The Washington herald., 1912-10-13
TO-MORR0W'S CANE
SHOULD BE FINAL
Csntin.ed from Paee One.

emerge on top and terminate the big Sc
ries in New York on Monday, no mat
ter who pitches for the Giants-
Mr.. Steve Yerkes. rated q bush Lacquer
in comparison with Capt. Larry Doyle
o. the Giants, has launched himself very
much in the limeiight since the games
started In Gotham Tuesday. when his
timely hitting virtually won the opening
struggle. To-day Yerkes was the boy tc
come through with the much needed
swat. and besides put up a corking good
Yerkes has thus far been the Franh
Baker OF the championship series, and
there remains one or possibly two more
games to play Yerkes' showing to-day
is but one example of the Boston clubs
play all season. They won the cham
pionship for the reason that nobody
could tell when dark horse would ap-
pear.
Before the series started the expert.
declared that Yerkes would be the joke
of the Boston outfit. The joke so far
has been on New York.
McGraw gave US a sample of good
generalship when he yanked out Fletchei
and substituted Mccormick with Merkls
on third base in the seventh inning to-
day. McCormIck's grounder. which
GarQner playe0 pOOriys let III u run, Tie
Giants only tally. ..r
Gardner miscalculated the speed Of the
drive. for. instead Of coming In . step
he stepped back and. consequently. the
bail got away from him. Before he could
pick It up. Merkle was over the plate.
Gardner could do nothing against
Matty. but he did not have to. with the
Hooper-Yerkes combination getting In liz
deadly work.
gan year after year Is q mystery. Big
Six" has pitched two games against the
RED Sox. losing one and tying the other.
and In neither contest has he given q
base on balls. To-day he was made to
look bad in comparison with Bedient be-
cause OF Larry Doyie's error. It is q
wonder how he keeps up his great pace.
Not a single attempt to steal bases was
made to-day by either team. The ground
was. soft and the heavy thick turf re-
fused to lift until the combat was near
iy over. Both the Six and Giants de-
c:ded 10 play safe
Hugh Bedient. regarded by the major
its of Boston fans who attended to-day's
game as the real hero. has just passed
his twenty-third birthday. He was born
in Faicorer. ~. Y. and has only been In
the game three years. Last season he
Was rated as the best. twirier in the In
ternationai League and won the majority
of games he pitched for. the second divi-
SION Providence Club. .-1sl-s,-
Boston got In on the ground floor.
grabbing Bedient two years ago when
he was with Fan River In the New
,EuGiand League. The Red Sox ,farmed
him to Proviaence and were tDing to
let him stick around for auhfle longer
until II was rumored thst the Bald
more Orioles had offered 20 boy the
yeunester At q prscs said to be 6,sa.
.If be - worth &0oe to bzittenore he
must be worth sorbefhfhs 10 mi" 1"
Cwner fayiDr u said 10 have remarked.
ana he promptiy pulled the serine =
THIS. soason Bedient bas been one OF
Boetun's Dainstays IN 1Ahe sbox. He 10
the> kind Sfla pitcher that leeasn hicks
coatrsa sarJy In the eAns and chs 1p.
posing .side sometimes eets 70 him good
ana 1lenfy. buf II Be sis ae1e % spr.
viys he Arst two ch6pksrs, ~ wss tlse
60 to~1Ays - gfswS; bsetst q the con-
fs6s proore1ess. and the loueog he patshss
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