The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-16
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BJSTON 5.
Mathewson and Bedient Start tho
Game for the Last Try at the
Championship for Red sox
and Giants.
GIANTS SCORE FIRST
Matty and Bedlent pitch Brilliant
Ball and Are Backed up With
Brilliant Support by
Teammates.
GIANTS SCORE FIRST

teammates.
First Inning.
New Yors-Deyore grounded to
Wagner and was out at first. Doyle
out, Wagner to Stahl. Snodgrass
walked. Snodgrass reached second
when Wagner dropped Cady's throw
to cat. h him stealing and an error
was chalked up against the Red Sox
short stop. Murray out Gardner to
Stahl. No runs; no hits; one error.
Boston-Hooper hunted the first
ball pitched into Merkle's hands and
was beaten to the bag by the Giant
first baseman, who made the out I'M
assisted Yerkes famed. Speaker
singled to right and kept on going to
second and was safe on Doyle's tumble
of Devore's throw. Lewis famed. No
runs; one hit; one error.
Mathewson started better in the
last half of the first inning than he
did in the first inning of either OF
his previous games He disposed OF
the Red Sox with eleven pitched
balls. He put the ball over and made
them hit.
Second Inning.
New York Merkle famed. Herzog
flied to Speaker. Meyers was safe
on Gardeners tumble OF his easy
grounder. Fletcher singled to center
Meyers reached third when Gardner
fumbled Wagner's throw after Cady
had thrown to Wagner and caught
Meyers off second. Fletcher took
second on the play. Mathewson flied
10 Speaker. No runs, one hit; two
errors.
The errors by Gardner. the Red
oox third baseman, almost offset
Bedient's good pitching in the first
half of the second. Gardner fumbled
ali easy grounder and dropped the
ball thrown to third to head off Mey-
ers. Bedient retired the Giants on
fourteen pitched balls which was less
than required to dispose of them in
the first inning.
Boston Gardner walked. StahI
forced Gardner at second, Doyle to
Fletcher. Wagner singled to left on
the hit-and-run, Murray's quick return
of the ball holding Stahl at second.
Cady flied to Merkle. Bedient out,
DOYLE TO Merkle. No runs; one hit;
no errors.
The Red Sox had Matty going in
the last half of the second, Matty
putting himself in a hole by giving
Gardner. the first man up, pass.
Third Inning.
New York-Devore walked, getting
four straight balls. Doyle out, Gard
ner to Stahl, Devore going to second
Snodgress out to Stahl, unassisted. De
wore taking third. Murray doubled tc
left center. scoring Devore. Merkle
out, Wagner to Stahl. One run; one
hit; no errors
Boston-Hooper out, Doyle to Mer
kle. Yerkes out; Mathewson te
Merkle. Speaker famed. No runs; nc
hits; no errors.
Fourth Inning.
New York-Herzog doubled to left
into the left field bleachers. Meyers
sacrificed, Gardner to Stahl, Heroes
taking third Fletcher flied to Gard
ner. Mathewson flied to Hooper. Ne
runs one hit: no errors.
4 Bedient again pulled himself togeth
j er after a bad start. McGraw relied
on Fletcher and Mathewson to bring
Herzog home from third following his
double and Meyers sacrifice, but
Fletcher and Matty could only poi
easy flies
j Boston-Lewis out, Fletcher te
Merkle Gardner doubled to center bu
was out at third trying to stretch 4
into a triple, Snodgrass to Doyle t.
4 Herzog. Stahl famed No runs; one
J hit; no errors.
4 Gardeners double was a terrific lint
drive straight into Snodgrass' hands
but too hot to handle. Two perfec
throws by Snodgrass to Doyle to Her
zog just nipped the third baseman a:
, he slid into third.
Fifth Inning
: New York-Devore singled, his hare
grounder hitting Bedient on the fee
and bounded back almost to the plate
, Devore died stealing Cady to Wag
ner. Doyle flied to Hooper, agains
the right field fence. Snoderass sin
gled to left Murray fouled out t.
, Cady. No runs: two hits; no errors.
Hooper's catch of Doyle's drive II
this half session was the greatest on
3 OF the series. Doyle's drive woult
have zone over the low right fell
fence which held the crowd back hal
J not Hooper, after racing with hi
back to the ball, leaped into the al
+ and pulled II down.
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