The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-13
Worlds Series in Brief

BosroN, Oct. l2.-Grover Cleveland
Alexander alone stands between the Bos-
ton Red Sox and q worlds champion
ship. On the cunning Of the mighty
right arm tina the left one Of Dutch
Leonard Inundated yesterday rests the
last faint hope of q prolonging victory
for Philadelphia
Boston has 10 wp only once more to
clinch the title to world supremacy. The
Quakers must win the next three in sue
cession to deny the near champions.
That task seems impossible tonight, for
every time the teams have met Boston's
pitchers have outpitched their rivals;
Boston's team has outhit. outgeneralled
and outplayod the opposition.
Alexander the Great has done all for
Morn's cause that could be asked OF
mortal man. Twice has he pitched sem
~eational games. The first he won the
second was lost after N days rest.
In his second game Alexander did not
display the fortitude and reliance Of the
hrv6 He IL coming back at home to-
morrow under moro trying circumstances
than any with which he as yet has been
forced to contend. He must meet George
Foster. who has pitched the best ball Of
the series. n meet him under dis
c%ouraging conditions. Foster has had
three days to recuperate Alexander one.
Fate AGsinst Chalmers.
No pitcher OF the 1915 worlds series
ahnR,Ad more hear7 than Ca-lrDa Chalm-
ers in his duel against Shore this Indian
summer afternoon. The day seemed
made to order for his especial benefit.
The sun beat down in August fury on
the pitching mound and chased away
the dull rheumatic twangs that bother
George In cold. raw weather. So loose
and free was Chalmers's bothersome
shoulder hat he moved down the first
half dozen Red SoX batters. tanning
half OF them. He was never bad. good
all the way but very, very unlucky.
Fate played against George Chalmers
throughout his herculean efforts fate
exasperatingly typifed by that chunky
Duffy Lewis, Boston's left field patrol.
No outdelder ever played more bril-
liantly. Great as Ernest Shore was. 1t
was not Shore but Lewis that turned the
scale OF chance against those hustling
phillies-
Extensively and defensively. too. DufTy
Lewis stood to-day head and shoulders
above every rival of the field. There
were times when the least slip of his in
judgment or execution would nave
spelled disaster to the red hosed clan.
But he never slipped. He never even
faltered. He was, out there In that left
area. what Speaker always has been in
centre-always till he played at Braves
Field. where the sun subdues him some
what.
Almost uncanny was the defensive
Judgment of Duffy Lewis. He was back
when he should be back. in close when
the occasion demanded, near or far away
from the foul line. according to the
eventual direction Of Phlladelphia's hard
line drive.
Lewis Always Responds.
Lewis m~onopolized the spotlight. He
made the first play of the game and he
made the last one. The first rescued
Ernest Shore from a perilous predica-
ment. Duffy raced in fast across the
chalk mark for "A bare handed stop Of
Milton Stocks wicked drive and with =
perfect throw to Scott cut the midget
trying for his legitimate double. He
laid deep for Cravath in the third ana
therefore was able to back against the
fence for a line hit that ordinarily would
nave ptFh toou ~ ~ diiA
which had 1t fallen safely would have
scored Bancroft from first.
Two shoestring catches while in mad
career robbed Stock and Bancroft OF APP
parent base hits. These turned back the
first batters OF the fifth and eighth In
nings respectively. His catch Off Ban
croft was particularly heart breaking
for Philadelphia Cravath's triple and
Iuderus's single that saved the Quakers
frnrn a ahnfnttf ollnual with fnn dawn
On top of this Lewis broke up the game
with his bat. He doubled to the left
centre field wall with one gone in the
sixth. redeeming Hoblitzell, whose sec
ond OF three clean singles had fallen
with one out.
The direct monetary interest OF the
players ended with to-day's game. They
ihare in 81 per cent. OF the gate receipts
Of the first four games only. and this
Is divided 60 per cent. TO the winning
club aAd 40 per cent. to the loser
Twenty-three players Of each side are
eligible 10 a share of this pool. The
total pool is sl44.s99.55, therefore each
winning team member will receive
s3,779.9s and each individual of the
losing team s2.519.99. This Is not &c
rich a stake as the Giants and Red
Sox drew DOWN for their efforts OF 1912
But the difference between the respective
rewards IL calculated to make the Phil.
lies light to the bitter end.
Smaller Crowd Seems Bigger.
The crowd to-day was less by 1904
than that Of yesterday and the receipts
proportionately contracted. To ont
within the grounds such IA fact hardly
could be grasped. From the aerie Of
the press box 1t appeared that there
were several thousands more on hant
than for the opening game at Braves
Field. The standees behind the maiT
stands and in right field appeared more
closely packed than on the preceding
day. The fences OF the right field, too
were more populated thickly. Aisles ant
H~lleyways were filled. The reserve sec
iions of course had been sold out day
ago. The few vacancies In these chair.
represented no loss. save perhaps to thu
ticket spectators.
Certainly there was far greater ex
element and enthusiasm both within tn,
park n without. Hours before tn,
game was called the general admission
booths had been closed, The dollar an,
Atty cent patrons had crowded tn,
bleachers to suffocation. Twenty thau
sand baseball mad enthusiasts choke,
tho narrow entrances demanding admis
sion. for Columbus Day is a legal holi
day In tho city of culture, and after
big race OF the morning there was m
place but the ball park for the spor
loving public.
In race or the unexpected Jam IN
generous distribution of the city polio
proved quite Inadequate. The entranc
TO Braves Field leads through n bin
street tapped by the subway and surfac
car lines. This blind alley shortly afte