The Washington herald., 1915-10-14
Duffy Lewis, Smash Into the
Stands in Eighth Ties Count
and Puts Boston Back Into
Running.
FOSTER IS OFF FORM

| then Iudarus-pronounced "Loo-der-u -
with the second syllable accented took
two lusty swings before landing on thc
| ball for double to left. which SC Jred
| Bancroft and Paskart. The ball fell veil
beyond Lewis outstretched hand and
gave the Philadelphia people their first
chance to cheer a little.
The Boston folks were SO confident that
the series would end today that the
Royal Rooters did not accompany the
! club to Philadelphia-at least not In or
eanized form. "Tcssie" was not 10 be
heard on the field. probably for the irst
time that a Boston club has been in
volved in a world series since back in
1868.
Following I.uderus' clout Whitted
raised a fly to Speaker and ended the
first inning.
In the Soxs end OF the second. with
two out, Larry Gardner tripled to cester.
The Philly infielders closed in around
Mayer for a consultation and the Sox
trainer ran ont to third and hastily
stitched rip in the knee of Gardners
trousers. Then. with the count on BLACK
Jack" Barry. demon OF the pinch, one
ball and one strike. Barry singled to left.
scoring Gardner. Thomas singled to cen-
ter and Barry moved to second. but
Foster lifted light fly to I.uderus.
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When Mayer was removed on the tail
Of Hooper's homer, SCOTS line fly to
Paskert, and Speakers single In the
third. and the appearance of the huge
Rixey, Carrigan withdrew HoblitZel
while Dock was up at the plate. Hobby
is a left-ha nded hitter, while Del Gamer
hits from the other side Of the plate.
Gamer relieved Hoblitzel Of his stick and
hit to Bancroft who stepped swiftly
over to second, forcing out Speaker and
then doubling up Gamer with quick
throw to first
This tied the score. but after Cravath
had famed in the fourth, Luderus put
his wallop over the wall. Bert Niehoff,
the luckless Colorado boy. got his first
hit of the series-a single to center
after Whitfield had gone out. Eddie Burns
singled to right and Niehoff moved to
third ahead Of Hoopers throw. which
bounded away from Gardner TO the box
seats just behind third.
NiehofY might have scored on that
throw, but Pat Moran held him al third.
Gardner retrieved the ball and hurled it
into Thomas at the pla te while Niehoff
was still scuffling around third. recover
ing his balance. and this throw of Gard
ner's was also wild. Then Nichor went
on in across the plate. Burns got to
second. but Gardner made a stand play
on Rxey's roller and got his man at
third.
Bancroft Makes Error.
With two out in the sixth Bancroft
gave Barry two bases on a bad throw.
Forrest Cady was then announced as
hitting for Thomas, and about that time
a policeman came out and handed Bill
KLEIN a note. The note evidently per-
tanned to ground rules. as the announcer
megaphoned the proclamation that only
two bases would be allowed on an over
throw. Cady walked, the crowd COM
planning at a couple Of Klem's decisions,
but Niehoff tossed out Foster.
In the eighth. with two out. Cravath
walked and Dugey ran for him. Luder-
us was hit by a pitched ball as Dugey
started to steal second. but Silk
OLoughlin was watching the runner
and not the plate and he waved Dugey
out at second, as the ball reached Bar
ry from Cady. KLEIN called O'Lough-
Inns attention to the fact that Luder-
us had been hit. however. and Dugey
returned to second. only to see Whit
ted hit by Foster for an easy out.
1t was then that Alexander was seen
warming up again. and why Moran did
not install him at this juncture will
proba bly, ever remain a mystery. Beals
Becker. the one-time Giant went to
right field in Cravath's place. and the
game passed on to the riotous conclu-
sion.
After HIbper's homer. Bancroft made
a good stop and bad throw on
Scott's grounder. and Luderus had to
pull a curious catch to retire the run
ner. Speaker famed. but Burns drop
ped the ball. and had to throw out
the Texan.
In the Philadelphia clubs last stab
at that extra $1,000 per man. and the
worlds championship title. Niehoff fan
ned. Burns grounded to Gamer, and was
retired by the first baseman unassisted.
Bill Killifer, the star catcher of the
Phillies. out of the series because of
a bad shoulder. made his first appear
ance. batting in place of Rixey. but
Bill Walloped the first ball pitched to
him at Scott and was thrown out at
first.
The ball clubs were delayed in get
ting from Boston for several hours by
an accident to their train down In New
Jersey. For a time there was sug-
gestion of rain in the banks of dark
clouds that massed against the dis
tant skyline, but the weather remain
ed perfect. giving this series at least
one record from start to finish.
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