Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-08
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Sixth inning-Boston-Y flied to
Speaker tripled to center;
Lewis out, Doyle to Merkee, scoring
Speaker Gardner out. New York-no
runs.
Seventh inning-Boston-S out,
Doyle to Merkle; Wagner singled;
Cady singled; Wood rolled to Doyle,
who dropped the ball, Fletcher pickin g
it up and reaching Cady at second
Hooper doubled, scoring Wagner;
Yerkes doubled, scoring Wood and
Hooper; Speaker famed. Three runs
New York-none.
Eighth-No score.
Ninth-Boston nothing. New York
Murray flied to Hooper, Merkel singled
Meyers singled, scoring Merkle; Beck
er ran for Meyers; Fletcher famed;
Crandall famed. One run.
The Score
D r
Boston ...........0 0 8 o.
New York ..O 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-S
Boston-Four runs, s hits, l error.
New York-Three runs, hits, 1 err
ror.
Umpire Nationals, KLEIN and Rig
Ter; Am mericans, O'Loughlin and Evans
[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Morning broke
clear and warm for the opening game
between the Boston Americans and
New York Nationals for world base
ball supremacy.
The Boston boys spent the morning
resting.
McGraw's bunch engaged in light
practice, then held a final conference
with their chief.
At 10 o'clock 10000 people were al
ready in the park and thousands stood
in line.
Getting Seats
[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Every box and
grandstand ticket on sale for the frs,
game of the world series today was
exhausted yesterday by an enormous
demand for pasteboards. 1t is pre-
dicted that 10000 people will see the
first ball hurled.
Hundreds of fans made camps neal
the polo grounds on the eve of the
first game, prepared to remain al
night to be on hand when the sale OF
bleacher seats opened.
Three hundred Boston rooters for the
Red SoX got seats together today, bu
only after a stiff bluff by Mayor Fitz
gerald of Boston. Ban Johnson, Johr
Hoydler and Jimmy McAleer failed tc
come through" When Johnson finally
refused Fitzgerald got busy
unless those 800 Red Sox rooters are
given seats for the first game" h,
wired. Il will prevent any worlds serie!
game in Boston by rev1king the char
ter Of the Boston team.
Fifty got the seats and will heai
the band of rooters in person.
Anybody's Game
1t was generally regarded as a cas-,
Of shut your eyes and take you
choice" when the New York Giant.
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ternoon to play the opening game o
the 1912 worlds championship series
Experts who had been figuring on tn
comparative strength of the two teams
since it became apparent weeks ag
that they would fight for the title ar
rived at the conclusion finally tha
only two points were left whicl
to base the selection of a favorite. On,
point of vantage was allotted to eacl
team. The Giants possessed the con
fdence gained by participation in las
years world series. The Red So!
were favored because they outgamei
the Giantkilling Athletics through /;
long. hard season. Aside from thes
two points. there was thought to b.
little choice. the two teams general,
being regarded as evenly matched.
Examination of the two teams
through their record and througi
scientific study failed to produce
balance in favor of either. The Giant
according to averages, possessed su
perior hitting, base running and scor
ing ability, and the Red Sox, accord
ing to averages, We're stronger afield
but the difference between the two wa
in each instance hardly appreciable
Boston fans, for instance content
when the Giants superiority in battin:
average is mentioned. that the Re,
SoX We're up against better pitchin:
than the Giants encountered. NOR,
satisfactory method Of comparison wa
found in a close scrutiny of the pla,
of individual members of the teams
Here again an even break resulted
Carrigan of Boston is usually rated
better backstop than Big Chief Mey
ers, but Cady, who invariably catche
when Smoky Joe Wood works, is no
valued highly. A balance obtain
there. Wood and Matty, speed an,
skill, were thought to be about even
ly matched. Collins, though not S,
brilliant as Marquard, was regarded
as more steady and reliable. Bedient
like Tesrau, a spitball pitcher, wa
thought to be more seasoned if no
Sc f1ashy as Big Jeff.
Herkle and Dayle, at first and sec
ond, were conceded to be as much bet
ter than Stahl and Yerkes as wag
ner and Gardner were reckoned supe
rior to Fletcher and Herzog. The Bos
ton infield as a whole was thought t,
ing steadier than the Giant four, an,
the quartet being more smooth!
working machine. But the New Yorl
infielders possess higher batting aver
ages than their Boston rivals. Again
a toss up.
As for outfields, Boston was gener
ally given the preference. Lewis
Speaker and Hooper form one of tn,
most wonderful fielding trios that ha
ever played the game, according to al
critics In addition they are a gooc
hitting bunch, Speaker especially be
ing a terrific swatter. Opposed to then
were to be Murray. Snodgrass and De
wore. Red John Murray, at times
sensational and vicious hitter. was no
u be heavily banked on because o
his tendency TO be erratic. At tha
he stands head and shoulders abov,
Becker and Snodgrass. Man for MAJ
and as a combination the Giant out
fielders rank below the Red Sox gard
eners.
Any advantages that Boston nigh
have in actual playing strength wa.