South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-12
Scott Pulls Neat One With
Hooper on,FirSt and Moran'S
Men Are Caught Flat
footed.
BY Damon Runyon.

Bill Carrigan, manager of the Boston
Red Sox, flashed a brief instruction
in the wireless. wordless language of
the ball field TO Everett scott, his
young short fielder in the ninth inning
Of the third game Of the worlds series
and a few moments later Alexander,
called The Great, had fallen.
That sign of CarTigans produced
the only real baseball strategy that
has been used in this series. 1t
brought about the defeat OF the Phila-
delphia Nationals by a score of 2 TO 1.
II was the play that definitely turned
the flank of the mighty Alexander; it
was the play that started the rout Of
the Phillies, but It was not the play
that set the $4,000 people packed in
the stands and bleachers to roaring.
1t was the play that the so-called ex-
perts of baseball will eNpatiate on at
length. But the play that brought the
crowd outstanding and filled the field
with a great volume OF noise was
when Duffy Lewis, the chunky Cali
fornian, veteran of many a desperate
diamond tussle, smashed a single TO
center field, with Harry Hooper an
other native son OF the golden west
perched on the third sack, and Iris
Speaker - Intentionally passed. for
safety's sake, by AleXander-iockey-
ing around second. Two were out and
the score was tied when Lewis came
to the plate, swishing a long bat as
lightly as if it were a toothpick
Cracks First Ball Pitched.
One ball was pitched to him By
Alexander-fairly high and smoking
fast-and there followed that old
familiar crack of the fiction baseball
stories. There came that instant's
hush as all eyes trailed the whirling
ball. and presently the strains of
'Tessie," war song of Boston's royal
rooters. spilled along the field behind
a band and the high hat of Honey
Fitz"
That one ball pitched to Lewis by
Alexander caused many a heated
argument Monday night. II brings
up many an angle Of the technique
and the science of the baseball field.
incoherent enough TO the mind of the
layman, which understands only that
Duffy Lewis soaked that pill and won
that ball game. 1t comprehends no
mistake in pitching judgment about
that smash: IL sees no room for
chance in a hit by a man who had
already made two hits-half of the
total number acquired by the SoN
from the thunderbolt pitching of
Alexander
If IL secs any mistakes. IL probably
sees only the mistakes OF the Phillies.
including the great Alexander him
self. when they lost two distinct
chances TO win the game, before they
were irretrievably enmeshed in the
left-hand hurting Of Hubert Leonard,
nicknamed Dutch.
Carrfgan's Strategy.
And maybe the lay mind will have
some difficulty in comprising the
strategy % the play that really won
the game-the play that goes back
behind the one ball pitched TO Lewis
by Alexander. which baseball men say
was such a grievous blunder. but we
shall tell of that play as il occurred,
and explain il as il is explained by
the sages OF the national game.
! Harry Hooper opened the last half
of the ninth inning with "A line drive
to right which went as a single. The
shrill voice Of silk" O'Loughlin, the
American league umpire working be-
! hind the plate. tolled off a strike, and
/ then Hooper fouled off the second and
/ third pitches before he slugged the
| ball 10 the territory patrolled by old
! Wooden shoes" Cravath.
/ The next play logical for the SoN
under the circumstances was a bunt
/ to advance Hooper. AS young Scott
stepped To the plate he had his bat
Rugged close 10 his chest. his hands
{ gripping tho stick in the middle
/ choked the bail PLAYERS call il. The
3 philadelphia infeld' moved in toward
the plate-thc stOlid Luderus, who
/ famed three times Monday before the
+ felt-handed sweeps of Dutch" Leon
ard. the quiet Niehof. Bancroft. the
I sensational and pin-legged chattering
/ Stock
Third Bunt Fools Ph'Ilics.
Scott pushed his bat stiffly at the
/ = 40 Of A.
! he moved. the Philly infelders rushed
/ forward hawkly eXpcctant, then fell
/ back trifie rs Alexander swung his
arm and Scott again cruched in a
4 hitting posture. The infield moved
up once more with the lashinC Of
J AleXander's arm and again Scott foul
ed the ball with the awkward hunt
J ing motion that is designed TO just
drop the ball few inches in front
/ of the plate.
| This made two strikes on Scott. and
under these circumstances the Ordi-
nary proceeding would have been for
( him to abandon the attempt TO bunt
and take his full swing AZ the ball.
( trying for a safe hit. II he failed 10
hit the ball on a third attempt at
I hunting he would be out under the
rules The philadelphia infield evil
I IDENTIFY expected q swing. rs IL fell
back 10 the usual positions. Scott
no longer had himself tensed NJ the
plate: his body was relaved and he
had the attitude of a man To take
his Moriarity." as the ball players say,
meaning a healthy swing But the
sign had reached him from Carrigan
and at the next ball he reached ont
his hat and deity caught the ball with
n light snap. II was harder than he
intended: II was so hard that II car
ried the ball out past Alexander 20
| Niehof. rs NiehOff came fiyinC in
after wasting an instant 70 set start
cd. but il was sufficient 20 advance
Hooper 10 second while NiehOff was
throwing Scott out at first and II was
sufficient 70 totally unravel tho frayed
nerves Of the philadelphia club
II had been a hard enough stra.r
as il was. holding back the rushing
Sox. even behind the superb PITCHING
of Alexander
Speaker i Walked.
This brought Iris Speaker 10 tbs
bat He had scored the tying run FOL
the Sox in the fourth inning with INF:
own triple TO right field and HOblit'
zers sacrifice. Iris came up swing!11