The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-10-09
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SON adorned the Giant bench instead
o<~the Giant airing line. Eor the nTst
Iiu>a. In anhattaps Post Season MS,
<orx. the Gjapts jest. the Jump game.
1|-<ed fhS train Tor 4 Giant start. But
y15fSrday he looked on and today he
~|u ffF to retrieve what a younger
<6Hxfaf1oh Tossed aside. When tue
rI1k 20, the half-gods arrive slowly.
They may blaze In glory for half the
INSTANCE, but the trail runs from start
/(o~anlsh and-there,is no resting place
|b<nzhe roadside. foEsthose Who would
/<IniAh..weAring the laurel -.
The. Grand Old Dope slipped
LIhroueh by an eye-lash at the start
/Ioe Wood pitched and Boston won.
/B0f Smokey Joe through a"gafne ex-
IhiIifi6n. was doomed nnt1 his pats
Rushed suddenly to his aid and yank-
/edtlhim safely out Of trouble. HIS
#,eat start must call. for, increased
mfaaiinDss or, almost sure trouble III
Xhe Giant pitohing stan sticks TO form.
There's q queer kink In the dope
Xo<ay ana here IL is. In that hectic
opener both clubs fought TO an eye
Iaah snniah.. neck and neck, beak and
Beak until Woods last shot hurled IN
eray-white streak by Cfandan's bat
and thndded into Cady's mitt.
Yet both teams have lost any great
<fear OF the other and both are more
<confident than they were at the start.
Weston has carried this confidence all
<if,esttint I and sees no reason 10
.change her mood. And New YORK
secs In sthe --RedrHosed legion a. team
>fsjow tia. Htandjpg. power and gen
Ire ~ tho MaNkfan
rrnsrd The Benders, the Bakers and
fhS other 'nome-run makers or a>year
Yet the edge il with Boston to this
<extent: That first game counts and
@-siifie Fesreau Is almost sure 10 pitch
&better.AAll, $50 Ia Joe. Wood. Neither
4was .at. top form, although the Giant
1nnastodian-, cut "a -lhrpliaRt .streak
across the first five rounds.
Boston's confidence has bounded
FORWARD because her clan has upset
End Beaten Tesreau. the Terrible
rho Mammoth her people have feared
4ahoye all other Giants. This and the
<fact that New York showed again an
Athfrirvthat aiwaysf - ell sh0rt---Eitl'
weakness In her batting machine
~ hich broke up each impending rally.
And the Giants feel more confident
B In defeat than they felt last year be
.rause they not only see in Boston a
less powerful club than the Mackian
machine. but they have found also
1hey can lift the matchless Wood who,
Nth ali his brilliancy, lacks the cool.
calculating poise OF Bender Plank
AMI Coombs.
~ .Fhfs stfio- WAS -lAhamans but Wood
<fas shown that his system is com
+. Acosed az n netHnrk 4of-naryes- LIVELY. 10
-tecome tangled at any stage. his
.<iaringness yesterday consisted IN
.1eaping blthly from hole to hole and
from srottc to grotto; Smokey Joe
bad the herve-but' the nerves as
well. He had the courage anu the
Etuff--but a woeful lack Of steadiness.
+, He struck out eleven, but they earn /
I'd three runs from his pitchfns--and !
4hree runs In a worlds series fray
!; - s>renefAIy yenough.. $3.50
.4 Boston won the opener because her
Elan had the punch--the punch In the
{.pinch--the punch at bat. and in the
4 I,ux. When the showdown arrived
'nhe had somebody there with kick
i, = massed in either restless hoof. II
4 was either Wood, or Speaker or
<I1oGS>r OF Yeskes--but always tire
&lSXf mn at the right. spot with the
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n No&<,Ycrk carries --msre brilliant
f, .@lashes -@hoth in pitchins nd-betting
but in-.naither could the Giants run
but theirestring- -.
"a Always at the Big Spot they fell
4 thorf by. the margin Of an eye-lash
4 e ann A., eye-iash wo5iild have yanKed
I a <<uf safeiy Though. Tesfeau- had
,n< s6ns more man to handle in the
/afai seventh with two OUTPUT he
|+onldn't handle him. New York need
4 - f,bnn more hff.in-the-rallying ninth
/ .t>< thes hitHexeF~ eame, -.,.~-s
Bostorr he'd Ian opening-and that
<rns enough. Eew. York had three
ara thrse. wera not enough, AND tnere,
Eepfle Reader. ,yoy, are. Boston nas
Ianced to the old time melody: Il
want what Want when Want IT,
.ehat n even more to the point, she
rot II.
Tesreau and Donovan.
q Mr.. Tesreau--br Donovan, Wild
Bfl. Ozark Jeff. Shake. For thereby
#trings q yarn.
Back In 1907, Donovan, pitching for
&he Tigers. held the Cubs hitless for
ave rounds. But Wild Bill couldn't
20 the distance. The Cubs broke the
lpslL in the sixth and hayed his hide
~ erdsy fcsrssu stood the rush.
me 8of. toes Up through the frst Ave
<tfnzas. They couldn't hit him with
= nffling gun. But in these FIRST
@Its fonn0s he pitched his marrow
but Behween. his first .and second
>xind p. flrpy- broke beneath his guard.
@ik I'D ! Dumpedv cut the vital spark
and. Wa : waiting for ther fame to
hIrs. .afain. Tha.. alert. Keep,eyed
ktesker saw. the. hutterD dlst End ~
#ks Speakers triple that started the
I1reup In the next round they got
-. him with his guard down and,
%hirling their bludgeons, drove him
from the field.
This marked Bostbn-s lone assault.
but In that ouDe. mad: .head1ong
<harrn. they swept the game beyond
<Ianf reach. The punch was there
"a he psychological moment--and the
#notk-out was back Of the punch.
Outside OF Woods game. brilliant
||'chIng In The tllrohbing. pinches and
ne Red 9or rally that won. there
<>r> three IeadiSe incidents which
.,.ar,d s6sse sn other p the day's
IN. A. IN .~>t.st po.fon--.n nd