Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-10-12
Last Inning Rally Places
Mighty Alexander in De
fcated Column.
DUTCH" LEONARD IS
THE IDOL OF BOSTON


pOSTON, oct 1.-THE big batter.
- faced the big pitcher at q crucial
moment Of the worlds series game
between the Philadelphia National
and the Boston Americans today
and the big pitcher declined the chaI-
lcnge. 1t was in the thrilling last ha!f
OF the ninth inning Just before Boston
cllnched their TO victory.
More than forty thousand baseball
fans had passed the frantic stage and
were raNing in delirium Of excite
mont The score of this critical third
game of the series was a tie.
Harry Hooper fleet Of foot was on
second base, a dancing Dorvish. with
only one out when Iris Speaker of
Hubbard city Texas, stepped to the
plate, knocked the soil from his
spikes, drew a line ia the black earth
iu front Of his feet and turned de-
termincd face toward Grover Geve-
land Alexander, the fighting hope OF
the bewildered Phillies, who was In
tEe worst plight OF his pitching ca
recr.
lie Walks Speaker.
big Alec looked at Hooper, gave
heed TO the crowd and saw Speakers
war club cleaning i'm the late after
noon sun. His mind was made up.
The first bail went far wide Of tho
plate. Likewise the second and third.
The maddcucd thrOng knew what this
meant and they howed in derisiye de-
light as on the fourth straight pitch
the star center fielder Of the Red SoX
trOttcd To first.
It T41 u a
Hobltel, lanky guardian Of the Sox
inner corner and Alexander faced him
with more confidence. The yelling OF
the crowd and the strain of striving to
stayc off defeat seemed mOmentarily
tO tell on the pitcher, however and he
hud difficulty i'm finding the plate. II
was three and one ON Hobby when
the first bascman sent slow bOunder
toward sccOud. The crowd feared
double play and the lusty bowling
died as suddenly as if snuffed out by
"a gigantic sileucor. But Speaker had
taken flying start with Hooper and
the two Boston runners were safe on
third and second as Niehoff tossed
tossed Hobby out at his home sta
ton.
Lewis Wins the Game.
Now came to bat one Duffy Lewis,
left fielder extraordinary and of some
known ability as breaker up Of ball
games. The situation was Ideal for
Duffy He was in his own home
town.
The chorus of $4,000 of his home
folk was calling upon him with a
clamor that carried far from the wide
green reaches Of Braves field 10 carve
for himself niche In the baseball hal
of fame.
Duffy" had already made two hits
in three trips to the plate two singing
blows beyond the Philies' line of inner
defense but this decidedly healthy bat
ting average of .GGT did not deter him
I'm the least Alexander, stout OF
heart, fighting as me never fought be
fore, called upon all the reserve and
cunning OF his strong right arm, PUT
into his first pitch AN the vile he
could command and sent the sphere
on its way.
Lewis met the ball with q smashing
crack and It flashed over second base,
a gray white streak that no defensive
PhiIly could reach and Hooper raced
across the plate with a historic run
n gave the game 90 the Red SoN by
. 10 I and the advantage OF the series
by the same margin of games won and
lost-twu for the Red SoN and one for
the PhilHcs. With the "bis fellow,
defeated in this breaking game OF
the 1915 conflict between the title
bearers of the two major leagues. the
Boston players and their supporters
tonight are willing 90 wager mt almost
any odds that the home team will win
the series
Phllics Played Wonderfully.
The Phuues had placed their hope
in Alexander but put upon him in ad-
vance the burden Of winning three OF
the games of the series. one failure
ON his part meant "a series setback TO
their chances But toniught Manager
Pat Moran of the visitors is far from
admitting failure
The phiIles are not yet through.
They battled hard today and their de-
fcnsiEe work was wonderful 10 has
been said that Alexander was half the
team Today the Boston roOters band
went so far as 10 hlaro the old time
melody Of "AleXander's Rag Time
Band" at the champions OF the Ma
tlonal circuit but the eight men In
gray who surrounded Alexander I'm the
field were out there to DO more than
form setting for the big pitcher
They were all over the field and not
once did they f3lter, "Dode' Pdskert
I'm center field was a team On himself
In the first five innings of the game
ne was credited with seven putouts in
a sun field that had dazzled Speaker
into missing a fly headed directly for
him and which transformed a
seemingly easy out into a two-base hit
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