The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-14
RED SOx HAVE SHOWN MORE
 CLASS IN DEFENSIVE PLAY
GrantIand Rice Says Giants Can't Cry Bad
 Luck if They Lose Series

Neither i11fie1d nor outheld, beyonC i Herzog. Murray and Devore, played | standard form and the good DUG nm g Tesreau or Matty furnished went te
 zero.
 There is no aIibi in any form. There l is no bad luck in bad ball playing | team plays better ball as the Red ] Sox have done beyond the pitching where the Giant trio have at the | worst held their own. Boston's in- field, as a quartet, have played won derful at every stage-better ball than the Mackian quartet of 1911 and bet ter ball than the Giant infield has shown through any stretch this year Beyond Herzog, who has played like a master of the game, the Giant in
 field play has been streaky, brilliant and wretched by turns where bad breaks have let in at least runs and lost many chances to win
 No Excuse to Pro1nulgate.
 While every battle has been close and fought to the last round--alm ost to the last pitched ball-the Giants have no excuse to offer against their work. They only batted well enough better than Boston, a slugsing beyond their fondest dreams. But when teams defense cracks as New York's did in at least three of the five games played, there can be no roar coming over the breaks of the men. But if the Giants are to rally in this last ditch they must stand back of Cne1r p1Lcnef Tn the manner or a championship team.
 The Upsets.
 With five games out of the way, the upsets in this series have come thick and fast. In the early dope, for an example. Larry Gardner was rated leagues above Buck Herzog and Larry Doyle was played 20 fathorns above Steve Yerkes. Yet Herzog has outbatted. outf1elded and outplayed Gardner at every stage-not because Gardner was weak but because Her zog came through with the greatest all around exhibition of his life.
 By the same degree where Doyle has fallen below form. Yerkes has been one of the passing stars in the series and proves probably the most valuable single factor in Boston's up ward plunge. He has outhit Larry , O. per cent. At second he has run 26 chances to death without a slip and many of these have been brilliant where break or only ordinary in fielding meant defeat
 Yerkes, rated as the Red sox weak spot, has saved and made his team and Doyle, the best ball player on the Giant roster, has fielded brilliantly with one bad break but has batted poorly.
 The Roundup Again
 Massing the general statistics and the dope in a more compact cluster, the series has displayed the following angles of interest thus far along.
 New Ork mas SnOWQ the cage Tn pitchiDg-and the shade in batting. But in neither case was the edge overly thick.
 Boston has shown far better form l in general infield play with more | consistency in her outf1e.d work all i -h ough Jack Murray has held his own with any of the Red Sox array. And oy the big margin of this defensive l play Boston is now in front by 3 l games to 1. For all five battles have | been close enough to give the best fielding a better chance to win. Be vond the pitching and the work of | Murray and Devore, the next Giant in order is Harry Mccormick, | who, with three chances to drive | nome runs, has come through with | put a break. An athlete, who can | nit -667 in world series pinches where | he strain is heavily banked, must be l l fairly handy guy with the war club 1 md in possession of a fairly stout 1 leart.