Chapter IV: Part 4

NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E. BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E. Snodgrass, l.f-r.f 4 1 1 0 0 0 Hooper, r.f. 5 1 3 3 0 0 Doyle, 2b 5 0 1 2 5 0 Yerkes, 2b 5 1 1 3 4 0 Becker, c.f. 4 1 0 0 1 0 Speaker, c.f. 5 2 2 2 0 0 Murray, r.f-l.f 5 2 3 3 0 0 Lewis, l.f. 5 2 2 2 0 1 Merkle, 1b 5 1 1 19 0 1 Gardner, 3b 4 0 0 2 0 0 Herzog, 3b 4 1 3 2 4 0 Stahl, 1b 5 2 2 10 0 0 Meyers, c 4 0 2 5 0 0 Wagner, ss 5 0 0 5 5 5 Fletcher, ss 4 0 0 1 3 3 Carrigan, c 5 0 0 6 4 0 McCormick[1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collins, p 3 0 0 0 1 0 Mathewson, p 5 0 0 1 6 0 Hall, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Shafer[2], ss 0 0 0 0 3 0 Bedient, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson[3], c 0 0 0 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals 40 6 11 33 23 5 Totals 44 6 10 33 14 1

1: McCormick batted for Fletcher in tenth inning. 2: Shafer ran for Meyers in tenth inning and succeeded Fletcher as shortstop in same inning. 3: Wilson succeeded Meyers as catcher in tenth inning.

New York 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0-6 Boston 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0-8

Left on bases--New York 9, Boston 6. First base on errors--New York 1, Boston 3. Two-base hits--Snodgrass, Murray, Herzog, Lewis 2, Hooper. Three-base hits--Murray, Merkle. Herzog, Yerkes, Speaker. Stolen bases--Snodgrass, Herzog, Hooper 2, Stahl. Sacrifice hit--Gardner. Sacrifice flies--Herzog, McCormick. Double play--Fletcher and Herzog. Pitching record--Off Collins, 9 hits and 3 runs in 30 times at bat in 7-1/3 innings; off Hall, 2 hits and 3 runs in 9 times at bat in 2-2/3 innings; off Bedient, no hits or runs in 1 time at bat in 1 inning. Struck out--By Mathewson 4, Stahl, Collins 2, Wagner; by Collins 6, Doyle, Merkle, Mathewson 2, Snodgrass; by Bedient 1, Doyle. Bases on balls--By Hall 4, Snodgrass, Doyle, Becker, Meyers; by Bedient 1, Becker. Fumbles--Fletcher 2. Muffed flies--Fletcher, Lewis. Muffed foul fly--Merkle. Muffed thrown ball--Wilson. Hit by pitcher--By Bedient, Snodgrass. Umpires--O'Loughlin and Rigler; field umpires--Klem and Evans. Scorers--Richter and Spink. Time of game--2.38. Weather--Cool and cloudy.

THIRD GAME.

NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E. BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E. Devore, 1.f. 4 0 2 2 0 0 Hooper, r.f. 3 0 0 1 0 0 Doyle, 2b 3 0 0 3 1 0 Yerkes, 2b 4 0 1 3 1 0 Snodgrass, c.f. 4 0 1 0 0 0 Speaker, c.f. 4 0 1 3 1 0 Murray, l.f. 4 1 1 5 0 0 Lewis, l.f. 4 1 2 4 0 0 Merkle, 1b 3 0 0 5 0 1 Gardner, 3b 3 0 1 0 2 0 Herzog, 3b 2 1 1 1 3 0 Stahl, 1b 4 0 2 11 1 0 Meyers, c 4 0 1 8 1 0 Wagner, ss 4 0 0 1 3 0 Fletcher, ss 3 0 1 3 2 0 Carrigan, c 2 0 0 3 1 0 Marquard, p 1 0 0 0 2 0 Engle[1] 1 0 0 0 0 0 O'Brien, p 2 0 0 1 5 0 Ball[2] 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cady, c 1 0 0 0 1 0 Bedient, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henriksen[3] 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals 28 2 7 27 9 1 Totals 31 1 7 27 15 0

1: Engle batted for Carrigan in eighth inning. 2: Ball batted for O'Brien in eighth inning. 3: Henriksen ran for Stahl in ninth inning.

New York 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-2 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1

Left on bases--New York 6, Boston 7. First base on errors--Boston 1. Two-base hits--Murray, Herzog, Stahl, Gardner. Stolen bases--Devore, Fletcher, Wagner. Sacrifice hits--Merkle, Marquard, Gardner. Sacrifice fly--Herzog. Double play--Speaker and Stahl. Pitching record--Off O'Brien, 6 hints and 2 runs in 26 times at bat in 8 innings; off Bedient, 1 hit and 0 runs in 2 times at bat in 1 inning. Struck out--By Marquard 6, Hooper, Yerkes, Wagner, O'Brien 2, Ball; by O'Brien 3, Devore, Merkle, Meyers. Bases on balls--O'Brien 3, Fletcher, Doyle, Marquard; by Marquard 1, Hooper. Muffed thrown ball--Merkle. Hit by pitcher--By Bedient, Herzog. Umpires--Evans and Klem; field umpires-- O'Loughlin and Rigler. Scorers--Richter and Spink. Time of game--2.16. Weather--Clear and cool.

FOURTH GAME.

BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E. NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E. Hooper, r.f. 4 0 1 1 0 0 Devore, l.f. 4 0 1 0 0 0 Yerkes, 2b 3 0 1 2 5 0 Doyle, 2b 4 0 1 4 1 0 Speaker, c.f. 4 0 1 2 0 0 Snodgrass, c.f. 4 0 0 2 0 0 Lewis, l.f. 4 0 0 1 0 0 Murray, r.f. 4 0 1 3 0 0 Gardner, 3b 3 2 2 0 2 0 Merkle, 1b 4 0 1 8 0 0 Stahl, 1b 3 1 0 9 0 0 Herzog, 3b 4 1 2 2 1 0 Wagner, ss 3 0 0 2 3 1 Meyers, c 4 0 0 5 1 1 Cady, c 4 0 1 10 0 0 Fletcher, ss 4 0 1 3 6 0 Wood, p 4 0 2 0 2 0 Tesreau, p 2 0 1 0 2 0 McCormick[1] 1 0 1 0 0 0 Ames, p 0 0 0 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals 32 3 8 27 12 1 Totals 35 1 9 27 12 1

1: McCormick batted for Tesreau in seventh inning.

