The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-11
SOX WON SECOND
Boston Evened the Count With
MOran'S Phillies Saturday
Pitcher Foster Was Big Hero of
the Battle.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 11.-BOSton
cultured, bean eating Boston-pre-
scented the baseball world with new
diamond hero here Saturday after
noon when George Foster, the cham
pion bantamweight pitcher, defeated
Philadelphia in the second game of
the worlds series by the score of
to 1.
The statement that Foster defeated
the Phillies is correct in every sense
of the word because he not only held
them to three hits, but he annexed
getting more bingles than any player
on either team and won his own game
by driving in the winning run In the
ninth inning when the score was tied.
Foster is not six feet tall by four
or five inches. He weighs consider
ably less than $50 pounds, but Satur-
day afternoon Moran's men found
him entirely too big tC handle and it
biggest men in Boston for some time
to come.
Wilson and 'sHis Girl
Among the 2O,3O6 spectators who
saw the little, sawed off chunk or
pitcher pull the Red Sox back into
the running with an even break In
the first two games was President
Wilson and his fiancee who sat in an
especially decorated box and took a
keen interest in the proceedings
the start of the game. The same
crowd saw a rather putrid brand of
baseball Friday and it wasn't en-
thusiastic at all. 1t spent Its time
looking at the presidents fancee. II
isn't often a crowd gets to see a
worlds series baseball game and the
presidents fiancee all for one admis-
sion.
Foster on the field and Mr.. Wilson
in the stand were indeed the heroes of
the day. Foster won by to 1. The
president had a wider margin, for the
more than twenty thousand baseball
enthusiasts crowded in the friendly lit
tie PhilIy park were on their feet for
and with Mr. Wilson time after time.
They greeted him with cheers when he
came and forgot the sting of defeat to
send him on his way to Washington
with shouts that echoed for blocks
around Mrs. Gait was greatly admired
by the baseball throngs and was smil-
ingiy happy over the attentions show
cred upon her.
Real Game.
1t was a real baseball game from the
moment Hooper, the first man up was
passed on four bad balls, until Iris
Speaker, entered the contest by reach
ing into the center field bleachers to
snatch a drive from Paskert's bat and
turn a potential home run into an out.
thereby saving for Mr.. Foster his we'll
earned ball game.
The play was sharp and brilliant
through ali the innings, dS Ql11ST0nI
from the somewhat saffron-hued con-
test of Friday worlds series games
should differ from the battles on the
sand lots.
Manager Pat Moran of the Phillies
placed his faith in Erskine Mayer, the
elongated underhand finger from At
lanta, Ga, and Mayer pitched a far
better game that the detailed score
showed. Although ne allowed more
than three times the number of hits
registered off Foster, he was seldom in
real difficulty and kept the fence
pop flies most of the way. Three times
Iris Speaker had the good fortune to
lead off for the Sox- Three times he
stepped confidently to the batter's box
and twice he popped to snort and once
hit slow infield bounder-
Foster at Bat.
Although Fosters occupation is sup
posed to be that of keeping the other
fellows from hitting. he promises now
to be the batting hero of the series,
getting away Saturday with an aver
age of $50 in four times up. When
first he faced the puzzling underhand
deliveries of Mayer. the Boston pitcher
ANONYMOUSLY whitfield. This must have
been a decoy. however, for the next
time he danced to the plate he landed
on a fast one and slammed it high up
against the right field wall for the first
extra base hit of the series. He was
left stranded, however.
In the seventh Foster shot single
to center and again his teammates
could not send him across, despite the
use of two pinch hitters.
Foster evidently got tired depending
on the other eight athletes wearing
the Boston uniform to help him home
so in the ninth, with Gardner on sec
ond and the score a tie, he decided to |
break up a perfectly pleasant game of