Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12
With Joe Wood Pitching IN
vlncible Ball Red Sox
Take Fourth Contest;
Makes Two Out Of Three.
BOTH PITCHERS
WERE HIT HARD
Iesreau Was Weak in First
Five Innings, Giving Bos-
ton Advantage; A Wood
Strong in the Pinches.
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York Nationals by score ~ ! -
! today in the fourth game 81 the
worlds series before crowd number.
Ing about 10000 people. Joe Wood.
boston's pitching star. was inyincible
when hits meant runs and the New
iork batters could do nothing with
MIN Wood did not give base on i
Dalls. Wagner played star game a.
snonstop for Boston, taking several
| nard hit balls that were heading far
center held while on the dead run ana
plnching the batters at first by fast
throwing. :
The national commission did NOT IA.
eide to play the game until q few min.
utes before noon when IJmnira
lOLoughlin reported that while tha
playing field was very soggy. q game
could be played II no more rain fall
Ten thousand fans waited for honrs
IN long line that extended for many
blocks from the Brush stadium nnfiI
the gates were opened. A heavv rain
iell during the night made a slow nav.
Ing field. Umpires KLEIN and O.Inurh.
I'm walked around the base paths snd
tested the ground after which thaV
Iteiephoned Chairman Garry Herrmarf,
lot the national commission that tho
game could be played II no more rain
fell. The commission decided that 81
would be better to play as weather IN
dlcations were for rain tomorrow.
There was wild yell OF 10y from tha
crowd when the gates were opened anA
the lower grand stand and back fleId
bleachers began to fill rapidly.
Red Sox fans were disheartAnAd
over the report that Tris Speaker
would probably. be unable to piav. a
his ankle was in bad shape. it ~
swollen and Speaker limped a. he
walked across the field with the Bos.
ton club. They cheered up as Speak.
er took the field.
The enthusiasm OF the crowd seemed
without limit. There were cheers FOR
every player and for every lonx drive
that was made in batting practise.
There were over score OF women
who stood hours in the waiting iino
and when the gates were funE open.
they were as eager as the men Ia rush
to secure the best position for seeing
| the game
The field was heavy from rain. Near
the bags and around the home plata
the ground keepers had sprinkled
| u,
| While the Bostons were at field
practice Wood and Cady warmed up
for the Red Sox while Tesreau and
Wilson warmed up for the Giants.
Umpire Rigler went behind the plats
Evans went to left field: Umpire Klein
to right field and Umpire O'Loughlin
took care OF the decisions OF bases.
Batteres-Tesreau and Myers for
the Giants and Wood and Cady for
Boston.
Giants Say They Have Edge.
Bostons contingent OF rooters came.
over not as confident because Of yes.
terday's defeat.
The break Of the game by a BIT or
unfortunate catching and remark.
able catch at crucial point had gone.
against them, they agreed
"We are in better way than the,
Sox for pitchers, Manager McGraw!
declared today, "and 1t looks to ne tae,
| II the edge was ours"
| With the possible exception of
Speaker-and his lameness has had
no apparent effect on his playing
the men OF both teams we1e In fine
rival managers declared today. There
Wdc AOiAC wv AOA8 q ICoI 1OIi any OK
the players, however, for their train
was late in arriving from Boston ana
| it began to look as IL the straifiguf the
nightly switch from one city to an
other might begin to tell II the series
was prolonged.
Heroes have sprung from the games
already played. Over in Boston, Wood.
Speaker and Gardner, together with
Manager Jake Stahl, are idols. New
York fans today have crop TO-
worship Chief among Them were
Herzog and Murray, and Devore, while
Fletcher, too, the unfortunate victim
of.over-anxiety which led to costly
error-making in the first two battles,
has redeemed himself for the bril-.
liant work at bat and In the field ii
the latest Boston encounter.
Marquards development into fac
tor in the worlds series was a source
OF much satisfaction to local fans.
Betting on the series went to evens 40
q result Of the Giant victory. Today.
lfor the first time since the oertss
opened Giant hackers were not asktng
odds.