Boston 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-3 New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-1

Left on bases--Boston 7, New York 7. First base on errors--Boston 1, New York 1. Two-base hits--Speaker, Fletcher. Three-base hit--Gardner. Stolen bases--Stahl, Merkle. Sacrifice hits--Yerkes, Stahl. Double play--Fletcher and Merkle. Pitching record--Off Tesreau, 5 hits and 2 runs in 24 times at bat in 7 innings; off Ames, 3 hits and 1 run in 8 times at bat in 2 innings. Struck out--By Wood 8, Devore, Snodgrass. Murray 2, Merkle 2, Meyers, Tesreau; by Tesreau 5, Lewis, Stahl, Wagner, Cady 2. Bases on balls--By Tesreau 2, Hooper, Gardner; by Ames 1, Wagner. Fumble--Wagner. Wild throw--Meyers. Wild pitch--Tesreau. Umpires--Rigler and O'Loughlin; field umpires--Evans and Klem. Scorers-- Richter and Spink. Time of game--2.06. Weather--Cool and cloudy, and ground heavy.

FIFTH GAME.

BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E. NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E. Hooper, r.f. 4 l 2 4 0 0 Devore, l.f. 2 0 0 0 0 0 Yerkes, 2b 4 1 1 3 3 0 Doyle, 2b 4 0 0 0 3 1 Speaker, c.f. 3 0 1 3 0 0 Snodgrass, c.f. 4 0 0 2 0 0 Lewis, l.f. 3 0 0 1 0 0 Murray, r.f. 3 0 0 0 1 0 Gardner, 3b 3 0 0 3 2 1 Merkle, 1b 4 1 1 15 0 0 Stahl, 1b 3 0 0 7 0 0 Herzog, 3b 4 0 0 2 3 0 Wagner, ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 Meyers, c 3 0 1 2 0 0 Cady, c 3 0 0 5 0 0 Fletcher, ss 2 0 0 2 2 0 Bedient, p 3 0 0 0 0 0 McCormick[1] 1 0 0 0 0 0 Shafer[2], ss 0 0 0 1 1 0 Mathewson, p 3 0 1 0 3 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals 29 2 5 27 6 1 Totals 30 1 3 24 13 1

1: McCormick batted for Fletcher in seventh inning. 2: Shafer ran for McCormick in seventh inning and then played shortstop.

Boston 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X--2 New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0--1

Left on bases--New York 5, Boston 3. First base on errors--New York 1, Boston 1. Two-base hit--Merkle. Three-base hits--Hooper, Yerkes. Double play--Wagner, Yerkes and Stahl. Struck out--By Mathewson 2, Gardner, Wagner; by Bedient 4, Devore, Snodgrass, Merkle, Mathewson. Bases on balls--By Bedient 3, Devore 2, Murray. Fumbles--Doyle, Gardner. Umpires--O'Loughlin and Rigler; field umpires--Klem and Evans. Scorers--Richter and Spink. Time of game--1.43. Weather--Warm and cloudy.

SIXTH GAME.

NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E. BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E. Devore, l.f. 4 0 1 2 0 1 Hooper, r.f. 4 0 1 2 2 0 Doyle, 2b 4 1 1 1 1 0 Yerkes, 2b 4 0 2 3 1 1 Snodgrass, c.f. 4 0 1 6 0 0 Speaker, c.f. 3 0 0 5 0 0 Murray, r.f. 3 1 2 7 0 0 Lewis, l.f. 4 0 0 0 0 0 Merkle, 1b 3 1 2 4 1 0 Gardner, 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 Herzog, 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 Stahl, 1b 4 1 2 8 0 0 Meyers, c 3 1 2 6 0 0 Wagner, 3b 4 0 0 3 0 0 Fletcher, ss 3 0 1 0 2 0 Cady, c 3 0 1 3 2 1 Marquard, p 3 0 0 0 2 1 O'Brien, p 0 0 0 0 1 0 Engle[1] 1 0 1 0 0 0 Collins, p 2 0 0 0 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals 30 5 11 27 7 2 Totals 33 2 7 24 9 2

1: Engle batted for O'Brien in second inning.

New York 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X--5 Boston 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--2

Left on bases--Boston 5, New York 1. First base on errors--Boston 1. Two-base hits--Engle, Merkle, Herzog. Three-base hit--Meyers. Stolen bases--Speaker, Doyle, Herzog, Meyers. Double plays--Fletcher, Doyle and Merkle; Hooper and Stahl. Pitching record--Off O'Brien, 6 hits and 5 runs in 8 times at bat in 1 inning; off Collins, 5 hits and 0 runs in 22 times at bat in 7 innings. Struck out--By Marquard 3, Wagner, Gardner, Stahl; by O'Brien 1, Snodgrass; by Collins 1, Devore. Base on balls--By Marquard, Speaker. Fumble--Devore. Wild throw--Marquard. Muffed foul fly--Cady. Balk--O'Brien. Wild throw--Yerkes. Time of game--1.58. Umpires--Klem and Evans; field umpires--O'Loughlin and Rigler. Scorers--Richter and Spink. Weather--Warm and cloudy.

SEVENTH GAME.

NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E. BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E. Devore, r.f. 4 2 1 3 1 1 Hooper, r.h. 3 0 1 1 1 0 Doyle, 2b 4 3 3 2 3 2 Yerkes, 2b 4 0 0 1 4 0 Snodgrass, c.f. 5 1 2 1 0 0 Speaker, c.f. 4 1 1 4 0 1 Murray, l.f. 4 0 0 1 0 0 Lewis, l.f. 4 1 1 3 0 0 Merkle, 1b 5 1 2 10 0 1 Gardner, 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 Herzog, 3b 4 2 1 0 2 0 Stahl, 1b 5 0 1 11 1 0 Meyers, c 4 1 3 6 0 0 Wagner, ss 5 0 1 4 4 0 Wilson, c[1] 1 0 1 2 0 0 Cady, c 4 1 0 1 2 0 Fletcher, ss 5 1 1 2 4 0 Wood, p 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tesreau, p 4 0 2 0 6 0 Happ, p 3 0 3 0 5 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals 40 11 16 27 16 4 Totals 36 4 9 27 18 3

1: Wilson relieved Meyers in eighth inning.

