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‘GIANTS KNOCKED
'EM DEAD WITH
THEIR SPEED’
By John “Chief" Meyers.
Boston, mass.. o<t i»>. jii'(;ih«
was confident yesterday that wr
could beat Wood this time.
"Get him up in theii right off the
reel." said Mac. "We have a great
chance to get the jump on him. I want
you fellows to knock them dead with
your speed if you get on. And any time
Wood starts his wind-up light out for
the next base. All we need is just one
break like that against O’Brien yester
day and the day is outs "
Well you know w hat happened.
Our team does not outclass Boston
so far ns the scores of tile -last two
games would indicate
I look for no walkover today, but 1
think t hat we will win
In the first place, we have the Kid
Sox on the run. They have not yet re
covered from the first-inning tout of
O'Brien tn New York. Their main de
pendence is .Joe Wood, and him we
hammered in- the first inning of yes
terday's battle with such ferocity that
it is doubtful if he will again be able to
present ar.v formidable front.
Wood’s Arm May Be Hurt.
F have heard that Wood hurt his aim
In the seventh inning of his second
game in New York If this Is >u. Be
dient wifi have to shoulder full respon
sibility In the last game. He is a great,
young pitcher, but not experienced
enough to cope with Mathewson or
Marquard in a real pitching duel.
I look for Wood right back again,
with Bedient ready so: an emergency
We outfielded the Red Sox yester
day. Their great outfield fell down on
several contrary flies that were tossed
about in the gale while our gardeners
clutched everything that was within
t each.
John Devore especially distinguished
himself with three brilliant catches, al!
of which saved trouble
He Wishes It Were Over.
I wish it was a few hours later, for
my joy is almost too good to last. 1
can scarcely believe that within a few
hours I may be a member of a world's
championship baseball team. Such a
h.ppy condition will realize one of my
dearest ambitions a hope that has
luted tne on and on up the thorny
paths of baseball fame.
This I fully realize and I am deter
mined to sell my life dearly Like the
Spartans of old, 1 am determined io
come back with my shield or on It. and
1 can say truly that every team mate
feels the same
I am not vindictive
I bear no one in my profession any
grudge But still I suppose j am )ln .
bued with that first instinct, self-pres
ervation. and if I can make a name so:
myself and help win renown for the
club and the league I represent, my
frlenda may rest assured that I am pie
pared either to perform herculean deeds
or to go down with coin s flying.
GLIDDEN’S OWN TOUR
ROLLS MERRILY ONWARD
INDIANAPOLIS. I~D. Oct. Ifi.-
f'hailes .1. Gliddens tour from the
Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico in
a Maxwell car, accompanied by escorts
of local motorists, was one continual
ovation between Port Wayne and tins i
city. The tourists traveled leisurely i
and easily maintained the a \ \
schedule. At Bluffton. Muncie. Ander
son and Noblesville they were greeted
by large crowds and received by the
mayors of these cities. Twenty- miles
of Indianapolis they were met by Mav.
or Lew Shank and President Gavin of
the Hoosier Motor club, heading a del- '
egation of Indianapolis motorists and
club memltels. At night tliev were en
tertalned by the Hoosiei Moto, , | u b
At every city where amps- were made
a great crowd surrounded Mi Gild
s car
lb- Maxwell, which won last vear's
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Sox Are Fighting
With One Another and
Will Lose--Marquard
‘‘Old German Quinsy Has At
tacked Their Throats,” Says
Giant Pitcher.
By Rube Marqumd.
BOSTON, MASS., Oct. Hi. -Be
fore sunset the Giants will be
the world's champions of 1912.
Yesterday's game practically cinch
ed the title, and we will probably
win by just as decisive a count to
day.
The Boston team has blown.
The "old < let man quinsy" has at
tacked theii throats, and I look
for them to quit cold this after
noon.
After Hie first inning yesterday,
they threw up their hands.
They were so sore that they
, wouldn't talk fit us.
And. worst of all, they are light
ing among I hemselves.
I heard some remarks passed by
them that would burn up the type
writer if I tried to write them.
They called each other names
that would have made the yellow
est dog-In the world fight.
i'll bet there isn't one of them
who slept last night.
They know they are beaten, and
what Matty will do to them will be
a shame.
It looks as though Bedient will
hull foi the Red Sox today. Stahl
may attempt to throw Wood back
at us, but if he does he will give
him the same dose that we admin
istered yesterday I think that
Joe's aim has gone back. He
looked very bad yesterday. He
couldn't seem to let it out.
Wood’s Arm Went Bad.
