Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-12
RED S0x WIN GREAT GAME
ALEXANDER MASTERLY,
BUT LEONARD is BETTER
Philadelphia Loses Contest OF ThrilIiu-,
Incidents I'm Hcnrt-Diseuxr
Finish,
ny FRANK g.. MENI<E.

BOSTON MASS. October ll.-DuTy
,hro inns sn nr;erm1 Moo smashed single
the ninth. scoring Harry Hooper and
n ,,iIis to an end one of the most
ihril,ins bail games games ever staged in
Ii WAS dramatic finish for Il game
thu. Was filled With thrilling Incl
record crowd If $4,000 into Il frenzy OF
madness ana which won for the Red
SoN the third game OF the world series
battles. " To |. aud made the count to-
night Nv" games won and one game
lost 10y tho Rustonians.
Fiction never cclips"d the story OF
this aftcrnoon's Eamc--a game that
will live always in the memory OF every
one II that monster crowd that wit
messed il.
the third. Burns singled. Alexander at
tempted TO sacrifice and WAS safe ut
first when Eloblitzel dropped Gardeners
throw. stock sacrificed. both runners
advancing. Bancroft singled and Burns
scored.
The Red Sox tied up tho score in the
fourth on Speakers triple along the
right field foul line. and Il sacrifice fly
by llohlitzel To i'askert
With the score to !: the Red SoN
Went TO bat in their half OF the ninth.
The crowd rose 20 its feet. shriclIiny
III madness for ron. Hooper. head
ing the hI',ins order. was the hrs,
man UN. He brought wild roar from
the crowd when he singled to right.
scott; the next man up was an easy
out, NlCnOU to l.rherNS, Hooper going
TO second on the play.
Speaker Rcnches Second.
The mighty iris Speaker was the
next man M.
Alexander looked him over carefully.
remem bered the triple he had made in
the fourth inning and decided to pass
him lie threw -four vide ones sios and
eel, determined TO do or die-and did.
but died AT first. NichoR to Luderus. ad-
vancing Hooper TO third and Speaker to
second.
And then came Lewis swinging two
bats. while the immense crowd. seem
ingly in one voice. implored him Ia
make a hit The shrieks of the crowd
seemed to increase as Lewis took his
place ut the bat. the band sent its
nois" crashing into til" general tumult,
tn" crowd waved it's p"nnunts and its
banners wildly. hcaved it's hats int"
tho air. slammed its feet. and shrickcd
and shrick"d and shriekcd: ~ hit.
Leonard omthurIs Alexander.
Amid the widest DEMONSTRATION that
ever took place on n ball field. Alex
cool and steady measured Lewis care
fully. nodded his head in acceptance Of
his catch"r's signal, wound up his
mantled the crowd. Then there vas
heard the crash of bat against ball:
Their" was seen a baseball dashing on
81 line through the lanes of safety in
tho inf"ld and skipping its way through
tn" outfe'd. Lewis had answered ths
call: he had delivered tho blow that
won tho game and had beaten Grover
AlcNander--an incident that Rostonians
think is destined to take the heart ont
If tn" rhillies. That men ms the worlds
bcr"hall championship for Eoston.
"rutch" Leonard emerged from tho
battle the victor IN the pitching duel
with Alexander. The steadiness and
general effectiveness of the Red Sox
southpsw was wonderful In the fourth
he wohhled a bit, yielding a pair Of
hits that resulted in the only run for
tn" Fhilli"s--and then he St"adi"d
Leonard retired the Phillics in or
dor in tn" second. fifth. sixth. seventh.
eighth and ninth inninEs---a remarka-
HE feat During only two Innings Of
IN" gam" did the I'hillics have men on
bases: one In the first on Stocks luke
double. and again in the third
tIrc's Strategy Fails.
But th"r" is glory for Alexander.
even In defeat. The big right handler
pitched a mastery game: twirlcd In
a way that would have won nine games
out of ton.
Several times he seemed To nc a bit
Wild. but he always stcadicd in time
20 save himself.
Did Alexander make mistake in the
/ ninth Y passing Speaker? That's n
Question that is being asked Tonight
Maybe Stacker. If he had been per