New York 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1--11 Boston 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0-- 4

Left on bases--New York 8, Boston 12. First base on errors--Boston 1. Stolen bases--Devore 2, Doyle. Sacrifice hit--Murray. Sacrifice fly--Hooper. Two-base hits--Snodgrass, Hall, Lewis. Home runs--Doyle, Gardner. Double plays--Devore and Meyers; Speaker, unassisted. Pitching record--Off Wood, 7 hits and 6 runs in 8 times at bat in 1 inning; off Hall, 9 hits and 5 runs in 32 times at bat in 8 innings. Struck out--By Tesreau 6, Hooper 2, Yerkes, Gardner, Wagner, Cady; by Hall 1, Herzog. Bases on balls--By Tesreau 5, Hooper, Yerkes, Speaker, Lewis, Hall; by Hall 5, Devore 2, Doyle, Herzog, Tesreau. Fumbles--Doyle, Devore. Muffed thrown ball--Gardner. Wild throws--Merkle, Hall, Speaker. Muffed fly--Doyle. Wild pitches--Tesreau 2. Hit by pitched ball--By Tesreau, Gardner. Time of game--2.21. Umpires--Evans and Klem; field umpires--O'Loughlin and Rigler. Scorers--Richter and Spink. Weather--Cold and windy.

EIGHTH GAME.

BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E. NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E. Hooper, r.f. 5 0 0 3 0 0 Devore, r.f. 3 1 1 3 1 0 Yerkes, 2b 4 1 1 0 3 0 Doyle, 2b 5 0 0 1 5 1 Speaker, c.f. 4 0 2 2 0 1 Snodgrass, c.f. 4 0 1 4 1 1 Lewis, l.f. 4 0 0 1 0 0 Murray, l.f. 5 1 2 3 0 0 Gardner, 3b 3 0 1 1 4 2 Merkle, 1b 5 0 1 10 0 0 Stahl, 1b 4 1 2 15 0 1 Herzog, 3b 5 0 2 2 1 0 Wagner, ss 3 0 1 3 5 1 Meyers, c 3 0 0 4 1 0 Cady, c 4 0 0 5 3 0 Fletcher, ss 3 0 1 2 3 0 Bedient, p 2 0 0 0 1 0 McCormick[1] 1 0 0 0 0 0 Henriksen[2] 1 0 1 0 0 0 Mathewson, p 4 0 1 0 3 0 Wood, p 0 0 0 0 2 0 Shafer[3], ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 Engle[4] 1 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals 35 3 8 30 18 5 Totals 38 2 9*29 15 2

*: Two out in tenth inning when winning run was scored.

1: McCormick batted for Fletcher in ninth inning. 2: Henriksen batted for Bedient in seventh inning. 3: Shafer player shortstop in tenth inning. 4: Engle batted for Wood in tenth inning.

Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2--3 New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1--2

Left on bases--New York 11, Boston 9. First base on errors--New York 1, Boston 1. Two-base hits--Murray 2, Herzog, Gardner, Stahl, Henriksen. Sacrifice hit--Meyers. Sacrifice fly--Gardner. Stolen base--Devore. Pitching record--Off Bedient, 6 hits and 1 run in 26 times at bat in 7 innings; off Wood, 3 hits and 1 run in 12 times at bat in 3 innings. Struck out--By Mathewson 4, Yerkes, Speaker, Lewis, Stahl; by Bedient 2, Merkle, Fletcher; by Wood 2, Mathewson, Herzog. Bases on balls--By Mathewson 5, Yerkes, Speaker, Lewis, Gardner, Wagner; by Bedient 3, Devore, Snodgrass, Meyers; by Wood 1, Devore. Muffed fly--Snodgrass. Muffed foul fly--Stahl. Muffed thrown balls--Doyle, Wagner, Gardner. Fumbles--Speaker, Gardner. Time of game--2.39. Umpires--O'Loughlin and Rigler; field umpires--Klem and Evans. Scorers--Richter and Spink. Weather--Clear and cold.

THE COMPOSITE SCORE.

Following is a composite score of the eight games played, thus arranged to show at a glance the total work in every department:

BOSTON.

G. AB. R. H. SB. SH. PO. A. E. Hooper........................ 8 31 3 9 2 2 16 3 .. Yerkes........................ 8 32 3 8 .. 1 15 22 1 Speaker....................... 8 30 4 9 1 .. 21 2 2 Lewis......................... 8 32 4 5 .. .. 14 .. 1 Gardner....................... 8 28 4 5 .. 3 9 12 4 Stahl......................... 8 32 3 9 2 1 77 3 1 Wagner........................ 8 30 1 5 1 .. 24 24 3 Cady.......................... 7 22 1 3 .. 1 35 9 1 Wood.......................... 4 7 1 2 .. .. 1 6 .. Carrigan...................... 2 7 .. .. .. .. 9 5 .. Collins....................... 2 5 .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. Hall.......................... 2 4 .. 3 .. .. .. 5 1 Bedient....................... 4 6 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. [1]Engle...................... 3 3 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. O'Brien....................... 2 2 .. .. .. .. 1 6 .. [2]Ball....................... 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. [3]Henriksen.................. 2 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 273 25 60 6 8 222 101 14

NEW YORK.

