Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-17
SERIES A PRESENT
Snodqrass Gives Worlds Title
to Boston.
MUFFED AN EASY FLY
Pinch Hitters Practically Secure
Game for Red Sox-Mathew-
sons Great Work.
BY J. ED GRILLO.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

/ Sptcidi Dispatcu 10 1 ne star.
| BOSTON, Mass. October 17.-Boston
was made present of a worlds cham
| pionship yesterday. The donator was
| one Fred SnOdgrass. who has been
! earning a living playing center field fer
! the New York Giants.
| His muff of fly ball in the tenth in
| ming gave the Red SoX a victory to which
| they We're in no way entitled. The
Giants had scored what seemed certain
| to be the winning run, in the first half
J of this inning. and when Engel sent a
| long fly to center under which Snod-
grass had no trouble getting, it seemed
| that the beginning of the end was near
| at hand. The ball struck Snodgrass
| squarely in both hands, but hoped out,
! and before it could be returned to the in
| field Engel was on second base. On the
very next ball pitched Snodgrass caught
a line drive from Hooper, but Mathewson
| walked Yerkes. Speaker offered chance
F.! to be retired when he popped up little
| foul right opposite first base. Mer1
kle made no effort to get the ball. and
Meyers failed to reach it. Speaker took
advantage of this respite and follower
with a single which sent Engel home
with the tying run. Then Lewis was
walked, and Gardner hit long fly to
right field. which allowed Yerkes to score
from third base, after it was caught. and
the game and the series were over.
Poor old Mathewson! One cannot help
but feel for him. 1t was the third time
during the series that he has pitched win
ming ball, yet has failed to win. Again
his support faltered at critical stages.
but none of the other games was so
hard to lose as this one. Fate has been
unjust to the wonderful pitcher, for with
support such as any pitcher may de-
mand he would have had a shut-out to
his credit yesterday
1t was by far the most stirring battle
of the series. married. of course, by the
misplays which occurred behind both
pitchers though MatheWsOn had much
the worst of it in that he lost the game
because of the errors which We're made
behind him. The run with which the
Red Sox tied the score should never have
also responsible for this tally for he
butted into a play when he should have
allowed Murray to handle it. and as re-
suit an apparently easy out for Stahl
was turned into base hit and eventually
the tying run. Brilliant was his pitch
ing, but the misplays at the finish placed
him in a position from which he or no
other pitcher could have been expected to
extricate himself, and the hero of many
battles and of this series was forced to
see his colors lowered when he should
have had a victory to his credit.
Not far behind Mathewson was Bedient
who worked in seven innings and was re-
lieved only to allow Henricksen to bat for
him. The move proved wise one. for
Henricksen made the hit which tied the
score Bedient gave Mathewson a strong
argument. yet the chances are that the
would have met with defeat had not the
change of batters been made when it was.
The taking out of Bedient forced the
return of Wood to the slab His per-
Torrance was far from brilliant and he
was hit hard enough in the tenth, when
Murray's double and Merkle's single gave
the Giants the lead, though this was
overcome. thanks to the miserable work
of Snodgrass and Merkle in that final
round.
The one run which the Giants scored in
the third should have been sufficient to
decide the day. 1t would have been had
Mathewson been given proper support
But misplay allowed the Sox to tie the
score and the worst sort of playing gave
them victory in the tenth.
A walk to Devore, which was followed
by two put-outs. which allowed him to
reach third. followed by a slashing two
Dagger by Murray. brought the run across
the plate and for six innings this was
the advantage which the Giants held.
But in the seventh the score was tied
With one out Stahl hit a little fly over
short. Snodgrass. Murray or Fletcher
could have caught tie ball, but
Snoderass called for it, and after the
two other players had made way for
him he also stopped and the ball fell
safe. Wagner was walked and Cady
popped up to Fletcher. Then Henrick-
sen was sent to bat for Bedient. Mathew
son had two strikes on him when he hit
IL ball OH the outside of the plate which
struck. the third base bag and rolled 10
the fence. Stalll scored and Henricksen