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The only chance Joe has of working again will he if the series stretches out as long as next Tuesday And he won't be any too good then, for he put every thing he had on the hall yesterday, and 1 noticed as he walked to the bench a/t --er the seventh and eighth innings that he rubbed bls right forearm. All of which means that the old wing must have been tiring up on him. Matty will turn the trick for us today. Big Six went In Wednesday in Boston and held the Red Sox to an eleven-in ning tie, and he did not have a thing, either, Just his noodle. Often a pitcher has a day that he can't put anything on the ball. Matty was in that fix Wed nesday. but they couldn't best him Today Big Six will be there with everything, and, as 1 have predicted be fore, he will twirl a shutout game. "I Work Monday,” Says Marquard. As I cajne down to the station last night two fans were arguing as to who would pitch today for the Giants— Matty or yours truly. One of them said that I would sure be sent back today. Well, let me tell you that there Isn't a chance in the world that I will work before Monday. I believe 1 could go in there today and win my game, but I wouldn’t want to take a chance The old arm Is still a little sore and I won't be in top notch form before Monday But watch my old hop ball sail over then. Tesreau will be at his best by Tues day. and, believe mo. that boy is sure to get an even break from ' Dame For tune” b) that time Tie certainly de serves to have his share of luck before long: It has been breaking against him too much so far. Slow ground boat us out of yester day’s game. If the infield had been hard and fast, two of Wagner's assist and two of Yerkes' would have gone for hits that would have scored runs. We were hitting the pill good and hard, and on the ground, too, but the soft soil slowed up the drives to such an extent that the keystone duo of the Red Sox got away with things that should have nevi r been. Joe Wood's Smoke Was There. I must give credit to Joe Wood for the great game he pitched. He had a foot hop on his snwki ball" and his curve was wot king much better than it did last Tuesda) But J. Wood will never beat the Giants again. Please paste this prediction in your bonnet. Tesreau work’d altogether too fast . - Whei h '■ r the first inning, I grabbed him by the arm j and pulled him over to when 1 was sitting. "Jeff," I said, “take your time. Do like I did In Boston, and those fellows will never get a run.” But Tesreau failed to listen to my advice, or tnavbe be forgot it all when he got out there with the 4u,(ii)o-odd fans yelling at him SOCCER PLAYERS PERFORM The Atlanta soccer foptball club will I aid a practice game this afternoon at Piedmont park All players and any to b> to pl.lv w ;n L"..v’.la October Red Sox Hard Up Against It For Pitcher for Today’s Game By Billy Smith. Boston, oct. 12.—with their big gun temporarily spiked In defeating the Giants yester day, Jake Stahl, Jimmy McAleer and the. rest of the Red Sox —In fact, all Boston—are in a dilemma over the selection of a twlrler to meet Mathewson, the Old Master, today. Doubt as to Ray Collins, the southpaw, is candidly expressed on all sides. Three days ago Collins, who was expected to tear the Giants into shreds, was sent in against the New Yorkers and did not live to tell the tale. Even McGraw's left handed sharpshooters picked him off with deadly accuracy. The star Red Sox southpaw got the worst mauling of any pitcher that has started since the war be gan. It is not that the Red Sox board of strategy has lost faith in Collins, but at this critical stage of the tight they fear to take chances. The slightest misstep in judg ment now may completely change the complexion of the series and put New York on top. There Is no doubt but that the Giants are In the stronger position today, as they have Matty to lead the fight. The Boston players were free to admit this morning that Mathew son Is the hardest pitcher In tho world to beat, with the possible ex ception of Joe Wood, the man who rightly stands next to Bunker Hill monument as the most Important thing In Boston. Matty and Bedient. With Collins, Hall and O’Brien uncertain, the one man left for the Red Sox to send forth as a standard bearer is Hugh Bedient, a curve ball pitcher who has been used twice as an emergency man against the Giants During tiie regular season Bedient was one of the most dependable pitchers of the Red Sox staff. Bedlent’s control is uniformly good, and