Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-09

with the winniE run. Then Luderus hit a weak little grounder toward Shore. The ball took lad roll in the mud just as Shore was reaching for it and Bancroft came over for third and last run of the game. Man ager Carrigan sent in two pinch hit man to second.
 Alexander outpitched Shore in every way except in the number of hits al- loweo. Alex" gave but two bases he struck out six men while Shore famed two. Boston had nine men left on bases as against philadelphia's five. Rain last night and early today threatened to cause postponement of the game which eventually was played under a brilliant October sun with scarcely cloud in the sky. The cozy little grounds of the Phillies were filled to the limit despite the fact that the official attendance was announced as short of 10000, prob ably the smallest, crowd that ever wit messed a start of a worlds series.
 Grounds Wet and Sogsy.
 Every effort was. made to get the playing field in condition. but 1t was so wet and soggy throughout that 1t had much to do with robbing the game of any brilliance. There were few thrills other than in the eighth inning.
 There was much speculation tonight as to the batteries for tomorrow's game. It seems taken for granted that Morans choice for the Phillies would be either Chalmers or Mayer, while Carrigan or Mayer, while Carrigan would send eitheu Foster or Leonard in for the Red Sox.
 Red Sox Lacked Good Defense.
 The lack of keen playing judgment and the unbalanced defensive strength of the Red Sox was the direct cause of the American league champions de- feat today. while the ability of the Phillies to take advantage of the | slightest opening gave them the runs which brought victory. Extensively the Boston com bination proved that it had an edge on the Moran brigade, even with Alexander in the box.
 Young Shore tonight was given al- | most as much credit by the followers | of the game as the winning star oi ] the Phillies. Although unsteady al times. his mental attitude was not 1 helpful by the manner in which his teammates played. both on the bases and in the field and in the end this er- l ratio attack and fense finally broke the Red Sox twirler At the begin ming of the game Shore had a clearly perceptible advantage over Alexander for the American league boxman wa. cool and confident, and had rnasterly control over the sphere whil, his opponent was neryou and failed to deceive the bats men with his slants and curves. A the contest progressed and the Phillie escaped from one predicament afte another. Alexander steadily improved while Shore began to show signs of tn strain until the breaking climax cam
 in the eighth.
 The loss of the game cannot b placed entirely upon the shoulders c
 Shore,f however. for HoblitzelPs ba
 play. in the opening inning, when h failed to consider Alexander's spec
 andS! was caught off first base wit
 Hooper on third and Lewis at the ba
 seemingly shut off a splendid chanc
 for a run. In the fourth inning Shor,
 Of course. had no one but himself t
 blame when he opened the way for tn first of the Phiilies' runs by fieldin Cravath's sacrifice to first instead ( throwing Paskert out at second. H had ample time to cut oft the latter 6
 the midway. where Barry was all SC ] for the ball.
 Scott Makes Noticeable BIunder.
 The most glaring error of judgmen however. was that in the eighth ses
 sion when Scott failed to cover secon on Barry's great one-hand stop ] Banerofts drive. This failure of th
 infield to work together upset th | WnOle team.
 Another notable feature of the pla was the failure of both teams to h ] the ball hard and safe when men wei
 on the bases.
 Time after time the batters of bot clubs put up weak efforts when clean smash would have brought tr runner home. This was particular . true of the Red Sox, with their mir men left on base in an equal numbt
 of innings. That this was not entirel
 due to the puzzling delivery of Ale9 ander was determined by the solid hi { ting of the Boston batters at other ar
 less opportune periods. The Phillie , with a trifie more than 50 per cent. | scored three times as many runs ar ( had but five men stranded.
 Both pitchers kept the ball low a ( through the game, cutting the corne { of the plate for most of the callC : strikes. Neither Shore nor Alexand showed any signs of wildness durir < the contest and managed to keep u hits well scattered. If the infield
 particularly that of the Red Sox. hs
 worked with more smoothness and X better mutual understanding, the rest
 would have been far more uncertain. \ Lewis Carries Away Batting Honor x Iris Speaker, the hardest batter A the Red Soxs failed to secure a sing '. hit of Alexander, His record for t
 day was two passes to first and tv F flies to left field in four times at bs | Cravath, the home run king w z equally ineffective with the bat. four trips to the plate he had O
 pass, sacrifice out, deep fly to ce