Show EVEN IN DEFEAT MATTY 0 5 j IS HERO HER OF O I G SERIES SEES Grand Old Hurler Pitched Wonderful Wonder Wonder- ful Ball and Should Won BY R. R W. W LARDNER Bv B International 1 N BOSTON Oct 17 Just 17 Just after Stove Yerkes had cro crossed the plato lat yesterday with the run mn that gave the Boston Bed Sox the worlds world's championship ship in the tenth inning of the deciding game of ho tIlo greatest series ever over played for tho the big jig title while tho the thousands made temporarily crazy by hy a triumph entirely unexpected yelled screamed stamped their heir fc feet t smashed ha hata and aud hugged e nc another there was seen one ono of tho the saddest spectacles in the tho history of or a aport sport port that is a a. strange and wonderful mixture of joy and gloom It was the thi t spectacle t of un Hn old olt u nan an as players IU uro itie reckoned walking from rom the thc middle of or the Mold ibid to tic the New cw Tot oik players players' bench with bowed bowd head and drooping shoulders with tho the tears tram lug nj from hl hI hi e eyes M c a man lilan on whom hom his teania te fortunes had birn t and ind lo loft bat t. t and nd a 1 man ho who would c have proven IJ his liH lear clear title to the trust trint reposed od In III him It If hits his Is mates had hail stood b by him In thi su- su u- u test teat Tho The man manas Was as Christy Math Math- Rt ten S 3 to 2 Z by y a S club chub he would I hll have e r vi d if tc hf lie h had 1 been given Ji tho the support support sup sup- port deserved rd b by hs wonderful pitching Matty tatt toda today I Is greater In the eyes ees of New Yorks York's public than ever ver before Even tn th the mad m 1 rl population of ron con f fosses feasts Ae that hl his bus should hould have been th the vir- vir Ir I tOI ind lii his thin the pin praise iss' iss p Tho The gem game was ab over O he title till that Ihal probably will b be the last lal one fOI fought hl for liv hy this King of ur pitch pitch- pr r ers was wa Jost II n and lJ Iathel son cool and unaffected by In adverse fortune of or Mar KJ a was a broken nian man The majority of the thousands present were too t no bus busy with their wild c to notice him bin but butth butth th there re rc I ej A tow who w hl his slow 10 and tad saI progress g to the Hie bench and later to the tho clubhouse Refused Comfort who Iio certainly certain c cannot be bUniM for 01 Now Yorks York's failure allure to tu win rushed d up lip tl to la 1 Matty tt as R he lie It d off of the tho field threw hi hits mm arm around th big pitch pitchers pitcher ri neck and poured forth orth words worda of or comfort and sympathy Mathewson did not seem to hear I them thorn II He lie c shook H Herzy olT of and had hail no 1 answer n s I to the condolences eon con 1101 b by Doyle Dyle and m McGraw who vho AS ore eager ciger cr to on him Mm him that h hii h j wa was in no WR way a to blame for the de defeat defea hC- hC feat fea t. t Matty picked pl up lip lila 81 sweater I and moved rl on In Soon he lie hall had dis disappeared disappeared dis- dis I appeared tho the stand to join the lie other other oth oth- er I Giants In n their dressing room rm to hear their bitter litter arral arraignment of each f other and to be told time and a again aln that thal he hc deserved better a truth that none knew positively ly than himself If The Red Sox ox fearful th that t th would I Costly Miscues by Snodgrass and Merhle Merkle Threw Away Mattys Matty's S Chances b be hurt In the rioting of or the lie cro crOl crowd d If tc they theo loitered 1 on the tho Held field 1 hastened to their own ot clubhouse and tho the scene ceno th there rc wax was vastly different from that thal a couple of doors Away ay Boston BOlon had 1151 como come from fr behind twice had hl tied tId New W early arl I lead ad In a brilliant H rail rally had hl almost de despaired when the Giants GUnts scored a again In th iii tenth and then thell to cap It nil had not only c. c caught up ones once moie morr but h had Ind d counted count ed eti a third run Just no l enough h to 10 s j tho the question 1 of supremacy be beyond ond all doubt What difference did diet Il It male make t tl to the Rd fled R d Sox So that thc they would havo hao been blanked In their part parl of th the tenth and n that the worlds world's title tithe would l have have- In N New NW NewYork w York If It Matty's Mattys backing hadn't crumbled to pieces Giants a a. Sad Crowd rb Tho p palm Wn was heir and th they y remembered l nothing d else p. p They The had ben accused ac- ac H and they had seen cuard 1 of or quitting some seine of or their opportunities J give up P more mol barefacedly than they thoy ha had ever eer do deile n The score vas sS down In lii black anti and white a. a to 10 2 In favor or a of or Boston and t that at for Mathow Mathow- i h to 10 drive sympathy son from their thoughts If It one ono hadn't b been cn anxious to take tho the first train for 01 Chicago ono one ml might hl have havo had a very trip last Hut night nl a a. Journey with the Giants on their WR way Continued i on pi page P O 9 fl l' l EVEN IN DEFEAT C Continued from paLe pace 7 b bt back ack to New Ne ew York But an outsider on o n t this his trip would have been risking hi his l life ife for McOra McGraws McGraw's Vs V's men were Just In 8 the