The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-10-26
Bitterly Fought Contest.

hers of the American league, are the
worlds champions OF 1912. Defeating
the New York Nationals Wednesday
by a score of to 2 in ten innings
of bitterly fought struggle. they cap
tured their fourth victory OF the
worlds series and carried Off the pre-
mier honors in baseball.
The Giants won three games OF the
series that was played before more
than a quarter of million people,
and one contest was tie.
Wednesdays game was one OF ex-
citement and changing emotions for
the 1900 spectators who went to
Fenway Park to see the teams which
had struggled valiantly for seven
games with honors even meet in the
deciding contest. Never was a ball
game more hard fought. for 1t was not
until twilight had fallen upon The
tenth inning that the red stockinged
Yerkes flashed over the plate with
the winning run.
Nine innings Of a pitching duel be-
tween the master boxman OF tbs
Giants, Christy Mathewson, as1 the
stripling Bedient and Smoky Joe"
w ood for the Red Snx found the two
contenders for championship honors
wisn Il tally each.
Boston Crowd Downcast.
.n,o The tenth inning the contest
went. ard the Giants chilled the hopes
of the Boston crowd by scoring run
on double into the bleachers Dy
Murray and hit by Merkle to cen
ter which Speaker juggled. Hundreds
of fans tore up their score cards, jam
med their hats down over their heads
and disconsolately left the grounds,
for MatheWson was pitching game
which was battling Boston batsmen.
Engle led off for the Red Sox in the
last half of the tenth. He had gone
to the bat for Joe Wood. The Red
Sox pinch hitter sent UP towering
fly to left center Snodgrass moved
over toward the bleacher seats ana
| waited for the ball to drop. lie muf-
fed it. and before the ball was recov-
erred Engle was on second base. NO
one was out and the crowd was IN a
frenzy of joy Hooper tried to sacri-
flee. but Mathewson foi!ed him and
the best the Red Sox right gardener
could do was fly to Snodgrass. Inc
Giant pitcher tried to work the cor
| ners of the plate for Terkes, but Yer
| kes waited him out and walked on
four balls. With Engle on second and
Yerkes on first, This Speaker came
up. The crowd to a man was now
yelling.
High Foul Falls Safe.
! Speaker swung his big bat The
| first ball was curve and inside, and
Speaker popped up a high foul.
| Meyers, Merkle and Mathewson went
after it, but it fell safe among them.
| New York's last chance to stop Bos-
ton passed with the failure to get
that foul ball Mathewson started
high fast one and Speaker met it fair
lv. On a line over Doyle's head the
ball was driven and Engle rushed
over the plate with the tying run
On the throw in Yerkes went to third
and Speaker dashed on to second.
| The New York infield drew In and
Lewis was purposely passed so that
a runner could be forced at the plate
on an infield grounder. Then came
| the finish. Gardner, with three balls
and one strike on him. smashed a
long fly to Deyore. Yerkes set him
self at third and dashed for h'.me
when the ball dropped into Devvie
hands.
The Indian, Meyers. crouched at the
plate to take the throw he expected
from Devore Instantly he had caught
it Devore whipped the ball homeward
On came the flying ierkes; ON came
the ball.
Mathewson, who saw the throw
would be wide, threw up his hands
and Meyers turned away without try
ing for the ball Yerkes did not know
the throw was wide, however, ant
he plunged head foremost and slit
over the plate in cloud Of dust will
the run that won the championship TO
the Red Sox.
Crowd in Delirium Of Joy.
The crowd fairly screamed in de
lirium of joy Men threw their hat
in the air and cheered until they eoult
! cheer no more. hundreds pushe'
} upon the field and, gathering abou
the Red Sox bench, applauded tn
winning players. Mathewson burie'
himself in his great coat and wake
from the field McGraw said:
81 cant say that I'm glad, Jake. bu
, one of the teams had to win; it wa
: the Red Sox, and congratulations ar
in. order." said McGraw. addressln