Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-13
HONORS CO TO
THE BOSTON RED SOX
Baseball Championship Of the World Is Gnched BY the
Fourth Consecutive Win, The Series Closing With !
Spectacular Game Played on The Philadelphia Grounds,
and Featured With -Four Home Run Hits

Philadelphia. Oct. l3.--Harry
Hooper, the 1915 edition OF Home
Run Baker, gave Boston another
worlds baseball championship this
afternoon. with TWO home runs into
the center field bleachers. The Cali
fornian came TO bat In the ninth
inning when the score tied at four
and four and sent the 1916 series
into history with o terrific clout
which cleared the center field fence
ON the bounce by three feet. II was
the fourth straight victory for Bos-
ton and the third victory which had
been won In the ninth inning by one
rum.
The crowd swarmed down upon
the field as Killifer. pinch hitting for
Rixey. made the last out and fought
10 get near the Boston bench where
Hooper was being mobbed by his
joyful team mates. For fifteen min
utes after the game the crowd surged
around the Boston bench. clamoring
for sight OF the new born hero,
but he was spirited away and the
crowd was forced to depart without
getting to him.
Philadelphia lost as befitted cham'
lpions. After the weakest hitting IN
a worlds series, the Phillies sudden
lily found their batting eyes at the
start OF the game and bomIbarded
Foster for nine hits. including .
double and home run.
Today's game was the first really
championship game Of the series. i
was replete with dramatic moments
terrific hitting in the pinches and
clever fielding.
I The Phillies started out in the first
inning to overtake the Red Sox by
bombarding Foster for two runs
Hooper, with the first home run,
evened up the count in the third Inn
ing. Philadelphia forged ahead
again In the fourth on Luderus' home
Irun. Boston tied It again In the
eighth on Lewis homer. and Hooper's
history-Making wallop In the ninth
was grand finale to sensational
game.
| Boston's outfield. claimed the best
In baseball. lived up to its reputation
Duffy Lewis and Harry Hooper have
easily been the sensations Of an
otherwise drab series by their terrific
hitting In the pinches and marvellous
spearing OF Philadelphia's long hits
Hooper by his days work today
crowds Frank Baker almost Off the
ledge for worlds series honors
Baker never hit more opportunely
than did Hooper this afternoon. In
the fourth inning. with his team one
run behind, he came to bat and loop.
cd one into the crowd in center field
IAnd again, In the ninth inning OF the
crucial game OF the series and with
the score tied, he came to bat and
sent another one into the same spot
THE hit carried Philadelphia's cham
pionship with It into oblivion.
Bancroft, former Portland player
:, again kicked through today with one
OF the stellar fielding stunts Of the
game. Speakers smash to short In
the seventh was q terrific blow. I,
almost knocked Bancroft down wher
he dashed In front OF It, but the coast
hoy quickly set himself and made
the peg to iirst. The play was light
ming fast. Bancroft maintained hil
record Of hitting In every game bl
slamming out two singles.
Scott proved to be Boston's weak
eat hitting spot during the series
He got one hit in the first game bu'
THAT finished him and he tied will
|Niehoif. who rot his first hit today
for the booby prize Of the five-gam'
tussle.
\ with all the praise that goes Y
Hooper ana Lewis and Foster, Phila
delphia paused tonight 10 drop q. tea
Tor Eppa Jeptha Rixey, II ever
srischcr lost 4 hoart-hreakins gam'