1 believe I was the first to no
tice It. The first ball he served up
to little Josh Devore in that open
ing inning was wide and high.
"His arm Is gone!" I cried to Mc-
Graw. and Mac nodded back that
he thought so too.
It was on that first pitched ball
that I was confident we had the
series won. I knew that we would
get to Wood, and once we got him
out of the way, the title was as
good as cinched.
Yesterday's victory was no one
man victory.
Every man on the team was on
his toes and displayed his best
brand, and it was a good thing
for Tesreau that the boys were with
him, for he didn't have one of his
good days. 'The other two games
that he pitched were much better.
But the big fellow tightened up re
markably in the pinches.
More Bouquets For Devore.
Once aga n my hat goes off to my
room mate. Josh Devore This boy
sure has proved his worth in this
series. There never was a gamer
youngster, and lie always comes
along and does the right thing at
the right time He math- three
catches out in that right garden
that were marvels, and he sure
showed h fine peg when he nailed
Hall at the plate, after spearing
Speaker s drive to deep right that
looked like a homer.
The manner in which Snodgrass
ami Pletcher have come back to
life is nothing short of marvelous,
and proves that they are game, up
hill fighters, who don't know what
the word "quit" means.
1 must adm! tliat 1 was a bit
shaky about them along about the
third g line. But right now there
isn t a min on the team whom 1
had lather see up in the pinch ifr
going after a desperate chance than
either of them.
ST. LOUIS SERIES COMES
TO A DECISION TODAY
SI L<>l Is. <)<i. 16. The Americans,
by superio- pitching and opportune hit
ting. won both games of yesterday aft
ernoons double-header and tied the
Nationals in the inter-league series fu
tile baseball championship of st. Louis
The -of Hie first game was .1 to 1
and the second 2 to o. Each team has
won time games. <>m- untied in a tie
The deciding gam, will be plaved to
day.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 191-
Boston Players and Fans in a Panic; Gamblers Putting Up a Squawk
HURLERS DOUBTFUL; PROBABLY MATTY AND WOOD
By Billy Smith.
BiiSl'iiN. MASS., Oct. 16.
Christy Mathewson, the best
of all pitchers, has the
chance of his life today. The
Giants stand within one game of
the world's championship, while the
Red Sox and their followers ate
almost panic-stricken over having
been ent down to the same chance.
The Boston club has been against
the gaff for days now and it can
not be said that it has shown a
lion heart.
The unexpected and vicious at
tack of the Giants came so quickly
that the American league cham
pions lost their bearings and their
pitcheis appeared to be at the
mercy of any batter that came up
with a stick.
This, therefore, is tile day of all
days for Mathewson. With, his
steel-like nerve and cool, deliber
ate manner under fire. 1 look for
the big fellow to be right in his
element.
Big Six has had four days of
rest, and in the past that has been
sufficient. There is a chance that
McGraw will not pitch Mathewson,
but it is a very slender one.
The Giant manager refused to
commit himself on the subject this
morning.
Will Warm Up Whole Works.
"I am going to warm up Math
ewson. Marquard. Tesreau. Cran
dall, Ames and Wiltse," said Mc-
Graw. “Os these I will likely
choose Mathewson or Marquaid.
but it is a question that I can not
decide in advance. If 1 was posi
tive I would make the announce
ment now ."
While McGraw will not make a
definite statement as to his pitcher
for the all-important game. I am
certain that he will keep both Mar
quaid and Mathewson warmed up
throughout the game, so that one
can be substituted for the other in
ease anything happens.
Knowing that McGraw believes
Mathewson the greatest pitche in
the world, I figure that he is the
man to take up the Giants' burden.
He has had four days’ rest, while
Marquard has had but one
The Giants are showing no worry
whatever. Even in defeat their
finish of the series will be a great
exhibition of gameness and they
a e quite content to let the Red Sox
worry and explain w hy they slipped
when in sight of the pro ..iseti land.
Stahl Is Puzzled.
•lake Stahl is in a dilemma as to
who shall lead his forces today. The
fact that he relieved Joe W ood aft
er the first inning of yesterday's
slaughte would indicate that the
smoke wall artist is to be the selec
tion Though the Giants simply
mutilated him with wallops when
he Stepped out to settle the cham
pionship. it is unlikely that they
cun hand hltn the same dose today.
Whether Joe starts or not, he
will be warmed up. ready to go tv
the relief of any other twirlei who
may get in trouble.
It Is the opinion of a majority of
the fans here that Hugh Bedtent,
who beat the Giants last Saturday,
should start today
Sox Rooters Very Sore.
