Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-14
BOSTON HAS HAD BREAKS
IN LUCK DURING SERIES
Dame Fortune Has Been Deciding Factor
in Close Games Played
Other Gossip.

has not figured in the run-getting as
much as Yerkes and Hooper.
Joe Woods proves was more or less
discounted in advance by the Giants, al
though it was hoped that he would be
defeated in at least one game. but
Bedient was never considered seriously
as an opponent. That he would be able
to defeat Mathewsdn in one OF. the most
brilliant games that the "Old Master"
has ever pitched would never have been
believed until he did that very thing.
A glance at the official scores of the
games. however. show that as a whole the
Boston team is the steadier in defense.
The Red SOX have committed four errors
in the series. while the Giants have been
guilty of nine some of which have figured
in runs and probably decided gan. 8. On
the other hand. the Giants have Outhit
their rivals. ching credited with a total
of thirty eight hits out of 1876 times at
bat, against thirty-SeVen for the Red SoX
out of 169 times at bat making the re-
spective percentages for the teams ~
and .219.
These figures. however. go to prove, to
remarkable degree. how evenly the
teams are matched. When it is recalled
that one of the games, eleven innings
long. resulted in a tie: that all except
one We're won or lost with a margin of
but one run. and that the Red SoX. with
three games Won to their credit. have
made but sixteen runs to their opponents
thirteen, the closeness of the struggle will
be realized.
1t is admitted by fair-minded observers
that most of the breaks have been in
favor of the Red SOX. According to the
law of probabilities ii is possible that
the luck will change. and the Giants.
should they pull tOdayS game out Of1he
fire. will renew the struggle with the
desperate hope of winning yet. though it
would make eight or more games neces-
sary. Base ball followers have not for
gotten the brilliant struggle of nine years
ago. when these same Red Sox came from
behind in the series with Pittsburgh and
won the worlds championship of 1903.
McGraw seemed to be a little bit dis
appointed Saturday after the game was
over, and he was more disappointed for
the regard in which he holds his players
than he was because of the actual loss
of the contest.
Those boys said he. ARE good
enough, competent enough and fast
know that they are rather uncertain at
times when much is expected of them.
but put them i'm a test like that which
we have from the first of April until
the first of October and they will fight
their way through to the top exactly as
they did this year and the year before.
So far l am personally concerned. 1
would give everything that they might
be similarly successful In worlds series
contest.
"Of course. it would help them to a
trifiing extent financially, but, more than
that. it would assist their general base
ball attitude.
1T has been said. and I do not think
with justice, that they are not a team
to be relied upOn-in, other words, not a
team of high caliber. That is not true
No organization of athletes ever was
able to force itself to the front in a
competition like that which is demanded
in base ball fight in the National or
the American League unless it has real
merit.
"Once again. this team is forced down
to the last stand. That stand will be
made in New York Monday afternoon.
and 1 am certain from what 1 know
about these ball players that they will
make the New York spectators concede
that, win or lose, the Giants are making
a fight which is a credit to their club
and to their city"