New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
Detailed History of Game in
Which the Youthful Bedient
Carried His Team to
Victory Over Matty
the Mighty.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

Roston. Oct. 1.-THE general story Oh
how one Of the greatest games OF oa'e-
hall ever witnessed on any field was won
ard lost has been told elsewhere. Inc
e,orv exnlains why the stock Of the Bos-
Ton Red sox has leaped skyward with
mighty bound, while the hopes Oh 'no
Giants hover dangerously near the reels
Of despair, with their chance OF "inilihs
tho worlds premier honors In pasepah
reduced TO a mere fighting chance IL
has been told how Christy Mathewsoh
tho lion-hearted monarch OF the pitcher
hox. was defeated, despite the fact that
he pitched one Of his best games. how the
g1zzled hero OF the campaigns OF
dozen summers bowed his head before
man in the heyday Of his youth-a mere
colt pitching his first year In the DIE
Leagues. Following are the details OF the
game, play by play, showing now Hugh
Redient let the Giants down with three
scattered hits and thwarted their EFFORTS
IN stem the tide with unfaltering nerve
and remarkable skill.
First Inning.
Redient failed to locate the plate In -FOUR
tries. and Devore trotted to first on balls
Larry Doyle sliced a drive into the wait
i,e mitt of Duffy Lewis, just outside the
foul lines. The fans" booed Justify at
Fred Snodgrass when he came TO oat' and
tainted him numerically when he hit
into a double play, Wagner to Yerkes to
Stahl.
The air was rent with riotous cheers
when Harry Hooper smashed the hrst
ball into centre field for single, but the
cheers subsidized when Steve ferkes
popped 10 Fletcher. iris Speaker had two
strikes called on him when he drove to
deep left for hit which Devore's fast
fielding held to a single. Herzog made a
grand stop Of Levis's swift grounder and
touching third base, forced out Hooper.
Lewis was safe on the option. Larry
Gardner succumbed to the cunning Mat
tvs curves, striking out, and relieving a
tense situation.
Second Inning.
Bedient and control were strangers
while Murray stood at the plate, so Red"
walked on four wide ones. weak
erounder to Gardner was the result Of
Fred Merkle's mightiest swing, and To-
ledo's leading citizen died at first, Muir
ray racing TO second. There he stayed,
for the hard hitting Herzog popped to
Yerkes and Meyers flied to Hooper.
Stahl was an easy victim when he rolled
TO Fletcher. but Boston whooped II up
when Wagner singled to right field
Matty tossed out Cady, and Larry Doyle's
brilliant stop out on the grass got Bedient
at Merkle's station.
Third Inning.
Hooper gathered In Fletcher's long fly
to right without trouble as a starter. The
recipient OF generous applause az he came
up to the bat. Matty responded by shoot
ing fine single TO centre field. Bedient
gave his third pass to first base when he
walked Josh Devore again. and Matty
took second on the gift. Larry Doyle had
rare chance TO place his name on the
pages Of baseball history with a ringing
drive, but a weak fly TO Speaker was
his best. Jeered at again, Snodgrass
foued out to Cady.
The storm broke in the last half OF this
inning. and the peerless veteran of the
pitching box was the victim OF some hard
batting and little hard luck. The ire