Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-11
CLOSE GAME
IS WON BY
BOSTON
Bean Eaters Take Third Of
World Series Contests
Before a Record Breaking
Crowd on Home Diamond

boston, Oct, ll.-~HIoVer Aiox-
ander lost tho Toughest game OF his
career this afternoon before the big
gest crowd that ever saw q profess
sional baseball game In tho United
States. Boston beat out the big
phiily star In desperate ninth Inn
Ing finish that sent more than 4O.-
900 people into o frensy, A
For eight innings Alexander had
struggled along. holding tho Sox to
four hits, while his team mates were
unable TO get more than one run OF
Dutch Leonard.
In tho ninth. Hooper. who hereto
fore had gone hitless. led OF with a
low liner over second base. Scott.
weakest OF the Boston batsmen. sent
him to second with sacrifice. and
then came Speaker. Tris already
had got two hits and scored Boston's
only run. Alexander was afraid to
take a.chance and passed the Texan,
Hoblitxel died on an easy infield
chance.
Then came Duffy Lewis. who al
ready had two hits on Alexander. The
Californian slammed tho first ball
pitched for q screaming liner over
short and Hooper came home with
the run that put the immense crowd
in the stands on It's feet,
II was a game that had the i'm
mense throng In frenzy OF excite
ment almost continuously. Alexan-
der. called lucky. was throwing the
Ito into Boston's very teeth by now
Ing down the Red Sox batters as n
scythe slips through tall grass. Leon
ard. for Boston. was going equally as
good, striking out Philly sluggers
with regularity
Lewis was mdbbed as he threw
down his bat and hugged Hooper as
the latter crossed the plate. Thous-
ands OF Bostonians clambered out OF
the grandstand and crowded around
the Californian. while Lewis team
mates fought desperately to get to
him.
Z Manager Carrigan threw his arms
around Duffy's neck and almost Sob
bed for Joy.
la Philadelphia should have had this
game. and they would have won II
had not Moran wanted to save his
big pitchers strength. In the third
inning. when the Phillies scored their
run. Eddie Burns. Moran's little
ssecond string catcher, had led Of
with his flrst single Of the series,
An error by Hoblitsel gave Alex
ander q life and put Burma on second.
Milton Stock sacrificed them along
and Bancroft came through with a
clean Texas leaguer over second that
rolled far into center field. Burns
had rounded third like a fash and
was over the plate by the time Speak
or had retrieved the ball. Alexander.
only few yards behind, had also
rounded third when Moran waved
him back rather than take q chance
on Alexander hurting himself In
probable slide.
Leonard, however. frightened up
and forced Paskert to pop weakly to
Barry and Cravath to fly to Lewis.
They called Alexander lucky for
winning Fridays game, II he was
lucky, Leonard was doubly 80 today,
Time and again almost superhuman
work by Barry, Hooper and Lewis
saved Leonard. mg
In the fourth Speaker slammed a
triple down the right field foul line
and Hoblitzel sent long sacrifice hy
TO Pasltert In center field Spoke"
came home standing up. ~
After that tho game settled down
,to'a pretty pitching duel Alexander
was in hot water Just once and was
saved by probably the freAkiest play