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14 EDITED W 9 FARNSWORTH KERS SEES NR!' REASON TO BE DEJECTED By John “Chief" Meyers. (Famous Catcher of the Giants.) Boston, mass., oct.«. i said this morning that we hadn’t lost the championship yet, and I say It louder now 1 believe it truly. Jake Stalil used his trump card at Polo Grounds yesterday. It is quits true that he landed a victory by doing it, but still a victory that is likely to tell against him in the long run. Far from disheartening rhe Giants the reverse is true, it has put new determination in them. If we approached the series with any trepidation our first game with the Hub team certainly dispelled It. Thinks Giants Are Best. I do not wish to Insinuate any thing against the skill either of Joe Wood or the Red Sox when I say that in my estimation the Giants form a better combination. Stahl fired his big gun in the first skirmish. Wood yesterday proved himself a very masterful pitcher He had a lot of stuff I wasn't particularly impressed in fact. 1 didn't pay much attention to what Wood did have till he winged me In that seventh inning. Beys, he had smoke. Wood Is Good, But Can’t Last. Yet, after all. Wood did not Im-, press me as a fellow who is likely to come back with a day's rest like our' Teereau can. He depends too much on speed That is bound to sap his reserve energy and Ills re cuperattve powers Wood showed us nothing like the speed Bender displayed against Mathewson the opening game a year ago. He is not so hard a pitch er to beat. Bender mixed up terrific speed with a beautiful curve that he was never afraid to use. He kept a batter guessing every minute. Wood sticks to his speed and when a club has a chance to guage it properly I do not think his pitching will be found as effec tive as that of Connie Mack's great Indian. Wood on Run in Ninth. We did not do much with Wood at first, but no one can deny that we gave him a very uncomfortable time of It In the ninth inning Boston will be without the services of their greatest t wirier for the next few days No other man on that club is likely to show us so much in nine Innings But n e Giants shonld have as good pitching every day. Jeff Tesreau will get renenge. mark my words. He pitched wonderful ball yester day —certainly as fine as anything ever handled Here was a green young pitcher In his first world's series opposed to the classiest pitcher of the Amer ican league. He bore hlmrsolf nobly. He was not out-pitched. He was out-lucked He will come back, and come back strong I look for him to pitch the next game at the Polo Grounds and then he will show even more stuff than he displayed yesterday. LESTER POUNDS HOWARD UNTIL COPS INTERFERE SIDNEY. AUSTRALIA Oct 9 Jack I .set er last night defeated Jack Howard, a middleweight boxer of New South Wales, In thirteen rounds The police had to stop the fight to sate the Australian from serious Injury. George Stovall's wtfe hasn't missed a ball game In seven years She advises all boil players to marry which mosh of them do "RED SOX HAD LUCK." IS MARQUARD'S ALIBI By Rube Marquard. < One of Giant Pitching Star*,) Boston. mass. Oct s. -The Giants are fighting mud now and nothing in the world can stop us Tesreau's experience yesterday has taught him a fine lesson and all the box a are banking on hint to cop the next out He had every thing In the world for six innings yesterday and made the Boston laos stand on their ears But he outpltched himself He didn't guage his str< ngth I was the same way last year Bui 1 have learn, d my lesson and you ian bet that Jeff has now The n»xt time he st i ts he will nurse himself along, and I honestly be lle's that he will pitch a shut-out ga me. Wood hut'ed a swell game, but relied almost entirelj on his fast bull H> was busting 'em over in thi groove a 1 ! th. time, but the luck brpkt w'tli him, sot our bat tels were unfort inate in slumming the pill right into Homebody's hands Yrs, then* is no denying that yeateeday the Boston tram hml all the luck In the world with It II ii w V had m nvd the I rak HERE ARE THE PITCHERS ON WHOM McGRAW DEPENDS TO HOLD RED SOX IN CHECK I f A ~ A ■ 'TI. l tfa • ‘Xri • 'ili ■'’xdF r .’THF' ; ,Jcj !im'T i ! ,ii \ '■ v!l ■' rl 'A. ™ I■ ' » VIT -'t l A i ” "J - v <I $ v ’r < w ; ' "J if \HI Vl ■ > Copyright, 1912, by International News Service. Marquard. Tesreau. Mathewson. Ames. Wiltse. Crandall. Rain Threatens to Spoil Second Game, But Shower Lasts Only Short Time---Doesn’t Interfere SOX BACKERS BET 2 TO 1 THEY WOULD WIN TODAY By Billy Smith. (Manager of the Atlanta Ball Club.) F FENWAY PARK, BOSTON, Oct. 9.