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WORLD SERIES HEROES
HUGH BED I ENT—No. 2
. By Harry Glaser.
BOSTON fans should be as
thankful to Hugh Bedient,
the youthful pitcher who
iutnphed over the great Mathew
son in the fourth game of the
vorld’s pennant struggle, as they
re to Joe Wood or any other indi
vidual of the Red Sox outfit for
championship to the
Hub.
Bedient was oi\e of the big sur
prises of the series, it was known
that he was a sterling pitcher and
ls . was counted on to aid his team
materially. Still he was not rated
early as valuable as the renowned
Wood, and few bejieved him capa
,> of putting up a contest such as
he did when he faced Big Six at
ds best.
Joe Wood is credited with win
ning three of the four games that
earned the Red Sox players the big
<-nd of the prize money simply be
■ause of the system used in compil
ing pitchers’ records, one that is
not fair under all conditions. Hugh
Redient did as much toward win
tig the deciding game for the Red
s x as Joe Wood, if not more. It”*
nas he who started the game and
.pl the Giants at bay for seven
innings. Then Stahl lifted him
x because he wished to use a
■ii hitter. Wood labored only
> ,:ee innings to get the verdict and
: for the poor fielding of the
Giants would have been charged
with the defeat of that all-impor
tant contest.
\ i told. Bedient contributed six
■en innings of as excellent pitch
• g as the Red Sox have been fa
vored with at any time toward
2 ining them the title. Just two
iins were made off him in that
stretch, the result of ten hits that
nrr widely scattered. In his first
game he allowed only four hitsand
had the Giants completely baffled
w ith his puzzling delivery.
In his second appearance against
Matty lie was less formidable, but
still mighty effective, and although
1 ■ was touched up for six hits in
-■ ven innings, the Giants could get
nix one man over the plate on him
l cause every time they threatened
. tightened up wonderfully.
Bedient is still a fledgling in big
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: PITCHER BEDIENT ’
: COLLECTED $1.50 :
: FOR FIRST GAME :
• WARREN. PA . Oct. 22.—" Rube" •
• Bedient, the Boston Red Sox •
• twirier, made his first appealance •
• in Warren with the Falconer High •
• school team against the Warren •
• Independents. Bedient attracted •
• attention of R. J. Schuthacher, •
• manager of the Warren team. •
• Later, when he booked two games •
• with the Meadville Intercollegi- •
• ates, he telephoned to Bedient: •
• "I have two games for today, but •
• only one pitcher: I II give you $1 •
• and expenses to come and pitch •
• the afternoon game." «
• "No." was the answer, "but •
• make it $1.50 and I'll go." •
• That was the first game Bedient •
• ever pitched for money, and he •
• won. Later, he broke the record •
• for strike-outs, pitching a game of •
• 22 innings at Corry, in which 24 •
• batters were struck out. •
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league ranks. This was his first
season with the Boston club, which
first introduced him to fast com
pany in the fall of 1910, when he
was drafted from the Fall River
club, with which he made his pro
fessional debut.'
But he remained in the big
league just long enough to hang
his hat in the club house. When
the 1911 season began Bedient was
released to Providence, and became
one of their best pitchers, sharing
hono:s with Jimmy Lavender, now
the Cub's star spitbailer.
Jersey City purchased him at the
close of the season for $750 and a
month later sold him to the Red
Sox at a profit of more than $5,000,
it is said.
Bedient is a New Yorker, inas
much as he was born and raised in
the Empire state. Falconer, N. Y..
located up in Chautauqua county,
is the town that claims him as one
of its highly prized citizens, and it
was there that he first played the
game as a member of a school boy
team. Bedient will celebrate his
twenty-third birthday tomorrow.
The residents of Falconer have laid
in a big supply of fireworks in an
ticipation of celebrating the event.
He was born October 23. 1889. just
two days before Joe Wood, his
famed team mate, saw the light of
day.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEVVS.TUEiSDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1912.
Alpharetta Hurler's Ball Not So Fast, But Its Accuracy Much Better
NAP RUCKER BEATEN BY JOHNSON IN SPEED TEST
By W. J. ALBeth.
SCIENCE has struck at last to
the very best of the base
ball profession. Scientifically
speaking, this scientific game has
been placed upon a plane with the
most intricate science. No longer
will old Bill Irwin, with his water
glass and celluloid ball demonstra
tions of the spitball for the edifica
tion of college professors, be in or
der. Science has made this day
and generation one of scepticism.
We have to be shown.
And it is now possible to get an
absolutely- accurate line on a base
ball player's ability in all matters
pertaining to his physical horse
power. The first test was made re
cently at Bridgeport. Conn., in the
factory of a well-known gun firm.
Walter Johnson, the crack pitcher
of the Washington team, and Nap
Rucker, the fork-hand speed boy’ of
the Dodgers, were the pioneers of
scientific exploitation. That proved
ver.y conclusively that it is possible
to calculate a player's propelling
power.
