The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-09
Vanguard Figures
Out Victory For
Giants in Series
Nv RUE MARQUARD.

NEW HAVEN, CONN, Oct. g.
wall pve lost the first game. and o"
comes my hat to the Red so&' Qua
don't think the Giants have gwen Ny,
instead. we are fighting mad now am
nrtning in the world can stop US
: VERY viii do, the pitching t"ttloA
,.5,,,5 u, Boston. and viii coIIle asit y =
a. ,be red hosed athletes Ihursaas
az tho Polo grounds. Matty WIN wan
his game. and while l dom axe ~
talk about myself. / feel conhdeht til@'
I will nut a. notch IN the win coiuiiih'
TAsreau's experience today mas
taught him a fine lesson. and all the
boys are banking on him To cop t1ie
next out. He had everything III 'ne
world for six innings today, and maze
the Boston lads stand on their eaF >.
Rut he outpitched himself, didn
gauge his strength
I was the same way last year Bu'
| have learned NV lesson. and you
can, bet that jeff has now. The next
time he starts he will nurse him.
self along, and / honestly believe that
he will pitch shutout game.
Wood hurled "A swell game. but re-
lied almost entirely on his fast bali.
He was busting EN- over in the groove
'aH the time, but the luck broke with
him, for our batters were unfortu-
nate in slamming the pill right into
somebody's hands.
Yes. there is no getting away from
the fact that the Boston team had
all the luck in the world with them.
If we had secured the break any one
OF dozen times that we were in ii
position to cop II would have been
IA Giant victory and Red Sox de-
feat
After watching the Boston team
very close. / believe that Wagner is
the man we Will have to look out for
more than any other ono He lis a
great ball player. He watches every
s1ore of the opposition. and he in n
bear for breaking up we'll mapped
plays. IT, was he that started the
batting rally in the fatal seventh In
ming that cost lis tho game, and the
manner in which he blocked Doyle
of second base with Gardeners high
chuck in the fifth were two OF the
most important plays OF the day
A)oyIe had slammed a winner grasser
down the third base line. Gardner
made dive for it, but the ball
glanced off his glove. He pulled HIM
self together and made a quick re-
covery, but threw high to Wagner,
who was covering second as Larry
tried to make two bases on the clout.
Wagner shot up high, saw in n flash
that DOYLE had overslid. He came
down 9TH his feet in such a man
ner that Larry was blocked off the
bag and could not go back. 1t was
heady play.
| have heard remarks that Snod-
grass could have caught Speaker g
line drive to left center in the sixth
inning. 1t was a clean triple Snod-
grass ran with the speed of a deer
and managed to get the fingers of his
right hand on the ball. But no man
In the world could have speared that
clout.
Doyle played corking game, He
pulled Off stunt in that pesky sew
enth such a. set the crowd .eraxv.
w hh wagner on second and Cady' on
hrst' with one down. Wood laced a
fast pail on the nose 1t was heaaed
ABOUT five feet 10 the right of sac-
o. and burning the sod too. larry
mahagec to knock it down but IN
doing 1t he turned a comnleta son,ar
aa out ne rolled over. and while
va ms stomach tossed the ball
~ he'eher IN time To force out Cadv
s,on has Won the first game. Emf
ems from me- that the count viii
re sven tomorrow night. for vatt,,
- s'iis 10 win sure, and 40 is yn,,rr
truis, the next day F'uis