—An hour before "play ball” called the Red Sox and Giants together In the second bat tle for the world's championship, the bleacher seats were nearly filled with fanatical looters, but there wss only a sprinkling of spectators in the reserved grandstand seats. An attendance of 31.000 was as sured by the ticket sale, however. The sun dropped behind the clouds about noon, and at 12:40, when the Boston team took the field, amid the frenaied plaudits of the crowd. it loked as If rain might fall before the second game was completed. The weather predic tions was rain tonight. victory of the Red Sox yes terday made them big betting fa vorites. and the early odds of 10 to S shifted this afternoon to 10 to 5 on oßston for the series. In one case a bet of S2OO to SIOO was made that the Red Sox would win today despite the fact that the vet eran Mathewson would be pitted against youthful Collins The Giants came on the field at 12:50. but their advent only brought any one of a dozen times that we were in a position to cop it. It would have been a Giant victory and a Bed Sox defeat. After watching the Boston team closely. I believe that Wagner is the man we will have to look out for more than any other one He is a great ball player. He watches every move of the opposition and he is a bear for breaking up well mapped out plays 1 have heard remarks that Snod gtass should have caught Sneaker's line drive to left center in the sixth inning It was a clean three-bag ger Snodgrass ran with the speed of a deer and managed to get the fingers of his right hand on the ball. But no man In the world could have speared that clout Doyle played a corking game He pulled off a stunt in that pesky -•••v --enth spasm that set the crowd - a<y With w..g: e on m< on i and Cady on first, with one down. Wood faced a fast bal on the«nose It wa- headed about the feet Io tin light of second and burning the sod too Hairy man'g d to knock it down, but in doing >i hi tinned a complete Mitnersault But he rolled ovv* and while fast on his stomach toss ( .| the bal! to b"iet< bet in time to fur. ,• out t’a.iy ■■ < - - - * **«** • - - THE ATLANTA GEORGTAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9, 191-2. slight applause. The big crowd of Gath;tmites who came to cheer their favorites did not take their seats until after 1 o’clock Light Rain Falls. At 1:15 o’clock a little rain be gan. The darkening skies gave promise of considerable bad weath er before the completion of the game. The rain proved to be only a light shower and stopped three minutes after it began. The Red Sox victory of yester day had the effect of adding to their confidence, and they disported on the field in preliminary prac tice with a dash and vim that was pleasing to their supporters. the Giants, on the other hand, moved around with a "do or die” spirit. McGraw had a heart-to heart talk with his men today and pointed out some of the opportu nities that were lost in the open ing game, and told his men in un varnished terms that they must take the game today. Lawson Offers Fat Prizes. Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston financier, offered $250 to any bats man who could hit a big sign bear ing his name back of the tempora ry bleachers in left field, find SI,OOO to any one whose batted ball broke the six-foot "System Slate" right alongside his name on the sign. Players on both sides during practice aimed their drives tn the direction of the Lawson sign. At 1:45 o'clock a chilly wind swept across the field, bringing overcoats and furs into evidence. The Boston band, wearing red suits with white trimmings and white belts, arrived at 1:48 o’clock and played some lively tunes. At the same time the overflow in the reg ular bleachers was allowed in the field and it camped behind a big railing. Mayor Fitzgerald made a speech, presenting Jake Stahl with an automobile and Shortstop Wag ner with a silver bat. while the crowd cheered and a delegation of rooters, headed by a band, paraded the field. Umpire O’Loughlin o"- fieiated behind the bat. Umpires Klem and Evans, on the four lines, and Umpire Rigler, on the bases. The Giants and the