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Show BHTf MEN MEET II PITCHERS' BUTTLE Boston Wins in One of Most Spectacular Fights of ' Year. By International News Service. BOSTON, Sept. G A crowd estimated at 40,000 strong taw the Red Sox defeat the Washington team, 1 to 0, this afternoon. after-noon. The game had been touted as a pitching duel between "Smoky Joo" Wood of the Rod Sox and Walter Johnson, John-son, "tho Terrible Swede," and took on added Interest from that account. The score shows that five hits worn mado off Johnson and six off Wood, and the supporters of each artist arc aa confident confi-dent as evor that their hero Is the superior. su-perior. Wood fanned nine men to Johnson's five. Bases on balls were few, four In all. three of which arc charged to tho BosUui man. Two two-baggers wore mado on each side The only rim of the game was snored in the sixth Inning, when, with two down. Speaker doubled over third base and dashed homo on a terrific hit by Lewis along the right field lino. Johnson's most artistic inning was tho fifth, when j lie fanned Wagner, Cade and Wood. Wood, In tho seventh, struck out McBrlde Mc-Brlde and Ainsmlth, and Johnson hit to Wagner Tor the third out. A running catch by Speaker In the eighth, off Gandll. saved a run and perhaps per-haps the game, for Foster was on second sec-ond and running like a deer. BOSTON WASHINGTON. Boaton. AO. It. II. O.A.I Wash. AB ft II.O.A Hooper, rf. I ft 0 0 Ol Milan, cf. . S 0 1 0 0 YorWf. 2I 4 0 1 0 Ol Foster. 3b . .1 0 1 0 0 SpciVor, cf. 2 3 1 2 OlMoolIor. rf.. 4 0 0 3 0 Lewis. If... 2 0 1 2 (ilGandll. lb.. 10 0 3 1 Oardner. Sb 3 0 1 0 1 Loporlii, 2b. 4 0 2 1 4 Knqle. lb.. S 0 1 10 llMmii. If.. 4 0 0 2 0 Warner, m. 3 0 0 2 4jM'Brldo. rt. 4 0 1 4 2 Cndy, r. . S 0 0 10 2l Aliipmlth c. 3 0 0 r. 1 Wood, p. . 3 0 0 I r.l Johnion. p.. Z 0 1 0 2 Totals 27 1 o 27 V.'l Totals . .S2 0 6 21 10 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ft 0 Boston . .., 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 S'ininiaj-y: Tn-bjrn hlla McBrtdo, L-iportc, Speaker. Lewie. Douhlo plays Wood. Warner and Engle. Stolen b.1 ice Foster. Base on ball-Off ball-Off Wood, 3, on Johnson. 1. Struck oul By Wood, 3; by Johnson. 5. Sacrifice hits Alntmltb. Lowle. Umpires Connolly and Hart |