Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-12
ENORMOUS CROWD
FILLED STADIUM
TO WITNESS FOURTH GAME OF
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Red Sox Victors by Score Of Three to
One" Smoky" Woods Shone Con-
spicuously-Tesreau Left Box at
End of Seventh.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 11.-Boston, the
pennant winners of the American
l. ague, were victors today over the
New York Nationals, by a score of 3
to 1, in the fourth game Of the
worlds series. The Red Sox have
now won two games, the Giants one,
the second contest ended in a tie.
The thirty-six thousand persons
who were jammed into the Brush
Stadium today, saw simon pure base
ball, in contest that thrilled in
ming by inning. The teams played
in true form, and the nervousness
noted in the earlier contests was not
observed
Smokey" Joe Woods shone today.
Not one Giant was passed, while
eight New Workers struck out He
was in trouble only in two innings.
In the sixth session Tesreau jab-
bed hit to left, and Devore singled
before any one was out, and the
stands went wild, but Wood re-
mained as cool as an iceberg. He
caused Doyle to pop out, and fed
Snodgrass and Murray quick-break-
ing down shoots, causing them to
send weak rollers to the infield.
New York made her run in the
seventh when Herzog singled to GEN.
ter and Fletcher scored him with
two-bagger.
Boston broke into the run column
in the secnd inning when Gardner
tripled and scored on Tesreau's wild
pitch.
In the fourth, Stahl reached first
on force hit. stole second, went to
third on an infield out and home on
Cady's drive.
! The third run came in the ninth
I Gardner singled, was sacrificed to
second by Stahl took third on an in
field out and tailed on Woods
single.
Wagner, the Sox shortstop, rob-
bed the Giants of three hits. Two Of
( his stops, smashed over second, were
made with one hand and on a dead
run. In the eighth, with one run
neede to tie the score, Wagner grab
bed a slashing grounder and shot it
to first Devore, who wa smaking
for the initial bag, was out by inches.
Yerkes and Fletcher were the
other fielding stars, while Murray
made brilliant one-hand catch Of
Hooper's drive that looked good for
three bases.
Tesreau, New York's pitcher, did
not strike his stride until after Bos-
ton scored two runs. After that he
frightened up, and in the fifth. sixth
back in one, two, three order. He
was taken out after the seventh to
allow pinch hitter to bat. Ames
pitched the remainder of the game.
The Boston jitcher's mystifying
drop balls and fast in-shootsswere a
riddle to the New York batters.
''Ho wcan we hit what we can not
see?" asked Murray. when he walked
to the bench after tanning a second
time.
Gray sodden clouds hid the sun
during the game and in the murky
atmosphere Woods speed ball played
havoc with the Giants batting.
Tesreau was given rousing cheer
when he wen to the box. Wood was
also given a cordial reception.
With today's game the players
cease 10 share in the receipts.
The four games played netter them
s141,5722. breaking the record es-
tablished last year when the players
share was s127,910.61. The win
ming players this year will receive
ssS,543.37.
individually each player of the
winning team is due to receive ap-
proximately four thousand dollars
The losers about s2,S00
There were thirteen strike-outs in
. today's game. For Boston, Cady
: struck out twice, and Lewis. Stab
|. and Wagner once each. On New
York's side, Murray and Merkle fan
!; ned twice. and Devore. Snodgrass