The Washington herald., 1912-10-13
Dedieat Gets Decision 0ver Mathew.
son in Brilliant Pitch
ing Duel
TWO TRIPLES And ERROR
DECIDE CANE m SECOND
Sox Count Twice in This Round On
Hits by Hooper and Yerkes, Fol-
lowed by Doyle's Slip.
By DAMON RUNYm.

Boston. Mass. Oct 12-Just n heAln-
self In other days saw with eyes ,thent
very young the fading Of many an old
time baseball hero before the splendor oil
his own prowess. 50 Christy Mathewson-i
Mathewson the mighty-stood by this az
ternoon and saw the light Of his great
ness flicker and grow dim before the :
mond.
boy from the sleepy little town Of Fal-i
coner. N. Y. rose to-day in two neetingt
hours to the brief fame Of the sportingl
neld when he pitched the Boston Red.
Sox to q to I victory over tho veteran
OF the Polo Grounds
The doubt expressed by the baseball
fans as to whether Mathewson could
come back in such a short time after
the terrific strain Of the Wednesday tie
did not find place in Jake Stahl's mind. +
who knew fhe Mathewson habit OF rising
to an emergency. He knew that what
ever the issue. Mathewson would give.
him a desperate fight. for that Is thsi
spent star, Joe Wood. and the Giants
had fiercely attacked his lefthander. Ray
Collins. and the veteran Charley Hall
So when the time for choosing came.
Stahl picked the boy who was running
the streets Of a country town barefooted
when big Six was in the heyday Of
his glory and this boy II tonight hero
among his kind.
Bad support for Mathewson.
And yet a word for Mathewson. Al
ways great in the hour Of victory, he
was even greater to-day in his hour OF
defeat. Backed by a brittle defense. and
given a weakling attack to support hts,
efforts. he pitched q game that must
Ufa nd
slashing blows in succession. and an err
ror by Laughing Larry Doyle. gave,
the Red SoN two rams in the third In;
ming and thereafter not man reached
first base I
with bu, two days of rest after the.
terrific strain of Wednesday. the old mas
ter came back and pitched his young
opponent TO a standstill. showing no
trace Of weakness after the first three,
innings.
One brilliant. binding flash Of the
batting energy of the Red Sox defeated
the man who has forgotten more pitch
ing than most pitchers will ever learn.
In the third inning. Harry Hooper. the
dashing Californian. who is one Of the
| stars of the series. pit the first ball
Mathewson offered him to a far corner
Of left field. Little Josh Devore, who
was back in his old station to-day be-
cause there was no sun over right field
to bother Red John Murray. vanished
from sight of the grandstand spectators
as he raced after the ball When he
finally emerged from the remote corner.
Hooper was at third
Yerke. scores Hooper.
Steve Yerkes another Sox star. also
hit the first ball rolled up by the big,
Train for a triple to left center. scoring
Hooper. The ball hit the centerfield bar
rier and bounded out of Snodgrass'
reach. Iris Speaker, the wonderful Tex
as boy. slashed at the first ball pitched
by Mathewson, toward Larry Doyle. who
went leaping after the blow. 1t was a
comparatively easy chance. and Larry
was set for the throw when the ball
skipped between his legs and Yerkes
scored. Jack Murray raced in behind
er at second as Speaker tore into that
statioR for an easy out.
Duffy Lewis rolled to Mafhewson,
and was retired without trouble, while
Larry Gardner grounded out TO Merkle.
From then until the finish Of the game,
Mathewson was master of the SoN, but
the damage had been done. and young
Hugh Bedient was pitching powerfully.
II would be idle to say that the Giants
should have beaten him because they had
every opportunity to hit when hits would
have given them the game. but they SIM
ply could not drive the punch through
Bedients defense.
In the seventh inning Fred Merkle
doubled into the left-field bleachers, and
in an instant the Giants were raging
around Bedient. McGraw was yelling at
him through his telescoped hands from
the third base side line. telling him to
keep on the rubber, while from the Giant
bench rolled the old battle cry Of thei
big town clan when they think the op-
posing pitcher Is in retreat.
Pinch Hitter Responds.
As Chief Meyers. the Giants siugger,
came up. StahI left his statio- at first
and talked soothingly to Bedient. It was;
thought that he was ordering him tot
the chief just as he had pitched to the
others. Meyers cracker the first ball
high and far, Speaker dropping back and
gauging 1t in grand style. As the boy
from the Lone Star State made the CATCH.
Merkle tore out for third, reaching there:
safely. !
Harry Mccormick. the Giant pinch HIT
ter, was coaching on third when McGraw
ordered him to bat in place Of Arthur
Fletcher. Mccormick came up swinging Al
brace Of bats, and Bedient spparentlyi
unfiurried, pitched to him at top speeds
Mccormick laid his GIANT stick against a
fast ball and ripped IL down to Larryi
Gardner with terrific speed. The bali
was too hot for Gardner to handle. and:
Merkle scored while Larry was wrestlingj
with II.
The oficial scorers gave this an error,
for Gardner, and it win 20 figure in the
archives Of the game. but press box
opinion, and independent scoring placed
It as base hit for Mccormick. Arthur
Shafer, the feet utility infielder of the
Giants was called in to run for Nc
Cormick. and was half way over second
when Gardner made brilliant play In
Mathewson's hard roller and tossed Big
Six ont at first.
Over $4,000 people saw the game. tho.
overflow In center field being so great
that II broke down a three-foot barrier!
and was leaking out on the field when