New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-17
RED SOX WIN IN
ADRIVING FINISH

and neither Fletcher nor Matty had the
punch to bring him home. The two heav-
lest hittcrs on the team wero the ones
! TO 90 through the game without safety.
. They were Meyers and Doyle, but both
were robbed of hits by lucky stops and
catches
Stahl, Speaker and Henricksen were the
only members of the Rcd Sox who were
able to hit Mathewson effectively. Speak
or, who held off with his hits until the
eleventh hour, doing little batting OF the
kind that made him famous, finally deliv-
. cred a blow which practically settled the
issue.
Fate was kind 10 Speaker, and gave him
two chances, for Merkle' would ordinarily
have had the weak foul he first contrib
uted In the tenth inning. He did not
take long TO embrace the second oppor-
tunity, hsmmering a hit 70 right. This
tied the score Speaker picked two hits
of Matty, one coming with no one on in
the first inning. Stahl scored the first
run for Boston, getting his base in the
seventh by dint Of a sharp single to CEN
| ire. Jake also struck a blow for free
! dom by doubling in the ninth, but neither
! Wagner nor Cady coud bring him home.
There was much fielding Of a sensa-
| tional nature, both teams sharing alike.
! Perhaps the most spectacular and effec-
! tive bit of work was Hooper's catch OF
! Doyle's fly in the fifth. 1t saved the game,
for Larry certainly would have had r
| home run, while the blow might have
Slapped Bedient's confidence. Hooper raced
nearly to the fence in right centre before
he captured the ball I'm some inexplicable
manner as II came sailing over his head.
Speaker made several dazzling plays,
but at he same time he was nervous and
or form He has made many harder
catches than Murrays double in the third
presented. The ball just clipped the tip
OF his glove and rolled away to let De-
wore count He also made an error on
Merkle's single in the tenth
The Giants were right on their toes
every minute, and were out TO give Matty
the best Of support. Snodgrass missed
Gardner's double in the fourth but a
fine relay to Doyle to Herzog nipped the
runner trying to take third. Fletcher
made fine play on Lewis's hard
grounder in the eighth, while Herzog in
the same frame contributed a master
piece OF fast fielding when he corralled
Yerkess drive. that had bounded away
from Matty, and nipped the runner at
first.
Herzog had only three chances, but he
covered himself with glory. Twice run
ners were put out at third by his skilful
blocking and tagging. Devore made a
spirited capture of Wagners drive in the
ninth, with stahl lingering on second
waiting to score what might have been
the winning run.
Snodgrass made four fine catches dur
ing the game, his best work being done
on Hooper's fly after Engle' had reached
second on Fred's error. But the one mis-
play, the first and only one he made in
the series, Will give the New York centre
fielder something TO think about when
the wind is whlstling through the caves
and the wood fire is cracking this winter.
1t is to be expected that nelders will
make errors, but on few Of them settles
the deadly link" which causes piffiing
bobble to lose a worlds championship. 1t
is feared that Fred's error will linger
long in the minds of the New York fans,
but their wrath should be visited on his
luck, not on him.