Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-18
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OF THE BIG
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BALL SERIES

The San Francisco papers. contain.
ing pages of detail Of the first four
games of the worlds series, arrived
this morning. Every point Of every
game is exclusively covered. and
from the mass of description few
Eighlights Of each game sta;kds out.
Here are some of the exciting tea.
tIres of the first four games:
NEW YORK, October 8.-The Hos.
ton Americans overcame the New
York Nationals by 4 to 3 tCdAy -.
fore more than So 100 persons II he
FIRST game OF the worlds series.
The contest was nip and tuck al the
way. The New FORKS made agtfftiiins
rally In the ninth inning, when they
nearly tied the score, but Smoky joe
Woods bewildering speed tarned Two
New York batters back to the bench
or strikes for the last two PIT outs.
and the Bostons carried on the honors.
Rarely, II ever, has any worlds ser.
les provided such a dramatic aniSh.
Two runs behind, the New York sup.
porters had given up hope. Hundreds
were leaving the stands, when Mefkle
sent single whistling to the outield
after one man was ont. Even then the
chance Of tying the score seemed re-
mote, but Texas Lacquer by HerSOg,
followed quickly by smoking hit BY
the Indian, Meyers, which sent Mefkle
home, put the stands in fame Of ex-
element.
With locals on second and third,
thousands stood in their seats and yell
ed. Fletcher swung his bat nervougIy
at the plate, while Joe Wood seemed
anxious. The Boston twfrler patted
the grass, hitched his belt, rubbed the
ball, and adjusted his cap. This de-
lay unsettled Fletcher, and he. SWING
futilely at Woods fast breaking shoots
three times and went back to the
bench. f.~E..a - -
/ Crandall, strong man in the pinch,
came up. Wood put over two. strikes
and then three balls. The pitcher drew
his arm back and shot over q high.
fast inshoot. Crandall swung, missed II
by an inch, and the game was over.
BOSTON, Mass, October 9.-The
second lap In the race for the worlds
diamond title was not settled today.
After eleven furious rounds during
which fortune shifted from. the Red
Sox to the Giants and back to the
Red Sox amid the widest kind OF
scenes, the fight was called on oc-
count of darkness with the count s
and s. Not a thing was left unaoHe
by the respective leaders to over
come the enemy, but all the clever
ness and aggressfveness went for
naught. The principals will have to
resume their fight here again to-
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The worlds series crowd never had
a greater opportunity to howl aud
then howl some more over the unex-
pected All the way 1t seemed q case
of one team getting an advantages
only to have, the other come up and
even matters. Time and again this
occurred but This Speaker eclipsed
in the tenth when he lam
med out a drive to the fence and
bodily went around to the plate much
to the surprise OF the wobbly Giants.
He scored because an error resulted
from his daring and the run was the
last of the day, saving Boston from
defeat. ... 4
Three home twirlers were called I'M
to face the Giants during the course
of the eleven-inning tussle. Against
this trio Mathewson toiled through
the afternoon, and while his famed
"fade-away" got its bumps from the
Red Sox sluggers, the veteran did
admirably in pinches. Repeatedly
home admirers rose to cheer the work
of the old-time HEAVIER. He did az he
usually does, work harder when tn
and he was in these sitla.l