mood for 0 manslaughter brutal alls assault assaul t a and nd lots of other crimes Fred Snodgrass' Snodgrass Snodgrass grass grass' g rass had no choice but to hi his accompany r recent a pals It Is 18 doubtful whether the they thoy a are re pals pain now Snodgrass I made an awful ii muff mutt He dropped a n. baseball and abo about it 1500 1900 at on one and arid the same time Th The a rest est r of tho the Giants didn't care about bout hi his l loss 1088 oss of or the difference between a a and nd losers share but the muff mutt winners winner meant mean it 3 j as much to them as to him It If Ii he C wasn't called caned som some things thing this evening It Lt I was because tile his companions were to too 0 mad to talk In the thc years cars to come como Pro Fred a will be ju Just t as ae tn famous as was Mr Merkle f for tor or hi his well known failure to touch ae sec ond cad on ft n. c certain Se September afternoon I in U the year ear of ot grace 1908 blue The fact tact that he he like Uko feel feels teeb is over his making history error is not going to help him much If It ho he enters a a popularity contest In est city There Americas America's lar larg Is hardly a a. particle of ot doubt that mistake was 38 di directly di- di d I- I responsible for the Jose Ieee of or U the game And still dill It would not havo bee been Ic a so ISO terribly costly If t Merkie ferkle had formed performed per per- I his duty In regard to a foul fro from ro Speakers Speaker's bat hat a a. afew few minutes later Wood Woo l Is Injured Merkle didn't mutt muff the tho foul but hut he and id an Ma Matty tt and reyer Meyers stood close together and watched it 11 t dro drop untouched It en wi was waa is Merkle's M ball and aneS he should not ha have Pc been scared away from It In that ens crisis Is by fear tur of or a collision or a wil with Lb the other two Perhaps lS It would hi he wen well to cease the these se ruminations end and tell exactly eXl what hap hap- pener In iii one of or the most exciting and in im- im ii extra Innings ever eer pla played e W Well 11 to begin with th the score was tied sd up at ot one ono all when the Giants can came is In for tor their part Tho The party nam named 14 Sno now more famous than lIe he cv was before was wad wa thrown out on OD a a. ground orn 1 ball bail to Smoky S J Joe o Wood Red Murray who had driven In New Yorks York's only prevIous previous pre pre- tally taUy and who was still sun engaged Inthe in inthe the task of ot making tho the country forget torget his fall taU down against the Athletics smashed mashed s a fierce double Into the temporary temper temper- ary any bleachers Speaker and Lewis Merkle Merkie immediately came through with what most moat people considered a title winning winning win win- ning ring hit It was a sharp single to center and Murray had no trouble scoring it Speaker made a hurried play on the ball bail for It was his duty to try for a peg pee pego t to o the tho plate but ho he fumbled In his haste and Merkle Merkie ran to second One of the most surprising things In the s series rles followed fol fol- t lowed owed Charley Chancy Herzog who had played playe ball baIl all an the tho way as M If It ho were superhuman man struck out There was no question about It it He Just naturally whiffed and nd went back to the tho bench without audible comment The next occurrence was for Wood in two respects Chief Meyers's Meyers a ablow blow might havn gone through to cen con center center ter and scored Merkle Merkie Furthermore It might have killed Smoky Joe As An It was It hit him In the tho right sIde and dropped l lifeless In front of ot him He had to use the tho loft left to pick it up and toss to Stahl StahlIn i In n plenty of time to got the chief chiet for thelast the thelast l last ast out Wood W wa was III badly hurt by this clout and he had to be assisted to the bench Fortunat Fortunately ly there was waa no more work for tor him to do Snodgrass' Snodgrass Erro Error bbL J Down In the right n field ld corner Ray Collins had been betm warming up constantly and It would have been up to Ray to get busy If the So Sox had tallied only one run Instead of ot two Wood is a pretty fair hitter but In his helpless condition th there o e was no chance chanco to send him up to bat bar So Clyde Engle Enile was wall the party part chosen It will be remembered remembered remain remain- remains that Clyde In one of ot the other battles battled had delivered ered a 3 double In a pinch This t time me he hit as hard ox as III he hn could but he struck slightly under the tho ball bail Snodgrass raced over oer toward his left len waved Murray urray away and camped under tho the falling pill It struck his hands squarely and kept right on to tho the ground moved by by bv the law of gravity Engle Ensle had not run as fast n as he could rom from the thc plate but he speeded up enough enouch I to get to second before Fred could re recover recover ro- ro cover the sphere and hurl it to tho the in In- In I field The So Sox were now pla playing for one I run so Hooper was sent up to sacrifice His two attempts went foul When h lie he had to hit he sent nent a long fly to center and It must bo be confessed that Snodgrass made a good catch of oC it H. It At this Juncture Matty made hl his hI only onty mistake of or