Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-09
.sCOTT's BONE LOSES CAME
LUCK is BIG ELEMENT
IN PHILLIES' VICTORY
While Shore Hurts Wonderful Game,
Alexander Walks Away with
Lnurcls.
BN FRANK q. MENkE.

! right arm against the red-hosed dia-
mond warriors from Boston this after
noon, and the Phillies, aided by every
! break Of the game. won the first
worlds series clash. 3 to |. in the
presence of 1855 fans and famettes
The invincibility Of Alexander ia
pihthes' scihtillatins support at criti-
ca' moments. bone" by Short stop
scott. OF the Red Soa. and amazing
iuck throughout-these We're the fac
tors in the Phillies' victory.
No team ever has been favored in
4 world series fracaS as were the Phil
Hes This afternoon. The field WAS sor-
*: Ky ana treacherous from the rains Of
thursday, Yet to this seemingly uu-
fortunate condition do the Phillics owe.
four Of the five hits they made ana
! I" this do they owe all OF their three
runs
shore Loses Hard Game.
!" AleNander goes the laurel
wreath that belongs TO the victor. yeY
the youthful Ernie Shore actually out
pitched the pheno,n OF the National
League No youngster ever displayed
create GOODNESS, Sameness, or more
SUR In CLASSIC baseball duel than
( ,hIs his right-hander from Boston. and
MS defeat always must rank as one OF
; the pa hetic features OF the world
series battling.
Shore pitched a game that would
nave won ninety-ninc battles out OF
dv": out luch was against him. The
showed only hVc hits and four
OF them were inhcld rlukes. only six
times during the game were his tw!s-
terS hoisted to the Outiield and only
one OF them fe!l safe. That was a
OF first base in the fourth inning
II Was weird bone" executed by
snort stop Scott III the eighth that was
the turning point of tho game II
/ paved the way for a Phili. victory
and the Phillies took advantage of il
by riding Through to victory. Ii was
BON mt : pl"yef executes only
once IN Il lifetime, and Scott Tonight
IS brok"nhearted because fate ruled
that it should b. pulled" to-day.
m ''b"ne" nsrtties shore.
inc score stood tied at To when
III" Phiiiies went 10 bat in their hall
OF the eighth. Alexander. the iiret m.l.,
up We an .aSy out, !:arry - iohl.,-
IN his efforts TO rrooy" them for Stock
got them too wide, ANA stock walked.
Md then the stage WAS Set for Scott's
bancroft. the next batter. Shot the
ball through the pitchers box ana ON
q bounding line to right center. Bar
~. with the uuC"nnv skill TIA, j. bir
almost hurtlod through the air Gov.
cred about twenty feet i'm the twink
ing OF an eye. grabbed til" grnilud.r
with his bare hand and then wheeled
20 throw 1" second Coz what looked
like sure double play Eut Scott
IL the 1maZcmcnt OF the crowd WASH,
covering second, but had gone back
10 his position at short. having con
coded Bancroft hit on his sizzling
@rounder When Barry saw there was
no chance t" get stock 1t second. II"
tWirlcd for q throw to FIRST. hut hv
that time Bancroft had crossed III.
! bag: ana both runners were safe on
a play that should have been an out
I /! not double play.
Bancroft was credited with =, hit o,
, that boundnr to Barry
SCOTS Hivrrr seemed To unsettie
Sh1re temporarily. and Paskert work
Ell nm Tor a pass. filling the bases with
one out and bringing Cactus Cravn,h,
ths ohome.Iun king" to the plate.
IN" crowd implorcd Cactus" 10 lift
the ball over the fence. but lie re-
| sponded by sending a slow hourdar I,
scott, which gave stock "a chan. 10
score. while Scott was thrown. out
I cravath.
! With two out and two on bases. Luz
derns amb!ed 10 the plate and dur ped
nuny srounder in front OF the I.laIe.
which scored Bancroft and CAV" I.u-
uerus luke single, because thu. slim
perry field made il impossible for shore
TO reach the bah in time TO field IT TO
first.
The side was retired when Lud rus
va thrown out at second rrS. ing 10
steal.
Alexander Scntters Iit..
AlcNander's pitching in pinch.s was
a beautiful exhibition 10 watch Tn.
Red Sox cluhbers found nothing bar
I'll hits meant runs Nine times dur
Ing that game AleX was III trouble:
nine times the Sox had one "r two
men on the bases; yet every time tut
one he frightened up and sent the Snv
hacL to their dugout runlcss.
Those SoN swattcd the Alexander cf-
f"rinss for eight hits. hut A!cv kept
them scattered on" pei innin,; FOR
the first eight innings wa; the way
he doled out his donations.
The first run OF the game was scored
in The fourth. Paskert got TEXAS
Lacquer back OF first. Cravath sacri-
feed him to second. and he vent TO
/ third on I.udcruss infeld out Whitfield
dribbied an inncid roller that would
have been easy to handle on . dry
field, but il moved slowly 10 Barry.
it, paskert had scored ana Whitfield
was safe at first
The only tally acquired by the Sox
came In the eighth After one man
and went to second. when Stock threw
out HobltZcl Lewis saved his club
from a shut-out by lining single
to tho ouiticld. which scored Speak
er. af'cr rather close play at the
plate.
The game was an odd one for sew
cral reasons. Not an extra base-swat
was made by either side, although
double play was made. The Sox had
nine men left on bases, one man in
each of the nine innings. which is a
record unique.
Philadelphia has gone wild over the
victory Of the PhilIcs this afternoon.
and. despite the fact that luck was the
mighucst factor in the victory for the
home team. the betting on the outcome
money to TO > on the Phillies. with
only little Boston money in sigh.
| Newnr. Man Win. Marathon.
Nearly two miles in advance of the
/ field, Frank Zurna, Of Newark n j.,