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MEYERS CAN’T SEE ANYTHING BUT THE GIANTS
By John “Chief” Meyers.
(Catcher of the Giant Club.)
Boston, mass,, oct. io.—That
old world*'s series pennant Is
ours, assure as you were born.
I regret «s much as the most ardent
Giant rooter that we failed to win
yesterday. Rut somehow I feel that
we really achieved more than we
would In victory. We tackled the
Red Sox right in their own back
yard, a spot we saw for the first
time, and we fought them to a
standstill We came hack tn the
face of three runs disadvantage at
the start and before the game was
over drove two of their best pitch
ers to the woods lam not trying
to make any excuses for our failure
to win. I readily acknowledge that
we tossed off victory on several oc
casions when it had been sewed up
tight for any sort of real Giant
baseball. We overlooked oppor
tunities time and time again. But
it was an experience that should do
us a great world of good.
, One Flicker Meant Defeat.
It takes the sort of sluff of which
the Giants are made of to come
through like our team did yester
day. If after that first inning one
man haxl shown the least faint
heartedness our cause would have
been lost. 1 tell you we have a lot
of faith in Mathewson and we sim
ply could not see him beaten
Every fellow on the team was
RUBE MARQUARD PAYS
A TRIBUTE TO BIG SIX
By Rube Marquard.
(Star Pitcher of the Giants.)
Borton, mass, oct 10.—Mat
ty pitched a swell game yes
terday, despite the brealos that
were against him His fadeaway
newer broke better, and 1 never saw
him have so much stuff on his fast
ones
1 heard some Roeton fans re
marking in the loby of the hotel
last night that Matty is through for
the series, that he isn't strong
enough to pitch another game. I
felt like walking up to them and
offering them SI,OOO at evens that
Big Six will pitch on Saturday.
Os course, rain may keep him
from working on that day What
1 mean is that he will work in the
game that follows the ones Tesreau
and I pitch
Why, that big fellow is every bit
as good now as he was six years
ago. He knows more baseball than
any man on the team, and the next
time he starts those Red Sox will
be lucky to score on him
You see. Matty was not at his
very best yesterday He laid off too
long He enjoyed i rest of fourteen
days. If he had laid off about half
that time he would have been in
better form
Matty did not hit his stride until
the sixth inning He seemed to be
stiff and awkward in his deliver}
and every fan knows that Matt} is
the most graceful pitcher in the
world. When he i- tied i.p In isn't
th' teal Matty.
Murray Is "Shewing 'Em."
1 am tickled to <)< Uli the way
Ju k Murray is coming along in
this "series He is making up for
hi- inistiuttine in the world’s se
ries last fall, .lust before tie went
to bat the fir.-, time Tuesdaj I was
sitting lesiue him on the bench
Rube,' in- said, "I am going to
show all till' gux s who panned n .
H*-rz* g is sure playing gteiit ball
anti using the old stick al tin op
jwntune Illi'* And so an .< the
•' 'll* I - •X< * I'tillg FT I ill l'oo|
Arthur Pels badly mri hi- slump,
and tri*- to do tile best lie i an,
but tii.s ♦ i-it i . *... , c , f.t »*
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•Yesterday's Game •
Tough One to Score •
• BOSTON, Oct. 10.—The base •
• ball writers and official scorers •
• are at loggerheads over the scor- •
• ing of yesterday's game. •
• One drive through Fletcher’s •
• legs was credited by the newspa- •
• per writers as an error for Fletch- •
• er, but the officials called it a e
• hit. •
• Speaker was given a home run •
• by the newspaper writers, but the •
• official scorers called his long •
• drive into the bleachers a three- •
• base hit. •
• •
seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
full of life and action every minute
of the thrilling game
1 know I never worked harder in
my life, and I am sure each of my
fellow players can say the same
thing for himself. The Giants were
confident before Wednesday’s game.
They are still confident. We had a
bully chance before yesterday's
game as good a chance as the
Athletics had after the first game
last year—and I figure yesterday's
developments have enhanced our
opportunities two-fold.
Sox Pitchers Routed.
I pray you not to think that I am
in this series. 1 think Shafer will
replace him for the rest of the se
ries.
I am morning with Josh Devore
over here, and after the game last
night we sat up in our room and
agreed that we would never play
baseball again If the Red Sox win
the series That shows how confi
dent we both are that the Giants
will be the next world's cham
pions.
