Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-13
CHALMERS IS MAsTERtY
PITCHES GREAT GAME.
BUT HE FAILS TO WIN
shore Ia Fairly Good. hut lie Hns Phil
lies before. Not lie
hind Him.
ny DAMON RUNYoN.


Boycs Hot Springs. Sonomn County.
California. by George Chalmers tho
Harlem Hurricane" IN the sixth in
ming of the fourth game OF the world
series this afternoon.
Yesterday in the ninth inning Grover
Cleveland Alexander flung one ball Mt
the chunky lcft-fcldcr Of the Boston
Red Sox, and Duffy broke up tho game.
Whcrea, the baseball world chat =
tered wildly. Alexander was careless,
they said. Alexander had Put the ball
right in Lewiss groove" Alexander
should have worked" his man more.
Alexander should not have given him
n good ball TO hit II was a waist
high curve that he throw. II was a
high fast one II was low twister
Sat whatever II was Il wasn't right.
around the hotel Hobbies Of Boston.
and through several columns OF the
morning papers
singles After Speaker Quits.
To-day George chalmers canny
Scot. pitching the wlsest baseball II
shown by any Philadelphia hurler in
this series. slipped two strikes over
the plate on Lewis in the sixth and
then tried another. Baseball history
will record that the Red Sox won this
-ame by score Of to l.
OutruCssing tho crafty Chalmers,
with rare Judgment Lewis slammed n
ftwo-haCEer TO left field. scoring Dick
Hobl!tzel with what proved TO hc the
, winning run. liohltzcl had singled
after the great Speaker had been re-
tired
Little Duccy. substitute infelder of
the PhillicS ran for the heavy footed
milwaukee, maulcr. and stole second on
the second ball pitched by shore at
Gcorg" Whitfield. Immediately after
wards Whitfield hit AN easy roller to
shore. and then ana there passed the
last chance OF the phillies in the game,
ana perhaps their last chance in the Sc
ri,s
The next game will he PLAYED to-
morrow nj Philadelphia. and Pat Moran
will probably call on Grover Cleveland
Alexander TO lead the forlorn hope.
There is little doubt among baseball
people Tonight as TO the nnal out
come OF the series.
Series Has lIccn Colorlcss.
The scores OF the various games in
!icatc nothing OF the disparity between
the two teams. The Boston club is
probably a much better club than it
has shown, hut il sometimes happens
that when champion fighter is pittcd
against - poor opponent, tho opponent
counts so bad rs TO make the champion
look bad, And maybe that same thing
can happen I'm baseball
From start 10 finish this series has
been colorl,ss. almost devoid of fca :
turc. II has h"cn marked by bad ha Sc :
ball on ho.h sides The phillies may
TIC ono OF what some writer last sea
son characterized as eight second di
vision clubs trying 10 win the National
League pennant but even they have
displayed better hall than they have
shown against the American League
chami Tors. They have seemed afraid
20 cut loose and try anything bordering
on tn" charcc-tnkiug IN this series.
To-day George Chalmers gave them
mastery pitching effort, hut they
could not. IN return. civ" the lad from
IN, old Seventeenth Assembly District
more than tn, One run. Ernie shore
pitched fairly well. but Ernie shore
had la ph!ilics in front Of him Chal-
m"rS was facing the Red son. There
j. q difference.
shore and chalmers are both OF the
rejected list OF tho New York Giants
Shore was turned away as a raw re-
"ruii ana Chalmers as = veteran, who
vas trying 10 do 4 como back Chal-
'""rS - suhier' 10 rheumatism in tho
shoulder muscles aud his arm went
back on Tim whcu ne w,.s with the
fhilli"s 81 Year or 50 ago
II" was Given his release. and last
SpTins John ! Mc.;rs,w took him South
Win tho Giants. aE. q free agent, but
with some 'acit understanding that II
Chalmers arm recovered he would he
'iEn"a ~ The Now York club The
spit hallcr trained for several weeks
ut Marlin. and then went North WITH
inc Giants second team. ANA acting IN
~" dual capacity Of pitcher for tho
COTS, ana correspondent for the New
YORK sporting pages
Moran Signs Chalmers.
Tie did not shcw enough 70 80, .,
Giant