The Washington times., 1915-10-10

nc Sdlu Wltn b grin. ne mas the
heart of a lion. He kept Philly from
winning by his pitching, and he beat
the Phillies by his batting. He made
the men on our club who are sup
posed to be heavy hitters look bad,
for he did all the slugging. His
two-bagger brought in the winning
run.
T'm going to work you today"
said Carrigan to Foster before the
game.
ITS the chance I am looking for"
he answered. There was little OF the
so-called ineide baseball played in the
game. 1t was straight away.
I want to cay our club must hit
harder II we are to win the series.
Fosters great pitching saved us to-
day. Our batters are not going up to
form. II we were going as good ut
the bat Is Shore and Foster have in
| the box there would be nothing to
| the series.
The pitching Of Mayer surprised me
since they lad told US that Alexander
was the only effective twirler Moran
show ed a lot Of stuff on the bali in
pinches, even as much as Alexander
The game was better played for the
worn of and the players settled down
Mayer seemed to have studied our
batters closely for he invariably
us popping the ball up in the air.
Foster showed Q grand game and
fought all the way. He used splendid
Judgment in working the Philadel-
We realize we have q team to beat
that is full Of fight and spirit. The
Phillies showed this when they came
we had got Q lead Of one run early in
the ba tic. I have also heard about this
Phila6 e, mia crowd being a hard one
to play before. but the fans treated us
hitting than yesterday. probably be-
cause the batters came nearer their reg
ular stride. But our club has some
distance to 60 yet in the hitting line
| No one was worried by the crowd.
Great plays in the infield cut down
several hits and helped the two pitchers.
| II was very smoothly worked battle.
The best defensive work was done by
the players cut down sure hits. and i
can't make II too strong about the way
Barry took hit that had bounced off
Hoblitzel and threw the runner out at
Foster the best fielding pitcher on our
club. and ne showed It by the wav he
| got across the infield and covered the
| bag on plays that dragged Hoblitzel
off It He is also a very fast man.
want to say something about the
play in the first inning that scored the
first run and that really gave US the
game.
When we tried to double steal. we sur
prised the Phillies. for they hadn't look
| cd for us to do any base running. I. had
| orders to use my own judgment In max
! ing the break for second. and I waited
| until I got a good lead. I looked to
see Burns make a bluff throw to Sec
to catch Hooper OF the bag. But he
went through with the play to second
base.
I plays Of the afternoon. although prob
ably many of the spectators at the park
J did not realize 1t at the time. He looked
| to see Burns try a throw to third to
Close to the bag until he saw the ball
| go through the pitchers box without
Mayer making a grab for It, As soon as
he saw Niehoft had to make a diving
Ras Kept to Neho kei M fooSins III me e arosnd @ % the
throw. fiooper's fast work scored the
run that gave us the game. As the play
expected I hoped to reach second. be-
iieving Burns would make the throw to
third. to catch Hooper mapping. as ! ex-
pected him to do to reach second. This
could have counted from second base on
any sort OF a throw.
We had as much trouble hitting Mayor
as we did Alexander Friday, but what
In the first inning. for instance. had
two strikes. the first time came to the
hat and tppsGf the ball It hit Burns. g%rns
and fell out. II he had held the ball
would not have followed with the hit,
and We would not have grabbed the first
run.
The coolness Of Foster In the box was
one of the big features OF the game. He
| Is one Of the nerviest and coolest in the
business. and never was In trouble all
the way except when Cravath and Lu-
| derus cracked out the pair of doubles
that gave the Phillies their only run.
Nothing worried Foster all the way
and he used his head and his stun so
well that he gave us outfielders little
There was some excitement on our
bench in the seventh inning when
carrigan got out our pinch hitting
| brigade and made desperate effort
| to win the game with the pinch hit
ters and runners. He called Henrik sen
in from the outfield where he was
keeping warm.
go up and get one" urged "Bill."|
We all recalled the day three years
ago in Boston when Henriksen had
| gone to bat as kid In a pinch against
| Mathewson and made a hit that kept
us In the game and finally slipped us
the worlds championship. We hoped
he would repeat, but he didn't make
1t when he had his chance with the
| bases full. After this fne chance had
| slipped by. we were more or less dis
| couraged for when a club can't ride
| it's luck II 1t is breaking. then the
| luck usually deserts. But Foster con-
nected In the ninth and took his
own game.
| II was n relief whep cau1bt pa