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for Eppa. He looked like a regular
| pitcher until the eighth and then
Lewis partially spoiled the picture
with his homer and Hooper entirely
ruined IL with his four-bagger ia the
next inning.
1t was in spots a wierd ball game,
yet withal one jammed with exciting,
tense moments. The Philiies got away
in the lead and held l. until the
| eighth when Duffy Lewis jumped 10
| the fore and tied il with his home
run smash and then Hooper. in the
ninth, with the wallop that made the
1915 series a thing Of the past.
Hope Until Eighth.
IL looked like a sure victory for
the Phillies and when the Red Sox
went 20 bat in their half OF the eighth
and QuakertOwn fandom nursed a
! small hope that after all. il might
have waving from its Philly park flag
pole the bunting embroidered with the
| letters Worlds Champions"
Cravath, the one time mighty slug
ger, had two grand chances TO redeem
/ himself for his feeble efforts in the
batting line in the first four games,
but he failed. Luderus, his slugginA
I team mate, however, was the bright
particular star of the Phillies' at
tack.
1 II was III the tAEA%4llE HIGL AlHlH5
| that Luderus performed his first score
that. earned the plaudits of the multi
tude. stock opened the inning by
| ambling TO first. after he had been hit
| by a pitched ball.
Bancroft singled sending Scott to
second. Paskert attempted TO sacri-
/ flee but got an inheld hit that filled
| the bases. While the crowd went into
a frenzy Of madness, up walked Cra-
1 raf - md ~ n ln h.g i'm
| plored him to hit he sent a puny
! bounder TO Foster. who executed a
/ double play by throwing to Thomas,
] which forced Stock at the plate and
Thomas then threw out Cravath.
Luderus To- Rescue.
! Luderus. however. raised the hopes
| of the fans with a slashing double to
/ center which scored Bancroft and
\ Paskert.
| In the fourth inning Luderus broke
/ up the tie by hammering out the
/ longest home run hit ever made in
\ Philadelphia. Probably it was the
\ longest ever made in the history Of
/ the game. The ball cleared that right
/ field fence, which is nearly 60 feet
! high by at least Is feet and when last
! seen was travelling like a rifle bullet in
the general direction of the Atlantic
| ocean.
| The stage seemed all set for a Phil
| lie triumph Wednesday afternoon but
! that Harry Hooper person, aided by
! Duffy Lewis, regarded as an arch vii
! liam in these parts. kicked the props
| from under the stage and put the
show on the blink
Those home runs furnished only
! part of the afternoons entertainment.
| There were two or three amusing in
! cidents mixed in the bill that pro-
| voked laughter. One Of the funny
| plays came in the eighth. Luderus
was at bat and Dugey running for
\ Cravath was on first. Dugey shot for
/ second as Foster threw TO the plate,
! but Cady's throw beat Dugey to the
/ bag and Umpire O'LOughlin waved
him out. That out would have retired
the side.
LudeFus Shows Shirt.
The Red Sox started in for the
| bench and some of the Phillies start
! ed for the field. In the meantime
Luderus was showing his shirt TO Base
Umpire KLEIN as exhibit "A" in his
claim that he had been grazed by
Fosters heave. KLEIN examined the
shirt with much sOlemnity approved
Luderus claim, sent him to first and
waved Dugey back TO second after
DuZy had almost made the dugout
NIehOm made his first and only hit
of the series in the fourth inning and
celebrated by scoring which made the
count at that time TO against the
Red Sox. Niehoff's hit came with two
out Burns followed him with a sin
gle to right and Niehoff raced around
second and started for third.
HoOpers throw 10 third was wild
and Niehof started for home Gard
ner recovered the ball and threw to
the catcher His throw was wild and
NiehOf scored easily Hooper was
charged with an error in that play al
though his heave was no worse than
that of Gardner. who did not get an
error.
Bancroft Stars i'm Field.
Bancroft. at short, was the fielding
star of the day. He made two sensa-
tional stops and throws, one of his
plays killing a seeming sure hit for
Speaker. Bancroft broke into the err
ror column in The sixth when he threw
Barry's grOunder wild to first en-
aiding BLACK Jack" to reach second.
The first scoring of the game was
in the first on Luderus' double which
brought IN two Philie runners.
Gardeners triple and Barry's single in
the second gave the Red SoX their first
tally In the third Hooper evened up
the game with his home run swat.
The Philies went into the lead in
the fourth on LuderUS' home run, Me
hoff's single. Burns single and Hoop
er's error. In the eighth Lewis
evened il up again with his home run
swat which scored GainOr ahead Of
him. And then. in the ninth came
/ one more Harry Hooper. who busted
up the game and the series as we'll
Make Hitting Record.
/ Four home runs one triple. one
double and g singles is what those
ball players served up 10 fandom
Wednesday afternoon in batting
way the greatest hitting record in any
series battle.
start TO finish, a game which the
: Phillies should have won If they had
/ started Alexander and a game they
would have won if Eppa Jepha Rixey.
six feet and six inches tall. had not
grooved the ball for Duffy Lewis and
Harry Hooper.
The phi 81 lost ~ hrrf /, rr-