South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-14
Californians Smash All
Pats Dreams With Homers

Junkman himself had on a catcher's
mitt and was working with Mayer
during the warming up and ii may be
that he thought Mayer displayed the
most stuff and that ne looked the
best
1t may be too. that Moran figured
IL he could win Wednesday he would
have Alexander 10 throw at the SOX
Thursday. but whatever his idea, his
failure 10 have his star lead the for
lorn hope will long be remembered in
Philadelphia. Toward the last Alex
ander was again out on the side lines
warming up while there was a great
fiutter in the bull pen" where the
pitchers get ready for a game, down
by the left field bleachers. as Al
Demaree and George McQuillan I'M
limbered their arms but before Mo-
ran could make any contemplated
change, the Philadelphia cause was
lost.
Rixey BOthers for Time.
From the third 10 the eighth Rixey
pitched well. The sudden shift from
the right handed pitching they have
been getting throughout the series. to
left handed delivery which drove
the ball with great speed across their
chests bothered the left handed bats
men of the SOx for a time. Harry
Hooper is left handed and a light hit
ter during the season against almost
any kind of pitching and on the first
two balls delivered TO him by RiXey
in the ninth Wednesday he looked
almost foolish Both were strikes. He
swung at one and the other was
called.
George Foster. the Oklahoma boy
who hurled his second victory of the
series for the Sox and who had estab-
lished n reputation as a hitter, had
preceded Hooper with a strike OUT
and a murmur OF admiration over the
pitching Of the gigantic young left
handler was passing over the stands
when Hooper swung for the third
time. The ball passed on a line to
deep center then struck the ground
and bounded on into the bleachers al
most hitting a policeman who sat on
a soap box in front of the bleacher
crowd. The copper ducked just in
time to escape getting struck on the
head by the hopping bail.
There went a young fortune for the
baseball magnates and there went
something like $1,000 for each Of the
Philadelphia players.
Couldn't Hit at Homo.
1t seemed a scurvy trick Of fate that
the short field which was supposed
tremendous advantage to the Phillies
in the series was the very thing that
brought about their downfall. They
did all their heaviest hitting in Bos-
ton on the wide field Of the Braves
where the feet footed rangers Of the
SOX Outfield were ct their best, while
here on their home grounds where
they have long been the terror of
opposing National league pitchers on
account Of their penchant for pound
ing the ball over the walls they were
almost helpless.
Fred Lsderus, the Milwaukee maui
er. put the Phillies back into the fight
for the championship in the fourth
inning when he slammed a ball over
the high right field fence. Eppa Jep-
tina RiXey, the Nirginian, tried to keep
them in il, but before the clouung
native sons of the golden west there
could be no holding ground.
Cravath Fans Twice.
Had old Wooden Shoes" Cravath,
home run king Of the baseball world
this past season, slugged the ball here
Wednesday as he slugged it over in
Boston. he would be the hero of the
occasion. Instead he famed twice
and was a weakling in a notable pinch.
II is doubtful whether Luderus' blow
Wednesday would have been a home
run on the Boston field, but it was
none the less mighty wallOp and
was one of the things that makes the
Milwaukee man the Philadelphia star
Of the series.
The Boston club won three OF the
four victories in the series in the ninth
inning. There was no department in
which they did not outclass the Phil
lies. but their outfelders carried the
burden of the battle. Lewis, Speaker
and HoOper-it is an Outfield cOmbi-
nation that will long be remembered
in baseball. The pitching Of Foster
was nothing exceptional Wednesday.
in fact, it was very ordinary and so
was the pitching Of Mayer