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THRILLING GAME
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to do the twirling, the makeup Of tho
Giants batting order was In doubt
until the various players actually took
their turn at bat Snodgress was tho
first man up
There was cheer when Collins
served up the first strike and on the
next ball pitched the New YORK out
fielder holstcd long hit into the left
field bleachers for two bases. This
put Collins in a hole right at the
and turned Captain Doyle back a.
the bench as his first strike out vie
tim Doyle had tried hard TO put
Snodgress on third but Collins
curves fooled him. Becker. who went
into the game because Devore docs
not take kindly TO left handed pitch
ing, was an easy out, Yerkes to Stahl,
Snodgress going TO third. Murray also
failed to rea,,h first, ending the inning
by hitting a weak grounder to Collins,
VINO tossed the Dull 10 llIhNs
The first fire works in the gamo
were set off Immediately after Boston
went to bat Hooper opened with AN
infield hit and beat Mattys throw 10
first by hard sprinting, The Boston
fans started to cheer. Volume In
creased to tumult when Hooper stole
second. Meyers throy was a little
wild. Fletcher then made his firs,
error, muffling Yerkes liner. iris
Speaker came to time with bun;,
which Mathewson failed to field, and
let run along towards third base,
Hooper and Yerkes moving up. Then
stands and called upon Lewis to hit
'er out" The best Lewis could do,
however, was to drive a bounder 20
Hcrzog, who flashed the ball to Mcy-
ers at the plate, forcing Hooper.
Gardner then hit one through tho
pitchers box which Mathewson could
not hold and Doyle. running In,
scooped up the bali and threw Gard
ner out while Yerkes came across the
plate with the first run Of the game.
Breaking into the run column gave
Jake" Stahl confidence, and no
swung viciously at one Of Mathew
sons outcurvcs and drove 1t to left
field for single, sending homo
Speaker and Lewis. Doyle took
Wagner's high fly. ending the inning.
This three run lead looked extremely
good to the Red Sox rooters and they
sang while the band played.
The New York players did not ap-
pear to mind the lead, and several OF
them patted Merkle on the back rs
he went to bat. Collins, however, did
not give him n chance 10 distinguish
himself, for he struck the big first
baseman out on three pitched balls
HerZog waited and with two balls and
two strikes on him, drove a smashing
three base hit to right center and
crossed the plate minute later when
Meyers laced out single which
struck Gardner in the face, Fletcher
put up a high fly 10 Hooper and
Mathewpn forced Meyers at second
Yerkes to Wagner. This ended the in
ming.
For oBston in the second inning
Carrigan went out Herzog to Merkle
Doyle robbed Collins of a hit when
he scooped up his grounder by bril-
liant bit of fielding and tossed the
Of
raised a tremendous cheer in the
stands by lining out his second hit, a
two bagger TO right, but he was left
there when Yerkes went out, Fletcher
to Merkle.
Both teams went out in order in the
third inning. Snodgrass flew out tc
Hooper. Doyle put up foul fly thal
Gardner got near the stand, and Beck.
er went out on a grounder that Wag.
ner tossed to Stahl In Bostons hall
Speaker bounder the ball along the
first base line which Merkle got II
time to beat Speaker to the bag, botf
men plunging feet first into the bag
Murray went back to the right flelC
fence to get Lewis high fly, and Gard
ner was an easy out, Doyle to Mer'
ke.
The contingent whooped things ul
when Red" Murray opened the Gil
ants fourth inning with a long drive
to right center for three bases. Merkl'
fouled to Gardner and then Herzol
sent a sacrifice fly TO Speaker. scoring
Murray. Meyers again doubled anC
was left at first when Fletcher battet
high fly to Hooper.
For Boston. Stah struck out, Wag
ner flied to Murray and Carrigai
shot grounder to Fletcher, WHIT
flashed II across to Merkle.
Collins was pitching world cham
pionship ball at this time and New
York appeared to be unable TO fathon
his delivery Mathewnton, first up II
tho fifth qtricl< out Snodgrass ais,