The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-29

plays, impossible catches, boneheaded
work, great pitching and poor pitch
ing with medley of errors, boots and
I muffs, will never be equalled In.
another century of play. And after
all is closed out and was decided by
the muff of fly ball, the easiest
chance of the game, wherein Snod-
! grass cost his team $4,000 on a
chance that you and I, gentle readers,
who possibly haven't handled a ball
in years, could have cought with one
hand while lighting a pipe with the
other.
This series fluttered in the balance
almost from the start. Five of the
eight games went to the last ball
pitched. Time and again it was saved
by fielding and pitching miracles, and
time and again 1t was lost by CHASTITY
hobbies on the easiest plays of the
day. For Mathewson it was a verit-
able Waterloo of indigo luck. Within
his career he has never pitched a
greater game.
For six rounds he was matched
against Hugh Bedient, leading 1 to o.
The Giants forged ahead in the third
round, when Devore walked and Red
Murray, one of the series heroes.
drove him home with singing dou-
bic to left. This blow should have
won back of Mathewson's pitching,
but the tide turned first of the sew
enth inning against him. With one
man out, Stahl lifted an easy fly to
left center. Snodgrass starting slow
~ balled up the play, where either
Snodgrass, Murray or Fletcher could
have made the catch. He finally
rushed just in time to drive the others |
away and Stahl drew a hit. Wagner
then walked and Cady popped out.
Where the side should have been re-
tired Henriksen, batting for Bedient,
drew two strikes and then slashed
one down the left field line, which
struck the bag, whirling away for a
double, while Stahl scored
Then followed the duel between
and Wood, with the Giant
premier leading, after Murray and
Markle had thumped out two long
doubles. But the lead passed away
when Snodgrass drew his chance to
gum the works by muffing his second
'ly ball of the day.
When Snodgrass lost for the Giants
he greatest play of the series by
Terry Hooper saved the Red Sox.
joining up in the fifth round with
he score of 1 to O. favoring New York
Doyle of the Giants caught one square
on the beak and whirled it on
ar soaring drive toward the right
leld crowd. Hooper racing back. an.
arently had no chance to get within
Wenty yards of the smash, but whirl-
1g on, finally drove within reach.
ust as the gray streak of ball was d.
asslng over the low barrier into the d
rowd for home run and the game, bi
lie Red Sox out fielder lurched with
daring leap and as he snagged the tt
rive with one hand crashed into the vi
w fence at full speed. az
We have never seen a catch like m
In baseball and will probably never sy
zen another, for it stands out as one 81
those impossible plays which can't
'ssibly happen again. but sometimes
through a miracle of nerve and th
iced and luck. But for this catch on
e ball would have cleared the low Fl
Irrier three feet and would have Sc
osed out the game beyond a doubt. TO
In the earlier innings, the Red sox of
ere on the verge of riot with only be
'dlent, the youngster, working de
loothly and with the same courage
showed before. Gardner and Wae.
T were both breaking behind him
through it all he never faltered
idlng the Giants to one run until a
ood came to his rescue. In the
nth round the first man I'D. Her.
slashed a triple to left, but was
It back to second through a ground
e. Meyers advanced him to third
Fletcher and Mathewson failed to
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