El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-14
TIMELY HITTING BY RED 50{
BIG FEATURES IN SERIES CANES
Heavy Stick Work and Home Runs of Boston Team Too
Much for PhilIies Struggle to Overcome Lead and
Retrieve Losses in Clash for the 1915 Pennant;
Moran Causes Surpris in Selecting Mayer.

PHILADELPHIA. PA, Oct 1.-THE
~ Boston Red Sox are champions of
L the world for the present season.
By defeating the Phillies in Wednes-
days game at the local National league
park. ; to 1. they made in four victories
in five games and closed one OF the
most exciting series in recent years
Just as the Sox won three previous
games by their timely hitting, so did
they hammer out a victory IN the Ilnal
contest for the title Twice the Phillies
had leads wh2eh looked good enough
TO win the hOnors Of the game, but the
heavy hitting American Ieaguers were
not to be denied. Three home runs ma
terially assisted them in their fight for
the victory
The final game was by Iar the most
exciting of the series Both teams hit
the ball harder than in any previous
contest and while there were no very
sensational fielding stunts, the work
OF the fielders was at all times snappy
enough to keep the fans on edge.
Pat Moran Causes Surprise.
There was considerable surprise when
manager Pat Moran announced Erskine
Mayer as his pitching selection It had
been generally expected that Grover
Cleveland Alexander would make his
third start in the series. but evidently
the star finger was feeling the effects
of the two games he pitched Mayer
U1u UOL nave the same speed WHICH ne
showed in his first start and the Red
Sox began to get to him in the second
inning With two out. Gardner tripled
and Barry and Thomas followed with
singles. giving the Sox their first run
No great alarm was felt by the PHI
lie fans as the first three men to face
George Foster in the opening inning
had reached their bases and while
smart double play killed off two. Lu-
derus had smashed out double that
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} Rixey Goes to Mound.
Harry Hooper was. the first man TO
face Mayer in the first and he greeted
him with a home run drive to center
This tied the score Scott drove long
fly to Paskert and Speaker clipped off
a nice single. They were getting to
Mayer in real earnest Manager Moran
yanked him out and sent the elongated
Eppa Rixey TO the mound The south
paw caused Gamer, who replaced Hob
litzel at bat when the southpaw went
TO the mound, to hit into a double play.
Rixey went great guns for four IN
nings. during which time the SOX were
able TO get but one hit single over
short by Foster.
The PhiIlies. in the meantime. had
been hitting Foster hard After era
vath had famed in the fourth. Luderus
hit over the short right field fence for
q home run Whitfield popped out TO
Gardner. but NiehOff came along with
2 single He went TO THIRD on Burns
single and scored when Hooper made
z bad throw 10 Gardner and the latter
heaved wild when he retrieved the ball
The ground rules gave runner two
bases on a throw into the fence so the
error was charged to Hooper Burns
went to second on the play and another
score looked possible but Gardner got
Rixey's grOunder and threw him out
at first
Foster Becomes Unsteady.
Foster then frightened up, but his
team was two runs to the bad For the
rest of the game, Foster allowed but
two hits though he was a bit unsteady
and hit one batter and walked two in
the remaining innings.
The Sox tied the score in the eighth
Gamer singled by third and Lewis came
along with a home run smash. While
the big southpaw was a bit unsteady,
he handled the next three batters to
face him in mastery fashion
Foster was the first batter to face
Rixey in the ninth and he whitfield.
Then came Home Run" Hooper and he
again poled cut four base hit putting
Boston into the lead and giving the
worlds championship to the American
1eaguers- Scott was an easy infield out.
and Speaker famed. but the damage
was done.
Not n Pitchers Game.
b Niehoff. first TO face Foster in last
OF the ninth. was a strikeout Burns