The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
Red sox and Giants Will Fight it
Out Today In Battle Which
VIII Give sox Title or
Tie the Teams up.
MATHEWsoN AND WOOD
No Such Spirit and Courage Has Ever
Before Been Shown in Worlds
Series as the Cubs Are
Now Showing.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
BOSTON, Oct. IA day of typi-
cal football weather greeted the Req
Sox and the Giants at O'Clock this
morning. The sky was clear as crys-
tai and a tinge of real fall tempera-
ture gradually gave way to perfect
Indian summer warmth as the sun
fhawed out the early morning nip IN
the air. Fenway Park diamond and
field never was in better snaps for a
game. Mathewson and Wood we're
the early morning pitching selections.
by Grantland Rice.l
BOSTON, Oct. l5.-Dawn broke on
the restless, shattered slumber OF
two red-eyed, nerve-racked clans who
were to rise again and face their
seventh fight for the championship of
the world
The Red Sox, fighting desperately,
has rushed to safe, clean lead, only
10 have this lead cut down to the
margin of one game-and TO be placed
where if her star slabmen failed to-
day the edge would belong to the
rival clan who had age and expert
ence ready to meet youth and bril-
lancy, inexperienced against such a
smashing test.
There is glory for all in fight Ike
this-and the only pity is that one
must lose where the other must win.
Both have fought with too much heart
and courage 10 miss the laurel which
only one can wear.
Clan For clan-An even Fight.
AS the series now stands after yes
terday's battle. no one but partisan.
reekiRg with bias prejudice and I'M
fairness, can say that either team
has shown the edge, man for man
and clan for clan
The Red Sox have sxcelled in field
ing the Giants have e1celled in pitch
ing and batting The grees work OF
their sIabmen with Marqaard head
ing the list, has made Stahfs slash
ing batsmen rely more upon the
breaks IN the Giant defense thar
ability 10 hit in The needed runs. The
Red sox have scored IS runs TO date
and earned nine.
The Giants have scored eighteen
runs, an even count in scoring but 81
relentless and almost TaEless ha:
been the wonderful defense Of wag
ner, Yerkes, Speaker and others, tha
their impenetrable defense has forcee
70, -
her eighteen -five-sixths agains
one-half
New York has made fifty hits I,
Boston's forty-three-and has gtoler
eight bases TO Boston's six. But New
York has made eleven errors to Eos
tons five and where New York's er
rors sent through nine unearnet
runs. Boston's five sent through bu
three tallies that should not hay,
scored.
The Spirit of the Fight.
The spirit and the courage of thl
fight has never been equalled. Boz
ton after a ragged start, supposed L
be breaking when Marquard tie
things up, swung back together an
rushed with such fierceness that Te.
reau and Mathewson were beate
back and the jump had placed he
people within one game Of the title.
And in the next stand they forme
again at the showdown and took bu
one round to smash their way t
within gripping distance Of the prizt
RUDE nvrurns.
Richard lie Marquis, Duke Of ii
Riflepit and southpawer mandarin {
the mound, stands as the peer {
Wood with two victories to his cred
and no defeats-and the only two Vi
tories the Giants have put across