In the meantime the city of Bos
ton is in the midst of a turmoil
that has upset the even tenoi of
thlngs i onsiderably.
The Hub baseball fans, known as
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• Attendance 32,694: :
Receipts $57396:
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• BOSTON. Oct. 16.—Attendance •
• .and receipts at yesterday’s game •
• of the wot Id's series as announced •
• by the national commission were •
• as follows: •
• Total attendance, 32,694: total •
• receipts, $57,196. •
• National commissions. share. •
o $5,719.60. •
• Each club's share. $25,766.20. •
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the most loyal in the world, have
split with the owners of the Red
Sox. and Mayor Fitzgerald has ,
taken the side of the rooters.
This morning the mayor started
a petition asking for the removal of
Robert Mcßoy as secretary of the
Boston club.
It seems that the loyal band of
rooters who have been' making the
daily journeys to New York and
who have kept a band engaged by
the week were deprived of their
seats yesterday and had no place
to root.
In arranging for the sale of tick
ets for the Tuesday game. Secre
tary Mcßoy neglected to ask the
loyal rooters what they wanted and
put on public sale the seats that
they have held right along.
When they marched into the
park and found their beloved spot
occupied by others they were keen
ly disappointed. In fact, they were
so bitter that they refused to root.
After the game they paraded the
field groaning and "booing" for the
Boston management.
The bitterness of these fans,
whose loyalty appears to have been
ruthlessly disregarded, and the de
feat of the Red Sox by the Giants
had thrown the whole town in tur
moil and the feeling is pervading
the club house of the Boston play
ers.
Gamblers Are "Hollering.”
As a result of this panicky con
dition of the Boston team, the gam
blers of the town, showing them
selves in true colors, are letting
forth a terrible squawk and claim
ing that the game is not on the
level.
One particularly well known Bos
ton gambler, who handled a pool of
$20.0110 to bet on the game played
at New York Monday, swears that
he was jobbed out of his money,
and is screaming like a wounded
wolf around the lobbies of the ho
tel.
It seems that the gamblers had
been assured that Joe Wood was
going to pitch that game, and when
Buck O'Brien went in and was
trimmed, up went the yell. To get
even, they made another plunge on
Wood yesterday, and when he was
shot from the mound in one in
ning and the Sox unmercifully
beaten, the bank roll was gone.
The gamblers are now complain
ing that the games are fixed, while
the baseball people, who for years
have tried to free Boston of bet
ting on the games, are laughing at
the discomfiture of the light-fin
gered gentry.
While the people of Boston may
smile at the hard luck of the gam
b’eis. then is nothing else right
now tha t 'appeals to their sense of
humor. The sudden reversal of
• form by the Sox (or the sudden ar
| rival at form by the Giants) has
i , been a sad and deadening blow to
' the fans and experts who a week
i ago were bubbling over with confl
-1 ,dence born of superheated enthu
siasm. They painted so many rosy
views of the situation that they ac-
> tually began to look upon the
’ Giants as a minor league club that
’ did not have so much as a look-in.
“Victory Dinner” Put Off.
, When the Sox had won three
i games to the Giants' one, the Sox
' fans thought the race was over.
Already two telebrations have
been postponed on account of the
Giants suddenly nosing theii way
to the front. Now they stand tied
, with tlie Red Sox on the series.
Though Jimmie MeAleer and
John I. Taylor are trying to keep it
secret, it is well known around Bos
ton that they were having covers
laid for quite a "victory dinner"
last night.,
These annoying delays in hav
ing the Red Sox proclaimed cham
pions have worked on Boston's
nerves until the whole town quiv
ers in apprehension.
In the meantime, the Giants, hav
ing already been declared out of
the running, are plunging along
and taking things easy. They are
laughing at the discomfiture of the
McGraw and his men have come
from behind, and whether they win
the deciding game or not. they
will not be disgraced. On the oth
er hand, tlie MeGrayvites will be
credited with having made a won
derful fight. They are not losing
any sleep, no matter which way the
final game turns out.
The Red Sox. though, if beaten,
will go down in history as having
caved in under the gaff quicker
than any club in the history of lite
world's series, excepting Pittsburg.
That club, in 1903. won the first
three from Boston, and then drop
ped foul in a row
Eight Games For First Time.
The victory of the Giants yester
day established a record in the
playing of world series games, as it
will necessitate eight contests to
settle the championship. Detroit
and Pittsburg played seven games,
as did Boston and Pittsburg, but
this is the first time that a tie game
has figured that made the race go
into the eighth frame.
