The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-10-09
BATTLE GAVE BOTH
ID TEAMS MORE CONFIDENCE
Boston Fearless She Has Beaten See
~ THAT Red Sox Do Not Compare to the Athletics
son Opener Because She had the Punch in the Pinch
Giant Flashes We're the More Brilliant #

cost her two runs The last two feil
against the Giants.
In the third round with. one gone,
Wood passed Devore. Doyle followed
with a short fly into left held, Heinie
Wagner should have eaten Il alive.
Gardner might have gotten il. Lewis.
facing the sun, had nc, chance, and yet
he was left alone TO drag II down.
This slip cost two runs and paved the
way for Red Jack Murray's reinearna-
tion. Jack responded with his first
world series hit and put hts pals 10
the good
The second break developed in
the sixth. With one gone and Tesreau
travelling the hitless trail Speaker
slammed long drive between Devore
and Snodgrass. Both started AZ II
full speed But the drive. breaking
away In a sharp slice" from Snod'
grass, swerved towards Deyore. Josh
was planted for it--an easy catch
when Snodgrass, not knowing this.
dashed forward. knocked down the
ball. but failed TO hold II.
/ Outfield team-play here would have
saved run-and possibly averted
Ie6redu uOWnidii.
The turning point of the day--the
vital factor-developed in the seventh
There were two Red SoX out with
Wagner. on second and Cady on first,
Hooper alone stood before Tesrean
and victory. Tesreau must have
known what II meant to retire this
man for he lurched forward and stuck
one over at terrific speed. Hooper
swung and the ball whirled up in q
gentle foul Meyers whirled and
dashed for the screen, lunged forward
and by the fraction OF an inch, missed
the catch for the closing out. An
inch IN only an inch. but II Is enough
to win in an eye-lash finish. By the
margin of this failure resreau fell
and great, my countrymen, was the
fall thereof. For Hooper doubled,
Yerkes singled and the stun was on
The Giants stand was heroic-a
brayely planned assault but no more
heroic than Woods.
Only one out. Merkle. Herzog and
Meyers hit safely with the tieing ana
winning runs. on third and second.
For a reason OF his own. McGraw
stood pat on Fletcher who had been
hitting weakly and Fletcher fell TOT
the. third. time Wood. who was on
the verge OF decorating. recovered MS
poise and struck out Crandall.
Yerkes and Murray. two supposedly
weak hitters, drove in two runs each
But the old guard was there. IL was
Speaker who first broke Tesreau's
iron grip. For New York II was
DOYLE who furnished most OF the
brilliant, fielding and who responded
with two hits. And close behind
Doyle. came Herzog, always dangerous
and always fightilg hard and fast.
Mayors came. through at the right mo-
ment with his right field blow, dan
gerous as always. And among those
that knew Hooper and Yerkes. there
was no surprise at their timely wal
lops. Neither Is a siashing swatsman,
but both loom as vital factors In any
pinch where they come through as
often as Speaker and Gardner. the
teams two sluggers.
View. from the very first battle. the
Ekcu oOAs W
in position to close out the series
by Saturday. I Falling before the Big
Gun, they are likely TO bump into
much better, or much more compact
pitching from Marquari and Tesreau,
where Wood will be forced TO work
at steadier stride-a trick he Is
capable OF turning II at normal form.
In other words, neither team has
shown any impressive mastery over
the other--no such edge In playing
form as the Mackmen held a year
ago. In behalf OF which nonchalent
rebuttal the series still belongs TO
either club--with Boston drawing the
edge through possession of the jump
game, and with the playing form close
enough to permit the Fortunes OF War
to decide the issue.
Boston has shown more impressive
power or attack and felding as sharp
as that OF the Giants. New York's
main show now rests with Mathew
son and Marquard pitching to top
form. No ordinary, day.in and day
out pitching can turn the trick
against a club likely TO break UP the
game in any inning with any section
OF the batting order up.