his curve is always puz zling This time the Giants have little or no concern :ls to who is the Bos ton pitcher. They have Matty to tight their battle, and that is suf ficient to them. In addition to that, they realize they will not face the formidable Wood The smoke ball artist beat the Giants cleanly and decisively- at the Polo grounds yesterday, and the New Y’ork players know it. They have no alibi. They need none. The Boston players are no stronger in their praise of the work of Wood than are the National league champions. His terrific speed on a cloudy day was an abso lute revelation to them, and though every artifice known to McGraw was brought into play, Wood was always master of the situation. Tho ope silver lining to the cloud of'disappointment to New Y’ork is that Wood was hit harder by the Giants on his second out than on his first. Coming over on the train last I night, some of the Giants told me that they were Inclined to believe that, with a faster field and a dear day, they would have stood a bet ter chance. The lack of light yesterday fa vored Wood's speed, and the heavy ground made it possible for Wag ner and Yerkes to make stops of balls that <>n h fast ground would have gone for safeties It i.« true that the Giants outhft th' Boston team, but Wood’s mas tery ,ame to the front when the safe swats w-ete needed Joe twirled a game that will go down In world's series history as a master piece Joe’. generalship waa just as THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1912. good as his physical ability. One Play Ruined Giants. The one play that broke up the Giants' attack was the remarkable stop of McCormick’s bullet-like hit by Yerkes and his perfect throw that nailed Fletcher at the plate. The whole game hung on that play. If it had gone through, McGraw would have been credited with hav ing staked his all on a chance and won. As it was, he took the plunge and lost. With Fletcher on second and a chance to tie the score, Harry Mc- Cormick was sent in as a pinch hit ter for Tesreau. Harry landed cleanly, but on account of the heavy turf, the ball bounded a trifle slow ly. and Yerkes managed to knock it down. Fletcher had started for third with the crack of the bat, and as he turned third. Yerkes was still diving after the ball. "Go on!” yelled McGraw. In a flash the New York mana ger had decided to take the chance and risk the game on that play. Yerkes then made one more des perate reach for the ball, and came up with It. It was two to one that he would not make a perfect throw to the plate, but he proved that he was made of the right kind of stuff, and shot the ball to Cady with the accuracy of a rifle ball. Fletcher was out by several feet. More over, he was so cleverly blocked off from the plate that he couldn’t have got in with a jimmy. McGraw Gambled and Lost. Ytiuiy of the experts were in clined to criticise McGraw's judg ment for taking such a chance, but If it had gone through he would have been hailed as a great gen eral. Baseball is a game of chance. The gambler's instinct is often of more value to a team than ultra conservatism, such as lost the game for Boston two days ago. The man who really put the Giants out of the running was Charley Wagner, the wonderful shortstop of the Red Sox. On three occasions this remarkable fielder ran back of second and dug up grounders that looked sure flits His arm yvas as true as a sling-shot, and each of the three runners yvas out by an eyelash. On a dry ground all of these would have gone for hits. That is why the Giants feel that the fates conspired against them. In making that ex planation. they are not attempting to detract from the work of the wonderful Wagner. He sized up the situation and played according ly. The tact that he was aware of the slow ground and judged the speed of the bounds on that basis makes his work just as brilliant. Everybody "Plays Fair," In one respect this series stands out over all others A spirit of the cleanest kind of sportsmanship by players and spectators has been manifest since the fight started. The New Y’ork crowds cheer the great work of opposing players just as they do their own heroes, and the same thing is true tn Bos ton. In this connection, it is rather interesting to note that of the four games so far played not one has been won by a club on its home grounds. The old idea of a team being at a disadvantage on strange soil has been knocked into a cocked hat. TOM KILBANE OUTCLASSED. WINNIPEG. MANITOBA. Oct 12 Packev McFarland merely played