the inning He passed pUlled Yerkes Wo We are not saying that the cool young- young ster ter wouldn't have hit safely but hut it was waa bad business to walk him and Mathewson Mathew- Mathew son on son didn't m mean an to Then came camo I contribution to the tho cause Speaker lifted the first pitch nitch for a a. foul and It struck bottom although it ought to have been L caught eaIl easily AB As was Wu mentioned before Merkle Meyer Meyers and Matty started for it tt and all of ot them stopped Speaker Hits rots In It lent isn't safe Sarf to trifle this way with the th Speaker person peron He picked up his bat which he had thrown in disgust toward the bench The next thing Matty served him he cracked on the nose It traveled to right n field ld a mill mile a a. minute and Engle sped home with the tying run Yerkes hustled to third Tris waited to see what became of Devores Devore's throw and when he observed that Meyers reY rs fumbled it tt he chased to second Dully Duffy Lewis who had been anything but a hero came cam up with the chance 0 of a lifetime staring h him m In the face Matty fatty tried triad to make him swing at two bad batt ones onel He refused Then Meyers an and s Mathew Mathewson Math won n consulted and decided It was wu better to walk wall Dully Durr and tl try for a a. double play rather rathor than put on one over So LewIs strolled and c choked the bases M Matty tty pitched the ball t tt to o Gardner and was rewarded b by getting t two wo strikes on the tho Boston third Ba saCker Backer ker Two balls bails followed follow d and then J Larry rr pulled pUlle I a n. lon long n fly to right a fly ny that Devorn had to gO 0 back after Ho JIe caught It aU all r right Ight and aimed a throw toward f for or that was hIs dut duty nut But the Meyers throw r reached the Indian long after Yerkes had t touched the plato pInto That round having been disposed j Is only just to remark that the tho Sox of were it l lucky Indeed d They 5 got were some or of the breaks that had been withheld from them nIl through the series Aeries B Bedient lent who ho started the game Rame for Cor Boston waa ent by j Matt Matty but thIs mis same BedIent BedI Bedient Bedi- Bedi was again showed plenty of ot class to say Bay nothIng of ot nerve Ho Tie was In the hole frequently and pulled out alone on all OCcasions OCca- OCca but one sometimes by i good pitch pitch- i In Ing ng and sometimes fielding through lu luck or good Hoopers Hooper's Catch Remarkable The same game would have York In the belonged to New InnIngs InnIngs' the e great greatest t play or of the but for tor by Harry Hooper that BerieR a catch t cf 1 robb robbed d DOYl Doyi o ly sure home hom an run outfield had been Th The easton Beaten B in modern baseball talked but It of took tookA f as A flary the best eclipse to any of ot the Stunts Blunts that MCGraWs MCGraW's outfielders had done J Dolc drIve aimed at the low right was field fence tenc rh There didn't r seem to be a chance chanco tor to or It to land In the park and Hooper Hoopers pUrsuit of 01 It was a hopeless But Harry or er gave uP He e dashed never nov nev- ward the tho wall twiSted at around fun tull Speed Cd to toward to- to take another look oneo OriC t to at the flying ane and then grabb grabbed It with Ith his back plate Plat The umpire umpires behind the ta to the plato and at the bases were 8 so surprised tho they asked the tho e expert pert t testimony of or Billy Evans E who was st stationed t In right night field He ITe told thom that Harry was U not Ing tak ak- ak Tho hit that put the tho Sox Soc on their road to the trying r ru was a a. scratch a t Texas leaguer b by Manager Stahl that might ha have v been caught b by Fletcher If It he hadn't stopped chasing It IL It came in the soy Inning after New York had hold held It its one run lead since tho the third One was out when Jake Jk reached rached first base bua A A. pus pass UI t to o Wagner followed Henriksen Makes Good Then Cady popped out and elected elect elect- c ed ci to Bedient and aid send Bond Olaf Henriksen lien Hen In to the breach This orl eman won for himself tho the und undying gratitude of or the more famous anions Sox by coming through with a clean two if Olaf is Ia wise he will demand a couple of ot dollars Increase In IP salary for this wallop t for tor on minus It Boston wouldn't havo o had a a. chance It put the tho so Sox Sex In th the fight a again aln filled them with wih confidence confidence and Practically settled the thc game same as s things things turned out Bedient's out made removal remo a n now new nw pitcher necessary antI and Wood was the party pary chosen He Ha and Collins Colin had been hoen on the warming pan al ai al afternoon Wood did splendid work In tho el eighth and ninth but looked a hit hi We weak k In the when the Giants secured what tb the considered the winning run New Yorks York's fl first frAt t tal tally tails made In iii tho the u third was the re result ut of a n. pass pan Devora received receive it H. He Fie got around to third on the outs of Doyle and thir and scored on Murrays Murray's lurrY's first frt double Bedient was in plenty of other tight places but never lost his hla balance Before this game came Matty Maty had ha pitched on ono one olov sf af fair and one that lasted nine nino rounds He had llad been bon |