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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM September 7, 1912 ... Bob Groom defeated Hugh Bedient at Fenway Park before and a large crowd and the boys from Washington won the last game of the series rather easily, walking away with a 5 to 1 victory. The visitors put up a brilliant all around game, while the Red Sox put up a brand baseball several points below their usual standard. The hitting for the Sox was light and the fielding was a little off. Heinie Wagner sat out and young Marty Krug went to short. Hugh Bedient was on the mound and failed to field his position as he usually well does. It was young Eddie foster who came up to the front in the fifth inning with the bases full, and brought home the game clincher with a fine wallop over Harry Hooper's head for three bases. Boston lost their chances for scoring, by being caught napping on the bases. In fact, it was a complete reversal of the form of which the Speed Boys have been playing in the past few weeks of remarkable ball. The spectators again crowded the grandstand and most of the bleachers. Fans again were forced onto the field behind the ropes. The first run made by Washington was result of the ropes throwing Duffy Lewis after he pulled in a fly ball. Duffy got tangled up and was thrown to the ground. The first run of the game was made by Boston pretty cheaply. Harry Hooper got three bases on a hit to Foster, that the kid threw over first base. Speaker then forced Hooper, and Lewis came across with a fine single to score the Red Sox only run. Washington got their first run in the third on a double by George McBride, that Lewis lost in the ropes, and a single by Danny Moeller. Their second run came in the fourth inning on a free pass, a wild throw by Bedient past first, and a throw from Hooper with a man at third, that got by Bill Carrigan, allowing the runner to walk home. Washington made three runs in the fifth inning on a pass, a single by John Henry, a bunt that Bedient failed to go after, and Foster's fine triple. Bedient held the Nationals to two scattered singles during the last four innings, but the Red Sox failed to figure out Bob Groom, knocking out only two singles by Steve Yerkes and Larry Gardner in the last five innings. The Sox filled the bases in the third, but Clyde Engle hit to short for the force out. The finest play the game was made by Clyde Milan in the eighth inning, when he pulled down Tris Speaker's long drive, which nearly made it to the flagpole. It had home run written all over it, but Milan was playing deep and even then he was forced to run as fast as he could to reach the ball. There was no time that the Red Sox were on their toes, while Washington worked like firemen to win one game of the series. The Red Sox team will leave for Chicago tomorrow at 11:30 AM, and all but Neil Ball and Hugh Bradley will make the trip. |
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