because of the
wind. Yet, these facts were over
looked and everyone jumped on Snod-
grass. Snodgrass must have felt as
uncomfortable last night and today as
a murderer slated for the electric
chair. for killing his own teams
chance, and still he has shown his
great gameness in this series. Ten
to one he would give up his share OF
the receipts If he could have held that
ball. As the pill came out to him he
had to run toward left. Squeeze It'll"
shouted Murray. New York had a
one-run lead.
Snodgrass, perhaps, thought for a
fitting moment of his critics. what
if [ drop til" swept through his mind.
He got the ball in his two hands and
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New York rooters. Boston rooters
went wild. They had a man on sec
ond base and lone out, with the score
2-1 against them, and only a half an
inning left 10 save the worlds cham
p~ionship. Was ever a worlds series
so far gone and then saved? /
Mathewson was as stoical as ever.
Hooper tried to sacrifice and shove.
Engle to third, but Matty was SUI
preme and Hooper fouled off twice
and was compelled to hit. He drove
a terrific liner to centre. Snodgrass
made a great catch, but everyone
overlooked it.
Then Speaker came to bat. iris
is a great batter, but be is no Ty
CobbA He cannot place a hit as Cob
can, neither can he drop those teas
ing Texas Leaguers over the lnfeld.
He tried to choke his bat in that
p~erve-racking tenth, but Matty out
guessed him and used a curve ball
| that came in close to Speaker. Iris
fouled 1t. Matty. Meyers or Merkle
| could have caught it. Matty stood
still in the box, not wishing to ex-
ert himself. Merkle started after it
| slowly, while Meyers tore down the
line and then stopped stock still.
Whose fault was it? The man in
| front of the ball should always make
| the catch, therefore Merkle is blamed,
vet Movers meant well, for the wind
kept carrying the ball away from him
| and he did not wish to collide with
Merkle. who was not using his gray
matter. In the pinch 1t came to a
battle of brains and Boston won out.
In the game at New York on Mon
day Cady went after n the same
way, when Gardner should wave
| caught the ball.
Neither of them got it. But Collins
retired the batsman and nothing was
said of it. The scorers could not call
it an error for Cady.
Getting back to yesterdays game:
Speaker met Matty's next offering.
| Devore was lying far out and Speak
er's line drive went for a clean single.
Deyore did not use the best Judg-
ment here. He might have known
that Speaker was not trying for a
long hit and probably a f1y-out when
a short single would mean a tied
score. Josh laid too a out. Again
| New York was lacking in individual
brains. McGraw could furnish the
team with gray matter while the
men were on the bench during their
turn at the bat, but in the field he
could not help them as he could on
the base lines and at the plate.
Engle tied the score amid the great
est din ever heard at any ball game.
Thousands, of birds in a nearby park
were frightened by the echoes and
SCARED high in the air, circling far
away until they disappeared, mere
| specks in the sky.
Boston Cheered "Bix Six"
The Boston fan had cneered Matty
all through the game. They wanted
n see Boston win, but they wanted
TO see Mathewson win almost as
much as did New York fans. Matty
was a pathetic figure. His nerve was
broken. He tried to keep the ball
away from Lewis, who had been easy
all day. Matty's perfect control de-
serted him for once. In trying to
keen the ball low and o. the outside
he gave Lewis three balls, and the
bases were filled. A little scratch
hit would decide the series!
ardne had sent out two long
drives which Snodgrass had pulled
down earlier in the game. besides
raab;no a douhIe in the fourth inn