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

Sox have outhit the Phillies two to one. preliminaries at the ball park The deco-
 raters were out early and had the presi-
 dental box aglow with the national and city colors. The crowd came early. too, all anxious to see the President, of course, but just a little moro anxious to see his fiancee. From l o'clock on reports Kept coming that Mir. Wilson was about to enter the stand and there was a rush to the field to surround his box Even
 the players of the two teams forgot their work and joined the throng over near the visiting players bench.
 small army of pohtSgraphers and movie men had their batteries trained
 Tor an hour before MT. Wilson's party
 arrived. It was just after o'clock, time
 Tor play to begin, that shout outside
 the park gave the signal that the Presi-
 dent was at hand. A few minutes later he entered, Mrs. Galt just behind him.
 As they started for their seats however, the President asked Mrs. Gait to precede him. Looking remarkably handsome and glowing with happiness Mrs Gat was quickly recognized by the crowd and had to join the President in acknowledging the tribute of the throng After reaching
 
 his fiancee graciously consented to pose
 Tor the photographers and the game was delayed several minutes.
 In this respect the game was far more Interesting than the first contest, al- though there were the same number of hits made in each game.
 | A peculiar feature of this hitting was | that the three two-base drives came in a
 row. Foster sent his to left field after nr 4l.A i soon as he went into the box Crayatl
 slammed one to left and Luderus followed with another to center
 | In the two games to date the Boston
 players have made IS hits for a total
 Of three runs, while the Phillies have &C., cumulated four runs on eight hits. In
 individual batting the Red Sox lead:
 Lewis, Gardner and Foster all being tied With two each The best hitting among
 the Phillies has been done by Bancfoft
 and Luderus. each of whom has two to | his credit; one of Luderus' being the double which scored Cravath with the | only run of today for the national
 leaguers. Among the players who have yet to secure a safe hit are Stock. Me-
 noIl' burns and Mayer, all of whom have played through at least one game of the series for the Phillies while Cady Is the sole hitless player for the Red Sox under i similar conditions.
 The official attendance today was 20 BOG
 and the total receipts amounted to s52 osa. 1 Many beautifully clad women had i, : | vaded the playing field to get q close view 1 Of the next first lady of the land and there was some little difficulty in clear- ing the pasture for the hard working atl,. letes In whose honor the festivities had been arranged.
 Then President Wilson tossed out a bal, 70 Pitcher Mayer and the game was on. The first pitch went high and wide of the | plate and Hooper did not offer at if Catcher Burns was about to toss fbe | sphere back to Mayer for continued play when Umpire Riger stopped him. tool,
 the ball away and gallanty presented it to MT. Wilson. while the crowd roared its approval.
 MT Wilson slowed the ball in one ot
 ms oVercoat pockets, bought a score card TOT 10 cents and settled down to a thor | ough enjoyment of the game.
 Both teams considered al units and the
 players as individuals gave an exhibitlf n of real worlds series ball today and left nothing to be desired in the slxillful hand. ling of the sphere and correct judgment
 in the field and on the bases
 Foster Hero Whl'e Foster WIS, of course the hero of the day, every member of the two
 teams was keyed close to the perfection point ana the only error of the game charged against Catcher Burns was an excusable one. The two inilelds and out
 fields were faster than In the opening
 struggle due to the firm, sure footing, for the ground had dried out thoroughly
 and there was little chance of the slir-
 ups which marred several of the plays Friday.
 During most of the afternoon the pitch-
 CTS had the advantage ever the batters
 Tor the SKY was overcast and the light
 gray. This helped Foster in particular.