Arizona republican., 1914-10-13
Backstop. Whose Batting Average Never Equaled His Weight, Slams Homer and Two Doubles That All Figure in Score
MOST THRILLING
 GAME-LONGEST
Tied in Ninth and Again ill Tenth, Braves Come Back Strong ill Dozenth, and Bush Filings Away Ball and Ball Game
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH l

BOSTON, Oct. 12-In one of the hardest fought games ever played in worlds series, the Boston Braves defeated the Philadelphia Athletics at Fenway Park. Twelve innings of thrilling baseball were necessary before the National League repre- sentatives could record their third consecutive victory for. the present series.
 I<For three hours and six minutes the two teams alternately led, were tied or forged ahead in the score, and the game that began in bright sunlight was won in deep twilight with electric signs flashing outside the park, and evening stars glim- n-ering overhead.
 While not the best played game of the series from a standpoint of tech nical baseball, it was so aboundinE in dramatic moments, thrilling plays. and baseball strategy, that the thir- tyfive thousand spectators who fill ed the stands. were lifted to super heights of enthusiasm by the strug gle.
 Philadelphia scored in the first; Boston tied in the second. In the fourth each added another run. The game continued without advantage on either side until the tenth, when each scored two. The last of the twelfth. Gowdy doubled, Mann run ming for him. Gilbert, batting for James, passed. Bush threw Moran's bunt wild, Mann scoring.
 The most striking feature of the play was the fighting spirit shown by the youthful combination Man aser Stallings had gathered around him to represent this city in the senior league. Repeatedly Philadel- phia would battle its way into the lead. only to witness its rival draw alongside again in the same or sue ceeding inning. Never once during the long and nerve racking contest did the Braves cease their attack. Both from an individual and a col lective standpoint they deserved the victory they won.
 New players mounted inches in worlds series hall of fame, and oth- CTS suffered the temporary censure of the fans and when the winning run finally crossed the plate in the dusk the general sentiment was it was a splendid game to win, and q trying one to lose.
 The Braves rushed joyously from the field determined to clinch the championship title of 1914 with a fourth victory tomorrow, while the Athletics. taciturn and grave, filed that their famous machine might yer rise to the emergency that faced it. To retain the honors won last fall, the Mackmen must win the next four games. a task generally conslG- cred impossible by the followers of night are to l. with little Atn- letic money in sight
 The battery work was not as clean cut or spectacular as in the preced- ing games. In addition to Bush's wild throw that closed the contest, catcher Schang was charged with an error for the Athletics. Bush in F innings famed four. and walked that unusual number of Boston batters. Tyler struck out four. and passed three Mackmen in ten innings while James famed one and walked three ir his two periods on the mound
 Fielding honors were divided by Baker. with two successive stops,
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