Red Sox players came into town on a spe cial train la»t night, beating type writers and toting huge reams of copy paper out of Bill '’arrl g.tn's pocket could be seen the edge of a dietionaiy and t’hlef Meyers carried a rapid calculator tor fig uring the parabi fie All of them we'e accompanied by stenogra phers, and when any one made a pointed remark they order him to "put that down." Boston Very Confident. The yyinning of the first game | made the Boston bettors so cock sure of winning the si les that | . .;t 1 to day On the generui understanding that Mathewson was to pitch this afternoon, the betting on today's game was at even money. Snodgrass' Mistakes Costly. Among ball players and other followers of the game, it is the opinion that the turning point in the first game was Snodgrass’ bad play in the sixth, in running in front of Devore to get a drive from Speaker’s bat, only to miss It. This gave the Red Sox a run. Devore was set and waiting to catch the ball when Snodgrass w ent on his w ild stampede and crossed him. Snodgrass' defense is that he did not know that Devore was waiting y for the ball and that, as he heard no warning, he kept going. Devore stoutly maintained that he called for Snodgrass to get out of the way, but his voice was prob ably drowned in the noise of the crowd. This play was not only unfortu nate for Snodgrass, but it appar ently unnerved Tesreau and he weakened in the following inning. Doyle Had Hard Luck. Another play in which the Giants got the worst of it was when Doyle stumbled in the seventh inning and was prevented from making a double play which yvould have re tired Boston without a run. Larry got the bail cleanly and had a double play right in his grasp, but when he started for second base lie tripped and lost the great chance. That yvas one of the sad dest blows of the game to the Giants. There was still another chance in that inning to cut off the Boston runs, but this time the bad break fell to the lot of Ghief Meyers. There were two strikes on Hoop er when he lifted a foul fly that almost touched the screen. -Mey ers ran hack against the stand and scraped the skin from his hand in reaching for the ball, but missed it. If he had caught that foul fly. New York would have won the game. The heavy hitting of the Sox proved to be a very much over estimated institution. They were - really weak with the stick as com pared with the Giants, but they managed to get theirs in a lump and made them count. McGraw Overlooks a Bet. Many of the fans in Boston are inclined to believe tha; McGraw made a bull yesterday in the last half of the ninth by not send ing Becker to bat in place of Fletcher, who had already struck out twice. With runnets on sec ond and third and only one out. the chance fol victors was in tile palm of the hatter’s hands. It looked is if i left-hander would have a better chance than a right hander against Wood, and when Bet ker was called from the bench every one thought, even Becker himself, that he w is going in as a pinch hitter. Instead McGraw sent him to second to run for Meyers. Last night Becker rather naively remarked: "I’d a darned sight rath er been in there hitting instead of running." Based on the showing of the Sox in the first game, they do not com pare with the Athletics as a ball club. Their attack is wabbly and uncertain, and their defense is nothing extraordinary. The throw ers had little chance to show what they could do. Sox Play Old-Fashioned Game. In attack the Red Sox played only the "old army game" yester day. and not once did they de viate. Once a runner got on first they advanced him with a sacri fice or attempted to. To show the futility of that style of baseball, the Sox made a bloomer of it two times out of three. As a surprise, Murray also tried the sacrifice play and as a result doubled up himsc'f and Snodgrass. The Giants had a chance to show their first flash of speed in the third yesterday and fleetness alone gave them two runs. With Devore on first, Doyle dumped a looping hit into left field and with- “In Your Window I SAW A HAT" I liked it and came in. Then I saw anoth er * weeded and bought Two * Don’t show me any more—your styles are irresistible, I might have to buy H three! Scratch Kelt. in varied blocks and brims, $3 to $4. Beaver finish, varied blocks In mole and steel color $5. 