with Tommy Kllhane, of Cleveland, for seven round* when the referee stopped the fight. FERNS SCORES KNOCKOUT. ST l.itt'lS (let. 12 Clarence ("Wildcat"! Ferns, of Kansas 'Tty, knocked out Art Maglrl. of Oklahoma, in the second round of their scheduled eight-round < 1 belt last night •••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • Attendance 36,502: • • Receipts $76,644 : ® NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—The na- • • tional commission’s figures for at- • • tendance and receipts at yes- • • terday's game were: • • Paid attendance, $36,502; total • • receipts, $76,644; national commls- • • sion’s share, $7,644.40; players' • » share. $41,387.76; each club’s share, • • $13,795.92. • • Four games have been played • • in the world’s series and • • from now on the players get no • • share in the receipts. However. • • an incentive to play still remains, • • for each player on the winning • • team will get over $1,300 more • • than the losers. • • Figuring on the basis of 22 • • players to each team, each winner • • will receive $4,026.50, against $3,- • • 654.59 received by the victorious • ® Athletics last season. Each loser • • will receive $2,682.21. against $2,- • • 436.39 received by each Giant In • ® 1911. • • The attendance figures for the • • four games this year show 137,- • • 004, against 126,138 in 1911. The • • total receipts for 1912 for four • • games show $273,282, against $236,- • • 671.50 in 1911. • • The players’ share is $147,571.70 • • this year, 60 per cent of which • • goes to the winners, or $88,548.14, • • and $59,028.76 to the losers. The • • players divided $127,910.61 last • • year. • • The clubs have received S9B,- • • 391.86 this year, or $49,195.90 each, • • against $85,273.74 last year. • • The national commission has • • received $2,7238.50 this year, • • against $23,487.15 last year. • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a Pipe Dreams Glad tidings from the co»st inform us that Luther McCarthy is making a deep impression. Full many a white hope has made a deep impression on the mat, • • ♦ Yes, gentle reader, John J. McGraw will miss the manly form of J. Franklin Baker, but there are times when ab sence makes the heart grow fonder. • ♦ • Reading tabulated dope on the world's series is highly diverting and would be useful but for the fact that baseball is not played °n an adding machine. • • • FRANK CHANCE In Short Pants. ( According to Sid Mercer.) 1906—Peerless Leader—l9o9. 191 U Fearless Leader—l9ll. 1911 -Cheerless Lender—l9l2. 1912—Beerless Leader . MERCER RATHER WORRIED OVER GAME WITH HOWARD MACON. GA., Oct. 12. —Mercer meets Howard this afternoon in Birmingham. As to just what the score will be it is a good guess. For while Mercer ap peared to have good prospects the first of the season, it is hard to, tell just what they will be able to do now. At the tlrst of the season the prospects were the best the Baptists had had in some years, and they started off at a pretty good rate against Gordon, but their defense was weak enough to allow Gordon to score. It was thought that this weakness of the line had been remedied, but it evidently had not, judging from the game last Saturday with Auburn. A great deal of work has been done on the line this week and it should have been improved, but as most of the men are green ft is hard to tell just what they will do under fire Captain Norman says that they will win and by a good score, but other dopes here are running most anyway. MEN’S MEETINGS AT Y. M C. A. The men's meetings at the Young Men’s Christian association are to be ' resumed The first will be held next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Rev Russell K Smith speaks on "Training for Life.” All men are in vited to attend. ‘‘Wood and Wagner Deserve Credit for Victory”-Carrigan Bj’ Bill Carrigan. (Red Sox Great Catcher.) Boston, oct. 12. —our boys are now in their old stride. Yesterday they looked more like their old selves than at any time since the series began. From the first day we have been confi dent, and today we are more con fident than ever. Yesterday’s victory was due to the phenomenal pitching of Joe Wood and the sensational fielding of Heine Wagner. I doubt* if any one ever saw a shortstop make three more diffi cult plays in one game than Wag ner did in that game. The hits on which these plays were made were not terrific grounders, but they were batted in such away that only a player of the first class could have made them. Had Wagner failed, the hits