The Washington times., 1912-10-09
GIANTS MUST
WORK "MATTY"
TO HOLD EVEN
Grantland Rice Finds Boston
Has But Slight Edge
on Series.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

"uin nlnRe OF tn6 Oiu master aIteE
all. For the first time in Maphat-
tan's post-season history, Mathew
son adorned the Giant bench instead
Of the Giant firing line in an open
ing game. For the first time in
Manhattan's post-season history the
Giants lost the lump game" Four
times before the Big Gun had blazed
the trail for Giant start. But yes
terday he looked on. and today he
will try to retrieve what younger
generation tossed aside. 49,
When the gods go the half gods ar
rive slowly. They may blaze in
glory for half the distance, but the
trail runs from start to finish, and
there 10 no resting place by the road
side for those who would finish wear
Ing the laurel.
Pals Saved Smoky joe"
The Grand Old Dope slipped through
by an eyelash at the start. Joe Wood
pitched, and Boston won. But Smokey
Joe." through a game exhibition. was
doomed until his pals rushed suddenly
to his aid and yanked him safely out OF
trouble. His next start must call for
increased steadiness, or almost sure
trouble II the Giant pitching stan sticks
to form.
There's . queer kink In the dope to-
day. and here II is In that hectic
opener both clubs fought to an eyeiash
dnish. neck and neck beak and beak
until Woods last shot hurtied In a gray
white streak BY Crandail's bat and
thudded into Cady's mitt.
Yet both teams have lost any great
fear OF the other. and both are more
confident than they were at the start:
tho time. and sees no reason to change
her mood. And New York sees In the
fed-hosed legion Q tesm below the slash
ING power and general resourcefulness
Bakers. and the other home-run makers
Yet the edge is with Boston to this
extent: That hrst game counts, and
bali. 80 Is joe Wool Nsthss SS RsGh wss nst'sf at
top form, although the Giant mastodon
cut q brilliant streak across the first
five rounds.
How the Feeling Stands.
Boston's confidence has bounded for
ward because her clan has upset and
beaten Tesreau, the Terrible-the man.
moth her people have feared above all
other Giants. This and the fact that
New York showed again an attack that
always fell short-vitai weakness In her
batting machine which broke UP each
impending rally. .
And the Giants feel more confident in
defeat than they felt last year because
they not only see in Boston a less pow
srfui club than the Maekian maehinee,
the matchless Wood, who. with all his
brilliancy. lacks the cool. calculating
poise Of Bender. Plank and Coombs.
This t5io was s,iI nhumsn but but wOSS Weed has ns
system 10 composed Of q network Of
nerves likely to become tangled at any
stage. His daring speciality consisted
yesterday In leapins blithely from hole
Smoky Joe had the nerve-but the
nerves as well. He had the courage and
the stun-but q woeful lack Of steadi-
ness. He struck out eleven. but they
earned three runs from his pitching
and three runs In q worlds series ray
is generally enough.
Had Punch In Pinch.
Boston won the opener because her
clan had the punch-the punch in the
pinch-the punch at bat and in the box.
When the showdown arrived she had
somebody there with q kick amassed
in either restless hoof 1t was either
Wood. or Speaker. or Hooper. or Yerkes
but always the right man at the right
~uot With. the right goods
New York carried more brilliant fash
es-both In pitching and In batting-but
in neither could the Giants run out their
Always at the big spot they fell short
by the margin Of an syslassn, ash when ,Sn,,an an
safely. Tesreau had but one more man
20 handle in the fatal seventh with
two out-but he couldn't handle him.
New York needed one more hit In the
reliying ninth-but the hit never came.
Boston had an opening and that was
enough. New York had three. and three
were not enough. And there, gentle
reader. you are. Boston had danced to
the old-tme melody: 81 want what
want when I want It," What Ia even
more to the point, she got 1t.
.-Tesreau and Donovan.
Mr.. Tesreau-Mr. Donovan-Wild Bill
Ozark Jeff; shake. For thereby strings
. yarn.
Back in 1907. Donovan. pitching fol
the Tigers. held the Cubs hitless fol
five rounds. But Wild Bill couldn't &c
the distance. The Cubs broke the spell
IN the sixth and hayed his hide of ir
the seventh.
Yesterday Tesreau stood the rushing
Fox toes up through tS- first five stan
zas. They could not hit him with q
gattling gun. But in these first nv,
rounds he pitched his marrow out. Be
tween the first and second wind, thej
broke beneath his guard. He ha(
pumped out the vital spark and wal
waiting for the flame to burn again.
The alert keen-eyed Speaker saw tht
flutter FIRST and II was Speakers tripl,
that started the fare-up. In the mex
round they got to him with his guart
down and whirling their biudgeons
drove him from the field. -.
This marked Boston's lone assault
but In that one, mad. headlong charge
they swept the game beyond the Giants
reach. The punch was there at tn,
psychological moment-anh the knock
out was back OF the punch.
outside OF Woods game brillian
pitching In the throbbing pinches ant
the Red Sox rally that won, there wer,
three leading Incidents which featured
above all others In the days play.
The nrst fell against Boston and cos