STAKES ANNOUNCED FOR
MEETING AT JAMESTOWN
NORFOLK, \ \ , (>('t io. The James*
town Jockey club, of Norfolk. Va . ev!
dviitl> expects to have its banner meet
ing thie tall it is making manj im
provement* in the plant, which will be
completed In time for Its corning meeting
from November 1.1 to 30, inclusive.
The association has announced the fol
lowing stakes to be run at the meeting
the entries to which close Saturday <>e
tober 2tl: Monticello Hotel handicap, all
ages. 41.600, mile, the Exchange handi
cap. all ages. JLOt'il, 1 1-16 miles the
Thanksglvfng selling stakes, for three
year olds and upward. SI,OOO, mile ami a
furlong, the Lynnhaven Hotel selling
stake, all ages. SI,OOO. mile, the Fairfax
Ib tel handicap, for two tear olds. SBOO.
6 furlongs, and H e Merchants selling
Slake, all ages. SBOO. ti furlongs
I’he meeting will be given under the
sanction of flic .locket club, and will
follow the meetings at Pimlico and l.a
tonla. the officials for which will be Jo
seph \ Miirnht and Frank 1 Bi t an.
st. wartls: ,\ H Dade, starter Ed Cole,
placing judge. Joseph McLennan, racing
secretary. Herman 1’ Conkling, clerk of
the scales. Harry White, t'amlock and pa
trol fu.ig. t’d Marty M Mahony advance
informa 11, m
POKER
Poker is a game of skill if you win
ami a game of < ham eify ou lose It is
p.iyeo with cat ds. chips and crooks
It is a game yvlth some men and a
profession yyitli others, ami is p tyed
according to Hoyle unless the hand is
qtil' ; han the . y.
\ loyal Hush i- tie itighest hand in
poke' blit it Is si .. .nt held by honest
no i I'our a.s is onsidered a lucky
h.'iui, but to hoid tly e nc-'s always
ui'. t.s misfortune unless ~tl v past
tn.. Met tn tit, art ot u.tking a get-
I ’’ id' " ' ‘ l a I'oliel ga ate if>
ti" It. i i'ii . u ,i, i , nights are
six months long II , . the frequent
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS-THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1912.
delighted or even pleased with a tie
game yesterday. I realize that
we should have won and that
in falling so to do we overlooked a
gtand chance to come to even terms
with our rivals. A victory would
have given us all the edge we en
joyed at the start of the opening
game. But still I firmly believe
that the game had a more demor
alizing effect upon the Red Sox
than would any ordinary defeat
where one of their pitchers went
the route.
Mathewson should have won.
Big Six did not lose. He. will come
back stronger In his next game.
McGraw, by keeping Matty In the
box throughout the entire eleven
innings Wednesday, forced Jake
Stahl to uncover bls Itand.
We gave three Sox hurlers
a proper dusting yesterday. Two
of them w;e drove out of the
box and the other we might have
treated to the same medicine if the
contest had not been halted by
darkness.
I think that when any manager
In a world's series Is forced to use
three pitchers In one game it cer
tainly looks as though he acknowl
edged a weakness tn the box We
showed that we can hit Collins, Hall
or Bedient. If they ever did hold
any terrors for us they do no
longer.
CLEMSON PREPARES FOR
GAME WITH RIVERSIDE
CLFJMSON CODLEGE, S. C., Oct m
Coach Dobson is giving,his men a hard
time of it this yveek The practice
grows more strenuous every day. The
game with Riverside, which will be
played on the campus Saturday, Octo
ber 12, is looked forward to more as a
good practice game, as was the tie-up
with Howard last Saturday. The reg
ular varsity will go In for the first
quarter only, while the remainder of
the game will be used for the purpose
of giving several of the most promising
new men a try-out.
According to Coach Dobson, tlie game
with Howard last Saturday served to
show Howard's weakness rather than
Clemson's strength Txist year the
I ig' is beat Howard 15 to 0. Saturday
the score was 59 to 0. There Is no de
nying that Clemson is considerably
stronger than last year, but Howard Is
much tveaker. In the offensive yvork
Clenuion did well, but the defensive
work was almost nothing, as Howard
had the ball only three times.
SAM McVEA QUITS: SAYS
LANGFORD FOULED HIM
PERTH. WEST ACSTRALIA, Oct.
It*.—Sam Langford, the "Boston Tar
Baby." yvas given a decision in the
eleventh round over Sam Mt \'ea. the
California negro heavy weight, here to
day when McVea refused to continue
the fight because he declared Langford
had fouled him
The referee told them to fight, but
Mi Vea and his second protested.
laingfoid denied that he had fouled
his opponent and joined with the ref
eree In urging that the fight go on.
