The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
Boston Almost Cinches Things
BEDIENT BEATS MATHEWSON
 IN CHILLING PITCHERS' DUEL
Boston Wins Fifth Contest From Giants By Score of to L Bunch Hits Off Matty in Third Inning and Score
 Both Runs-Bedient in Fine Form

1 Merkle in the seventh He moved to
 third on Meyers outfeld fly and scored when Gardner failed to handle McCor-
 mick's puzzling grounder Bedient then 1 held the Giants safe until the end. l When the ground keeper was about to
 close the iron gates on F'enway park
 at dusk there were still groups of ex-
 cited fans standing about the infieid
 pointing out the spots where this and that play had checked the Giants in their attempt to wrest a victory and
 bring them on even terms with the Red SoX in the series.
 Weather Is Cloudy
 The early part of the game had all the settings of cricket match played In a London fog. Murlky mists swept in from the sea and rain threatened mos
 mentarily. In the early innings speca- tors could hardly follow the course of
 the ball, but the fog cleared later so
 that the final innings found the clubs
 battling under summer conditions. 1t was Columbus day, and Boston turned out
 the largest number of people who have
 ever witnessed baseball game in this ,city The total attendance was 34,6S3. while the receipts were s63, POI. Of this sum each club received S2S,i40.45, while the national commissions share was
 s623O10 The players share only in tho
 receipts of inc first four games. We have got the edge on New York now" remarked Manager Jake Stall, of the Red Sox tonight. But do not propose
 to claim the worlds championship until the last Giant player is ont in the final inning"
 John McGraw manager of the Giants while admitting that the Red Sox have a big advantage, believes he will Dc able to check the rush of the red leg ged players in New York Monday and then go out to make the fight for the next two games The Giants went back to New York tonight while the Red SoN will rest in this city and journey on to New York tomorrow
 The air was thick with the heavy
 mist when the game began at one min ute after o'clock. Bedient was given
 an encouraging cheer as he went into tho pitching box. Little Josh Devore, the first batter up for New York, walt ed, as he usually does when he finds
 the pitching unsteady, and got to first
 on four bad balls. Captain Doyle tried
 to put Devore down to second base but he fouled out to Lewis. Snodgrass was 'booed' by the bleacherltes when lie
 came to bat and there was a great cheer when he cut short the Giants
 promising inning by hitting into a dou- ble. He sent grounder to Wagner, who threw to YerlSes, forcing Devore and Yerkes made a quick throw to Stahl It was the first double play in the series in which three fielders fig
 ured and YerlSes, the middleman of
 the trio, handled his part well.
 MathewsOn Tired
 The veteran Mathewson who had pitched himself into almost complete exhaustion in the 6-6 II inning tie game here last Wednesday,. also was given warm reception as he came out to pitch. The question was could he come back" and prevent the Red Sox from batting out another victory.
 Hooper opened up on Mathewson by hitting single over second base. Yerkes sent up a fly that was easy for Fletcher and Iris Speaker shot out q single to left field on which Hooper tolS second. Lewis forced Hooper at
 third. Herzog gathering in the ground
 ball before Hooper could reach the bag
 Gardner struck out, ending the inning
 Murray for the Giants received a ba SC
 or balls in the second inning and went
 to second on Merkle's out, Gardner
 to Stahl Herzog hit one up into the
 mist that Yerkes caught and Meyers
 sent long fly out to Hooper. For the
 Red Sox Jake Stahl was an easy out
 Fletcher to Merkle, but Wagner had
 more luck with AIathewson's pitching
 shooting 8 single to right field. Cady hit to the infield and slipped as he start