G. AB. R. H. SB. SH. PO. A. E. Devore........................ 7 24 4 6 4 .. 10 2 2 Doyle......................... 8 33 5 8 2 .. 15 26 4 Snodgrass..................... 8 33 2 7 1 .. 17 1 1 Murray........................ 8 31 5 10 .. 1 23 1 .. Merkle........................ 8 33 5 9 1 1 83 1 3 Herzog........................ 8 30 6 12 2 2 11 16 .. [4]Becker..................... 2 4 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. Meyers........................ 8 28 2 10 1 1 42 4 1 Fletcher...................... 8 28 1 5 1 .. 16 23 4 Wilson........................ 3 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 1 1 Shafer........................ 3 .. .. .. .. .. 1 4 .. Tesreau....................... 3 8 .. 3 .. .. .. 10 .. [5]McCormick.................. 5 4 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. Crandall...................... 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. Mathewson..................... 3 12 .. 2 .. .. 2 12 .. Marquard...................... 2 4 .. .. .. 1 .. 4 1 Ames.......................... 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 274 31 74 12 7[6]22l 108 17

1: Engle batted for Carrigan in eighth inning of third game; for O'Brien in second inning of sixth game, and for Wood in tenth inning of eighth game.

2: Ball batted for O'Brien in eighth inning of third game.

3: Henriksen ran for Stahl in ninth inning of third game; and batted for Bedient in seventh inning of eighth game.

4: McCormick batted for Tesreau in seventh inning of first game; for Fletcher in tenth inning of second game; for Tesreau in seventh inning of fourth game; for Fletcher in seventh inning of fifth game; and for Fletcher in ninth inning of eighth game.

5: Becker ran for Meyers in ninth inning of first game.

6: Two out in tenth inning of eighth game when winning run scored.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tl. Boston 3 4 2 1 1 1 6 2 2 3 0--25 New York 11 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 0--31

Left on bases--Boston 55, New York 53.

Two-base hits--Boston: Lewis 3, Gardner 2, Stahl 2, Hooper 2, Henriksen 1, Hall 1, Engle 1, Speaker 1, Wagner 1; total 14. New York: Murray 4, Herzog 4, Snodgrass 2, Merkle 2, Fletcher 1, Doyle 1; total 14.

Three-base hits--Boston: Speaker 2, Yerkes 2, Gardner 1, Hooper 1; total 6. New York: Murray 1, Merkle 1, Herzog 1, Meyers 1; total 4.

Home runs--Boston: Gardner 1. New York: Doyle 1.

Double plays--For Boston: Stahl and Wood 1; Speaker and Stahl 1; Wagner, Yerkes and Stahl 1; Hooper and Stahl 1; Speaker 1 (unassisted). For New York: Fletcher and Herzog 1; Fletcher and Merkle 1; Fletcher, Doyle and Merkle 1; Devore and Meyers 1.

Struck out by Boston pitchers--By Wood: Merkle 3, Tesreau 3, Fletcher 3, Devore 2, Snodgrass 2, Herzog 2, Meyers 2, Murray 2, Crandall 1, Mathewson 1, total 21. By Collins: Doyle 1, Merkle 1, Snodgrass 1, Devore 1, Mathewson 2; total 6. By Bedient: Doyle 1, Devore 1, Snodgrass 1, Mathewson 1, Fletcher 1, Merkle 2; total 7. By O'Brien: Devore 1, Merkle 1, Meyers 1, Snodgrass 1; total 4. By Hall: Herzog 1; total 1. Grand total 39.

Struck out by New York pitchers--By Tesreau: Hooper 3, Cady 3, Stahl 2, Gardner 2, Wagner 2. Speaker 1, Yerkes 1, Lewis 1; total 15. By Mathewson: Stahl 2, Collins 2, Wagner 2, Gardner 1, Yerkes 1, Speaker 1, Lewis 1; total 10. By Marquard: Wagner 2, O'Brien 2, Hooper 1, Yerkes 1, Ball 1, Gardner 1, Stahl 1; total 9. By Crandall: Stahl 1, Gardner 1; total 2. Grand total 36.

Bases on balls off Boston pitchers--Off Wood: Devore 2, Murray 1; total 3. Off Hall: Doyle 2, Devore 2, Snodgrass 1, Becker 1. Meyers 1, Tesreau 1, Herzog 1; total 9. Off Bedient: Devore 3, Becker 1, Murray 1, Snodgrass 1, Meyers 1; total 7. Off O'Brien: Fletcher 1, Doyle 1. Marquard 1; total 3. Grand total 22.

Bases on balls off New York pitchers--Off Tesreau: Hooper 3, Speaker 2, Wagner 1, Wood 1, Gardner 1, Yerkes 1, Lewis 1, Hall 1: total 11. Off Marquard: Hooper 1, Speaker 1; total 2. Off Ames: Wagner 1; total 1. Off Mathewson: Yerkes 1, Speaker 1, Lewis 1, Gardner 1, Wagner 1; total 6. Grand total 19.

Relief pitchers' records--Off Tesreau, 5 hits, 4 runs, in 25 times at bat in 7 innings; off Crandall, 1 hit, 0 runs, in 6 times at bat in 2 innings in game of October 8. Off Collins, 9 hits. 3 runs, in 30 times at bat in 7-1/3 innings: off Hall, 2 hits, 3 runs, in 9 times at bat in 2-2/3 innings; off Bedient, 0 hits, 0 runs, in 1 time at bat in 1 inning, in game of October 9; off O'Brien, 6 hits, 2 runs, in 26 times at bat in 8 innings; off Bedient, 1 hit, 0 runs, in 2 times at bat in 1 inning, in game of October 10. Off Tesreau, 5 hits, 2 runs, in 24 times at bat in 7 innings; off Ames, 3 hits, 1 run, in 8 times at bat in 2 innings, in game of October 11. Off O'Brien, 8 hits, 5 runs, in 8 times at bat in 1 inning; off Collins, 5 hits, 0 runs, in 22 times at bat in 7 innings, in game of October 14. Off Wood, 7 hits, 6 runs, in 8 times at bat in 1 inning; off Hall, 9 hits. 5 rung, in 32 times at bat in 8 innings, in game of October 15. Off Bedient, 6 hits, 1 run, in 26 times at bat in 7 innings; off Wood, 3 hits, 1 runs, in 12 times at bat in 3 innings, in game of October 16.

Wild pitches--Tesreau 3.

