Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-12

valueless. So much for those we'll known breaks of the game
 Leonard Gets Better as Game Advances
 Failure in this third inning to place themselves in a winning position seem and they never were dangerous again. Leonard got better and better as tho game progressed. Neither Cravath nor Luderus, the heavy Philly artillery, could connect for a safe blow. In fact Luderus, second batsman of the Ma tional league, was about the easiest person Dutch" had to deal with. Three times 'Ludy" faced the star left handler and three times he famed the air. There was no fiuke about the strikeouts, no questioning of an um- pire's decision. Luderus took three healthy swings every chance he got, but his best effort was foul into the back stands.
 The scene at the park today when the play began. was one that will live long in the memory of the fortunate thousands who witnessed it. Braves
 field, home of the Boston. National league club, and lent to the Sox for the present gala occasion, is the big gest and most beautiful baseball plant ever constfucted. Built like a stadium. its single-decked stands rise from the | field level to a towering height. The stands all but surround the vast play ing field and today they were damned
 with a happy throng. Between the several stands are concrete runways. | These offered vantage ground today
 for hundreds of spectators. wedged in | the openings like so many apples in
 a barrel. They did not seem to have
 breathing room and some could get but
 a distant glimpse of some part of the | game, but they stood fast and not a man deserted until the strenuous game
 was done. The far fences were sought out by scores of fans who had bought | standing room for deep center field. | where as yet no bleachers had been built or needed.
 | It was a yeritable wave of human | ity which rose and fell at intervals and roared with a crash of noise re-
 sembling storm-breakers on a rock bound coast. Overhead the sky was
 a radiant dome of blue in which was | studded a warm October sun. Beyond the far center field wall could be seen
 the Charles river. rippling under the influence of a soft autumn breeze. It
 was a day to be remembered for itself
 alone. a day to be out of doors. capped | by the climax that was sweetest oi
 all to the forty thousand there-tht
 home team won.
 Shore May Oppose Chalmers Today.
 Tonight Manager Carrigan Is happy
 He has several pitchers ready to send | F
 confident that any one of the num-
 Der will win. The chances are thai
 Ernie" Shore, who pitched such ]
 splendid game against Alexander las
 Friday, will be the selection
 Manager Moran of the Phillies facel a harder task. His first string" maI
 defeated, he must choose 5etweei
 Chalmers, Rixey and Mayer. The lat
 ter pitched splendidly last Saturday but has not had much rest Chalmer
 Is an unknown quantity, but tn chances tonight were that he would b , the one to mount the hill and face tn
 booming battering sticks of the Sox. ! Red sox Overcome Greatest Obstacle Considered from all the angles tha Eo to make up ball game. today , contest was the best of the series t date. While the rival pitcher played a prominent part in tn : battle they did not shine to tn clever fielding and hard timely battini were contributing factors of both vic . tory and defeat The Red Sox. how ever won more than the game. for il dethroning Alexander they. feel the, ] removed the greatest obstacle in thei l path to the worlds championship. . Alexander at His Best.
 r Alexander was af his best in tn third contest but was held more thal " even by Leonard and then was reach | ed for the winning hits in the crucis | ninth session by the Boston batter e in a manner that broke the spell c 8 his pitching mastery. There are man sl tonight who predict that Alexande c will not be sent to the mound agai a i'm the present series Whether thl