The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
THE CAME FRIDAY
Phillies Had Advantage of
"Breaks" of Game.
Shore Pitched Brilliant Game
for Red SOX.
written for the state Journal by
Frank G. Menee.)

| Alexander pltted his mighty r1Snl arm
against the Red Hosed diamond war
riors from Boston Friday afternoon
and the Phillies. aided by every
break of the game, won the first
world series clash 3 to 1 in the pres
ence of 1868 fans and fanettes.
The invincibility of Alexander in
pinches, scintillating support at crit
! ical moments and "a bone" by Short
stop Scott of the Red SoX and amaz-
| ing luck Observation-Disclosures were the
factors in the Phillies' victory.
No team ever has been favored in
world series fracas as were the Phil
lies Friday afternoon. The field was
sOggy and treacherous from the rains
of Thursday, yet to this seemingly un-
favorable condition do the Phillies
owe four of the five hits they made
and to this do they owe all of their
three runs.
LaureIs to "AIex."
T Alexander goes the laurel wreath
that belongs to the victor, yet the
youthful Ernie Shore actually out
pitched the phenom of the National
league. No youngster ever displayed
greater GOODNESS, 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.
Shore pitched game that would
have won 80 battles out of 100 but
luck was against him. The kid al
| lowed only five hits and four of - EN-
were infield flukes. Only six times
during the game were his twisterS
hoisted to the outfield and only one
| of them fell safe. That was Texas
| league hit by Paskert back of first
base in the fourth inning.
A Weird Bone
1t was a weird bone executed by
Shortstop Scott in the eighth inning
| that was the turning point of the
game. 1t paved the way for a Phillie
victory and the PhilIies took advan-
tage of it by riding through 20 vic
| tory. 1t was a bone that a player
executes only once IN life time and
| Scott is broken hearted because fate
! ruled that it should be pulled Fri
| day. The score stood tie at IL when
the Phillies went to bat in their half
man up, was an easy out, Barry to
Hoblitzel 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 SCOTS bone"
! Bancroft, the next batter, shot the
ball through the pitchers box and
on a bounding line to right center.
his, almost hurtled through the air,
covered about twenty feet in the
| twinkling of an eye, grabbed the
grounder with his bare hand and then
| looked like a sure play. But Scott,
to the amazement o. the crowd
| wasn't covering second but had gone
| back to his position at short, having
conceded Bancroft a hit on his siz-
zling grounder.
When Barry saw there was no
chance to get Stock at second he
| whirled for a throw to first out by
that time Bancroft had crossd the bag
| and both runners were safe on q. play
that should have been an out, if not
a double play.
Bancroft was credited with a hit on
that bounder o Barry
Shore Upset.
scott's fliver seemed to unsettle
Shore temporarily and Paskert
worked him for a pass, filling the
bases with one out and bringing Gao
tus'' Cravath, the home run king"
to the plate.
The crowd impIored Cactus to lift
the ball over the fence but he re-
| sponded by sending a slow bounder to
Scott, which gave Stock a chance to
| score while Scott was throwing out
Cravath.
With two out and two on bases Lu-
derus ambled to the plate and dumped
| 4 puny grOunder in front Of the plate
| which scored Bancroft and gave Lu-
derus a fluke single because the slip
perry field made it impossible for
Shore to reach the fall in time to field
it to first
The side was retired when Luderus
| was thrown out at second trying to
steal. 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 the game Alexander 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-run-
less.
Sox Hits Scattered.
Those Sox swatted the Alexander Of
ferings for eight hits but Alex kept
them scattered. One per inning for
the first eight innings was the way he
doled out his donations.
The first run of the game was
scored in the fourth. Paskert got a
Texas Lacquer back of first. Cravath
sacrificed him to second and he went
to third on LuderuS's infield out.
Whitfield dribbled an infield roller that
would have been easy to handle on a
dry field but it moved slowly to Barry
and before he could run in and grab
it Paskert had scored and Whitfield was
safe at first.
The only tally acquired by the SoX
came in the eighth. After one man
was out Speaker got a base on balls
and went to second when Stock threw
out HoblizeL Lewis saved his club
from a shutout by lining single to
the outfield which scored Speaker aft
er a rather close play at the plate.
The game was an odd one for sew
eral reasons Not an extra base swat
was made by either side although 13
safeties were compiled. Not double
play was made. The Sox had nine
men left on bases-one IAN in each
of the nine innings which is a rec
ord unique.
Philadelphia had gone wild over the
victory of the Phillies Friday litter
noon and despite the fact that luck
was the mightiest factor in the victory
. for the home team the betting odds on