The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-09
Runyon Gives Credit For Red Sox Victory to Joe Wood
RED SOX DEFEAT GIANTS
IN FIRST GAME OF SERIES

I U1OTmure0 lheif surprise thaf ne
should pick the untrted hoy.
i There max have been certain
breaks in the luck against the Giants:
there may have been places where the
ifs and the "ands" came in, but
there was nothing but sheer. old
fashioned smuggling in that seventh In
ming when the Red Snx came from
/ behind, and broke through q two-run
lead, which the Giants had gwen the
huge Tesreau.
In the third inning, after Tesreau
himself had been called out on strikes
by Bill KLEIN, the National league
umpire. who worked behind the
plate and whose decisions seemed off
occasionally on balls and strikes
vii ch Was doubtless due only tie the
anxiety 70 be fair--Josh Devore was
passed by Wood. When he famed
Tesreau. smoky Joe" hung UP his
third straight strike-out, having
whitfield Meyers and Fletcher Ia the
previous inning
Devore Draws Pass.
Devors fouied of two or three balls
before getting base on balls.
Laughing Larry" Doyle, the captain
Of the Giants, pulsing with life and
the proud recipient of an automobile
for being adiudged the most valuable
player tn his team In all the National
league was next up. and Doyle drop
| ped q high. twisting fly far back of
/ third.
The binding 'sunfleld" of the Polo
Grounds is one of the worst in the
/ league II had Devore out Of the
I game for weeks with injured eye
sight. as a result of looking up into
I The scorching glare day in and day
/ out Many another bali player has
I been driven out OF baseball by that
/ field, and few try to play 1t without
| glasses. unless their eyes are very
! fresh and young. Duffy" Lewis lost
/ for a two base hit, while Devore raced
! to third.
This WAS the first time the Giants
/ had a chance to display their vaunt-
/ ed speed on the base paths, and
| Devore had to sprint to beat the
| throw, Snodgrass succumbed on
strikes to tho flashing speed OF
| smoky joe" and McGraw stopped
the game for moment to get a
| photographer out Of a box entrance.
| Wood began Sailing" walking
| around, and studying the situation,
! while Forrest Cady, the young catcher.
who has been his battery mate this
| year even though he just broke into
| the big league last spring. conferred
| earnestly with Joe.
| Speakers Great Stop.
| Jack Murray. the despised goat
| Ct the 1911 series. was at bat. and
every New York fan was pulling
| for Jack to redeem his failures of
last fali-failures that were due only
10 had luck A. placing his drives. AS
| II responding To that appeal. Murray
| Ripped 81 single over second and
| Devore and Doyle raced home. iris
| Speaker, the great outhelder Of the
| Sox, made a remarkable stop of Muir
| rays drive, playing the ground ball
! with the skill OF an inielder. Ills
| throw TO the plate was necessarily
| hurried and awkward. and Cady could
not get the ball ahead Of the run
| ners.
Meantime the red head OF Murray
was bobbing toward third, as Jack
tried TO edge up on the throw. Cady
made slashing throw TO Wagner. and
| tha-l sestoH shertstop had the ball all
over Murray as Red! crashed into
second with his beautiful dip slide,
In the sixth inning came play
that will cause many an argument
later on. Steve Yerlses lifted an easy
fly TO Snodgrass Then iris Speaker
hit a terrific drive 10 deep left~center.
and both Devore and Snodgrass start
cd after the ball. Snodgrass had 10
cross over from center. and 1t ap-
peared TO the stands that DeVore had
judged the drive correctly. and was
pulled up in spot where he could
easily take the lift when the Califor-
mia boy raced in ahead Of him to take
the play. Snodgrass could not make
the catch az he was travelling at high
speed. and the hall fell for three
Dagger.
Duffy" Lewis rolled to Doyle. ana
Speaker scored easily while Larry was
| tossing the ball over 10 Merkle ahead
of Lewis, There was no chance for a
play al the plate. Gardner was called
out on strikes, and so had Snodgress
| made the catch, or given Levore "a
chance To make it, the three runs
made by the Sox in the seventh would
have left the game tie at the Giants
end Of the ninth.
Tesreau Out of Game.
| In the seventh, with one out Meyers
was hit by a pitched ball. but was
soon forced by Fletcher. and then Me-
Graw arapped Tesreau from the game
by summoning Harry Mccormick, his
great pinch-hitt 10 bat for Big JEFF.
Mccormick lifted long fly TO Lewis.
Otis Crandall took up the pitching
as the Sox went to bat in the eighth,
and famed Larry Gardner and Jake
Stahl with his slow "dink'' ball, after
Fletcher had stopped Lewis hard roll
or The sudden switch from Tes-
reau's speed to Crandalfs slow deliv-
tery, upset the Sox attack.
+ Some may tell you that II was not
/ Continued on Seventh rage,)