Balk--O'Brien 1.

Muffed fly Balls--Fletcher 1, Lewis 1. Doyle 1, Snodgrass 1; total 4.

Muffed foul fly--Merkle 1, Cady 1, Stahl 1; total 3.

Muffed thrown balls--Wilson 1, Merkle 1, Gardner 2, Doyle 1, Wagner 1; total 6.

Wild throws--Meyers 1, Marquard 1, Yerkes 1, Merkle 1, Hall 1, Speaker 1; total 6.

Fumbles--Wagner 2, Fletcher 3, Doyle 2, Gardner 2, Devore 2, Speaker 1; total 12.

First base on errors--Boston 11, New York 5.

Sacrifice flies--Herzog 2, McCormick 1, Hooper 1, Gardner 1; total 5.

Hit by pitcher--By Bedient: Snodgrass 1, Herzog 1. By Wood: Meyers. By Tesreau: Gardner.

Umpires--Evans and O'Loughlin, of the American League; Klem and Rigler, of the National League.

Official scorers--Francis C. Richter of Philadelphia, and J. Taylor Spink of St. Louis, all games.

Average time--2.13 7-8.

Average attendance--3l,505.

Weather--Clear and cool.

INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES.

Following are the official batting averages of all players participating in the World's Championship Series of 1912. They show that New York clearly outhit Boston. The team average of the Giants was 50 points higher than that of Boston. The Boston team had only four batters in the .300 class, while New York had five. Of the men who played all through the series, Herzog was high with .400. The figures are:

INDIVIDUAL BOSTON BATTING.

G. AB. R. H. SB. SH. PC. Henriksen 2 1 -- 1 -- -- 1000 Hall 2 4 -- 3 -- -- .750 Engle 3 3 1 1 -- -- .333 Speaker 8 30 4 9 1 -- .300 Hooper 8 31 3 9 2 2 .290 Wood 4 7 1 2 -- -- .286 Stahl 8 32 3 9 2 1 .281 Yerkes 8 32 3 8 -- 1 .250 Gardner 8 28 4 5 -- 3 .179 Wagner 8 30 1 5 1 -- .167 Lewis 8 32 4 5 -- -- .156 Cady 7 22 1 3 -- 1 .136 Carrigan 2 7 -- -- -- -- .000 Collins 2 5 -- -- -- -- .000 Bedient 4 6 -- -- -- -- .000 O'Brien 2 2 -- -- -- -- .000 Ball 1 1 -- -- -- -- .000

INDIVIDUAL NEW YORK BATTING.

G. AB. R. H. SB. SH. PC. Wilson 2 1 -- 1 -- -- 1000 Herzog 8 30 6 12 2 2 .400 Tesreau 3 8 -- 3 -- -- .375 Meyers 8 28 2 10 1 1 .357 Murray 8 31 5 10 -- 1 .323 Merkle 8 33 5 9 1 1 .273 Devore 7 24 4 6 4 -- .250 McCormick 5 4 -- 1 -- 1 .250 Doyle 8 33 5 8 2 -- .242 Snodgrass 8 33 2 7 1 -- .212 Fletcher 8 28 1 5 1 -- .179 Mathewson 3 12 -- 2 -- -- .167 Becker 2 4 1 -- -- -- .000 Shafer 3 -- -- -- -- -- .000 Crandall 1 1 -- -- -- -- .000 Marquard 2 4 -- -- -- -- .000 Ames 1 -- -- -- -- -- .000

Team batting average: New York, .270; Boston, .220.

INDIVIDUAL FIELDING AVERAGES.

The individual and team fielding averages show Boston leading by a slight margin of .958 to .951. The figures follow:

CATCHERS.
G. PO. A. PB. E. PC. | G. PO. A. PB. E. PC.
Carrigan 2 9 5 1000|Cady 7 35 9 1 .978
Meyers 8 42 4 1 .979|Wilson 2 2 1 1 .750

PITCHERS. G. PO. A. E. PC. | G. PO. A. E. PC. Tesreau 3 10 1000|Collins 2 3 1000 Crandall 1 1 1000|Bedient 4 1 1000 Mathewson 4 1 12 1000|O'Brien 2 1 6 1000 Wood 4 1 6 1000|Hall 2 5 1 .833 Ames 1 1 1000|Marquard 2 4 1 .800

FIRST BASEMEN.
Stahl 8 77 3 1 .988|Merkle 8 83 1 3 .966

SECOND BASEMEN.
Yerkes 8 15 22 1 .974|Doyle 8 15 26 4 .911

SHORTSTOPS. Shafer 3 1 4 1000|Fletcher 8 16 23 4 .907 Wagner 8 24 24 3 .941

THIRD BASEMEN.
Herzog 8 11 16 1000|Gardner 8 9 12 4 .840

OUTFIELDERS. Murray 8 23 1 1000|Lewis 8 14 1 .933 Becker 1 1 1000|Speaker 8 21 2 2 .920 Hooper 8 16 3 1000|Devore 7 10 2 2 .857 Snodgrass 8 17 1 1 .947|

Team fielding average: Boston, .958; New York, .951.

THE PITCHERS' RECORDS.

The pitching averages show Marquad and Bedient the only pitchers with clean records. Marquad won two games and did not meet defeat, and Bedient won one without a defeat. Wood won three and lost one. Following are the figures:

G. W. L. T. TO. PC. H. BB. HB. SO. IP. AB.

Bedient 4 1 1 1 1000 10 7 2 7 17 59 Marquard 2 2 1000 14 2 9 18 66 Wood 4 3 1 1 .750 27 3 1 21 22 88 Tesreau 3 1 2 2 .333 19 11 1 15 23 85 Collins 2 1 1 .000 14 6 14-1/3 52 Hall 2 1 1 .000 11 9 1 10-2/3 41 Mathewson 3 2 1 .000 23 5 10 29-2/3 108 Ames 1 .000 3 1 2 8 Crandall 1 .000 1 2 2 6 O'Brien 2 2 2 .000 12 3 4 9 34

Wild pitches--Tesreau 3.

