Evening journal., 1912-10-11
GIANTS-RED SOX HAVE
KICKED ALL BASEBALL
DOPE TO THE FOUR WINDS

Herzog and Murray to lead he Clan II
assault, New York had combed Buci
O'Brien, the eminent splitter, for tWt
runs. They hal turned this trick b,EE
reaching Saliva Buck in What arl~
known far and wide as the pincheslE
Two runs looked to be a million witles
Marquard in such rare form
backed up at least by steady. confden
support When Speaker popped oul ul|
in the ninth the game looked to b
over. Then came the turn-the sud IA
den break-which shows well enoug @
how this series stands and how l.
looks across future games.
Coming on grimly gamely ant
valiantly for that final rush, Levi.
singled and Gardner doubled to rightn|
Devore played the ball badly an1'
Merkle dropped the relay. But Heini@
| Wagner, the brainest player on thH'
Boston team, coaching at third, turnl
ed the ram upside down. He attn
tempted to block Lewis from scoring
and failed, and then turned and.|
waived Gardner back to second when1
he could have walked to third upon
his finger tips. This brainstorm
coaching cost Boston a run and tie
game, as the Giants were then most 4
certainly poised for a final detona-
] ton.
Stahl tapped to Marquard, who
nipped Gardner at third, where he
should have been before Stahl came
up. Wagner tapped to Fletcher, who1
pegged straight and true to MerkeQ
/ for what should have been the cios-l
ing out. Merkle dropped the ball.
af. h.
ners on first and third. Wagner pill
fered second and when Cady peeled off
terrific wallop to right center, only
a steeple jack catch by Devore saved
Marquard's scalp
We introduce these gentle incidentsl
again to show that anything can hap
pen in this series-that New York
can still get all the best OF the pitch
ing and batting and still lose unless
her support decides to settle down
for day or two and make at least
! two or three safe. conservative plays
The Giants have shown all the best
of the pitching and batting, but the
Red Sox have shown the best de-
fensive play. Another Boston weak
ness develops in the lack of gen.
eralship as the team appears to be
lurking in circles without any central
aim or given point to shoot
In totalling the statistics we find
that while both teams have scored
II runs, New York has compiled 26
hits against % and has earned nine
runs to Boston's five. The Red Sox
have earned but one run in their last
two games against Mathewson and
Marquard, but what's the dad-binged
use of earning what the other blokes
are willing to slip you generously,
freely and with lavish hand?
When a series gets down to where
three games are played and each game
swings upon the last ball pitched
the final out-there is no great roar
of confidence due from either camp.
It is possibly this feature-the fact
that every ball hit-every ball caught
and every ball thrown turn the game
upside down that has gotten in its
nerve-shattering effect.
Outside Of the pitching-and De-
vore's catch-two Giants have kept
their tribe in the hunt upon the at
tack. These two are Herzog and
Murray, the twin sons of Swat
Red Jack has wiped 1911 off the
slate forever. With Herzog batting
500 mostly in the pinches, it has been
Murray who combed the needed swats
and saved at least two games.
Out of three starts Murray has
driven in or scored five runs out of the
IL total; Herzog has driven in or
scored four more. Summed up, the
series now is sure to run out to six
games and almost sure to run seven
or eight There's fine healthy
chance for the first eight-game world
series ever played But If Boston
can win with Wood today, Stahl will
stick him back on Monday, and even
, if Smokey Joe cops both starts, the
| Giants have their chance 10 even up
. with Mathewson and Marquard showed
! in against Collins and O'Brien
In the fourth battle Tesreau and
II Continued on Page Eleven.)