Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-10
Fate's Pendulum Swings
and Phillies Drop Second
of Series to Boston.
WINNING RUN SENT IN
BY RED-HOSED TWIRlER
Not Only Pitches Great Ball, but
Delivers Goods With
Willow.
LANDS on MAYER FOR 3 HITS
But Holds Quakcrs to Same Number
He Piles for Victorious
Team.

PHILADELPHIA. October 3.-The
breaks OF the game. those fckle favors
OF fortune that sway tho pendulum OF
fate. smiled upon Boston to-day. and
tonight the cd-hoscd champions of
the American League and the Phila-
delphia pcnnant- bearers OF the Ma
tional circuit were on their way TO
Boston with tho honors OF the 1915
worlds series all at cvcns.
Prcsiden, Woodrow Wilson and his
hanccc Mrs Norman Calf shared
honors OF the second contest with a
stoutly built young Boston pitcher.
known TO baseball fame as George
Foster. Foster may never go down in
history as Walter Johnson or
Christy Mathewson, but when tho story
OF the second battle OF the current
series is filed away in the archives of
the national pastine. II VIII nc found
that all he did to-day was TO hold the
fighting Phillies to three base hits. to
strike out eight Of their best wielders
OF tho willow, to make az many hits
himself as he allowed she entire oppo-
sit'on. including Il sizzling smash In
the ninth that sent Gardner across the
plate with III. winning boston run.
In addition TO these few meagcr ac-
uvities in the box, young Foster sped
10 FIRST base n couple of times and took
throws from his fellow ieldcrs that
turned two seeming errors into SEN
sat!onal outs.
MIR. FOSTER ATTRACTS
AS DOES MIR. WILSON
Mr.. Foster on the field and Mr. VIII
son in the stand Were Indeed the heroes
of the day. Foster won by to /.
The President had wider margin, for
the more than 10000 baseball enthusi-
asts crowded in the friendly LITTLE
PhiIly park were on their feet for and
with Mr.. Wilson time after time. They
greeted him with cheers when ne came.
and forgot the sting Of defeat TO send
him on his way to Washington with.
shouts that echoed for blocks around.
Mrs. Calf was greatly admired by the
baseball throngs. and was smilingly
happy over the attentions showered
upon her.
The President rooted royalty for the
home team. When the signal for "all
up" came In the supposedly mystic
seventh inning Mr.. Wilson was among
tho first on his feet. But when the
tumult and the shouting died. the
Philly cause had not been bettcred for
Foster in this frame turned back the
first three men 10 face him In the last
half OF the ninth. when the phillIes'
plight was desperate. band in the
grand stand began TO play The Star
Spnngled Banner"
Mr. Wilson raught the first strains
Of the national anthem. and again was
on his feet, followed by the entire
crowd The bleachcr!tes IN the far
field stands heard the music too. and
Joined tho standing throng with hats
in hand. The scene was one of gen
uine dramatic tensencss. But il was
not written in the book of baseball
that the Phillies should win to-day. SO
neither the patriotic presence of the
President nor the appealing influence
OF the latest White House romance
could help them to victory.
GREAT SPEAKER SAVES
GAME FOR FOSTER
1t was real baseball to-day from .he
moment that Hooper, the first man ap.
was passed on four bad balls until
Iris Speaker. one Of the greatest out
helders the game has ever known. end
ed the contest by reaching into the
center field bleachers to snatch a bull
let-like drive from Paskert's bat and
turn potential home run into n
meteoric out. thereby saving for Fos-
ter his well-earned ball game
The play sharp and brilliant
throughout all the innings. diff
fercnt from the somewhat saffron
hued contest Of yesterday, world
series games should differ from the
battles on the sand lots The field was
fast and the players OF both teams
seemed to have found themselves. The
nervousness of yesterday had dislp-
peared, and there was not a semblancc
OF the lack of thought that gave an
Ivory finish to some of the episodes Of
the start Of the series. There was
little to choose to-day between the
teams In the field The only error
was charged to Catcher Burns, of the
Phillies. who dropped n difficult throw
from second and thereby allowed
Hooper to score in the first. There was
also a wonderful difference in the ef-
feet OF to-day's play upon the crowd
Yesterday. there was n lack of ex-
element, which kept the tllrong in
an attitude OF Indifference most Of
the time. whereas to-day the faithful
followers Of the Phillies were con-
stantiy sweep OH their rect by some
of the wonderful fielding features. The
rooters aggressively followed each
play and at times their applause was
almost az generously bestowed upon
a visiting player as upon tho heroes
Of the homo team.
Gardner and Speaker and Foster, of
the Red Sox. and Bancroft, Whittcd and
stock, Of the Phillies. seemed to be all
over the playing field when their pres-
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