The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-08
sox Tie the Count in First OF
Eighth, But Drop Game
When Phillies Hit for
Two in Ninth.
PILLS GET LEAST HITS
Moran's Men Get Five Blows
Against Opponents Eight
Alexander Hit Hard
in Opening.


in Opening.
rav George r. Holmes, United Press
star Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.-Grover
cleveland Alexander did the expected
mis- afternoon and doWned the Boston
Red sox In the first game OF the title
..ries. to 1. The big Nebraskan
never pitched a better game In some
r.spects, Boston batters were on
base in every inning but each time
Alexander frightened up and pulled
himself through by his own good ef-
torts, stock scored the winning run
IN the eighth. He started with walk,
was sent to second by 6anerofts
,lnrIe and both moved up when Shore
.I.o n,ssed Paskert. Cravath bin9led
"a the infield which Scott was a bit
slow in fielding, and Stock came nome.
cravath however, was caught at first.
Luderus scratched a single next,
scoring Bancroft.
Shore lost tough luck game. me
breaks at all times favored the Pills
Several times what should have been
easy outs went for hits because OF
the slippery field Shore allowed the
Pills only five hits, whereas Alexan-
der was touched for eight, one in each
inning.
The Pills got away to one run
lead In the fourth. Paskert led on
with single. was sacrificed to sec
ond by Cravath, sent to third on
Luderus' infield out, and scored when
Whitfield poled single over second.
Boston tied 1t up in it's half of the
eighth. After Scott had died Speak
er walked on four pitched balls. went
10 second on Hobby's infield out and
scored when Duffy Lewis laid
screaming single almost against left
field wall.
Alexander struck out six men, max
Ing Lewis whiff the air twice.
4 Shores strike-outs totalled four.
rBy Geo. R. Holmes, United Press
Correspondent
PHILLIES FIELD, PHILADEL-
PHIA, Oct S.-The Phillies and Red
Sox began the first game of the
worlds premier baseball struggle this
afternoon on as rotten a playing field
as the annual classic was ever con-
tested on. The infield was covered
with Shiny, treacherous blanket or
muck which small army Of ground
keepers labored feverishly but yainly
to make firm under foot.
Shortly before one O'Clock the dia-
mond was flooded with gasoline and
match applied. The conflagrat1on
dried off the surface, but scarcely
touched the real seat Of the trouble.
Sawdust, crushed brick-everything
was thrown onto the playing plat, but
still it threatened to make the infield-
ers crazy with grief and consterna-
ton
Tie crowd, Of course, packed the
band box park to suffocation. Hun
gave up small forturfe for the COW
eted paper slips.
SPECTATORS paid their winter ex-
penses on the proceeds Of todays bar
tering.
Filled In Thirty Minutes.
The 81 bleachers were filled in thir-
ty minutes after the gates opened,
and the faithful patiently awaited the
coming of the principals.
They were rewarded, or at least
satisfied at 1910 when John Patrick
Moran, with good, old Irish swag-
ger, led his white suited cohorts
through the gate under the center
held beachers.
Ten minutes later the Red sox
trooped in.
pale, anaemic sun came out as
Moran and Carrigan greeted each
other with seeming fervor, at the
plate and smiled into the cameras.
The Phillies were the first to take
the field for batting practice. De
! maree served up some shoots for Nor
ans sluggers to poke at. In the
meantime, the Red Sox were wallow-
Ing in the mire on the side lines, tax
ing the kinks out of their arms. me
lnfeld appeared so soggy that IL
seemed runner would almost surely
m1re down. Water was standing on
the surface in front Of the benches.
fortunate enough to have been un-
loaded by the Athletics, Jack Barry
appeared smiling as world series
combatant for the 'steenth time,
Whitfield, now Philly, also wore the
expression OF the cat that had just
swallowed the canary, as he stepped
up for practice, bringing recollections
or the days Of the Braves.
Crowd Comes in.
BY one o'clock, the crowd was
streaming in. and at one fifteen, the
srand stand began to show signs OF
real life. While band leased itself
wlth popular and near-popular airs,
alexander, Moran, Bancroft and 9TH
er Phillies, together with Carrigan.
speaker, Hooper, Lewis and other
hed Sox posed in various postures, al
ieged to be graceful, for a swarm of
photographers.
AT 1:20 p. m. the Phillies, after
snort, snappy workout. gave up the
neld to their rivals. Mays, the young
rs. member OF the Red Sox firing
S 0iuao, TOOK the box, and started
ellching to the batters Speaker, most
leared of the Boston artillery. lined