The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
Invincible Form of Alexander
and Brilliant Support at
Critical Moments Features
Quakers' First Victory.
SHORE OUTPITCHED RIVAL
BY FRANK G. MENKE.

Philadelphia. Oct s-Grover Alexander
pitted his mighty right arm against the
red-hosed diamond warriors from Boston
this afternoon and the Phillies, aided by
every break" Of the game. won the first
world series clash, to l. in the presence
Of 1888 fans and fanettes.
The invincibility of Alexander in
pinches. scintillating support at critical
moments. bone by Shortstop Scott,
of the Red Sox, and amazing luck
| throughout-these were the factors In the
Phillies' victory
No team ever has been favored in a
world series fracas as were the Phillies
this afternoon. The field was soggy and
treacherous from the rains of Thursday
yet to this seemingly unfortunate condi-
ton do the Phillies owe four Of the five
hits they made, and to this do they owe
all Of their three runs.
To Alexander goes the laurel wreath
that belongs to the victor, yet the youth
full Ernie Shore actually outpitched the
phenom Of the National League. No
youngster ever displayed greater COOL
ness, gameness or more stuff in classic
baseball duel than this big Highlander
from Boston, and his defeat always must
rank as one Of the pathetic features of
world series battling.
Luck Against Shore.
Shore pitched a game that would
have won ninety-nine battles out of
100. but luck was against him. The
kid" allowed only five hits. and four
of them were infield flukes. Only six
times during the game were his twist
ers hoisted to the outfield. and only one
Of them fell safe. That was a Texas
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base in the fourth inning.
1t was q weird bone" executed by
Shortstop Scott in the eighth that was
the turning point of the game. 1t
paved the way for a Philly victory.
and the PhiAies took advantage Of it
by riding through to victory. it was
a bone" that player executes only
once in a lifetime and Scott tonight is
broken hearted because fate ruled that
1t should be pulled" today.
The score stood tied at IL when the
PhillieS went to bat in their half of
the eighth. Alexander. the first man
up. was an easy out, Barry to Ho-
blitZel. Stock followed him and Shore,
in his efforts to groove them for Stock.
got them too wide. and Stock walked.
And then the stage was set for Scott's
bone.
Barry Makes Catch.
Bancroft, the next batter, shot the
ball through the pitchers box and on
a bounding line to right center. Barry.
with the uncanny skill that is his. al
most hurtled through the air. covered
about twenty feet in the twinkling of
an eye, grabbed the grounder with his
bare hand and then wheeled to throw
to second for what looked like sure
double play. But Scott, to the amaze
ment of the crowd. was not covering
second. but had gone back to his posi-
tion at short. having conceded Ban |
croft a hit on his sizzling grounder. !
When Barry saw there was no chance |
to get Stock at second. he whirled for
a throw to first but by that time Ban |
croft had crossed the bag and both |
runners were safe on play that
should have been an out. if not q |
double play.
Bancroft was creditoa with a hit on
that bounder to Barry.
Scott's flivver seemed to unsettle Shore
temporarily. and Paskert worked him for
a pass, filling the bases with one out and
bringing Cactus Cravath, the home |
run king to the plate.
The crowd fmplored Cactus to lift the
ball over the fence, but he responded by
sending a slow bounder to Scott. which
gave Stock a chance to score, while Scott
was throwing out Cravath.
Scores Bancroft.
With two out and two on bases, Lude-
rus ambled to the plate and dumped a
puny grounder in front of the plate, which
scored Bancroft and gave Luderus fluke
single because the slippery field made 1t
impossible for Shore to reach the ball in
time to field 1t to first
Alexander's pitching in pinches was a
beautiful exhibition to watch. The Red
Sox clubbers found nothing battling about
his side-arm delivery-until hits meant
runs. Nine times during that game Alex
ander was in trouble; nine times the Sox
had one or two men on the bases; yet
every time but one he frightened up and
sent the Sox back to their dugout runless.
Those Sox swatted the Alexander offer
ings for eight hits, but Alexander kept
them scattered. One per inning for the
first eight innings was the way he doled
out his donations
The first run was scored in the fourth
Paskert got Texas Lacquer back Of first
Craveth sacrificed him to second, and he
went to third on Luderus' infield out
Whitted dribbled an infield roller that
would have been easy to handle on a 1rv
field. but 1t moved slowly to Barry, and