When McVea flatly refused the vic
tory was given to the Boston negro.
The bout \yas witnessed by a large
crowd, among them a number of dis
tinguished pe .sons, including P-eml, •
Scaddan and oth-r ministers of the
West Australian government
FAMOUS INTERVIEWS.
YE SCRIBE—WiII Manager Chance
be presented with a contract for the
season of 1913?
MR. MURPHY—As I have said be
fore. this weather is highly invigorat
ing.
YE SCRIBE Will Manager Chance
be given his unconditional release’
MR. MURPHY—The Balkan situa
tion is grave, truly grave.
• • •
If the downfall of the Cubs is due to
likker and cigarettes, what .ire tho hoc.
turnsl habits of the Boston 8 aves.
aside from using the yenhok and drink-
EVEN BETTING 15
TEAMS LINE UP
FOB §0 GfflE
By_ Billy Smith.
(Manager of the Atlanta Club.)
PBJNWAY PARK. BOSTON, Oct. 10.
—ldeal weather conditions and the
prospect of another thrilling game be
tween the Red Sox and Giants were the
magnets that drew another tremendous
crowd tn the ball field today to wit
ness the third battle for the supremacy
of the baseball world.
McGraw was confident the Giants
would win the series.
Betting odds just prior to the game
remain even money on the series and
on today’s game, but one rooter wa
gered SSOO against S4OO the Giants
would win today.
A game team! There is no getting
away from the fact that the Giants
are all of that. Their wonderful come
back yesterday, when the Red Sox had
that three-run lead, upset all the dope.
I had heard that McGraw's men had
a yellow streak in them. It’s false.
1 hey are fighters, every one of them.
Still I don’t think McGraw’s men
form the greatest ball team that ever
won a pennant. No; not bj - any me.ins.
I have watched them closely in the
three games played so far and have
come to the conclusion that without
McGraw at the helm they would never
have finished in the first division.
McGraw signs them for every play
they make. \\ henever a batter swings
j at a ball and misses it he turns around
to McGraw to get the signal for what
he must do next.
McGraw Is Whole Show.
I have read thrilling yarns of how a
star college pitcher had been kidnaped
on the eve of an important game. Now.
If the Red Sox pulled this stunt and
captured McGraw they would beat the
, Giants four straight.
On the other hand, the Boston team
consists of a lot of brainy ball players,
who know just what to do at the prop
er moment.
It Was a Weird Game.
Yesterday’s game went to a 6 to 6
tie after eleven innings of in-and-out
baseh.ill. Tile game was marked by
sensational plays at one time and hor
rible misplays at another. The plteh
i ing of Mathewson did not impress me,
and the Bed Sox are almost sure to
■ get to him for a victory when he takes
his next turn on the mound.
Ray Collins didn’t have very much
stuff either. Hall, who succeeded Ray,
could not get his curve ball working
and gave way to Bedient. This young
ster looked good to me. and if yes
terday’s work has not taken the edge
off him he is likely to give the Giant
batters a lot of trouble this trip.
Hats Off to J. Murray.
You must take your hat off to Jack
Murray the red-headed Giant right
fielder. He is the original come-back
kid. The boob of the world series
last fall. I look for him to lead both
teams in batting in the pn sent strug
gle. He is taking a good, healthy
swing at the ball and "hitting ’em
where they ain’t," as my old friend,
Billy Keel«r. used to say.
Yesterday Murray scored two runs
■and batted in another, contributing a
I triple, a double and a single. And he
I made a beatrtiful throw tn the eighth
1 inning that just failed to save the
game for the Giants b> a fraction of in
I inch. This was on Gardner s hit that
Is oicd Lewis from second
H. rzog is another Giant who played
a dandy game and did great execution
jwlth th« old asii He has been one of
I the most faithful fighters in the Giant
ranks and his wonderful spirit is of
| \ ~lu< in series of tils •. itu: • .
Fletcher Is a Fright.
I McGraw bad better pull l-’lett her out
I of the ga me
This bird is soaring, and there is no
eh.'i e sot dm to re, ovt r IL made
!t wo , osth ei ror ~ K '. rda> and f .led
: r I o pin' 1■ S of two. Litth
Jjilatci tin.il) took h place, and,
* Matty Showed Grand Form, But Red Sox Were Getting to Him Strong
| CARRIGAN PASSES OUT INSIDE PITCHING DOPE
By Bill Carrigan.
(Red Sox Great Catcher.)
BOSTON. Oct. 10.—We showed
our stamina again in the
second game, I think.
