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Show Red Sox Catcher Says Bedient Is a Wonder BY BILL OABEIGAN. Bed. Sox Catcher. ByInternational" News Service. BOSTON. -Oct. 12. We got to McGraw Mc-Graw with Bedient, a pltcjier who 1b seeing his first year's service on n major league club. "Doubtless "Doubt-less the New York manager figured fig-ured the game as good as won when tho youngster gave the first man that faced him a base on bulls. But ho doesn't know Bedtent as well as his team-mates do. Nor did he k,now how much Bedient knew about Bedient. Bedient Is unquestionably the best pitcher that came from the minor leagues last spring. I will go further and say he Is the beat young pitcher Ip the two big leagues. Next year he will be even better. Bedient's Jump Ball. Bcdlont has a fast ball with a Jump on It a Jump upward that forces his opponents to pop up easy fly balls. If you tabulate the game he won from the Giants, you will find that of the twenty-seven twenty-seven mca put out by our side, no fewer than twenty-throe of 'them went out on easy files and pop files and fouls. What Is equally remarkable is the fact that the, Giants only hit four balls on the ground In the entire game. Just think of. thatl And the Giants made three hits, maybe four, according to how McCormlck's drive to Gardner is scored. When you see a team knocking up pop files all the time, yon may know that tho pitcher has something on the ball. The exhibition of Bedient against the Giants was one of the best feats of its kind I have ever seen. There was no sensational fielding that cut off base hits. Every fly was easy, except, perhaps, one that Speaker had to run for. Most of them were high pops that the outfielders, especially Hooper, had' only to! take a few steps lo be under. One reason why Bedient was ho effective effec-tive against McGraw's men was his very deceptive delivery. He winds up very slowly, but when his arm straightens out for delivering the ball. It straightens like a flash. The ball. Is on top of the batter before he realizes it. The Giants wero simply helpless In his hands. Bedient had the utmost confidence confi-dence in himself. He was easily the coolest cool-est member on our team In today's ga'me, and that is saying a lot, for our men aro cool-headed and I have never seen thorn rattled. When, early in the game. Bedient appeared ap-peared somewhat wild, Stahl walked over to the box several times apd asked the pitcher if he thought ho had the proper control. Bedient told Stahl every time not to worry, that he had the stuff and could get them over whenever he wanted to. After tho opening of the third Inning Stahl did not have further occasion to visit, the neighborhood of the box, unless It xvas to warn Bedient agalnt a certain batter who was coming up. Mathewson 's Fatal Third. But Mathewson'B exhibition was beautiful beau-tiful to watch. Ho waa in his old form. Not a pass did he allow after the third Inning. But that third Inning lost him the game. We now have the Giants 3 to 1, and It 1b a brave man that will bet his money on the New York team. We can come back with Wood on Monday If wo want to wind up the series. They may pitch Marquard against him If they so desire, but they will find that we can hit him next time we meet, which is on Monday. |