The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-10-08
Alexander Won Opener
For Philadelphia
Score Of Game 3 to |
First Inning, PhiIadeIphia.

otOCk up. SLTlkS j, SLTlk6- e EQul~
ed out to Cady. Bancroft UP. Strike
Paskert up. Ball l.. Fouled out. to
HoblitzeI No runs, no hits, no errors.
Shore had it on Alexander in this
ming. He disposed of the. Phillies
tn eight pitched balls. The sun was
q. Ning brightly at this time and the
o her conditions were looking UP.
" Second Inning, Boston. =
Lewis up. Strike l. Fouled q
screamer to left. Lewis singled to
left 1t was a good clean knock.
Gardner up. Ball 1: ball 2; strike 1.
Gardner sacrificed. Alexander ! to
Luderus. Lewis taking second. Barry
up. He got great hand from the
Philadelphia rooters. Barry forced
Lewis between second and third.
Alexander to Bancroft to Niehoh.
Barry took second on the play and was
called safe on a close decision. Cady
UP. Ball 1, ball g., strike /, strike 2,
foul ball. Cady famed. No runs, one
hit, no errors.
The Red Sox were keeping Alex
ander working hard.
-..- Second Inning, Philadelphia.
Cravath UP. Ball 1, ball g.. ball 8.
Cravath walked on four pitched balls.
Shore shot them at Cravath's feet. Lu-
derus up; strike one. Luderus forced
Cravath on a grounder to Barry upas-
sisted. Luderus on first. Whitted up.
Strike 1, ball /, ball O., Luderus out,
stealing, Cady to Barry. Strike 3, ball
8. Whitted walked. Niehoff up. Strike
!, strike 2, foul. Niehof famed. No
runs, no hits. no errors.
Shore did not dispose Of the PhilIies
in such quick order this inning, but
worked slowly and deliberately and
was in trouble at no time, though he
gave Cravath pass. Sir
Third Inning, Boston.
Shore up. Ball J., strike /. Shore
out, Niehoff to Luderus. Hooper up.
Strike /. bali 1. Hooper flied to Whit
ted. Scott up. Strike /. Scott sin
gled to right. Speaker up. Speaker
flied to Whitted. No runs, one hit, no
errors, ..>. .a
Alexander was going better this in
ming than either of the previous two
despite the fact that Scott nicked him
for the Red Sox. third hit. Speakers
fly to Whitted was weak one.
Third Inning, Philadelphia.
Burns UP. Strike /. ball 1. ball 2.
Burns popped to Scott. Alexander UP
and received a great hand when he
came UP. Ball 1. ball 2, strike 1.
strike 2. Alexander singled to the in
field, the ball taking a bad bound and
Gardner could not get 1t in time. Stock
up. Strike /, ball 1. He forced Alex
ander at second. Gardner to Barry.
Bancroft up, Strike 1. Bancroft out
TO HobIitzeI unassisted. No runs. one
hit. no errors.
! Afexander'u scratch hit was the first
safe blow the Phillies had gathered of
Shore. II was q scratch hit. The
Boston band struck up "Tessie."
Fourth Inning. Boston.
Hoblitzel up. Strike 1. strike 2,
Hoblitzel was out Niehoff to Luderus.
Lewis UP. Ball /, ball 2, strike /, foul
strike 2, ball 8, foul. Lewis famed.
Gardner up. Ball /. strike l., Gardner
singled to center. Barry up. Ball 1. Barry
flied to Cravath. No runs, one hit, no
errors.
At this stage Of the game Boston
had worked three men around to sec
ond and one to third in position to
score had single been delivered. The
Phillies had not gotten a man past
second. . .,.
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Paskert UP. Strike 1. . Paskert
singled over first. This was the sec
ond hit Of the game for Philadelphia
and the crowd went wild. Cravath up.
Cravath sacrificed, short to Hoblitzel.
Paskert on second. Luderus up.
Luderus out Barry to HoblitzeL
Paskert on third. whitted up. Ball i.
Whitted beat out an infieId hit.
Paskert scoring, ..
The crowd was beside itself with
delight. Niehoff up. Ball /. Whitted
stole second. Ball Q, ball 8. strike 1.
strike Q, foul Niehoff out. Scott to
Hoblitzel. One run, two hits, no errors.
On dry field Barry probably would
have flelded safely Whitteds twist
er which scored Paskert. He could not
reach it in time however with a ton
Of mud on the ground.
Fifth Inning--5oston.
Cady out, Niehoff to Luderus. Shore
up. Strike /. Shore singled to center.
Hooper up. Hooper out. He popped
Shore at second, Niehoff to Bancroft.
No runs, one hit, no errors. The
crowd warmed UP with one tally over
the plate.
Fifth Inning, Philadelphia.
Burns up. Ball one. strike !. foul.
foul. strike 2. ball /. Stock safe on
ander up. Strike 1, ball I, Alexander
flied to Lewis. Stock UP. Strike I,
foul strike 2. ball l.. Stock safe on
Shores error. Bancroft up. Strike 1,
ball 1, Bancroft ont; Shore to Hoblitzel.
No runs, no hits, one error. The ofii-
cial scorer gave Shore an error on
Stocks bounder in front of the plate,
but this goes with a big question
mark. Shore could not ever get his
hands on the ball which bounded into
the mud, and stopped dead.
Sixth Inning, Boston.
Speaker up. Ball i. strike 1. strike 2.