The Washington herald., 1914-10-13
BRAVES Capture
THRILLING GAME
Boston Humbles Mackmen in
! Third Straight of Series by
5 to 4 Count.
BUSH'S ERROR IS COSTLY
Hub City Crew Puts Up Great Uphill
Battle. Sending Winning Run
Across in Twelfth.
by FRANK q. MENKE.

1
to 4, in the twelfth inning here thiI
afternoon the Boston Braves made Il
three straight from 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 Fenway
Park this afternoon was the kind that
heretofore has been known only ir
fiction. 1t was a ball game that Bos.
ton never will forget. and one which
/ the present generation of Bostonians
will ever vote as the most wonderful
most nerve-racking and greatest ball
game that ever was played.
The Athletics lost-but not without
honor. They played the game of ball
of which they are capable-a wonder
full game extensively and defensively
But the breaks were against then
today, the breaks and a ball team that
is playing a brand of all-sround base
ball that never before has been seen
in a worlds series.
Bush Mikes Error.
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 up
the Athletics lead three different
times, and in the twelfth, they forged
to the front and won on a hit. base
on balls and a horrible error by
Joe" Bush, the Athletics kid pitcher.
The game was a 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 in their half.
Schang, the first man up for the Ath-
letics in the TENTH smashing a single
along the right field foul line. Bush
struck out. Murphy sent puny grounder
to Evers who threw TO Maranville in
an attempt to force out Schang. The ball
reached second base a fraction Of
second too late and both Athletic run
ners were safe. Oldring went out. Tyler
to Evers to Schmidt, Schang going 10
third and Murphy to second on the
play. Tyler decided Collins looked too
dangerous and passed him Intentionally.
Baker Up in Pinch.
This brought up Frank Baker, the
''home-run king" Once again a dramatic
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
vicious drive toward second. 1t was
too hot for Evers to handle and Schang
scored, Murphy had rounded third, and
when he noticed that Evers was juggling
with the ball, he stole home. McInnis, the
next man up. was an easy out
When the Braves came to bat in their
half Of the tenth inning the game seemed
hopelessly lost Two runs needed to tie
and three to win.
But the crowd, numbering $50, never
gave up hope. 1t rose to its feet and il
cheered, it howled and it shrieked. 1t
pleaded with Hank Gowdy, the first
man up to please do something and
Hank did. He smashed one of Bush's
in-shoots far over Walsh's head and the
ball bounded into the centerfield bleach
ers for a home run.
Some Scene Follows.
The scene that followed beggars de-
scription. Only two other scenes have
been staged that equaled them 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 3 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 hor-
rible sounds that ever issued from a
instrument, in an effort to rat
Bush, with 5000 wild men and women
yelling at him began to balloon. And
Moran walked.
Bush couldn't get them over for Evers,
but Trojan Johnny wanted a hit He
reached out for one and it shot to right
field for a single, sending Moran to third.
Connolly, the heavy-hitting outfielder,
followed with long sacrifice fly to CEN
ter and Moran scored on the out, tying
the score, while the crowd gave vent to
its delirious joy. Whitted, the next bat
ter. was an easy out. retiring the side.
The teams went out in order in the
eleventh. It then was so dark that the
players on the field were hardly dis
but Umpire Bill Klein, after
a conference with Umpire Dineen, or
dered that another inning should be
played.
Two On in Twelfth.
The Athletics got two men on in the
twelfth, but failed to score. And then
the Braves came to bat with Hank
Gowdy to start it off again.
With the count 3 to > on him and with
the crowd shrieking for a hit, Gowdy
hammered the ball into the left field
bleachers for a two-bagger. Mann was
substituted as a runner for him. Gilbert
batted for James and was walked in
tentionaIly by Bush. This brought up
Moran.
Moran attempted to sacrifice on the
third ball pitched. The bail rolled toward |
third, in Bakers territory, but Bush |
ran over and made a grab for the ball !
Mann was dashing for third and Bush, T.
hoping to catch him, threw the ball to- |
ward Baker. Bush, however, was OF
his balance as he made the throw and !
II went wild, rolling far out into left |
field while Mann, rounding third, merely |
logged home with the winning run.
When Mann crossed the plate with the |
run. he was hardly distinguish |
able from the press stands, because Of !
the darkness that had settled over the (
field. But the crowd found Mann in the (
twilight, they found Moran and they /
found the other Braves. The crowd .
jumped into the field almost as soon as
Bush's throw shot past Baker, and It
grabbed every Boston player in sight,
trotted him around on its shoulders and /
went through some wild antics-antics
hat were indescribably wild. The Royal
Rooters" Band broke on to the field and I
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