The Washington times., 1912-09-08
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Twirls Brilliant Ball in Final
Game With Speedy
Red Sox.
BY SENATOR"

BOSTON. Sept. Sit took old Double
Elbows Groom to put a stop to the
! ruthless winning of the Boston Red
Sox. After the league leaders had
walked on the faces of Engel, Cashion
and Company, and had put a slight
dent in the shield of the peerless WAL
| ter Smokeball Johnson. Sir Robert
Groom held them to six hits for lone
tally, winning the final battle OF the
series to the tune of S to L.
Groom never looked better in his
career with the Nationals. Having per-
feet confidence in the burly John Henry,
he flung his widest curves his most
| tortuous bcnders, his most mystfying
and elusive spitters at. toward, and
close 10 the wailoping wands Of the
coming champions, but ever sliding out
OF danger when ii threatened most.
Groom was as good as a winning pitch
er need be to stop one of the hardest
hitting ball clubs in the game today.
No Hit For Speaker.
The stringbean twirler did not aim
at strike-out record. He satisfied
| himself with keeping Spoke" Speaker
| from collldng for bingle. He laughed
as Duffy Lewis rolled puny bounce
bases were crowded In the third session.
He grinned in glee as he tossed En-
gle's little tap to Gandil for the final
death in the sixth, when Yerkes had
reached third. In the closing three
frames he was invincible. as if sud
denly determined to stop all this fool
lshness. Not Bostonian reached first
base in the last three innings
However, all the praise should not he
given Groom. good as he was. His
baCkstop caught another beautiful game
ter and killing the only Red SUX runner
essayinG to steal a corner. Dan MOeller
contributed several fine catches after
! long runs. and started relay to the
plate in the fourth that caught kruG
when he attempted to make four bases
on his powerful drive to the far corner
Of the right pasture.
George MCBride came through with
two stops OF hits that few shortstops
could even reach. once he almost
caught Larry Gardner. after going over
to short left and grabbing his bounce
by peculiar twisting heave TO Gandil.
Milan's Great Catch.
| "Ieh' MIlan's running catch Of Speak
! crs drive well nigh to the ropes in
| deep center in the eighth frame, indl-
Gated the class possessed by the Linden
| lad, while his daredevil dashing around
| the bases on Hugh Bedents Wild toss
to fiIst resulted in Hoopers making an
| other bad peg to CarriGan and letting
the brilliant fielder score the last run OF
| the game.
Jake Stahl reasoned that RedIent, who
| had been going Ikea barn afrc four
! miles from the nearest hosehouse,
could tam" the Nationals. and run the
Winning streak Of the Red SoX up to
| eleven. This proved poor reasoning and
! worse loGir. for the Nationals hoped
! on Mr. Bedients henders with the
| greatest alaCIitY. welcoming him to
! their hosoms like IOng-losl brother.
! In the last -four innings. when the game
! VAS safely sailed away. Bedicnt looked
much better than in the earlier sessions,
! but even then the Grifhthtes were
| banging the ball on the nose, even
Fully 2j,0Do fans were gathered inside
| the spacious park when the battle
! opened with Hoopers scratch hit to
! Foster, and every one OF the immense
| thrOng hoNled when the speedy runner
! galloprd 10 third on Posters resultant
Wild heaNc to the pavilion IN right
! Nerkes did nothing hut roll To GaudII
. I OStC" seized Speuhcrs = bounce and IAN
Hooper down. SnCdhcI I'Ir'II,- ar' Oli
/ hil' tho murd'I was hrnE done.
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| =, r~.r- Sn axe, h'i uCr-u,h OIru-, l1
rnrI q oom Iul,N rrr-I Milan peg
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