The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-13
BRAVES WIN, 5T04,
IN 18th, making
IT THREE STRAIGHT
Boston Practically Cinches
Baseball Championship
of World.
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CITY is DRIVEN INTO
FINAL STAGE OF MADNESS
Described as Most Wonderful and
Nerve-Racking Game Ever
Played in Final Series.
"BREAks" AGAINST ATHLETICS
Titanic Struggle Rages Back and
Forth Through Series of
~, Thrillers.
III FRANK MESKl..

BOSTON, October lc--Ey winning
out. to 4, in the twelfth inning here
this afternoon. the Boston Braves. made
/ 1T three straight f,.om the Athletics.
practically cinched the baseball cham
pionship OF the world. and drove this
city into the final stage of madness.
The ball game staged in Fcnway
Park this afternoon was the kind that
heretofore has bcC,l known only in iic-
ton 1t was n ball game that Boston
never will forget. and one which the
present generation of Bostonians will
ever vote "a the most wonderful, most
nerve-rackinS and greatest that ever
was played
The Athletics lost-but not without
honor. They played the game of ball
OF which they are capable. wonder
fu1 game Extensively and defcnsively
But the breaks" were against them to-
day. the breaks and a ball team that
is playing brand of all-around base
| ball that never before has been seen in
4 worlds series.
Back and forth ragged the titanic
struggle, with the Braves never in the
lead until the final run was scored
Fighting from behind, they evened vtp
the Athletics lead three different times.
and In the twelfth they forged TO the
front and won on a hit. base on balls.
and horrible error by Bush. the Ath-
The game was thriller from the
first moment to the last, but the real
thrills arrived with the tenth inning,
when the Athletics broke the . to tie
by scoring two runs, and the Braves
! deadlocked the game again by scoring
two runs I'm their half
DRAMATIC SCENE SPREAD
BEFORE EYES OF WORLD
SchanS, the first unitn ,ilptfvr the ~Ath
letics in the tenth, smashed n single
n lfn,,xr Ar,tA
! struck out! niurpii. sent puny
groundcr TO Evers. who threw to
Maranville In an attempt TO force out
SchanE.- The ball reached second bnse
fraction of second too late, and both
Athletic runners We're safe. Oldring
went out. Tyler to Evers 20 Schmidt,
Schang, going to third, and Murphy 10
second on the play. Tyler decided Coll
Inns looked too dangerous, and passed
/ him Intentionally.
This brought up Frank Baker, the
Home Run King" Once again a tlra-
matte scene was spread before the eyes
of the baseball world. Three men on
bases, the score tied. two out, and the
heaviest hitter in either league at the
plate.
Baker made good" He smashed a !.
Tictous drive toward second. IT was
too hot for EverS to handle, and Schany
scored. Murphy had rounded third,
and. when ne noticed that lIvers was
JuESiinS with Enc Dail, lie stole home.
McIanis. the next man up was an easy
out.
When the Braves came to Ca, in their
half of the tenth inning The gar,c
seemed hopelessly lost. Two runs
needed to tie, and three to win.
But the crowd. numbering $500,
never gave up llope. 1t rose TO It's
feet. and it cheered. it howled and i,
shrieked. 1t pleaded with Hank
Gowdy, :he first man up. to please do
something" and Hank" aid. He
smashed one OF Bush's !nshoots far
ed into centre field bleachers for a |
home run.
The scene that followed beggars de-
scription. Only two other scenes have
been staged that equaled il. and
one of those two scenes came later in
that inning The other came in the !
twelfth.
Gowdy's home-run smash brought the
count ; to 4, with none out Tyler |!
struck out. Then. while the crowd
yelled with its full might. and while |
the two bands in the park hammered |
out the most horrible sounds that ever
Issued from a musical instrument, in |
an effort to rattle Bush, Moran walked |
to the plate. Bush, with $4,000 wild |
men and women yelling at him, began |
TO balloon. and Moran walked
CROWD GIVES VENT
To DELIRIoUs JOY |
Bush couldn't get them over for
Evers, but Trojan Johnny wanted |
hit H. reached out for one, and il !
shot TO right field for q single, sending
Moran to third. Connolly, the heavy
hitting outfelder, followed with aslong /
sacrifice fly TO centre, and Moran scored
on the out tying the score. while The (
crowd gave vent to Its delirious joy. |
Whittcd, the next batter, was an easy 1
out. retiring the side. #
The teams went out in order in the
eleventh. il then was so dark that the |
players on the field were hardly dis |
tingushable, but Umpire Bill KLEIN, |
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