Mathewson is still a grand pitch
er, as his record for yesterday aft
ernoon clearly shows. We got a
good start on him in the very first
inning, but his skill and his head
work stood by him, and we had our
work cut out for us. Still, we
were getting him better toward the
last. We hit him hard at times
where the box score does not show.
Those two drives of Speaker's,
for instance, were tremendous
clouts, but in one case Merkle was
able to make a great stop and in
the other the drive went directly at
Fletcher and as he clung to the
ball he was able to whip it to Her
zog for a double play. Had that
latter hit been a foot or tw*o to
the side of Fletcher or a foot or
two higher, It would have broken
up the game then and there.
But we are not dealing in “its.”
It is facts that count.
Here Are Some Alibis.
Ray Collins appeared to me to
have all he ever had. He had
splendid control. There was a good
break to his curve ball, and he had
confidence, but the Giants seemed
to hit him at opportune moments
and Stahl considered it wise to
take him out when he did. It was
while he may lack Fletcher's experi
ence, I believe he will prove a much
better card.
Take Larry Doyle away from the
Giants in this series and all the Mc-
Graws in the world could not beat the
Red Sox, In the tenth inning he made
one of the sweetest stops I ever saw.
With Lewis on second and one out,
Duff} got a good hold of a fast inside
ball and slammed it on a line between
Doyle and Merkle. I never saw a
smash that looked like a cleaner hit.
But somehow or other Doyle tore
around twenty feet back of Merkle;
and, while going at full speed, speared
the ball with his bare hand. He had
no time to set to make the throw, but
got to Merkle after a fashion and the
batter was called out by inches only.
Doyle is a fighter, too.
After Boston had made those three
runs in the first inning. Larry got out
there with the old pep and yelled his
head off. In an inning or two he had
the entire New York team wide awake
urging and encouraging Matty.
Although Merkle got in a triple in the
tenth inning that looked good for the
winning run at that time, his batting
is very bad. He takes a good swipe
at the pill, but his eye is way off.
Red Sox Are Brave.
The Rod Sox certainly displayed the
most remarkable gameness imaginable.
After the first inning they had every
reason to believe that the game was
sewed up around Matty. New York
kept plugging away, however, and final
ly managed to nose the Red-hoscd War
riors out of the lead.
It had been a hard struggle in which
Giant pluck predominated.
But immediately the Sox gave the
Giants a dose of their own medicine.
Twice they came from behind to tie
the -iore when it seemed an absolute
impossibility. Once the trick was turn
ed with two out. Again one hand was
gone when Tris Speaker saved the day
Speaker was one of the most heroic
figures of the day of startling sur
prises It was his very boldness that
carried him -afelv around the circuit
on what should have been a home
run. but which the scorers gave a triple
b* ause W ilson muffed the ball at the
plat' Herzog gave Tris the hip ns
h* founded third and almost knocked
him to his knees It slowed up the
i until i mi that Shafer's play beat him
to the plale But Shafer himself aas
> night napping, and after he momen
tarily fumbled the ball hi' could ne* ei
huv. headed Speak* r hail the Utter
mu been interfered with.
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: Attendance 30.148;
: Receipts $58,369
• BOSTON, Oct. 10.—The nation- 1
• al commission figures for attend- '
• ance and receipts at yesterday’s '
• game are as follows: '
• Total paid attendance, 30,148. . '
• Total receipts, $58,369. '
• Players’ share, $31,519.26. '
• Each club’s share, $10,506.42. i
• National commission's share, 1
• $5,836.90. ,
•
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one of these cases where a pitcher
has everything, but the opponents
seem able to connect at the right
time. Ray will fool the Giants
yet.
Charlie Hall has been suffering
from a bad cold, but we thought he
would last through the remaining
innings. However, his cold ap
peared to affect his control and it
was not as good as it usually Is.
When he got the ball over the
Giants found difficulty in hitting
him.
We did not lose our nerve at any
time. There was no stage fright.
Speaker to the Rescue.
Speaker was the life-saver In the
tenth w'ith that terrific three-bag
ger which he developed into a home
WOOD’S HUGE WRIST
KEEPS HIM IN GAME
Boston, mass., oct. io— when
Walter Johnson was In Bos
ton last May he made the
dire prediction that Joe Wood was
nearing his end as a great pitcher.
He said, in fact, that Wood would
cease to be great before he had time
to become famous.
The mighty Johnson, who, by the
way. was vanquished a short time
ago by that same Joe Wood, in the
most remarkable pitching contest,
based his opinion on what seemed
to him to be the probable effect of
the deadly “snap ball” pitched by
Wood.
