The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-10

ewson worn out by a hard pitched IL
inning tie game. ~
Iris Speaker, the red sox middle
fielder furnished the dramatic .clinIrx
i'm the contest where fortune played
tickle favor with first one and then. tho
other team. The ninth inning found
the Red Sox and the Giants locked in
a tie score of 3 to 3. The Red .sox
from the box in the eighth inning by
a shower of hits and Hall la been
sent to relieve him. Merkle shed
out a three Dagger in the tenth inning
and the home club host was in gloom
when he scored on a sacrifice hit.
In the fading light 1t was difficult for
the Red Sox to follow The our of
Mathewson's big drop and New York
Yerkes had been turned back to the
plate and the big crowd looked TO
Speaker. The trio of giant outer gard
'eners moved for ageld. Mathewstn
wounded UP and sent a fast in-shoot up
to the plate. Speaker gave a wicked
swing n the ball was sailing far over
Becker's head in center. Speaker
rounded first, then second and raced to
third. The ball caTomed from the back
fence and Becker seized 1t and threw
to Shafer, who ~momentarily juggled il.
Speaker hesitated at third, then sped
for the plate n slid under Catcher
Wilson, who fumbled Shafer's relay
throw. That tied the score and the
crowd went wild. To make sure that
he had touched the plate, Speaker re
turned and touched the plate a second
time before Wilson recovered the bail,
Red Sox fans were not loth last night
to give the Giants credit for a game
fight.
first inning and scored three runs by
hitting Mathewson. hard, but the giants
u~ndismayed, fought back and by pep
pering away at Collins delivery, picked
up a run in the second and another in
tho FnaRrfh inning RnafnFl faIIfad-l a -
other score In the fifth inning, but New
York was not to be denied and when
Duffy Lewis dropped SnodgrasS' fly
opening the eighth inning they started
Stahl to hurry Hall to Collins RELIEF.
Three runs already were over the plate
on an error, a single and two doubles.
This gave New York a lead of one ran.
moment however, for h red sOx at
tackled MathewSon's drop curves Vag
ely and coupled with an error by
Fletcher, the tieing run was sent over
with Merkle's hit n Speakers NIGH
ty smash to the center field fence.
Fletcher was broker hearted last
night over his poor game at short-stop
for New York. Two OF his three glar-
ing errors aided materially in the MAX
ing of runs by the Red Sox.
Wagner starred at short-stop for
Boston, accepting ten chances and exc
cutting a brilliant play in the ninth
inning when on the dead run, he speared
Fletchers ~grounder with his glOved
hand, turned and with a rifie-shot
throw, that StahI also took with one
hand, nailed Fletcher at first base.
There was an unusual bit of base steal
ing in the game, for a world series
contest, five bags being pilfered. OF
these. Hooper stole two and Stahi one
for the Red Sox, while Snodgras and
Herzog each bea Carrigans throws.
Hooper, for the Red Sox, had a field
day. He knocked out three hits, stole
two bases, scored once ana gathered in
three flies in the outfeld. Murray and
| Herzog were the heavy hitters Tor
the Giants. Murray duplicated his tell