Wiltse, Ames, Hall and Crandall did not pitch a full game and are charged with neither defeat nor victory. Tesreau pitched first 7 innings of first game and is charged with defeat. Crandall finished game. Collins pitched first 7-1/3 innings of second game, Hall followed for 2-2/3 innings and Bedient for 1 inning, but as game was tie no one has defeat or victory charged against him. O'Brien pitched 8 innings of third game and is charged with defeat. Bedient pitched in the last inning. In fourth game Tesreau pitched first 7 innings and is marked with defeat. Ames finished the game. In sixth game O'Brien pitched only 1 inning, but lost the game. Collins completed the game. Wood pitched only one inning of seventh game and is charged with a defeat. Hall pitched the last 8 innings. Bedient pitched first 7 innings of eighth game and retired to permit Henriksen to bat for him with New York leading. Boston then tied score and Wood, who succeeded Bedient, finally won out in the tenth inning, Wood getting credit for game.

FINANCIAL RESULT.

The attendance and receipts of the 1912 World's Championship Series were the highest of any series ever played, excelling even the receipts of the 1911 Athletic-Giant series, which reached proportions of such magnitude that it was thought they would not soon be exceeded, or even equaled. In the 1911 Athletic-Giant series the total attendance was 179,851 paid; the receipts, $342,364; each club's share, $90,108.72; National Commission's share, $34,236.25; the players' share for four days, $127,910.61; each player's share on the Athletic team, $3,654.58; and each player's share on the New York team, $2,436.30. For purposes of comparison we give the official statement of the 1911 World's Series:

Attendance. Receipts. First game, New York................ 38,281 $77,359.00 Second game, Philadelphia........... 26,286 42,962.50 Third game, New York................ 37,216 75,593.00 Fourth game, Philadelphia........... 24,355 40,957.00 Fifth game, New York................ 33,228 69.384.00 Sixth game, Philadelphia............ 20,485 36,109.00 --------- ------------- Totals ............................ 179,851 $342,364.50

Each club's share................................ $90,108.72 National Commission's share....................... 34,236.25 Players' share for four games................ 127,910.61

Herewith is given the official attendance and receipts of the Giant-Red Sox world's Series of 1912, together with the division of the receipts, as announced by the National Commission. The players shared only in the first four games, divided 60 percent, to the winning team and 40 per cent, to the losing team.

Attendance. Receipts. First game, New York................ 35,722 $75,127.00 Second game, Boston................. 30,148 58,369.00 Third game, Boston.................. 34,624 63,142.00 Fourth game, New York............... 36,502 76,644.00 Fifth game, Boston.................. 34,683 63,201.00 Sixth game, New York................ 30,622 66,654.00 Seventh game, Boston................ 32,630 57,004.00 Eighth game, Boston ................ 16,970 30,308.00 --------- ------------- Totals............................. 251,901 $490,449.00

Each club's share............................... $146,915.91 National Commission's share....................... 49,044.90 Players' share for four games.................... 147,572.28

NATIONAL LEAGUE SEASON OF 1912

BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

Spurts of energy on the part of different clubs, unexpected ill fortune on the part of others, and marked variations of form, which ranged from the leaders almost to the lowliest teams of the second division, injected spasmodic moments of excited interest into the National League race for 1912 and marked it by more vicissitudes than any of its immediate predecessors.

By careful analysis it is not a difficult matter to ascertain why the New Yorks won. Their speed as a run-getting machine was much superior to that of any of their opponents. Every factor of Base Ball which can be studied demonstrates that fact. They led the National League in batting and they led it in base running. They were keenly alive to the opportunities which were offered to them to win games. Indeed, their fall from the high standard which they had set prior to the Fourth of July was quite wholly due to the fact that they failed to take advantage of the situations daily, as they had earlier in the season, and their return to that winning form later in the season, which assured them of the championship, was equally due to the fact that they had regained their ability to make the one run which was necessary to win. That, after all, is the vital essential of Base Ball. To earn the winning run, not by hook or crook, but to earn it by excelling opponents through superior play in a department where the opponents are weak, is the story of capturing a pennant.

They were dangerous men to be permitted to get on bases, and their dearest and most bitter enemies on the ball field, with marked candor, confessed that such was the case. Opposing leaders admitted that when two or three of the New York players were started toward home plate one or two of them were likely to cross the plate and that, too, when one run might tie the score and two runs might win the game.

While there were some who were quite sanguine before the beginning of the season that the Giants would win the championship, there were others who were convinced that they would have a hard time to hold their title, and after the season was over both factions were fairly well satisfied with their preliminary forecast.

The runaway race which New York made up to the Fourth of July gave abundant satisfaction to those who said they would win, and the setback which the team received after the Fourth of July until the latter part of August afforded solace to those who were certain in their own minds that the New Yorks would have much trouble to repeat their victory of 1911.

It must not be forgotten, too, that the New York team had the benefit of excellent pitching throughout the year. In the new record for pitchers, which has been established this season by Secretary Heydler of the National League, and which in part was the outcome of the agitation in the GUIDE for a new method of records, in which the various Base Ball critics of the major league cities so ably contributed their opinions, Tesreau leads all the pitchers in the matter of runs which were earned from his delivery. Mathewson is second, Ames is fifth, Marquard seventh and Wiltse and Crandall lower, and while both the latter were hit freely in games in which they were occasionally substituted for others, they pitched admirably in games which they won on their own account.

In the opinion of the writer this new method, which has been put into usage by Secretary Heydler, is far superior to anything which has been offered in years as a valuable record of the actual work of pitchers. It holds the pitcher responsible for every run which is made from his delivery. It does not hold him responsible for any runs which may have been made after the opportunity has been offered to retire the side, nor does it hold him responsible for runs which are the result of the fielding errors of his fellow players. On the other hand, if he gives bases on balls, if he is batted for base hits, if he makes balks, and if he makes wild pitches, he must stand for his blunders and have all such runs charged against him as earned runs.

Nothing proves more conclusively the strength of this manner of compiling pitchers' records than that Rucker, by the old system, dropped to twenty-eighth place in the list of National League pitchers, finished third in the earned run computation, showing that if he had been given proper support he probably would have been one of the topmost pitchers of the league, even on the basis of percentage of games won, which is more vainglorious than absolutely truthful.