'ijX 5? TESIu? y Kersey, $2 to $3.50. V Z Cloth Hats, silk sewed or rough finish. $1.50 to $2.50 ; V a ! I Derbies in the new low crown and wide brim. a;s< \ \v/ standard shapes, $3 to $5. J Hmm QU Regular Kelts, in the standard shapes, gray and black. $3 to $5. v, - .7 Velour, the richest of colors and textures. $6.50. • —-*sa' j Caps, for outing, college or achoo). 50c to $2. » PARKSCHAMBERS HARDWICK CO. out even hesitating Devore shot into third like a streak. Stealing Isn’t Popular, A feature of the first game was that only one man attempted to steal a base and he was thrown out by ten feet. Stahl tried it in the second inning, but Meyers’ aim was so unerring that not an other man started. The work of both Catchers Cady and Meyers t%as absolutely flaw less. They handled their pitchers perfectly and watched first base so closely that no one had a chance to get a lead. Managers McGraw and Stahl this morning expressed satisfaction with the work of their teams. Stahl says he realizes that his club Is in for a tough tight, notwithstanding the opening victo ry, and McGraw agrees with him. A Buffalo paper announces that the fol lowing galaxy of glittering talent is covering the world's series for them: Sister Pankhurst, Doc Cook, Lieut. Becker (inside stuff), Bill Riggs. Conan Doyle, Barney Oldfield, Rose Pitnoff, Prof. Erlich, Joe Walcott. CIRRIGJN ERB! SDX WILL WIN E STRAIGHT I By Bill Carrigan. (Star Catcher of the Red Sox) Boston, oct. 9,-After si .,i n . up the Red Sox and th. Giants. 1 believe we wi;> m n the series with ease. We won the first clash, as w , won many a game In the \. lle . ; can league season-we came’fmm behind, overhauled a two-run lead in the seventh, stood the strain of a heartbreaking last half O s the ninth and won out. 4 to 3 I want to give Joe Wood credit for the great game he pitched and Forrest Cady for the great game he caught. 1 Wood Showed Courage. Joe simply pitched the v Prv he has pitched all season to me He showed at his best when things were breaking bad'for him in the last inning, when he kept his nene tightened up and struck out the last two batters, one of them (Crandall) among the best stiekeri In the National game. It was a beautiful finish for Wood. He showed nerve, .mnfj dence, stamina. Taken altogether, it was ;l rno! t wonderful performance. i a . y, when one remembers that there were 40,000 partisans yelling like maniacs in an effort in get his nerve. Joe came through with fly. Ing colors. He did Just «h,u «■» all expected he would do. Sox Had Game Doped Out. We had the game al! figured out at the start and things happ-ned just about as we figured It. Take th_ case of Tesreau, for ex.< ample. V.'e decided to play a wait ing game at the start; then to ward the close, if things went right and when he might be expect-d to be tired from his efforts and front natural nervousness, to go after him. Thia is exactly what we did. In the first three innings Tes reau issued three passes, and while we were not able to turn them into a count, he was pitching hard all the time. Eventually, wo got to him and knocked him nut of the box with four solid hits, in cluding a fine two-bagg- r in th# seventh inning. The Giants played a high elaM of ball, but it seems to me as though they were a different team at various stages of the game When they secured that two-run lead and held it for three innings they were full of "pep." but when we got that one run lr> the sixth we could see a difference in them, and when we scored three more in the seventh they looked dead. I don’t blieve Tesreau will both er us any more. We have i measure. If he pitches against ua again, we mav not use the same attack, but I believe we wilt get hint just the same. UHLAN BREAKS RECORD: TROTS ONE MILE IN 1:5 LEXINGTON. KY . Oct. 9.-Thf world's records were broken at t opening day of the Kentucky HO- Breeders association meeting here - day. Uhlan, racing against time, .o ered the trotting record, held by u Dillon for sever, years, to 1:58 fiat 1 former record of 1:69 1-2 Memphis. The sixth heat of the ke tucky futurity was won by Man teo 2:07 1-4, a world's record for a six heat. ■ . , The aggregate time for the six n In this race also made a new Manrico won the Kentucky trotti classic after six heats. The 1 ‘‘ nß '‘\ 1 for 2:05 pacers, was only a for Braden Direct. Pickles proved som what of a disappointment and tn» she could do was to land third mo