The Washington times., 1912-10-16

bOolON, MASS, Oct. l6.-Weil,
I'm glad I got a chance to see the
Giants play at last" said Petey Sim
mons as the seventh game, total
receipts. $3.50 players share.
$150.00o. ETC.: receipts, $4,000. Of the
worlds series came to a dreary.
frigid end. and the gallant remnants
Of the Boston royal rooters made
their usual parade with their coat
collars turned up to keep out the
bowling north wind.
What have l been watching dur
ing the SERIES" he repeated. I've
been watching a nice. industrious
set Of day laborers from New York
who have been playing good baseball
at $1,000 day and board. They have
been real good players, too-fielded
well and hit the ball with the best
intentions in the world-regular
pocket giants. But today they grew
up.
Same Old Giants.
Yesterday I watched the kind of
Giants who started out last spring and
won so many games In a row that the
New York newspapers used to print
their sporting extras with "Giants Win"
across the top In the morning. l got a
good peep at Slugging Snodgrass. De-
tonating Doyle. and the Heap Big
Chief. who used to bludgeon home the
game as regularly as he took nourish-
ment in the evening. saw them bang
the ball on tho nose. the forehead. and
the beak. saw them dance, stiff
legged half way down from first, steal
second before the catcher could throw
the ball. start for third on every pitch,
and leak in home on scratches, outs,
throw to second and every possible
"Oh. I tell you. those srown-up Giants
were a real ball team In the first in
ming. They were harder to handle than
q prairie Are. Boston couldn't keep
got there she couldn't keep them on
to save her life. never saw a bunch
so homesick as the Giants. They lit
orally pined for home. They began
steHinB NOME hs soon AS tney MT nrSt
base.
They Had Wood Dizzy.
They made three bases of singles.
two bases OF Of wild throws and single
bases on ne weather and no excuse at
all No wonder the poor old National
League teams lay down and put their
feet up last spring while the Giants
were oozing this sort Of tobasco at
every pore. Why they had Wood dizzy
yesterday afternoon just by running
around and around.
mo. sir. the Giants won because they
turned old Father Time backward to
last SPRING" said Petey. decisively.
when l suggested that Boston's refrig-
thing to do with the result
They went after that game like a
bull pup going after a kitten: they beat
the gun and got half way through with
S0sh nt man before the
and their feet sorted out. Wood meant
nothing to them yesterday-nothing
but several kinds Of New England pie,
You You Know what happens to the pitcaeI
gets his; Wood went up against the
! victims he had toyed with and found
them all equipped with smoke con-
sumers; And how they. ate him up.
| Five big spanks In one inning and six
runs.
Glad 1t Happened.
II was real glad II happened. I've
always wanted to see the Giants play
! That was all there was OF the Giants
though" Petey continued, after the
first inning they settled back and play.
ed jungle ball. Five errors In eight in.
nings is the kind of baseball I wa,
| brought up on.
| Outside OF the first inning. any team
with few good persevering batter,
| could have whaled the Giants. But thai
doesn't say anything. The Giants have
| been starring. starting like mad ele
| plants all year and then making bar
| becues out OF their fielding averages
when the victims were too far behint