The Giants are to be commended for playing clean, sportsmanlike Base Ball. There were less than a half dozen instances in which they came into conflict with the umpires. The president of the National League complimented Manager McGraw in public upon the excellent conduct of his team upon the field and the players deserved the approbation of the league's chief executive.

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The general work of the Pittsburgh team throughout the year was good. It must have been good to have enabled the players to finish second in the championship contest, but the team, speaking in the broadest sense, seemed to be just good enough not to win the championship. As one man dryly but graphically put it: "Pittsburgh makes me think of a wedding cake without the frosting."

Fred. Clarke, manager of the team, adhered resolutely to his determination not to play. It was not for the reason that the impulse to play did not seize upon him more than once, but he had formed a conviction, or, at least, he seemed to have formed one, that it would be better for the organization if the younger blood were permitted to make the fight. It was the opinion of more than one that Clarke incorrectly estimated his own ball playing ability, in other words, that he was a better ball player than he credited himself with being.

As batters the Pittsburghs were successful. As fielders they were superior to the team that won the championship. As run-getters they were not the equal of the Giants. In brief, fewer opportunities were accepted to make runs by a much larger percentage than was the case with the New York club, which can easily be verified by a careful study of the scores of the two teams as they opposed one another, and as they played against the other clubs of the league.

It took more driving power to get the Pittsburgh players around the bases than it did those of New York. In tight games, where the advantage of a single run meant victory, the greater speed of the New York players could actually be measured by yards in the difference of results. Naturally it was not always easy for the Pittsburgh enthusiasts to see why a team, which assuredly fielded better than the champions and batted almost equally as well, could not gain an advantage over its rivals, but the inability of Pittsburgh Base Ball patrons to comprehend the lack of success on the part of their team existed in the fact that they had but few opportunities, comparatively speaking, to watch the New York players and found it difficult to grasp the true import of that one great factor of speed, which had been so insistently demanded by the New York manager of the men who were under his guidance.

Pittsburgh had an excellent pitching staff. Even better results would have been obtained from it if Adams had been in better physical condition. An ailing arm bothered him. While he fell below the standard of other years, one splendid young pitcher rapidly developed in Hendrix, and Robinson, a left-hander, with practically no major league experience, pushed his way to a commanding position in the work which he did.

Until the Giants made their last visit to Pittsburgh in the month of August the western team threatened to come through with a finish, which would give them a chance to swing into first place during the month of September, but the series between New York and Pittsburgh turned the scale against the latter.

Fired with the knowledge that they were at the turning point in the race the New York players battled desperately with their rivals on Pittsburgh's home field and won. Even the Pittsburgh players were filled with admiration for the foe whom they had met, and while they were not in the mood to accept defeat with equanimity, they did accept it graciously and congratulated the victors as they left Pittsburgh after playing the last game of the season which had been scheduled between them on Forbes Field.

First base had long bothered Clarke. Frequent experiments had been made to obtain a first baseman, who could play with accuracy on the field and bat to the standard of the team generally. Clarke transferred Miller from second base to first and the change worked well. More graceful and more accurate first basemen have been developed than Miller, but in his first year of play at the bag he steadied the team perceptibly and unquestionably gave confidence to the other men.

But making a first baseman out of Miller took away a second baseman and second base gave Clarke more or less concern all of the season. At that, Pittsburgh was not so poorly off in second base play as some other of the teams of the senior circuit.

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Two important factors contributed to the success of the Chicagos in 1912. For a few days they threatened to assume the leadership of the National League. With the opportunity almost within their grasp the machine, which had been patched for the moment, fell to pieces, and the Cubs, brought to a climax in their work by all the personal magnetism and the driving power of which Chance was capable, were exhausted by their strongest effort. The courage and the wish were there, but the team lacked the playing strength.

To return to the factors which contributed to the club's success. They were the restoration to health of Evers, and a complete change in the manner of playing second base, added to the consistent and powerful batting of Zimmerman. The latter led the league in batting and repeatedly pulled his club through close contests by the forceful manner in which he met the ball with men on bases.

A third contributing force, though less continuous, was the brief spurt which was made by the Chicago pitchers in the middle of the season. They were strongest at the moment that the New York team was playing its poorest game, and their temporary success assisted in pushing the Chicagos somewhat rapidly toward the top of the league. They were not resourceful enough nor strong enough to maintain their average of victories and finished the season somewhat as they had begun.

The most of Chicago's success began to date from the early part of July, when Lavender, pitching for the Cubs, won from Marquard of the Giants, who, to that time, had nineteen successive victories to his credit. Chicago continued to win, and the New York team made a very poor trip through the west.

Lavender's physical strength held up well for a month and then it became quite evident that he had pitched himself out. Then was the time that the Chicagos could have used to good advantage two and certainly one steady and reliable pitcher, who had been through the fire of winning pennants and would not be disturbed by the importance which attached to games in which his club was for the moment the runner-up in the championship race.

Chicago managed to hold its own fairly well against the New York team. Indeed, the Cubs beat the New Yorks on the series for the season, but there were other clubs, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Cincinnati, which won from Chicago when victories were most needed by the Cubs, and their hope to capture the pennant deserted them as they were making their last trip through the east.

The race was not without its bright side for Chicago. Even if the Cubs did finish third for the first time since Chance had been manager of the organization, it was a welcome sight to see Evers apparently in as good form as ever and Zimmerman so strong with the bat that the leadership of the batters finally returned to Chicago after it had been absent for years.

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Cincinnati, under the management of Henry O'Day, finished fourth in the race. It was by no means a weak showing for the new manager, in view of the team which he was compelled to handle. Until the New York club played its first series in Cincinnati, which began May 18, the Reds were booming along at the top of the league, apparently with no intention that they might ever drop back. It was New York that won three out of the five games played and took the lead in the race, and when that happened Cincinnati never was in front again.

