Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-10

and Murray. In trying to take second on
the throw in. was thrown out by Cady
ending the inning. Murray was wildly
cheered by the crowd a he walked out
to right field
1t was one. two. three for tho Bostons
In their fourth inning. Tesreau was now
pitching In fine form. Gardner fouled to
Herzog, Stahl struck out and wagner
sent up a foul TO Merkle.
For New York. Merkle opened the in
ming by tanning. ffersog iiftsd a single
TO center field and went TO second on
Meyers weak grounder that Wood got
and shot over to stahl ahead Of the In
dian. Fletcher struck out for the second
time.
The fifth inning was also barren Of
results. the pitching OF the two slab
men being Of the highest quality. Cady
was an easy out, Doyle to Merkle. Wood
rolled an easy grounder to Merlxle that
the latter scooped up and touched the
bag and Hooper fell a victim to strikes.
GARDNER NAILS DOYLE.
Tcsreau. the first man UP for New
York, was compelled to take off his cap
to acknowledge the cheers Of the crowd
as he came to bat In the nth. He
struck out. Devore sent a high one to
Lewis and Larry" Doyle again brought
the stands to their feet by shooting n
single over third which Gardner knock
ed down and could not handle quickly
Doyle rounded first as Gardner got the
ball and was thrown out at second try
ing to stretch the hit into a double Wag-
ner taking the out
Yerkes flied out to Snodgrass in the
sixth. Speaker waited until ne got Il
good bail and then drove It to deep
left center. snodgrass sprinted after
the ball and Devoe seeing that tho
center f1eller apparently hal the ball
sighted. stopped. Snodgrass ran with
the ball and was only able to get his
finger tips on It and the sphere rolled
toward the center field wall. When
the ball was returned to the infield
Speaker was on third. The Bost m
outfielder then came home on Lewis's
easy out, Doyle to Merkle. Gardner
struck out
New York's sixth inning was quick
|ly over Wagner fumblei Snojgrass's
grounjer In attempting to sacrifice
Murray sent up a little pop fly tina:
Stahl gathered and doubled up Snod {.
grass at first, Wood taking the toss
The play was so quickly made that It
was thought by some that Stahl had
made the double play unassisted, but
the official scorers agreed that the
play hal been male by stahl an I
Wood. Merkle ended the inning with
a fy to Wagner.
TESREAU DRIVEN TO BENCH
Then came the big seventh inning
when Boston forged to the front as al
ready told by scoring three runs and
driving Tesreau from the box. The
New York rooters shouted for their
favorites to start something In the
seventh but the National Leaguers
We're unequal to the occasion. Herzog
caused a groan when he struck out.
Meyers was hit by pitched ball but
a moment later was forced at second
by Fletcher. Yerkes to Wagner. Nc
Cormicla batting for Tesreau. flew out
to Lewis.
In the eighth inning. with Crandall
pitching ir> place of Tesreau. Lewis
went out. Fletcher to Merkle, and
Gardner and Stahl struck out The
Giants in their half Of the eighth also
were quickly disposed of. Devore and
Doyle both went out. Wagner to Stahl
and Snodgrass sent a pop fly to Gard
ner
Wagner opened the ninth inning for
the Red Sox with a slashing double to
left. He went to third on Cady's sac
rifice. Herzog to Merkle, and was held
there while Crandall was throwing out
Wood at first. Hooper sent up lit
tie fly to Doyle. Then followed the
dramatic climax when the Giants made
a run and failed to win on what pro-
missed to be "a successful rally.
1t was learned tonight that Wagner.
the Boston shortstop. hurt his hand when
Murray slid into second and was touched
out by Wagner in the third inning. Wag-
her continued playing. however. and it Is
not believed the injury will prove serious
The score: