Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-27
CHAPTER XLul.

TOE WOOD was in the box for Bos-
ton and Cady was behind the bat.
y Smoky Joe" wound himself up
with great elaboration and then
hurled the ball toward the plate with
tremendous speed Murphy let it pass
without making a move.
"Stri-i-i-i-ke!" yelled OLoughlin
in his high voice. filing every nook
and Granny OF the enclosure and put
ing everybody in good humor,
Again Smoky Joe" put all his
strength in his throw and the ball
crashed into Cady's mitt with a loud
noise.
Strike tub" screamed the umpire
Wood tried to sneak over a curve
for the third strike, but Murphy con-
nected with it and raped a sharp
grounder to Wagner. The Boston
shortstop handled It as though 1t was
the Winning ticket in the Honduras
lottery. but threw the ball five feet
over the chunky Engles head. That
error was the only one charged
against Boston In the game. but for
unexcelled rankness It deserved a
blue ribbon Engle turned and chased
the ball, muttering imprecations. but
before he recovered IT Murphy was
on second. Oldrlng, the next batter,
rolled a slow grounder to Yerkes and
was out at first. but Murphy reached
third on the play. Eddie Collins drove
long fly to Speaker and Murphy
crossed the plate with the first run
of the game.
The Quaker section in the grand
stand went wild with delight. Home
Run" Baker was the next man to
face Wood. He was implored to knock
the ball into the Harlem River, but
the best he could do was to put up
a fly a furlong high, which fell into
the extended mauleys OF Larry Gard
, ner, the Red Sox third baseman.
| Jack Coombs, hero of many a ball
game, was Connie Mack's selection
for slab duty and Lapp was the
catcher assigned to hold the Maine
| boys delivery. Coombs began like
| whirlwind and the first three Red
Sox batsmen were retired In order.
The Athletics could do nothing
with Woods speed in the second in
ming and not a man reached first.
| The Red Sox then took their second
! crack at the ball. Duffy Lewis be-
/ gan well by pushing the ball over
! second base for a single. Gardner
/ put the runner on second with a neat
| bunt which CoOmbs threw to first,
retiring the runner. Engle swung
! hard and shot a liner to Oldring,
which, however. did not advance
! Lewis. Wagner then stepped to the
| plate, and after missing two swings,
| doubly made up for his error by driv-
| ing the ball into the right field seats
| for a clean home run, scoring Lewis
| ahead OF him, While Wagner was
! trotting around the bases the Boston
| contingent made the afternoon hid
| eous with a series of ear-splitting
| yells.
"Heinie don't make 'em often. but
when he does, they count" observed
| President McAleer of the Boston club.
as soon as he could make himself
| heard. He was seated in a box with
a crowd of State Street brokers.
That home run gave the Red Sox
the lead 2 to l. From that time on
| ii was a battle to the death. Both
| Wood and Coombs worked like pow
erful machines and there were
| mighty few safe hits made by either
| team. As inning after inning passed
with neither side able to add to the
| score. a worried look came into
| Manager Connie Macks face. He
kept score with one hand and pulled