Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-17

failure last fan. He was NcGraWS nldIh-
stay in the series beyond doubt.
In fact there We're but two of Me-
Graw's players. excepting the pitchers,
| who looked as if they had a right to be
members of the team of such reputed
| strength They. We're Murray and Her
zog. The latter was close behind Muir
ray in sharing the honors for the Giants.
| In fact, he was more prominent in the
games for the reason that he was in a
| position to help the pitchers by his jolly
| ing tactics whenever condition pre-
scented itself which required steady heady
| work.
/ In this pair McGraw appears to have a
| pair of great ball players. judged on what
they have shown against Boston. but
there are others that it would not be
safe to find room for on a tail-end team.
Bedient was decidedly effective in the
pinches. There We're. innumerable in
! stances when he had men on second with
one or two out. and yet there was but one
instance when a run was scored. and that
was in the third.
In the first inning Snodgrass reached
second on walk and d steal, and in the
second two errors by Gardner put men
on second and third and two out. but Be-
dent got out of the hole. In the fourth
| HerZOg led off with q tWO-bagger and
| was sacrificed to third. yet Bedient re-
| tired the next two batters without allow
! ing him to score. Two hits were made
! off him i'm the fifth, but DevOre, who led
off with one. was caught stealing, so that
| SnOdgraSs. who followed with single
| after Doyle had sent long fly to Hooper,
was wasted.
| In the seventh Mathewson started with
a hit. and though the head of the batting
order followed, Bedient again proved the
| master of the situation.
| The fielding feature OF the day was a
catch by Hooper of long drive which
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the Giants. 1t was hit which had the
earmarks of home run. being so hit that
| II was sure to go into the seats in right
center if it could not be intercepted No
| fielder ever covered more ground than
Hooper did on that pull, and he made
| the catch leaning against the fence
| which separated the field from the
stands
Gardner had to be charged with two
errors in the second inning which at the
time threatened to prove disastrous
With two out he gave Meyers a life by
| fumblinS his grounder. Fletcher followed
with hit and Cady then threw to Wag-
ner. having Meyers caught mapping But
Meyers went to third and while the ball
was three steps ahead of him Gardner
dropped II and he was safe Fletcher
moved up to second on the play, but
MatheWson could do no more than hit a
long fly TO Speaker
1t was perhaps a fortunate decision not
to allow Wood to start the game judged
on the way he was hit during the three
innings he officiated on the slab. He did
not seem TO have much, and the farther
ne went the easier he became for the
Giants. Wood. no doubt was much upset
as a result of his run-in with O'Brien,
and Stahi wisely sent Bedient to start
the game.
In the tenth inning Wood was lucky
10 escape being knocked out of the
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| singled, reaching second on Speakers err
ror' After Herzog struck out. Meyers met
| the pail fairly, and d liner of lightning
| speed went right at Wood. He could not
raise his hands i'm time TO stop the ball,
| but II hit him in the chest almost caving
| in rib. but fell to his feet and lie was
| just able to pick it UP and trow to first.
Gardner hit a long double in the fourth.
but was out trying to reach third on IL.
! The ball was u low liner, for which
| Snodgrass made a good try but the ball
| struck his hands at his shoe tops and
| bounded out, Snodgrass recovered the
ball quickly and shot it to Doyle. WHO
] made perfect throw to HerZog Just in
| time to catch Gardner sliding in to the
| bag There was but one out at the time
| Stahl and McGraw took The greatest care
! TO pick the pitchers who showed up
best in the warm-up. prior tn the game.
| Both stationed themselves behind thci.
| candidates. and only after consulting
| with the catchers handling them. did they
| make their decision. Wood and Bedient
warmed up for Stahl while Marquard and
| Mathewson warmed up for McGraw
as on any previous day, but, after a
| chat with Doyle and Meyers, Matty was
| chosen and better selection could not
| have been made.