would have gone for singles and very lucky ones at that. Y®rkes Mad® Grand Play. Aside from the grand work of Wagner and Wood, a play of Yerkes saved us from letting the Giants into a tie score. A fine one-handed catch by Lew is and the catching of Cady were | FODDER FOR FANS~ The directors of the Missouri Pacific railroad advanced a directors’ meeting one hour in order to take In the world's series game In New York. • • • The Sox won the first in New York. They tied and lost In Boston. They won again in New York. What good Is a home diamond to cham pions? If Joe Wood keeps right on improving consider, please, his probable excellence on Monday or Tuesday (provided there Is any game). • • * The Reds have finished their annual fall barnstorming trip, with no •casual ties • * * Harry Weust, the Cincinnati fighter, went to New York to see the world's series And while he was there he picked up a fight, which is to come off Monday. The second day of the world's series Dick Finley, who caught for the Giants when they wort the world's series in 1889, died of heart disease at Asbury Park. The sympathy of all baseball managers goes out to Joe Birmingham, who has just signed his contract as Nap man ager for 1913. This is one time where "18" is likely to prove an unlucky num ber for Joe • • • Some dopester. with a tolerably long head, has figured it out that no big hit ting was reasonably to be expected from either Larry Doyle or Tris Speaker, He alleges that, while these men did fine TICKET SCALPERS HIT PRINCETON MANAGEMENT PRINCETON. N. J., Oct. 12.—Deter mined to keep the tickets for the “big games" out of the hands of scalpers, the Princeton university football man agement has announced that all pur chasers of tickets must sign contracts not to sell them at a profit or to strangers. Heretofore there has been a verbal agreement between the purchas er and the management that tickets would not be resold, but as this has not prevented speculators from getting possession of a considerable number, the new policy has been adopted. AUSTRALIAN TRIP NOW INTERESTS J. JOHNSON CHJCA.GO, Oct 12.—Following his intimation that he might fight Flynn again, Jack Johnson today Is considering the offer of Hugh Mcln tosh for two fights In Australia W C. J. Kelly, Hugh Mclntosh's rep resentative, will bold a conference late in the day and a decision will be reach ed. Jack Curley. Flynn's manager, has offered Johnson IS.’.nOd to fight Flynn in Paris, or hs will stage the fight Ini America on a percentage basis Jack Is considering accepting both the Flynn i and the Australian offer the other strong points of our game which enabled us to chalk up a vic tory. I think we have demonstrated that we are all I claimed before the series began—that we have a steady team, game to the core, and one that can win from the front or win from behind. Wood will beat Tesreau every time they meet. If the series goes beyond Monday, which I doubt. Joe will be ready on Tuesday again. Perhaps Stahl might pitch him on Monday. Joe pitches from 110 to 125 balls a game, as the series has gone so far. In this kind of weather it would not be asking too much of him to go in the box every three days. Tesreau Pitched Fair Game. For New York, Tesreau pitched a good game, about like the one O’Brien pitched for us against Marquard. It these two come to gether again in the series—that is. O’Brien and Marquard—my money will go on our man. Gardner is at last in his stride, and I think the New Yorks will find him a man to be feared from now on. He has fielded his position perfectly all through the series. batting for the season, neither did much In the last six weeks of the season and alleges further that the performances to dope by are those of the recent past and not those of the remote past. * * • The Highlanders have promised Ganzel a couple of players at the first of the next season, but Farrell doesn’t give the Rochester mogul much information as to who they will be. • • • The Boston Nationals want George Stallings as manager, under a one-year contract. George wants a three-year contract. Hence the hitch. • • • Joe Wood has not yet reached the rec ord mark for strike-outs in a world’s series, although he has been reaching for it. In the first game he fanned eleven. Y’esterday he worked on eight of the Giant batters. The record Is twelve, made by Ed Walsh, In the White Sox-Cubs series. • • * Nobody who saw Yerkes play during hfs Southern league days ever expected he was slated to prove the hero of a world's series game «< « « Then, on the other hand, nobody to see George Rohe bat these days in a Southern league would ever judge that he once broke up a world's series with his swatstick. • • • The Athletics surely made hash of the Phillies in the post-season series. Wonder if Fogel is laying that to the umpires, too. CHANCE OR EVERS MAY LAND JOB WITH REDS CINCINNATI, Oct. 12.