The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-09

was out. Even then the chances of
tying the score seemed remote u q
Texas Lacquer by HerZog, followed
quickly by a hit by the Indian Meyers
stands in a fame Of excitement.
With Giants on second and third,
thousands stood In their seats and yell
ed. Fletcher swung his bat ~nervously
at the plate while Joe Wood, white OF
face, seemed anxious. The Red Sox
tw1rler patted the grass, hitched his
belt, rubbed the ball and adjusted his
cap. This delay unsettled Fletcher and
he swung futilely at WOODS fast break
Ing shoots three times and went back
to the bench.
Crandall. strong in the pinch, came
up. Wood put over two strikes and
then three balls. The red sox twirier
drew back his arm and shot over a
high, fast inshoot. Crandail swung.
missed it by an inch, and the game was
over.
It was a battle OF wits
in the selection of the pitchers. Man
ager McGraw pinned his faith in Tes-
reau and the Ozark bear hunter held
h red sox hitless until the sixth inn
ing when Speakers three Dagger broke
the ice, Tesreau weakened In the sew
enth inning, and before the fusillade of
Boston hits was over three runs were
across the plate, and the red sox had
Manager Stahl placed his star pitch
or, Joe Wood, on the mound. In only
two innings was the Red Sox mounds
man hit hard and his dazzling speed
continued undiminished until the last
man a struck out. Wood famed IL
b%atters. He gave only w bases on
balls.
The Giants were the first to edge
their way into the run column. Wood
held them scoreless until the third
inning when after Tesreau had famed
Devors worked the Red Sox boxman for
a base on balls. Doyle put up a high
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either Gardner or Wagner to reach,
Doyle reached second on the hit but
Devore was held at third, Then Muir
ray proved the Giants hero of the day.
This player, who went hitless through
last years world series, caught one of
Woods inshoots and sent the ball
Swimming owe second for a single and
brought Devore and Doyle over the
plate.
Tesreau was mighty until the sixth
inning. Twenty red sox players had
faced his quick breaking moist ball be-
fore the first hit was made. That was
a long drive for three bases by Speak
er, who came home for the first run for
the American leaguers on an intield
out by Duffy Lewis.
The seventh inning saw the end of
TesreaU. Three singles and a double
sent three red legged Boston players
home and Manager McGraw was quick
to see that the Bostons had at last
solved Tesreau's delivery. Wagner
SLdELeu the LTOuDl6 I0I lSSTGdu III tue
seventh, after Stahl had been retired,
by sending a line drive to center. Cady
followed with another liner to center
and the Boston delegations in the
stand turned loose a lusty cheer.
Wood forced Cady at second out
Hooper shot a double past Merkle, put
ting Wagner across the plate, and
sending WOOD to third.
Yerkes responded with a sharp drive
over second and before the ball could
be returned to the infeld Hooper and
Wood had scampered over the rubber.
With a lead Of two runs the Giants had
to take the offensive and nobly they
responded with their ninth inning rally
which failed by a run or tying the
| score.
W. won, as I thought we would. but
the Giants gave us a great fight re-
marked Manager Jake Stahl, as he led
his players aboard an early evening
train for Boston. Zoe Wood carried
us to victory with fine pitching and our
players were ready with their bats
when hits mean runs"
! THE series Ia just beginning" said
Manager McGraw, and while we would
have liked to have won we are by no
e disheartened by yesterdays de-
feat. The Athletics were defeated the
first game of the worlds series last
year but they captured h title OF
champions"