"I know Wood is a remarkable
young pitcher,” said Johnson. "He
has tremendous speed. But he ac
quires that speed tn such away
that he can’t stand it long. In fact,
although Joe has been puliing his
team out of the fire very often this
season—he's kept it in second place
(the Sox were second them, he Is
not going so fast as he used to
travel, and I am af.atd he will soon
cease to be as effective as he is
now. If he does not tyave to retire
altogether. ”
Johnson Guessed Wrong.
But Johnson was wrong. Wood
does pitch the deadly “snap bail.”
But it is not entirely different, ex
cept in detail, from the “snap ball’’
Cy Young used to pitch when he
was a young man. and Cy remained
some time in the pitching game—
about 23 years, to be definite.
Waiter Johnson made his predic
tion not in a deprecating way. He
was rather depressed about it. One
great man always admires another
Johnson hoped that Wood would
"change his pace" before it was too
late He was not a bit fearful of
the rivalry. Johnson is a good fel
low He Is a "big fellow" in mind
and character, as well as In body
It happens, though, that Instead
of fading away. Wood has inert as* d
his ability, his fast ball is faster
than ever and he has won the un
precedented p oportlon of 31 gain, x
to 1 lost this year, the highest
record eyer attained by a bus ball
pitcher, not to mention the opening
game of the world's series
Al! of this despite the tlemiiblou
•traln of p tilling that deadly snap
» run. It might be said tha he
• was lucky to ring up a four-bagge:
J on that hit, but, on the other han?
t it was a mighty hard drive, as i ie
• distance it rolled back after hitting
> the fence clearly showed. Herz
tried to puil off one of those old
time block-off plays on Speaker
when he rounded third. “Spoke'
would have been out at the plat' if
Wilson had not dropped the ba ,
That hit enabled us to tie up the
Giants again, and it was the list
scoring of the game.
McGraw used all his resources
• yesterday, shifting his players and
’ changing his line-up, tut he yyis. iy
J clung to Matty. Big Six must have
been sadly disappointed in not win
ning that tie game. Twice toward
the end his team was in the lead,
only to lose it in the last half of
the inning.
LITHONIANS ORGANIZE
SOCCER FOOTBALL CLUB
LITHONIA, GA., Oct. 10.—The Li
thonia Soccer club was organized last
night. This' team is now open (or
games with any team.
The following officers were elected:
President, Alex Ley; secretary. Vi
liam T. Jones; treasurer, James .Mc-
Donald; committees. Alex Davidson.
Jack Wlight. George Reid. Dave Web
ster and R. W. Jones.
Any teams desiring a match should
write William T. Jones. Lithonia. G;
ball” which has been the terror of
American league batters and which
stands between the New York
Giants and the world’s baseball
championship.
Johnson is not the only man v. no
ever warned Wood. Man} other
baseball players have told him th’
same story.
"Doesn't your wrist eve; go ha. k
on you?” they ask "Smoky Joe.”
"If it hasn't, it will. Sum*' Hay
you will throw it out—and then
what ?”
Wood simply tells thorn ’hat the
delivery has not yet given him the
slightest trouble.
Wrist Is Enormous.
"Smoky Joe" is distinguished f or
the remarkable strength and si*:’
of the pitching hand ami wrist.
Wood is of tlie Indian type of ath
letic build. He is 5 feet 11 i-<
imhes in height and weighs 1
pounds. He is slender, but as hard
as Iron. In the five years H
been with the Red Sox he has
grown and has tilled out natu a ’y
because he is only 22, but l>
never taken on extra weight out
proportion to his frame.
Wood is as "hard as nail-, and
has a phy.-ique that should stun:
more strain later than it dots
He is the slenderest of all "f he
great pitcheis.
Rut It is that wrist that coin:'
Wood's right hand is abnorma l''
large, but it is graceful in comi
son with most baseball playet- I
fingers are long and with unu
muscles. The wrist is tr'-im nilous.
It Is a huge band ■ f mils ' s sur
rounding the small boms at
junction of hand and arm.
ma vellous wrist makes it p"s“' l ','
for Wood to pitch tile "snap i’ l ■
without wearing himself out.
FOOTBALL GAMES WANTED
The Marietta Boy Scout.-
plav games of football with
made up of boys from foH : '
seventeen. The Marietta B*'.‘
team is made up of meml>* *■*
fix al troop *if Scouts, iml
trained by Scout Master ''at ' - I
Morris, an old I'niwrsity ■
man. Al! *-ommunii atfon
addressed to Lout- I' H**i*l"'.
Church street, Marietta, *ia- H