The Washington herald., 1915-10-13
By DAMON RUNYoN.

nature Of the third ball pitched at Duffy
Lewis, citizen Of Boyes Hot Springs
Sonomo County. Cal, by George CHAIN
ers. the Harlem Hurricane" in the
sixth inning of the fourth game OF the
world series this afternoon.
Yesterday. in the ninth inning. Grover
Cleveland Alexander flung one ball al
the chunky leftfelder of the Boston Red
Sox and Duffy broke up the game on the
Philadeiphia's star.
Whereat the baseball world chattered
wildly. Alexander was careless. they
said. Alexander had put the ball right
in Lewis groove alexander should
have worked his man more. Alexander
should not have given him good bal
to hit. 1t was a waist-hish curve that
he threw. 1t was a high fast one. II
was low twister. But whatever 1t was
| il wasn't right. And so on. and sc
bies of Boston and through severa
columns Of the morning papers.
Today George Chalmers. a canny Scot
pitching the wisest baseball shown BY
any Philadelphia hurler in this series
slipped two strikes over the plate or
| Lewis in the sixth and then tried another
Baseball history will record that the Red
Sox won this game by a score OF to l.
! OutguessinS the crafty Chalmers with
| LEWIS q t"o-
| bagger to lefttield. scoring Dick Hoblitzel
with what proved to be the winning run
Hublitzell had singled after the great
! Speaker had been retired.
Two Strikes Called.
Lewis did not offer at the first two
balls thrown his way by Chalmers. He
stood quietly at the plate. ripping his
long bat through the air. while Billy
| ba or,r1o TO ,Yp,pira frpr, the
American League, lifted his right arm
twice in quick succession to indicate the
strikes.
An ordinary pitcher might have
| wasted the next ball-niGht have
pitched it wide of the plate. but George
Chalmers was no ordinary pitcher today.
! The Scot-born. Harlem-raised hurler of
the Phillies was generally pronounced
one of the safest men who ever mounted
mound so far as his work this after
noon was concerned. an opinion that
might be used to point out the future
quirks in the mental ettitude Of baseball
people.
Alexander yesterday might have been
trying to sneak one over on Lewis when
he laid that first ball on top Of the plate
and he was criticised for his pains. To-
day Chalmers did substantially the same
thing, and it is called smart pitching.
He tried TO cross Lewis. but was out
guessed.
The clout Of the Californian puts the
Boston Red Sox in a fair way to the
greatest financial reward ever reaped by
ball players in a championship contest
of this nature. They had a one-run lead
when Lewis drove in Hoblitzel in the
sixth. but in the eighth old wooden
Shoes Cravath. the home-run hitter who
had been sadly handicapped by the wide
area Of outfield at the Braves new yard.
and by the distant fences. got lucky
triple, and scored on Luderus' third hit.
Luderus Leads Phils.
Yesterday the only left-handed hitter
on the Philadelphia team-Luderus-
hung helpless at the plate before the
side arm sweep Of Dutch Leona I'd,
the hitting star Of the Phillies against
the long drop Of Ernest Shore. the Geor-
sia boy.
Cravath has hit two or three "Phila
delphia home runs In the two games on
the Boston field-blows that would have
lifted the balls into the seats or over
1.-THE wall of the little old bandbox at
Broad and Huntington streets. but
which here were easy ones for the wide
ranging outfielders Of the Boston Sox.
Today. in the eighth, after two were
out. the big walloper smashed
drive that fell in front Of Iris Speaker.
generally accounted the most accurate
fielder IN the country. especially on
ground balls.
He should have held II to a single, but
the ball bounded over his head and
rolled away back into deep center field.
while Cravath rushed around to third.
Luderus' drive went also IN Speakers
direction and the Texan had trouble
gauging this one too. only a fast recov-
cry and a good throw to the infield held
Luderus to first.
Duxey Steal. Second.
Little Dugey. substitute infielder OF
the Phillies. ran for the heavy footed
Milwaukee mauler. and stole second on
the second ball pitched by Shore at
George whitted. Immediately afterward
Whitted hit an easy roller to Shore and
then and there passed the last chance
Of the Phillies in the game and perhaps
their last chance in the series
The next game vii be played tomorrow
at Philadelphia. and Pat Moran will
probably call on Grover Cleveland Alex
ander TO lead the forlorn hope
There is little doubt among baseball
people tonight as to the final outcome
Of the series.
The scores Of the various games indi-
cate nothing of the disparity between the
much better club than It has shown.
but it sometimes happens that when
champion fighter is pitted against a poor
opponent the opponent counts so bad as
to make the champion look bad. And
maybe that same thing can happen IN
baseball.
Marked by Bad Baseball.
From start to finish this series has
been colorless; almost devoid of feature
II has been marked by bad baseball on
both sides. The Phiilies may be one of
what some writer last season character
lied as eight second-division clubs try
ing to win the National League pennant
but even they have displayed better ball
than they have shown against the Ameri-
can League champions.
They have seemed afraid to cut loose
and try anything bordering on the
chance-taking In this series.
Today George Chalmers gave them a
mastery pitching effort. but they could
not, In return. give the lad from the old
Seventeenth assembly district more than
one run. Ernie Shore pitched fairly well.
but Ernie SHORE had the PhiIlies In front
Of him. Chalmers was facing the Red
SoS. There Is difference.
Shore and Chalmers are both on the
rejected list of the New York Giants.
Shore was turned away as a raw recruit
and Chalmers as a veteran who was try
Ing to do a comeback. Chalmers IL sub
ject to rheumatism In the shoulder mus
when he was with the Phillies q year or
30 ago.
He was given his release. and last
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