Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-15

, to Wagner when he tried to steal second.
Stahl in the fourth inning rolled slow
hit TO Herzog and was safe al first. Then
Wagner poled one of the longest drives
of the day to center field. Snodgrass
was off with the crack of the bat and,
running sideways, caught the ball near
| the center field fence 1t was an impor-
tant catch, for had the ball gotten away
from him 1t probably would have result
ed in a home run for Wagner with Stahl
scoring ahead of him. Cady singled to
right field and Stahl went to third on the
play The inning was suddenly brought
to close by a quick double play. Col
Inns shot fast grounder to Fletcher.
who tossed TO Doyle. forcing Cady. and
Collins was thrown out at first After
this inning the Red Sox had only three
men up in each inning. with the excep-
ton of the eighth.
For New York in the fourth inning
Herzog flied to Speaker Meyers ripped
terrific drive 10 center field which roll
ed all the way to the fench. Meyers
pulled up at third base. A fast runner
probably would have scored home run.
Manager McGraw won on the third base
coaching line and when Fletcher went out
on a long fly to center field McGraw
waved to Meyers to go home. but the
chief hesitated and the opportunity to
score was lost, for Speaker made a light
ming return of the ball to the
plate. Marquard grounded out Yerkes
to Stahl. leaving Meyers on third
The Red Sox were retired i'll the fifth
on three fly balls. Hooper and Yerkes
both flew out to Murray and Speaker to
Herzog.
Devore opened the New York's fifth
inning with a Texas Lacquer to center
field for a single Doyle hit a high fly
to Wagner and Snodgrass drove to Hoop
er. Devore started for second and,
thinking that Snodgrass had long hit,
passed second and kept on running He
was close to third base when he found
that he had been doubled up. Hooper to
Stahl
Marquards pitching after the fourth
inning was of the championship order.
In the sixth the best that Lewis could
do for Boston was to foul to Meyers, and
Gardner and Stahl both struck out amid
the cheers of the Giants rooters.
The National Leaguers did not take
long for their sixth inning. Murray sent
up a fly that Hooper captured after
long run. Merkle hit pop fly to Stahl
and Herzog was given another chance to
bat when Cady dropped his foul fly. The
ball was carried away from him by the
wind and it would have been an easy out
for Gardner. who came running in to get
the fly. Herzog then popped to Yerkes.
In the seventh inning. Wagner was
thrown out, Marquard to Merkle Cady
ax. 81
Inns was the third out by driving a sky
scraper to right that fell into Murray's
hands.
1t was one. two, three again for the
Giants in their half of the seventh in
ming. Meyers was easy, Collins to
Stahl. Speaker caught Fletcher's drive
and Marquard went out the same way.
The game moved rapidly along.
Snodgrass pulled down Hooper's fly in
the eighth inning. Yerkes smashed a
single at Doyle. who knocked it down,
but could not field it in time to hold
off the Red Sox runner. Speaker and
Lewis were retired on flies to Muir
ray, leaving Yerkes on first.
In New York's last time at bat in
the eighth inning, Devore was thrown
out by Collins and Doyle put up a foul
fly to Cady. gSnodgrass rolled low
infield grounder to Yerkes and was
thrown out trying to steal second.
Cady to Wagner. The crowd was leav-
ing the grounds when Boston came to
bat in the ninth. Gardner flied out to
Snodgrass and Stahl sent up fly to
Murray. Wagner ended the game by
hitting q grounder to Herzog. who
threw him out at ffrst
The members of both teams and their
followers left, at O'Clock tonight, for
Boston.