Johnson also established conclu
sively that he is the speedier hurler
for he propelled a ball many feet
faster per second than did the il
lustrious Alpharetta southpaw. At a
distance of 25 feet Johnson's pitch
travels at a rate of at least 125 feet
per second, and in many instances,
doubtless, more. Rucker, who is re
nowned as a "smoke” slinger, does
not approach in velocity by ten feet
per second. Clark Griffith's stand
by. Johnson, without half trying,
showed that he was Rucker's mas
ter in speed and he stands ready’
to accept any challenge for the
championship he won, Joe Wood, of
the Boston Red Sox. preferred.
The tests of speed of these illus
trious pitchers was made with an
appliance used to measure the ve
locity of the projectiles from fire
arms. It is a simple enough ar
rangement. in which electricity fig
ures very prominently.
Across a disc-shaped opening are
stretched a number of lightly
charged electric wires so fine that
the breaking of them expands but
an infinitesimally’ small portion of
the velocity of a thrown baseball.
Five feet behind these wires is a
steel plate, also charged. The ball
is hurled into the opening. The
exact time from the breaking of a
wire until the background is hit is
registered. By calculating the dis
tance of five feet with the frac
tional second consumed in travers
ing it. the happy result is arrived
at. Expert gun men declare that
BIG ED WALSH IS
GREATEST OF ALL
“IRON” PITCHERS
That peculiar niche in baseball affairs
which is filled by what are known as
“iron men " is one that has had few occu
pants. The “iron men” of note, real
“iron men," have been few and far be
tween. The terms is aplied only’ to pitch
ers. and means those pitchers whose con
stitutions are sufficiently strong to permit
them to do more work in the box than
most twirlers could stand. Unusual ca
pacity for work and exceptional pitching
ability are attributes of the “Iron men" on
the mound.
The first pitcher to whom the term was
applied was Joe. McGinnity. and be came
into it not so much because of the fre
quency with which he pitched as his ca
pacity’ for double-headers. To this day’
he goes into the box often and few r pitch
ers have worn so well.
There are two other leading exponents
of the 'iron man” business. One is Ed
Walsh, of the White Sox, the most noted
of the three, and the other is Jack
Coombs. Coombs isn't pitching as fre
quently as he did last year, but his capac
ity for work, coupled with his skill as a
boxman, tided Connie Mack and the Ath
letics over many a rough spot and pulled
out many a game in which some other
pitcher had wabbled.
Coombs, like Walsh, could stand being
hurled into the breach many a time be
yond the ordinary, and then his expert
ness on |he peak did the rest.
Walsh probably has pitched in more
games a year for the length«of time he
has been in the game than any other base
ball pitcher known. It was predicted halt
a dozen years ago that the inordinate
wear and tear would get him. but he
is still at it. and as effective, if not as
strong, as ever. He is a spitball pitcher,
too, another thing supposed to be very
trying, but he contends that with him
that form of delivery is no more exacting
on the arm than any other way of pitch
ing.
SUNDAY BALL LEADS TO
ARREST OF LARRY DOYLE
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.—Captain Lar
ry Doyle, of the New York Giants; Ar
lie Latham and "Tobe” Thompson,
members of Doyle's "Stars." were fined
$5 each yesterday for playing ball here
on Sunday The arrest of Doyle and
his players followed a game Sunday at
Lenox oval. It Is against the law to
charge admission to a Sunday ball
game in New York.
RIVERSIDE TOO STRONG
FOR UGHT GORDON 11
GAINESVILLE, GA.. Oct. 22.—Gor
don was defeated by Riverside here
yesterday’ afternoon, 27 to 7.
Hickman, Riverside's tight half,
starred, and so did Sidbury and Mc-
Neill. Thy stars of the Gordon team
were Morris, at left half back; Fillin
gim, at fill!, and McWhorter at end.
Riverside made three touchdowns in
the first quarter and one in the third.
The Gordon team braced wonderfully in
the second half, and prevented further
-coring by Riverside. Gordon scored
one touchdown in the last quartet.
GREENVILLE TO HAVE CLIMB NOV. 8.
GREENVILLE. S <’.. <>ct. 22.—Novem
ber 8 is the date set for the local auto
mobile hill climbing contest The races
will be held under the sanction of the
American Automobile association
G. M. C. IS WINNER.
MILLEDGEVILLE. GA., Oct. 22.
:G. M. C defeated the Merest sub-xai -
Isity I*l to V here yesterday.
the mechanism is so finely arranged
that calculations may be made into
fractional feet per second. Where
fore there need be no more argu
ments as to speed of pitchers. Let
them show in a tussle with this lat
est machine.
The gun factories should now
form an alliance with the baseball
magnates. If the word of any
scouts should be doubted as to the
promise of new material the mogul
could journey with the prospect and
the scout to the testing machine. It
would be a handy place to shoot the
scout if the rooky fell down.
