The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-10
BY BILLY EVANS

| CPEAKING OF tough breaks In
~ world series. give me your ear.
The 1912 world series between
the Boston Red Sox and the New
York Giants win 80 down into his
tory as one OF the greatest Of all
baseball events.
The Red sox got away to fly.
ing start and II seemed as II the
series would be over In five games
at the most. Then the Giants. with
their backs 10 the wall, shifted from
tight baseball TO a running game,
and eyened up the series.
The final game OF the series,
eight games being played, one re-
suiting in a tie. was staged AT
Boston. The Red sox won the
game and with II the series, but
never in all baseball did pitcher
SIT a tougher break than did the
great Chrsty Aiathewson.
II was in that series that Snod.
grass muffed a ny ball that gave
the sox the chance 10 tie. a
moment later Catcher Myers and
First Baseman Merkle permitted
a foul fly TO drop safe and gave
the sox another opportunity. Then
pinch hitter, with two strikes on
him. sent grounder down the
third base line that was fair by
inches only. deciding the ban game.
MATTY DESERVED
TO WIN
II ever a pitcher deserved 10 win
n ball game. Msthewson was en-
titled TO victory in the final game
OF the 1912 world series. have
seen pitcher get many tough
break on the ball field, but none
that compared TO Mathewson's por.
ton Of hard luck in that ali.im.
portant game.
A few hours after the game was
over, was standing at the Back
Bay station in Boston chatting with
Mathewson. couldn't refrain from
alluding to his tough luck. even
tho but little baseball was being
discussed. shall never forget.
Mathewson's reply. 1t rvemed with
logic and was characteristic Of that
great player;
ITS all in the game. Our bad
luck was Boston's good luck Usually,
n tough break for one team is re.
garded as a good break by the other
team"
All OF which is very true. but I
have since wondered how m any
pitchers would have taken such a
sensible view OF happening that
prevented Matty from winning base
balls greatest honor. the worlds
series
COSTLY DROPPED
THIRD STRIKE
Back IN 1907. in the first game OF
the world series between the Chi
cago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers.
with two out in the ninth. the
Tigers leading by a run, Bill Dono-
van pitching for Detroit, struck out
the batsman and with perfect play
the side should have been retired.
giving Detroit the first game and
the edge.
Instead the Detroit backstop al
lowed the bah to trickle thru his
fingers. the batsman reaching first
and the runner on third scoring the
run that tied up the game. The
contest was called in the 18th in
ming on account of darkness. 1t
was a tough break for Detroit.
TEAM FAILED
TO RALLY
Recently was talking ttt1 game
over with Charley O'Leary, then
with Detroit. now assistant to Man
ager Miller Higgins of the New
York Yankees.
II will always believe that the
loss of that first game thru an In
excusable error beat us out Of a
good chance to win that series"
said o'Leary.
THE Tigers were a game club.
but somehow the loss of that game
which had already been counted as
won. so stunned the entire team that
during the rest of the series it failed
TO play anything like the bali IT
was capable Of"
Mathewson's defeat by Boston,
due to muffed fly ball. and Bill
DonovaDs loss to the Chicago Cubs.
when his catcher let perfect third
strike for the final out get away.
stand out as the two toughest
breaks ever enacted in the world
series.