The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-12


 itical third game of the seriel
 Harry Hooper, fleet Of foot, was on
 bond base. dancing dervish. with only
 @ out when Iris Speaker of Hubbard
 ty, Texas stepped to the plate. knocked
 soil from his spikes, drew a line in the
 hck earth in front of his feet, and
 rned determined face toward Grover
 eveland Alexander, the fighting hope
 the bewildered Phillies, who was ill the
 Prst plight of his pitching career.
 Big Alex" looked at Hooper, gave heed
 the crowd and saw Speakers war club banning in the late afternoon sun. His
 nd was made up. The first ball went
 wide of the plate. Likewise the sec-
 Id and the third. The maddened throng
 lew what this meant and they howled
 derisive delight as on the fourth
 'aight pitched the star center fielder
 the Red Sox trotted to first This put
 p issue squarely up to Hoblitzell, lanlzy
 ardian of the Sox's inner corner, and
 exander faced him with< more confi- pce. The yelling of the crowd and the
 rain of striving to stave off defeat fmed momentarily to tell on the pitcher,
 wever. and he had difficulty in finding |e plate.
 Et was three and one on Hobby" when D first baseman sent a slow bounder to-
 I'd second. The crowd feared a double hy and the lusty bowling died as sud- fnly. as if snuffed out by a. gigantic me ERnical sflencer. But Speaker had taken Flying start with Hooper and the two kston runners were safe on third and bond as Niehoff tossed Hobby" out at
 home station.
 Now came to bat one Duffy Lewis, left Elder extraordinary and of some known
 ility as breaker up of ball games
 e situation was ideal for Duffy" He Es in his own home town.
 The chorus of 42.30O of his home folks Is calling upon him with clamor that Irried far from the wide green reaches Braves field to carve for himself a E:he in the baseball hall of fame. &'Duffy'' already had made two hits in Free trips to the plate, two stinginsy zbws beyond the Phillies' line of inner ffense. but this decidedly healthy bat &g average of .667 did not deter him 4 the least. Alexander. stout of hear. Ehting as he never fought before, calie,1 |aon all the reserve cunning of his strong Eht arm, put into his first pitch all tho Eqe could command and sent the Hateful |tlere speeding on it's way
 Lewis met the ball with smashing |kck and it flashed over second base, q lay, white streak that no defensive Billy could reach, and Hooper raced toss the plate with a historic run. IL i've the game to the Red Sox by to 1 "a the advantage of the series by the 7ne margin of games won and lost-two I. the Red Sox and one for the Phillies.. I Red Sox Favorites With the ''big fellow defeated in this 1reaking' game of the 1915 conflict be- {een the title bearers of the two major kgues, the Boston players and their }pporters tonight are willing to wager at host any odds that the home team will In the series.
 The Phillies had placed their hope in fexander, but put upon him in advance !, burden of winning three of the games the series.
 Dne failure on his part meant serious Eback to, their chances. But tonight 5lnager Pat Moran of the visitors is far pm admitting failure.
 fhe Phillies are not yet through. They |ttled hard today and their defensive srk was wonderful It has been said |at Alexander was half the team Today |, Boston rooters band went so far as blare the old-time melody of Alex Idcrs Ragtime Band" at the champions the National circuit, but the eight tn in gray who surrounded Alexander the field were out there to do more hn form a setting for the big pitcher ley were all over the field and not Ice did they falter. "Dode'' Paskert center field, was a team in himself. the first five innings of the game was credited with seven put outs that "a dazzled Speaker into missing a fly aded directly for him and which trans- 3rmed a seemingly easy out into a two- 5se hit for Milton Stock. first man up i the Phillies.
 But the hard working National leaguers Eain showed their weakness at the bat putch'' Leonard let them down with two ts, and Speaker gave them another, |(nging their total for the game to |-ee and their total for the three games l the series to Il. The defensive work the Phillies speaks for itself when the face of this light hitting they are fdited with one victory and have been
 eated twice only by the margin of |single run.
 Aeain today one member of the Red Sox &de as many hits as the entire opposf- $n. including the unwilling gift by baker. It was "Duffy" Lewis today as
 was George Foster on Saturday. Speaker Hits Hard Iris Speaker made two hits today, one )three-bagger which brought the sox Pm behind and put them on even terms