Early this morning it was learn
ed that Joe Wood and "Buck"
O'Brien had a fight in the club
house before the game yesterday,
and that Carrigan got between
them. Another rumor had It that
the argument was continued after
the game, and that the feeling be
tween certain of the Red Sox play
ers is intensely bitter.
Local fans may recall that the late
W illiam F'. (“Heinie ") Heftmuller was of
fered to tlie Atlanta team by Baltimore
and that the Crackers accepted the Ori
oles' terms. Then "Heinie" said that he
would not cotne South—that the South
was unhealthy. Whereupon he joined the
lais Angeles club and later diet! of tv.
phoid.
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Local Motorcycle Club
Plans Race Meet for
Saturday at Piedmont
Track Has Been Put in Fine Con
dition and Good Program
Planned—lt’s Free.
AN event unique among local
sporting events is that which
lias been arranged by the At
lanta Motorcycle club for next Sat
urday afternoon at Piedmont park.
The affair will be a big, free series
of motorcycle races.
The best of Atlanta's motorcycle
riders, amateur and professional,
have been secured for this event,
and the races are being advertised
as sure thrillers.
Star work is expected from the
professionals who will take part
Harry' Glenn. Ollie Roberts, Hal
Gilbert and Jim Prichard. These
men rank with the best in the
South, as they demonstrated at the
recent meet at Rome, where they
swept everything before them.
General Manager Dan Carey, of
the park board, has put the Pied
mont park track in excellent con
dition for this meet.,and the track
will present a hard, fast and safe
surface.
There will be a five-mile amateur
race for single-cylinder motorcy
cles. a five-mile race for twin-cyl
inder motori ycles. amateur riders;
a five-mile single-cylinder race for
professional riders; a ten-mile
twin-cylinder race for professional
riders; a five-mile junk race for
old and decrepit motorcycles of the
vintage o? 1908 and 1909. and then
tin Australian pursuit race.
Motorcycle race experts declare
this to be a well balanced card.
There will be 20 to 40 entries. The
affair is strictly for local club rid
ers. Chief Beavers has promised
ample protection. No one will be
allowed to cross the course, and no
spectators will be allowed on the
inside of the track. The long con
tinued efforts of the Motorcvde
club to get the use of tile Piedmont
track have at last been rewarded,
and the Motorcycle club is deter
mined to show the park board and
tile public that they know how to
pull off a good race meet that will
be interesting and safe.
Tile races will be called promptly
at I: 3ii o’clock Saturday afternoon,
and should be finished in time for
the crowd to go to the football
game, which begins at 3:30. A large
attendance is expected, especially
as no admission will be charged.
Some distinguished citizen will
be secured to tire the gun that
starts the first race.
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CHILLED, SAYS
CARDIGAN
By Bill Carrigan.
Boston, mass., Oct. ii s up
pose the less said about yester
day's game the better. I woulc
like to be let off with about six words,
but will go through with my part of it
just the same.
Joe Wood Is a man who need* to be
constantly warm. There was a delay
just as the game was about to start
owing to the fact that the so-calle,.
loyal rooters broke in the field.
Wood was ready to step in the box at
2 o'clock.
The policemen took nearly eight min
utes to get the rooters back behind the
fence, and in the meantime Wood cooled
oil. Then, again, the weather suddenly
turned cold just at that time. Be this
as it may. when Joe did start to pitch
the Giants had little trouble hitting tin
bail. They were off to a six-run lead,
and there was no catching them.
That tells the story in a few words.
It was a poor game of ball all the
way. Ihe Giants looked as bad as we
4>d in the field. Os course, the high
wind mixed everything up and many
balls that fell safe, especially those of
the pop-up variety, would have been
the easiest kind of catches if the wind
hadn't been blowing so fiercely. The
dust blinded the eyes of the players
and there were many errors.
We had plenty of chances to win,
even with the big lead against us, but
we could not profit by the opportunity.
Three or four times during the game a
clean-up hit would have put an entire
ly different complexion on the game.
The Giants were not sure of Tesreau
as it was at any stage of the game and
half expected him to blow. One good,
solid clout when we had men on bases
would have put him in the air.
Tesreau held on gamely, however,
and on the whole pitched a good game,
considering the ragged suport he re
ceived.
Charlie Hall also pitched good ball,
although his support at times was not
of the best.
WOOD MAY PITCH AGAIN.
Where a team wins away off as the
Giants did, the reason for their victory
can be plainly seen, and it takes few
words to tell them. An error or two
more by' either team would not have
changed much, unless, as I said, one of
our men had delivered a two or three
base clout when whe had the bases
choked. Such is ball.