To the other managers, who had been watching the work of the Cincinnatis it was apparent that sooner or later the break would have to come for the reason that, as the season progressed, better pitching would have to be faced by the Cincinnati club, while it was doubtful whether the Cincinnati pitchers could do any better than they were doing. The manager seemed to have known this, for when the break did come and the Reds began to totter, he said in reference to their downfall that no team could be expected to win with only ordinary pitching to assist it.

In this manner Cincinnati played through the middle of the season always just a little behind most of its opponents. As the latter days of the year began to dawn the Reds began to improve and not the least of which was in the better work of the pitchers.

They did well enough to beat Philadelphia for fourth place, and while O'Day did not have the satisfaction of finding his first year as a manager generous enough to him to make him the runner-up for the championship team, he actually put his club in the first division, which is something in which many managers have failed and some of them managers of long experience.

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Misfortune and ill luck always attaches itself in a minor degree to every team which engages in a championship contest, but most assuredly Philadelphia had more of its share of reverses through accidents to players and illness than any team of the National League. Yet the Philadelphias were courageous players from whom little complaint was heard. They took their misfortunes with what grace they could and played ball with what success they could achieve, whether they had their best team in the field or their poorest.

Strangely enough they played an important part in the results of the race. Frequently they defeated the Chicagos, all too frequently for the comfort of the Chicago Base Ball enthusiasts, and when the loss of a game or two by the Philadelphias to the Chicagos might have turned the race temporarily one way or the other, the Philadelphias, with decided conviction, refused to lose.

It may not be necessary to call attention to the fact of absolute fairness in the contests for championships in the various leagues which comprise Base Ball in its organized form. The day has passed when the Base Ball enthusiast permits his mind to dwell much upon that sort of thing, if ever he did. But if it were necessary to advance an argument as to the integrity of the sport and the high class of the men who are engaged in the summer season in playing professional Base Ball, there could be nothing better to prove that the price of victory is the one great consideration, greater than the fact of Philadelphia's success against a team which was a strong contender against that which finally won the championship.

As much as Philadelphia desired that New York should be beaten, for there was no love lost between the teams in a ball playing way, the fighting spirit and the predominant desire to add to the column of victories as many games as possible brought forth the best efforts of the team of ill fortune against Chicago and struck telling blows against Chicago's success at the most timely moments.

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As a whole the St. Louis team did not play as well in 1912 as it did in the preceding year. There was some bad luck for St. Louis as well as Philadelphia. The players did not get started as well as they had in the previous two years. Their spring training was more or less disastrous, for they were one of the clubs to run into the most contrary of spring weather.

Perhaps the worst trouble which the St. Louis team had, take the season through from beginning to finish, was in regard to the pitchers. There were two or three young men on the team who seemed at the close of the season of 1911 to be likely to develop into high class pitchers in 1912. They pitched well in 1912 at intervals. One day it seemed as if they at last had struck their stride and the next they faltered and their unsteadiness gave their opponents the advantage which they sought.

Perhaps, if the St. Louis team had been a little stronger to batting it would have rated higher among the organization of the National League. Several games were lost which would have been taken into camp by a better display at bat. In fielding the team was much stronger and the success of the infield, combined with some excellent outfield work now and then, frequently held the team up in close battles, but when the pitchers faltered on the path the fielders were not able to bear the force of the attack.

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For three seasons in succession Brooklyn seems to have been fated to start the season with bad luck and misfortune. The spring training trip did not bring to Brooklyn all that had been expected owing to the inclement weather.

When the team began the season at Washington Park a tremendous crowd filled the stands. Long before it was time for the game to begin the spectators became unruly and swarmed over the field. It was impossible for the ground police to do anything with the excited enthusiasts and at last the city police were asked to assist. They tried to clear the field, but only succeeded in driving the crowd from the infield. Spectators were so thick in the outfield that they crowded upon the bases and prevented the players from doing their best. For that matter the outfielders could not do much of anything.

A ground rule of two bases into the crowd was established, and the New York players, who were the opponents of Brooklyn, took advantage of it to drive the ball with all their force, trusting that it would sail over the heads of the fielders and drop into the crowd. They were so successful that they made a record for two-base hits and Brooklyn was overwhelmed.

This unfortunate beginning appeared to depress the Brooklyn team. The players recovered slightly, but had barely got into their stride again when accidents to the men began to happen. Some of them became ill, and the manager was put to his wits end to get a team on the field which should make a good showing.

Fighting against these odds Brooklyn made the best record that it could. As the season warmed into the hotter months the infield had to be rearranged. There was disappointment in the playing of some of the infielders. It was also necessary to reconstruct the outfield. Unable to get all of the men whom he would have desired the manager continued to experiment and his experiments brought forth good fruit, for unquestionably the excellent work of Moran, who played both right field and center field for Brooklyn, was a great help to the pitchers. By the time that the Base Ball playing year was almost concluded Brooklyn had so far recovered that it was able to place a better nine on the diamond than had been the case all of the year.

Boston never was expected to be a championship organization. The material was not there for a championship organization, but Boston did play better ball than in 1911 and that is to the credit of players, manager and owner. The club had changed hands, but the new owner had not been able to readjust all of the positions to suit him. He put the best nine possible in the field with what he had. Never threatening to become a championship winning team Boston played steadily with what strength it possessed and always a little better than in 1911, so that the year could not fairly be considered unsuccessful at its finish.

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Going back to the beginning of the year and looking over the contest for the National League championship of 1912, it is not uninteresting, indeed it is of much interest to call attention to the remarkably odd record which was made by New York to win the pennant. In that record stands the story of the fight, with striking shifts from week to week.

The first game played by the Giants was against Brooklyn, as has been related, and it was won by New York and that, by the way, was the game in which Marquard began his admirable record as a pitcher for the season.

The Giants lost the next three games. Two of them were to Brooklyn and one to Boston, and the players of the New York team began to wonder a little as to what had happened to them.

Then New York won nine straight games from the eastern clubs, being stopped finally by Philadelphia on the Polo Grounds. But that defeat did not check them. They started on another winning spurt and played throughout the west without a defeat until they arrived in Cincinnati. This total of victories was nine. All of the games on the schedule were not played because of inclement weather.