—Despite the statement by Max Fleischmann, onc of the owners of the Cincinnati ball club, that Manager Chance is not want ed. the rumor of a deal between the Reds and Chicago Cubs will not down, and information today Is that a big trade is soon to be pulled off It is said that Johnny Evers or Frank Chance is concerned In the deal. Should either one come here he will be macle mana ger. Nothing can be learned officially, for , President Herrmann and other club of | ficials are in New Y’ork. However. J there is a man close to the affairs of the club who declares that there w|ll be something doing immediately after the big play-off President Herrmann denied today in New Y’ork that he is after Frank Chance to manage his dub. He alto denied that he had released Hank O'Day, as a local paper stated this morning Chance, it Is said, has stated that he would like to take hold here At first It whs thought that Miller Huggins had I the inside track. President Murphy and Manager Chance declined to discuss the report I last night. WAGNER - YEHKES WINNERSOFTHE FO»ME By John “Chief” Mayers (Catcher of the Giant Clu|.) Boston, mass., oct. i2.-Yr.=ter day’s unfortunate defeat) at the hands of the Red Sox sotiewh.it complicates our task of wlnnhg the world’s series, but to my mind t sim ply means one game more in t|e end, and a heap more money forth) mag nates. I have no doubt at all but tlat we will win in Boston today. Bad: on even terms with the alleged Bpeed Boys.” we’ll show them such a finish that will make their hair stand |j> on end. Wood beat us yesterday. I predicted that he would not finable to come back so strong as he stated, and I was right. Joe was an altogether different man from his first start. > His first game was far the better. Irithe pinches he was able to unload such|er rific speed as to make batting a nujter of ordinary guesswork. If ever there was a day made topr der for such "smoke” as Wood showed us Tuesday, he enjoyed it at the Bio grounds yesterday. But the spiii wasn’t there. Joe depended yesterday on his curie ball in pinches, and by his very holi ness “crossed” the'Giant batters fir several Innings. I think that every one who saw tip game Friday will agree with me th* toward the end we were hitting hii harder than he has been hit in the mai jority of his games this year. The Red Sox have no greater advanl tage over us than they enjoyed aftei the opening game. We went to Boston before and fought) the Red Sox to a standstill on their o■■ i/ grounds. \ What we have done we should re-’ peat. Wood Is Stumbling Block. Wood is the only pitcher Stahl showed us who puzzled us in the least. He has won two games for Boston. He will have to win as many more if we are to be cheated in our aspirate t.- I do not think he can do this. The first game took the edge off him. He c :i not come back w'ith two days rest. Boston will be forced to use Wood Monday or take second place in tie standing. Once let us get out in front ami t will be no stopping us. Boston should never have won a game from us so far. Tesreau out pitched Wood in the opener and we kicked oft the game behind Matty tl ended in a tie. Yesterdays pan ■ though it spelled defeat for us. sh • > • t which is the better club. In the box score only did Wood out pitch Tesreau. Wagner and Yerkes Won It. The credit of Boston's victor) c belong to Wood. It belongs to U and Yerkes. There never was an) ;■ tier playing about that keys f on< than yestreday. I had to admire, inwardly cursing, it. Wagner made three of the m" Rational robberies ever perpetr,<'> a base man. Yerkes pulled the headiest pla> ft’’ day, however, and one that hurt worst of all. It cut down Fiet the plate with what we all believ the tying run That was in t enth, when McCormick came over a pinch poke. The ball shot through the box and dead over How Yerkes ever got back w: • did I can't imagine But h< '■lifted down the ball besides H- ■ 1 ' i’e didn’t hav<- a chance for th' so he stalled a bit In retrieving tl: 1 ■ which he rolled away from him F er had started with the rap H rounded third w hen Yerkes f < and looked < ertain of n orlny however, threw perfei tl) and nu I man.