The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-19
BOSTON FlluNTS PENNAMT.
RED SOX WIN DECIDING GAME
OF GREAT SERIES IN TENTH
INNING.
Ncrkes Slides Home With Run That
Ends Most Exciting Worlds Cham
pionship Combat In History.

Sox. pennant winners OF the Ameri-
can league. are the worlds baseball
champions or 1912. Defeating the
New York Nationals today by a score
OF to 2 In Zen innings Of a bitterly
fought struggle. they captured their
fourth victory OF the worlds series
and carried on the premier honors in
baseball.
The Giants won three games Of the
, series that WAS played before more
than q quarter OF a million people
and one contest was a tie. The total
receipts for the eight games were
t<s0.s3s. and each Red sox player
received s+.o2t. while the Giant play
Srs cach came In for e2.56s.
Today's was a game OF excitemen,
and changing emotions for the IL. 900
spectators who went to Fenway park
to sse the teams which had struggled
valiantiy for s,ven games. with hon
ors even. meet In the deciding con-
test Never was n bah game more
,>Aara fought. for It was not until twi-
light had fallen upon the tenth in
nfng the Red-stockinged Yerkes
flashed over the plate with the win
ming run.
The Giants broke into the run COL
umn In the third inning. Devore re-
! ceived base on balls. Doyle went
out. Gardner to Stahi. Deyore taking
second snodgras grounded out to
Stahl. unasisted. and Devore slid into
third. Play was suspended a moment
until Manager Mc0raw had finished
q little tailoring. patching up a hole
= In Devore's trousers with q safety
pin. The operation ended. np came
Red" Murray. who smashed q terri
nc drive Go left CENTRE The speedy
Speaker was on immediately after the
!, hat hit the bali. but was just able to
eouch the bah with his fingers. De-
wore bad trotted home with the flrst
1(Q aa19 Murray ssaaed on second
when the ball was returned to the
inne,d- New York rooters were be-
side themselves with Joy. for they fig-
ured with Matbewson pitching. Bos-
ton could not get two runs to beat
their one. Merkie ended the inning
by grounding out. Gardner to StahI.
The Red Sox opened the seventh. in
which they tied the score. by Gardner
flying to snodgrass. stshi dropped a
single In left. Murray. Snodgrass and
Fletcher baking each other in try
Ing to get the fly. The Red Sox
manager moved down to second when
wagner was given n base on balls. It
was up to Cady To do something but
the home rooters groaned when he
popped fly into the waiting hands
OF Fletcher. Hendrickson. batting for
Bedient. let a couple OF balls go by
him and then he opened on the next
pitch and slammed the ball down the
left field foul line sor two bases and
Stahl came home with the tying run
amid great excitement. Wagner took
third on the play. Hooper tried hard
to bring Wagner home. but ne few
out To Snodgrass
smoky Joe" Wood was given a
royal reception when ne went into
the pitching box for the Red Soy
in the eighth.
Neither team pushed any additional
runs over the plate la the eighth and
/. ninth innings and into the 10th in
ming the contest went.
The Giants chilled the hopes Of the
Boston crowd hy scoring a run on a
double into the bleIchers by Muir
ray and hit by Merkle To centre
which Speaker juggled Hundreds OF
/, fans tore up their score cards. jam
med their hats down over their heads
and disconsolatsly left the grounds
for Mathewson was pitching game
which was battling the Boston bats
men.
Engle led Oft for the Red Sox i'm
! the. last half of the 10th. He had
gone To the bat for joe Wood. The
Red Sox pinch hitter sent up "a tow
ering fly To- left centre. Snodgrass
moved over towards the bleacher
seats and waited for the bali 20 drop,
lie muffed II and before the ball was
, recovered Englc was on second base.
No one was out and the crowd was in
a frenzy Of JOY. Hooper tried to sac
rifle but Mathewson folled him. and
the best the Red Sox right gardener
could do was fiy 20 Snodgrass. The
Giant pitcher tried To- work the cor
ner OF the plate for Yerkcs. but