Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-13


ALEX AND MAYER BAT.
Alexander and Mayer took their turns
AZ bat with the regulars At 1 O'Clock
the grandstand and upper psviiions were
about half full, but the box holders were
slow in arriving. The movie men and
photographers were again busy snapping
scenes and players in action.
Hummeis Band, accompanied by mega
phone vocalists, kept up the continuous
roll OF popular airs.
At i:20 the Red Sox took the field and
engaged In vigorous batting practice.
Foster, Ruth and Leonard went up with
the other players 70 take their turns at
hitting. Mays was IN the box for iho
Red Sox and Thomas behind the bat
After thoy had been on the field for %
minutes batting the Red Sox took their
fielding practice.
PILLS FULL OF PEP.
The way the Philies went after the
ball in practice was very encouraging
20 their followers. The diamond was
fast and the infeld shot the ball around
In way that proved that they were still
tull OF fight, even though the loss of to-
days game would mean the loss of the
series.
Ten minutes before 2 o'clock Bill Car
rigan grahbed a stick and began hitting
around the diamond to his inielders
Their work was just as spectacular and
full of fire as that Of the Phillies.
Ray Collins slammed a lot Of drives
against the right-feld wall to give Harry
Hooper practice at handling rebounds.
FOSTER IN BOX.
Foster and Thomas were announced as
the Red SoX battery. otherwise the team
lined up today Just as in the last four
games. Before the official figures were
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greatest crowd that ever saw a game i'm
this park was present.
Although Harry Hooper opened the
game with a single on the first ball
pitched. Mayer pitched himself out of a
hole, retiring Scott on foul and causing
Speaker to force Hooper. Speaker made
the final out OF the inning on an at
tempted steal. When Stock. the first man
in the Phillies' half was hit by a pitched
ball. the crowd went wild
BREAK FOR PILLS.
The breaks began to come the Phillies
way before today's game had been in
progress 10 minutes. Mayer got out of
a hole in the first inning when Scott, on
an attempted sacrifice, popped to Luderus
after Hooper had opened with a single.
Speaker then forced Hooper, and himself
died stealing.
had everything their way. Stock had
walked, when Bancroft, with two strikes
called, singled through short as Scott
went to cover second. Paskert hit an
easy one down the third-base line and
was apparently out when he passed in
front Of first base. but Umpire O'Lough-
lin called him safe. Cravath was over
anxious, and hit into a double play, but
Luderus drove Bancroft and Paskert over
when his long drive to left field went over
Lewis head. For some reason Lewis
was playing in very close. Otherwise he
would have been able to get the ball.
Whitted ended this round with a fy to
Speaker.
Neither team could claim any break of
luch in the first half of the second. The
Red Sox earned run after two were
down on Gardner's triple and Barry's
Texas Lacquer into left.
Foster had settled down when his turn
came to pitch the second inning and the
Philles were retired in order on two
strike outs ard a pop fly.
The only break in the third inning
was that of Mayer, who broke complete
ly. Hooper opened with a home run into
the bleachers then Speaker singled to
right after Scott had perished. Moran
called Rixey in to replace Mayer, maxi
ing the first time in the series that a
hurler lad been removed for weak pitch
ing
Carrigan Immediately shifted his team
by sending Del Gamer, a right-handed
hitter, to bat and play in place of Hob
litzel, who strikes left handed. Gamer
made a quick end of the round by hitting
into a double play.
Paskert managed to get a clean single
in the third, but he was an easy out
stealing, after Foster had retired Stock
and Bancroft.
Thomas blunder gave the Phillies an
other break in the fourth, which netted
them a run after Fred Luderus had
driven the ball over the right-feld wall.
Niehon had singled. When Burns fol-
lowed with clean rap to right, on which
the former took third, Hooper made a
wild throw past Gardner, but the ball
bounded back so quickly from the box
seats that Niehoff had no chance to score.
However, Gardner whipped the ball TO
the plate. II was low and bounded into
the diamond. Instead OF attempting to
recover the bali Thomas stood still like
asleep, so Niehof speeded home with the
Phillies' fourth run while the ball re-
posed on the grass.
RIXBY FORTUNATE.
Eppa Rixey was fortunate in the fifth
inning on two occasions. After Foster
had singled and Hooper was hit by a
pitched ball, a sacrifice by Scott fol-
lowed by single would have tied the
score. or a sacrifice and long fly would
have given the Red Sox one run. But
elected TO have Scott hit in
stead OF bunting. The result was an out
TO Whitted and no advance for the base
With the count three and two on
Speaker. Rixey pitched a fast one, far
inside, which would have filled the bases
with one down had not Speaker accl-
dentally hit the ball I'm attempting 10
dodge. Speaker was then thrown out
and the inning ended with Gainer's pop
fly TO Niehoff
Rixey moved down the head of the Red
SoN batting order In their half of the
seventh. Rixey surprised the crowd ia
the Phillies' half by cracking out single
10 left field with two down. This belated
start of a rally was nipped in the bud
when Harry Hooper raced In and cap
tured Stocks low drive for the third out
The mueh-talked-of short centre field
allowed the Red Sox to tie the score
Gamer had beaten out a single to Stock
when Lewis hit a high ny which fell
just into the crowd in right centre This
would have been an easy out on the
Braves Field. The next three batsnen
went out in order.
With two down In their half Of the
eighth, George Whitted who has had
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