The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14

"as missing, however, and they could never give their pitchers a comfortable margin to work under. 1t seemed that the tide was about to turn 10 the Phillies thls afternoon, when they carried the game to the eighth inning. two runs to the good but the Sox were out for victory and 10 stlnging hits for a total of 21 bases sounded the death kneil of Fhilly hopes.
 Manager Pat Moran of the Phillies spfang big surprise on the Sox as well as on the crowd when he announced J Ersklne Mayer of Atlanta, Ga, as the ilinger to make the last stand for the home team. It had been taken for granted that Alexander would be sent to the slab in the final effort of the National leaguers and this belief was strengthened when big Alex" began to warm up Just before time was called. Mayer also was under way. Moran studied the two pitch CTS Tor long time and then patted Mayer on the back. The wise ones said that Moran had decided to take a chance on winning today's game, so that he would nave Alexander ready tomorrow for . possible tieing up of the series
 At any rate, Mayer looked good to 1 Moran today. but he looked even better to the Red Sox. They were having a bat | ting holiday at his expense when Mora n stopped the proceedings in the third and waved Mayer to the bench The home players had given Mayer two runs in their 1 half of the first, but the Sox had ham, mered home a similar number and had gathered six hits off the Georgian wher | he flung his glove dejectedly away and ducked into the Philly dug out "Coloner l Rixey was called to the mound and the l Sox assault was suddenly stopped The none team gave the "Coloner' two addl- ! tional runs in the fourth inning and ii 1 seemed that he was destined to be win I her until the visitors took their eighth l turn at bat Gainer, the first man up in 1 this frame, connected With one of the left handlers slippery slants and sent it on a l Journey over the infield for a single Duffy" Lewis, already credited with driving in two of the Red Sox victories had spent quiet and uneventfu after noon up to this time. But this spec 1 tacular occasion it was different. He met a last one squarely on the nose and the crowd sroaned as they saw the sphere l sailing far away in the offing The hard driven bal did not hesitate in it's flight until it landed a most unwelcome visitor i in the very laps of the loyal rooters in 1 the grounds.
 Up to this time the thousands of fans l gathered for the fifth conflict had been confident of victory. They had bee, | treated to more thrills than all of the | other games of the series had offered 1 There had been all sorts of baseball damned in the early innings. There hao been the rattle and crash of 5urly bats, sad errors of omission and commission l hit batsmen, bases on balls, attempted steals, flashing double plays and all the complicated affairs of the diamond that go down to the records of the immutable l box scorer. midsummer sun, mis- placed in a blue October sky, gave real baseball warmth to the atmosphere and the bleachertes had early doffed their ! coats.
 1 It was a cruel descent to the depths l of despair for them when Duffy" Lewis. batting mainstay of the Sox throughout the series, sent this homer 1 into the stands and tied the score. l This long hit made it possible for Hooper's homer to give the finishing touch to the game and the series Philly Fans Loyal
 But the Philly fans were as game as their ball players had been, and were as generous as their players had been gentlemanly.
 They knew the Phillies star was set ting fast, but they cheered Lewis for his batting prowess. They cheered him as brilliant factor in the triumph of the Sox in all the games they won and they applauded him as one of the men who reflect credit upon the na- tional game. In the fatal ninth, when Hooper sent his second homer to the crowd, the rooters who groaned with the sure knowledge of defeat did not deny the sturdy Californian similar need of praise.
 George Foster of Bokoshe, Okla, won his second game of the series. Eos ter got n warm reception today from the very start, but he stuck to his task and finally withstood the most furious fusillade the Phllies had fired through out the series. Smashed and hammered in tile first and fourth. Foster always was fighting back He never lost his head, fielded splendidly, and always was a dangerous factor at the bat He gave as game an exhibition of twirl- ing as ever has been seen in any league. and there were few partisans in the Philly stands who begrudged him the victory the long delayed home runs of the series threw his way.
 Larry" Gardner, the Sox third base man, really began the heavy firing of the game when. in the second inning. he crashed a ball against the center field stands for three bases. The drive missed being home run by inches.
 The Phillies made nine hits off the diminutive Foster for a total of Is bases. This hitting was good enough to have won any of the games that went the way of the Sox except the contest today. The Sox since Friday.