Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-12

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were confident after the defeat OF last
Friday that they would be aoie 10 ees'
Alexander in his next time out. Tney
proved their contention today. but only
after bitter battle. Alexander pitched
almost air-tight ball. backed as he was
by the splendid Phillies until the fnai
inning. In the crisis he first yielded to
Speaker and then found his master In
Lewis, the hitting sensation OF the series.
The Victory
"Up to this point ALEX" had been
reached for but Ave hits. Then at the
beginning Of the ninth Hooper made his
first hit Of the game. Scott sacrifice
him to second. and Alexander purposely
walked Speaker, evidently figuring
forceout and perhaps double play on
Hoblitzell. The latter's hard drive to
Niehoff resulted in Hoblitzell going out
at first, but the damage was done, for
with Hooper on third and Lewis at bat
Alexander faced a situation tense enough
to try the nerves Of any pitcher. Lewis
with four hits to his credit against Alex
ander in the two games the latter mas
pitched, was not bit disturbed by the
climax that confronted him or the spin
that the star hurler put on the ball. He
promptly smashed through second the
first ball pitched, scoring Hooper and
obtaining batting average of .625 agains,
Alexander.
Lewis. in addition to being the bat
ting hero of the series UP to this time.
has proved to be Alexander's Neme-
sis. He has gained more hits off the
latter's delivery than any other MEM
Der of the Red Sox batting band.
Leonard the Mystery
Leonard was a mystery to the Phil
lies. His wide sweeping curves and
cross fire delivery repeatedly fooled
the best batters among the Nationa:
League champions, the ball whistling
by at times for called strikes without
the slightest attempt on the part Of the
batters to connect with it. When they
did hit the sphere the result was a
high fly in a majority Of cases which
went as an out for the fielders.
These chances were frequently Of
the most difficult character and to the
excellent and in some instances sem
sational catches by his outfield be-
longs much of the credit for LeOnard's
three game.
In this respect the defensive work Of
the Philadelphia outfield was equal in
every way to that of the Red Sox, for
Paskert. Cravath and Whitfield had be-
tween them almost so per cent. of the
putouts. without the semblance of an
error. This was true in the face Of one
OF the worst sun fields in the big
leagues. The immense circle of stands
throw deep shadow we'll out across
the inield while the sun shines al
most directly across center and right
fields, the combination forming a
handicap sufficient to dazzle the best
fieicers in the game Sir
Review Of Three Games
AS the scores stand at the conclu-
sion of the third game, the National
League representatives have totalled
five runs on II hits. while the Red
Sox have made an equal number of
runs on "a hits. Errors are equally di-
videG, each team having two charged
against it. Lewis easily leads in hit
ting with six safe drives in IL times
at bat. Hooper and Speaker are tied
for second place among the Boston
batters while Bancroft is the only
Philadelphia player to reach this num-
Der. Luderus is next with two hits.
those two players having made five
o. the total of IL credited to the Phil
lies to date
stock secured a place among the
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