The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-14

out for victory and their singing hits
for a total of twenty-one bases sound
ed the death knell of Philly hopes.
Manager Pat Moran of the Phillies
as on the crowd when he announced
]. Erskine Mayer of Alta ta, Ga, as
the finger to make the last stand for
the home team. 1t had been taken for
granted that Alexander would be sent
to the slab. The wise ones said that
Moran had decided to take chance
on winning SO that he would have
Alexander ready today fer q possible
tying up OF the series.
Mayer Knocked Out.
At any rate Mayer looked good to
Moran Wednesday, but he looked even
better to the Red Sox They We're
having a batting holiday a his ex-
pense when Moran stopped the pro-
ceedings in the third and waved
MAYER to the bench. The home play
ers had given Mayer two runs in their
half of the first, put the Sox had
and had gathered six hits off the
Georgian when he flung bis glove de-
iectedly away and ducked into the
Phil1y dugout.
Colonel Rixey was called to the
mound and the Sox assault was sud-
denly stopped. The home team gave
the colonel two additional runs in
the fourth inning and 1T seemed that
he was destined to be a winner until
the visitors took their eighth turn at
bat Gamer, the first man up in this
frame connected with one of the left
handlers slippery slants and sent 1t on
a journey over the infield for sim
gle. duffy" Lewis, already credited
with driving in two of the Red Sox
victories had spent a very quiet and
1neyentful afternoon up to this time.
He hadn't caught hold of the ball at
ALL But on this spectacular occasion
it was different. He met a fast one
squarely on the nose and the crowd
groaned as they saw the sphere sal1nS
far away for a circuit drive.
Up to this time the thousands OF
fans gathered for the fifth conflict
had been confident of victory. They
had been treated to more thrills than
all of the other games of the series
had offered. A midsummer sun
gave real baseball warmth to the at
mosphere and the bleacherites had
early DOTTED their hats and coats. 1t
was a cruel descent to the depths
of despair for them when Duffy
Lewis batting mainstay of the Sox
throughout the series, sent his homer
into the stands and tied the score.
This long hit made it possible for
Hooper's homer to give the finishing
touch to the game and the series.
But the Philly fans were as game
as their ball players had been and
Il
| been gentlemanly. They knew the
Phillies' star was setting fast but they
cheered Lewis for his batting prowess
In the fatal ninth, when Hooper sent
his second homer to the crowd, the
1 rooters who groaned with the sure
knowledge of defeat, did not deny to
the sturdy Californian similar NEED
of praise.
Fosters Second Victory.
| George Foster of Bokoshe Okla
won his second game of the series
| Foster got a warm reception Wednes-
day from the very start but he stuck
GRITTY to his task and finally with
stood the most furious fusillade the
PhiLlies had fired throughout the
series. Smashed and hammered in the
first and fourth, Foster was always
fighting back. He never lost his head
fielded splendidly and was always {
! dangerous factor at the bat. He gav
as game an exhibition of pitching a:
| has ever been seen in any league anC
there were few partisans in the Phill1
stands who begrudged him the victor.
the long delayed home runs of the
series threw his way. Larry Gard
| ner, the Sox third baseman, reall.
began the heavy firing of the gam'
when, in the second inning, h
crashed a ball against the center fielt
stands for three bases. The driv'
missed being a home run by inche
only.
No cleaner worlds series was eve
played. The men of both teams wol
the hearts of the fans both here ant
in Boston by their gentlemanly con
duct on the field and the sportsman
like manner in which they went abou
their work.
A Loose Game.
While the closing game abounde-