The Washington times., 1912-06-25
BEDIENT WINNER
OVER NATIONALS S
Red Sox Twrer Holds Climbers Down to Four Scattered
Binges Driven From Box BY Healty
~ Wallops In Seventh.
By SENATOR"

Hugh Bedient won the ninth straight
victory for the rushing Red Sox yes
terday by a score of to over the
Climbers, allowing but four measly
scattered blngles in nine full frames and
topping them into third place in what
promises to be the greatest race the
league has ever seen.
This Bedient person, as II mindful OF
his disgrace on that very diamond
earlier in the season, when he was
driven from the box by shower OF
safeties, fooled and fiimfammed the
Nationals with perfect control of an
assortment of curves and fast ones
that kept the home boys popping up,
bouncing grounders to the infie!d, or
shooting short flies to the gardeners.
At no time during the battle were the
Nationals able to touch UP friend Be-
dent with that heartiness marking
their recent slugging fashion. The
slump was still gripping them by the
necks.
Four hits, all singles, and two Of them
bordering on the scratch style. were
poled by the Climbers during the matt
nee. Howard Shanks getting two OF
them for himself. Milan drove hard
Shanks lifted a real one to left in the
seventh, but Pelty's smash through
Stahls hands was a lucky blow. as was
Shanks in the same place. What can
a team do when 1t can't hit? Lose
Right. first guess. Advance to the heao
of the class.
Petty Got Good Start.
Barney Petty looked good to father
early in the battle, but in the sixth the
that he didn't look so good. AS the
visitors seemed intent on pounding him
some more In the next frame, he was
derricked, Paul Musser succeeding MIN.
But Petty might have won his game
even at that, had his supporters pound
ed the pill as hard as did the Red Sox'
Heinie Wagner had doubled in the
third and Larry Gardner had strolled
in the fifth. but these were the lone pair
| of visitors to see the paths until that
| sixth when everybody took a Wallop
at the ball and nothing but the slowest
| and deadest of baserunning saved the
possible hopes of the Climbers.
| Bill Carrigan, perfectly british with
his war club. banged a single to open
that big inning, going up when Bedient
| walked. AS Carrigan was nounderlnS
around the midway station, Ainsmith
whipped the ball to Mcbride and the
Red sox elephant perished by yard
of the bag. Ha, ha! 1t looked good
to Grift, that peg of DORIS"
Hooper Starts Trouble.
But the Jig was up when Harry Hoop
er whaled a triple to right center. scor-
Ing Bedient, and went over himself on
Yerkes' safe drive to left. Iris Speak
er followed with another single to left,
fast fielding by Shanks holding Yerkes
at second. The Youngstown flyer then
scooted over the line for Duffy Lewis
foul hoist. but Gardner's single to left
filed the cushions. Jake Stahl came
up with everything to gain by safe
drive and merely forced Gardner with
roller to Mcbride. The Ave deadly
smashes, including a triple, had scored
| but two runs.
Petty hit Wagner to start the sew
enth and Carrigan's double to left
center sent the shortstop across the
dish and Paul Musser to the mound
Ainsmith's pick up of Bedients bum
got CarTigan numbering into third
Gandil scooped up Hoopers grounder
Yerkes singled to center and Bedieni
learned that Milan could peg by beins
caught at the plate with a perfect
toss from the garden. After that tht
Sox could do nothing with either
Musser or Engel
With one down in the fourth. MilaT
slapped a safety to center and stole
hiking to third when Carrigan hunt
the ball to center neld. shanki