Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-14

Philadelphia. Oct S.-Cirover Cleveland
Alexander won his game from the Red
Sox, but the game was far from being
the impressive one his team of the
Philadelphia Nationals had predicted. The
breaks of the game were with the star
pitcher OF the National League, and they
bad to be to give him the honor of
winning the first worlds series contest
in which he has participated. Through
sequence of plays as unusual as ever
seen on ball field the Phillies won by
to l.
They made these three runs on five
of the flukiest hits the game has ever
known, a Texas Lacquer which developed
into the first run being the only safe
ball driven out of the diamond by a
Philadelphia batsman. 1t had been pre-
dicted that the short outheld would prove
the winning factor for the locals In their
home park. but it was the infield, wet
and heavy from fifteen hours of rain,
that turned the tide in their favor.
A MEDIOCRE GAME.
1t was a mediocre ball game, for
despite the few errors of commission
there were several of omission and two or
three plays which will go down in base-
ball history as tinged with an ivory hue.
Strangely enough, it was the Red Sox,
veterans in battling for the highest honors
of the game. who were guilty Of the
slips. However, the offending individuals
We're new members of the team.
Hobltzell. Sox first baseman. ignomini-
ously ended a first inning Boston attack
when he lapsed into Sunderland off his
home station and was caught almost
ilat-footed by a quick toss from Alexan-
der to Luderus for the third out. Hooper
was on third and Lewis at bat. When
he was given his delayed chance in the
second inning Lewis shot a singing single
between short and third.
YOUNG SCOTT HYPNOTIZED.
This play hurt the chances Of the Sox
materially, but 1t was in the sixth that
the game was tossed away. Young Scott,
at short for the Sox. stood transfxed as
he watched Barry make a wonderful stop
Of drive from Bancroft, and was so COM
pletely overcome by the seemingly mir
aculous play that he forgot all about GOV.
erng second base. allowing stock, who
had walked, to pull up safely at that sta
ton. and giving Bancroft one Of the five
strange hits scored off Ernest Shore.
Shore pitched a splendid game hut all the
luck was against him. The breaks"
which went the way of the Phllies SEEM
ed to upset him at times and his fielding
was very shaky.
SHORE EQUALS ALEXANDER.
But Shore had a fast ball with a hop
on it, that was on a par with the best
Alexander had to offer. Against the five
freak hits which he allowed, Alexander
was hit safely eight times, each OF thu
blows being a line drive to the outfield
There was not an extra base in any OF
| them, however, and no two came in the
same inning. Three times the first Red
Sox batter to face Alexander tore off a
screaming single, only to remain strand
| ed.
Alexander felt the strain that the con-
tdehcc of the National League adhercnts
mad placed upon him and during the first
three innings was plainly nervous.
| -Four or 1--WE times the game hung in
the balance. With the score a tie in the
hrst half of the eighth and with Lewis
on second Gardner smashed into one
of Alexanders fast-breaking outcurves
| ~'' "a 'i''c "iii'u SttlntU Tar out oil
reach of any of the Philadelphia outficld
but Paskert started after II from the
center field and made a spectacular catch
while running at full speed, This play, which
undoubtedly saved the game for Phila
delphia, and the wonderful stop by Barr,
back OF second base which hypnotizet
young Scott into the error OF commits
sion which paved the way for tho two
winning tallies. were the fielding feature!
| of the game.