The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
.B[DENT PITCHES RED SOX
TO THIRD WIN OVER GIANTS

L.
/ knowing that one slip meant defeat,
/ the Red Sox youngster stood by the
guns even when the Giant attack had
| drawn up within one run of tie and
1 was fighting savagely but vainly for
i a last grip on the battle.
In the seventh round, Merkle dou-
bled and Mccormick, batting for
/ Fletcher, drove him home with
sharp punch which bounded bad
| ly and crossed Gardner at third.
But at this point the vital spark in
1.-THE Giant attack faded out faded as
! a Pickering flame is snuffed out in
| the gale-and from that point on Be
ldient was matching Mathewson with
| all the wiles and stuff which go into
unhittable pitching. Time after time
he flashed a third strike over while
the nimble Giants stood without
/ shifting their war clubs. He crossed
! them fore and aft, at every turn and
crossed them as only some trained
(, veteran of the game could be ex-
pected to do.
Early in the battle he fluttered
trffle, passing the first man up in
each of the two rounds But the
Giant rush was feeble and after re-
covering his poise the younger pitch
er sailed through with a game that
outclassed anything even Wood had
shown.
Before the series started the bulk
OF oratory was all conferred about
.Tesreau and Mathewson for the
Giants, VS. Wood and Collins for the
Red Sox. But of such is the grand
old dope compiled.
Twas ever this from childhoods
hour
I've seen my fondest dope decay
| After all the talk it remained for
Vanguard and Bedient to step for
ward with the best stuff shown and
neither was ranked among the star
l hopes of the series.
Bedient allowed four hits against
I Mathewson's five and outside OF
/ Doyle's one costly slip, the defensive
play was sharp and brilliant, with
Boston leading In addition to COM
piling that timely triple, Steve Yerkes
added further lustre to his fame with
another brilliant display at second,
| where his errorless ball was potent
factor. The supposedly weak cog in
i the Red Sox machine has been Its
strongest point, both in the field and
at the bat. His batting has been
4 timely and in a flow of difficult
d chances he has yet to make his first
error in five games.
: In the summing up, no slabman who
; ever entered worlds series can show
the tough break which Mathewsor
, has encountered The Giant veteran
/ has pitched two games and in these
two games the rival champions have
earned but one run against his work
, One earned run across nineteer
) rounds and yet he stands without {
! victory to his credit where he nigh
: have counted on both starts.
McGraw's last hope now centeri
upon RUDE Marquard, his spira
southpaw, who holds title to the sol,
! Giant win.
On Monday in New York-upon hi
native battlefield, surrounded by thu
a folks at home-the eminent Rubel
: win make his last stand against 10
Wood
There is a chance of course tina
Stah1 will send in Collins, his bes
left handler, but it isn't likely, for tn
strategy of the game demands WOOD
: who viii be ready with a three-day
. rest. This shift will give Stahl
: chance to use Wood later on in til
deciding battle if the Giants shoul
7 rally, lead a forlorn hope and tie
up.
Y Whereas If Wood was saved unit
Tuesday, after Marquard had beate
= Collins, which in form ne should d.
victory by Tesreau over Woo
2 would leave Stahl facing his fint
2 game with his star worker out {
le commission.
|. 1t will be Marquard against Woo
= to a certainty-and a game wort
= watching from afar.
~ If Marquard beats Wood, Tesrea
= will step forth against Bedient an
- should Tesreau win his first game
% Mathewson will close out the sho
: against Wood on Wednesday. r,
e there are too. many ifs, here to |
- worth any further comment beyon
= the next game.
!, Today's game looks to be the dect
- ing factor and it was played befol
:, a record crowd in record time Il
j. world series play.
is Thirty-fiye thousand saw II
rn struggle and roaring, raving ar
he cheering the Red Sox, stormed on Il
lis field after the contest with the WHO'D
lily of an Apache horde celebrating IL
tn harvest of pale face scalps.
ell, The quick turn in the series aft,
UP an even start came when the Re
sh- Sox settled. In their first gam,
I'm then played far below form-we
ne nervous and overeager and with on
I'm average pitching. But once back up<
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