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I 'ccrYKiGHTjsis 2 r grx g co. Slab/ Has Used H/s Two Sfar Pitchers—Now He's Up Against It 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 »* •••••••••••••••••••••••••a •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 th ■•' 'f' H" in.'ii - • saith I knoty mu I.’ . g.on. . but u , sc m n y • I' ' Ho iiouth .ti . oj c , n.pty 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. ••••••••••••••••••••••••• : 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. , • •••••••••••••••••••••••••i 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