Speed, of course, is not every
thing to the game. That fact de
veloped in the test. Walter John
son had a great deal more difficulty
in hitting the "bull's-eye" than did
Rucker. It took four pegs by John
son to find the mark. Rucker was
more fortunate on his first attempt,
but afler that had more or less dif
ficulty. Rucker was satisfied after
bis trials that Johnson had the
more smoke, but he was not satis
fied that lie had developed the
speed of which he is capable. Here's
a tip to summer resort amuse
ment promoters frequented by the
baseball profession. A speed test
ing device would be played off the
boards
There is absolutely no way to
judge speed by the eye alone. Ball
players all disagree on this point.
The American league believes that
Johnson is the fastest thrower in
the country. They should know,
for they see enough of him during
a campaign. But, on the other
hand, the Giants, who have just
played casually’ against all three,
are divided in opinion among John
son. Wood and Bender.
This interesting phase of the sit
uation came up for a great deal
of discussion on the special car
of the Giants on the way to Boston
after the first game of the world’s
series.
"No sucker in the world ever had
the speed of this guy Wood." said
Josh Devore. ‘Say. he threw two
balls at me that shot by my lung
the size of buckshot. All I saw be
fore they sung past me was a lit
tle blur of white.”
“Can that kind of chatter," cut
in big Chief Meyers. "You swell
out your chest simply because you
tied up that first game on Bender
last year in the ninth inning. Let
me tell you that Wood never had
the smoke of that old Indian. Wood
has lots of speed, but Bender's the
real baby. I've hit against Johnson,
too. Nobody ever did have the speed
Bender showed us in that first
MASS MEETING STIRS UP
GROGGY GEORGIA SPIRIT
ATHENS. GA., Oct. 22.—A mass meet
ing and rally after an overwhelming de
feat is somewhat of an innovation In
Southern football circles, but this is what
took place at the University’ of Georgia
last night. More than 600 cheering stu
dents packed into the chapel and the
greatest display of Georgia spirit ever
recorded was manifested on this occa
sion.
The Georgia team came back from the
\ anderbilt game somewhat demoralized
and the purpose of the rally was to
awaken new interest. Chancellor David
C. Barrow was the first to mount the
rostrum and he led the Georgia students
in the famous old campaign song, "We re
the Jolly Georgia Boy’s and Fear No
Harm." He then marie one of the most
spirited addresses ever heard in the his
toric old chapel.
Hugh Gordon, head of the local alumni
association: Judge George C. Thomas,
Professor John Morris and Captain Pea
cock then spoke.
"Georgia lost, but is not defeated!” was
the slogan of the meeting. Before the
meeting last night gloom on the campus
was so thick it could have been sliced,
and both the football team and the stu
dents have not yet fully realized how the
score of 46 to 0 was made against them.
The team has begun its practice for
the game with Alabama next Saturday.
None of the team was injured in the Tan
dy struggle, and this week the Georgia
team will go through the hardest practice
of the season.
LOCUST GROVE LOSES
TO STONE MT. ELEVEN
LOCUST GROVE, GA., Oct. 22.
Stone Mountain defeated Locust Grove
here yesterday afternoon. 38 to 0, in a
fast, scrappy game of football. Stone
Mountain had the ball most of the time,
and gained with great regularity. The
Locust Grove team lacked the snap it
displayed against Dahlonega, and let
the other team get the jump on them
most of the time. The Stone Mountain
players made most of their gains off
tackle Nicholson. Ingram and Walker
played the best game for Locust Grove,
while Struple and Norton played well
for Stone Mountain.
SUNDAY FOOTBALL GAME
MAY RESULT IN DEATH
NEW HAVEN. CONN.. Oct. 22.
James Lynch, aged 20. of Bridgeport,
is thought to be dying here of injuries
received in a football game Sunday . He
is in a local hospital with a fractured
skull. Lynch was struck on the head
by a player's knee during a scrimmage.
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game last year, and if you hadn’t
had your foot in the water bucket,
trying to duck, when the ball hit
your bat you’d admit as much."
Tris Speaker, of the Red Sox, who
happened to be passing through on
the way to the diner just in time
to get an earful of the Big Chief's
caustic remarks, was pressed for an
opinion.
"Weir," said lie. "Joe Wood lias
about as much speed as anyone I
know. Os course. I don't bat against
him very much, and am not compe
tent to judge between him and
Johnson. . But this much I do know.
There was never so much speed
shown in any game as the one in
Boston that day Joe and Walter
hooked up. Who had the most
steam? Well. I wouldn't like to gay.
But as I happened to hit against
Johnson. I wish to go on record
that nobody, anywhere at any time,
ever had any more speed. They
may match that fellow, but they
can never beat him."
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“SOPHS” AND JUNIORS
WIN GAMES AT EMORY
OXFORD, GA., Oct. 22. —The gridiron
season opened at Emory yesterday aft
ernoon. Two games were played, the
sophomores winning over the seniors
by a score of 7-0 in the first game and
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