The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-13
SOx TOOK FOURTH
The PhilIieS We're Unable to
Stop Boston Tuesday.
Red Hose Need Only One More
Victory Now.

Boston, Mass, Oct. 13-The worlds
championship is almost within the
firm grasp CT the Boston Americans.
The Red Hose champions of the Amer
lean league trimmed the Philadelphia
club to 1 Tuesday. Ernest Shores
fine pitching held the Philadelphians
to one run, while one opportune bat
ting rally sent enough -uns over the
plate for Boston to win.
The Red Sox have now won three
games; the PhiIadelphians one con-
test. Forty-one thousand and ninety
six persons witnessed the contest.
Lewis's outfielding and Luderus'S bat
ting featured. Today's game was TO
be played in Philadelphia.
1t was the general opinion here this
morning that Alexander would go to
the mound for Morans men at Phi1a-
delphia this afternoon.
Their Last Hope. s.
Alexander is the last hope of the
Phillies- He won from the Sox last
Friday and was defeated Monday only
by a fierce batting rally in the last
of the ninth. The Phillies feel that If
they can give big Alex any sort of
offensive support he will put across a
victory today that will at least give
the National leaguers strong chance
in the series.
Philadelphia batters took rather
kindly to Ernest Shores offering Tues
day and made more hits than they had
registered in any one of the three
previous conflicts The power to drive
in the runs was lacking however, and
eight of the visitors were left strand
ed on the paths.
But "Gabby'' Cravath sent Lewis
back to the left field fence again to
catch q drive that on the Philadelphia
grounds would have been hit into
the stands and good for the circuit. A
little luck in placing these long hits
today would make all the difference
in the world behind a pitcher of Alex
ander's ability and there are many
students of the game VINO do not share
the confidence of the Red Sox that
today's- contest will be the last.
Differing widely from the two
sparkling, blood tingling games of Sat
urday and Monday, Tuesdays contest
was decidedly commonplace. The Red
Sox got away in front and were never
headed. Their margin never was very
wide, but it seemed at all times suf-
ficient ard there was little to stir the
crowd to the high pitches of excite
ment that marked the struggle of
Monday.
PhiIs Threaened i'm Eighth.
The Phillies made a threat in their
half of the eighth because Iris Speak
er again had trouble with the sun and
let Cravath's single bound over his
head, the runner pulling up at third
with three Dagger to his credit. Two
were out at the time and the fans
were not inclined to take the situation
seriously, until Luderus, who seemed
to have found his batting eye at last
slammed out his third single of the
day and sent Cravath scampering over
the plate. Dugey went in to run for
Luderus and further complicated the
situation by stealing. Whitfield, with a
single, might have tied the score, but
his fast liner went directly at the Bos-
ton pitcher, who gamely knocked it
down and threw the Philly left fielder
out at first. In both the first and. Sec
ond innings Philadelphia had runners
on second base with only one out and
in neither case were they advanced
as far as third.
Boston was lucky to score its first
run. Barry walked to begin the third
inning. Cady laid down bunt that
ordinarily would have been an easy
out. but Chalmers, in the box for the
Phi1lies, slipped as he went for the
ball, and could not recover himself
until Cady was safe at first. Shore
sacrificed Barry 10 third and Cady to
second and the former scored when
Hooper was credited with an infield
hit on 4 ball that Niehoff should have
ftelded. 1t looked here as if the Sox
were in position to make enough runs
in this one inning to decide the contest
but their attack failed. Scott popped
up a foul and Speaker was out on an
easy roller down the first base line.
The Winning Run.
The winning run came over in the
sixth when Hoblitzel singled and
raced home on Duffy Lewis's screech-
ing double to the left field fence
Lewis had driven in the winning run
Monday and he was easily the hero of
the crowd Tuesday. His defensive
work in the field Tuesday afternoon
was little short of wonderful. He was
credited with six putouts and each
chance that came his way was a diff
cult one Up against the fence one