Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-17
BY FRED j. BENDEL

Z sox to win the worlds champion
n shin before the series began has no
a reason to gloat of his prophecy to-
y day. If the Red Sox and the Giants
\ uiiayed all season in the same league
the lance are 2 to l that the
! Boston team would finish higher in
the race than New York. but neither
. of those two teams showed that class
the Athletics did asst season and
4 still show, outside of the pitchers
box.
The Athletics are still the best team
IN the world in our estimation. Ihelr
A pitchers improved toward the end OF
the seasons and If Mack's young fin
gers come through next season
show he same form as h ud ID
81 the intercity series at P~hiiadelphla,
well-it's a long way off until an
n other worlds series-so We'll cut out
the pipe dreams!
il There were some National League
q naagnates coming down from Bos-
n ton on the special last night, VINO
81 lso claimed that New York was not
tbe hest team in the National League
4 tbis season and hat Pittsburg had
tba hest all-around combination, but
he crafty McGraw got the jump On
Ntbe Giants's seven rivals in the spring
Hand held it to the finish.
n Rcd sox Better Combination.
~ The Red Son, on the whole, are d
Mhat+ar combination, more evenly pal
JR,nced than the Giants. but they lack
8tbe Giants finesse on the aggressive'
hrs team is like a pr1ze-ngnler
Hvho has a punch, a "ailop'
Rtoo. but Ices not know now 70 a
II the best use of 1t. The fteu eoA aie
II nopelessly weak and lacking IN Vet,
n satility in squeezing a runner arouno
the paths on any but the lohg-ols-
4 lance hitting route. JOHN
u McC,raw has outgeneraldeo jake
u Stahl as he would a seml-pro man
Lager. but Jake made n move yes
terdav that probably won the series
for Boston. That was in h seventh
~ inning when he called on Henrickson
III utility outielder, whom many think
4 will succeed Duffy Lewis next year
] IN the Red Sox left garden because
i Lewis Is slowing up. There were two
II o,t with men on first and second in
"A Roston,s lucky seventh. 1t was n
n FIRST time In three days that any luck
n had broken for the Sox, and as rate
IA decreed It. the "Great" Mathewson,
II WIN nitched better bal than Mar
4 onard or any other Giant pitcher ! n
A this series, was the victim OF fates
Knranks for the third time.
n JJp to the seventh round, New YORK
a had scored one run off the great
Bedient. who deserves more than
does Wood the credit for yesterdays
u game. his second start of the series.
y This one run was the result of a pass
n Ia Devore at the start OF the third
u round Bedient invariably got into
trouble by allowing the first man up
n to get on base.
III Ring in Doyle, Too.
FL Those who are blaming Snodgrass
III and Merkle entirely for the Giants
Bdefeat yesterday should follow the
n next play closely: Doyle rolled one
u 10 Gardner. who was plainly nervous.
Il Devore got a bad start from first and
n had Gardner handled the ball with
n his usual skill he could have turned
~ the grounder into an. easy double
~ play. Instead, he fumbled
vi tarily and then had to throw to first
" base. getting only Doyle. That put
. lDeyore on second base, with n out,
N and was as good as a sacrifice hit.
S~nodsrass grounded to Stahl, putting
u Devore on third. Bedient now had. to
get rid of Murray, with a man or
third. whereas there should have been
"a no one on base, if you want to go
4 through the game "if-ing!"'
ii Murray tore off his first double here.
81 Sneaker made a sensational sprint
\ and Just touched the ball, knocking
II down. New York would not have
n scored IF Speaker had had a frac-
ton of a second more. Devore walked
u home on this double.
4 Mathewson Wonderful.
n Mathewson was wonderful yester-
A day. he was superb. His fadaway
IL melted and seemed suddenly to be-
come invisible, as it approached the
Mate. Cady said after the game that
he could see the ball all the way ana
Il he knew he was swinging too soon.
vet Mathewson had him s~pellbound
and Cady popped up flies four times.
n Three times he had chances to break
N up the game, too.
III Mathewson had no luck in this Sc
Nries. Say what 0 may, next to
y nerve, luck is the biggest thing In
baseball.
Vanguard had all kinds of good
Al luck in this series. Matty had all
II tYe bad luck. Maybe If Vanguard
had worked his luck might have car
I ried him through. Larry Doyle was
4 really q worse clown han Snodgrass
4 in this series. Larry made all kinds
Il Of ''bones," but three times in the
last two games the luck vas with
him when balls bounced off his glove
II and went to Fletcher for force-outs
at second base. Doyle is one of. the
poorest second-sackers in the big
league when he has to come in on a
slow srounder or cover ground to his
left. Still Doyle did not muss up
Il any in quite so tense a moment as
s~nodgrassi did yesterday. Doyle did
4 lose Saturdays game for Mathew
n son, however, by letting the ball go
III through his legs, which scored the
II winning run for Boston.
II. II any one is to blame for Spod-
grass failure certain scribes in
4 New York should suffer with him.
III Instead of encouraging a nervous
A Maker in q series of such Importance
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