South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-13
duffy" Lewis Just Crossed"
George Chalmers and Won

on the Boston field. blows that would
have lifted the ball into the seats
over the wall Of the little old BAN
boos at Broad and Huntington SITS.
but which were easy ones for the run
ming outfielders OF the Boston Sox.
Tuesday in the eighth after two were
out. the big walioper smashed a drive
that fell in front of Iris Speaker
generally accounted the most accurate
fielder in the country especially on
ground balls.
Speaker Missed Ball.
He should have held it to a single
but the ball bounded over his head
and rolled away back into deep center
field. while Cravath rushed around
10 third. Luderus' drive went also
in Speakers direction and the Texan
had trouble gauging this one. too. On
~ a fast recovery and a good throw
10 the infield held Luderus on first.
Little Dugy. substitute infielder OF
the Phillies ran for the heavy footed
Milwaukee mauler. and stole second
on the second ball pitched by Shore
at George Whitfield. Immediately aft
erward Whitfield hit an easy roller
to Shore and then and there passed
the last chance OF the Phillies in the
game and perhaps their last chance
in the series.
Tuesday George Chalmers gave the
Phillies a mastery pitching effort, but
they could not in return give the lad
from the old seventeenth assem- bly,
district more than the one run. Ernie
Shore pitched fairly well but Ernie
Shore had the Phillies in front Of him.
Chalmers was facing the Red SoX.
There is difference.
Giants Rejected Them.
Shore and Chalmers are both on
the rejected list OF the New York
Giants. Shore was turned away as a
raw recruit and Chalmers as a vet
eran who was trying to do a come
back Chalmers is subject to rheu-
matism in the shoulder muscles and
his arm went back on him when he
was with the Phillies a year ago. He
was given his release and last spring
John J. McGraw took him south with
the Giants. as a free agent, but with
some tacit understanding that if
Chalmers arm recovered he would be
signed by the New York club. The
spitballer trained for several weeks at
Marlin and then went north with the
Giants second team and acted in the
dual capacity of pitcher for the Colts
and correspondent for sporting pa
pers.
He did not show enough to get a
spring George Wiltse the old New
York pitcher who was managing
Jersey City went up to the Polo
grounds to sign Chalmers for that
club. That same day Pat Moran came
into town short of pitchers and agreed
to give Chalmers one more chance
Chalmers promised Wiltse if he failed
20 make good with the Phillies he
would sign with Jersey City. He
BANKED the Giants that afternoon.
Was Like Champion.
He had indifferent success with the
Phillies throughout the greater part
of the season. but toward the close
Of the campaign he was doing grand
work and Tuesday afternoon against
the sluggers of the SoX he stood out
like a champion. He seemed to be
bothered by his old trouble at times
as he gripped his left hand around
his right arm and grimaced with pain,
but he gave a game exhibition all the
way Time and again the huge crowd
applauded his work.
Sixty thousand rushed the gates Of
the Braves field Tuesday afternoon
and of that number over $1,000 were
turned away. Oddly enough the in
side yard was not as large by at least
twelve hundred people as il was on
the opening day in Boston. This was
because the spectators were not al
lowed to stand in the rear of the seats
as they were the day before