The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-14
SOX ARE CHAMPS
Mighty Club of Hooper Knocked
PhiIlies Out Wednesday.
Home Run in Ninth Inning
Gave Boston Championship.

PHILADELPHIA Pa Oct 1.-THE
Boston American League club is the
new champion baseball organization
of the world The highest honor to
be won on the diamond was conferred
upon the Red SoX here Wednesday
afternoon when they won the fifth
game of the worlds series from Fat
Moran's Phillies by the score OF to 4
In the fading sunlight of beautiful
October afternoon, Harry Hooper,
right fielder of the Sox, decided to
bring the worlds series of 1915 to
close The honor of his club and of
his league were at stake when he
came to bat for the last time in the
fifth game of a wonderfully hard
fought series-a game tied hard and
fast Colonel Epha Jetha Rixey, of.
the faltering Phillies and there was
one out in the ninth inning, when
Hooper faced the erratic southpaw.
The colonel" made the batter look
foolish as he broke TWO fast curves
over the plate for called strikes and
the home rooters were bowling in
glee. The noisy approval evidently
made Rixey overconfident, for mo-
ment later he grooved one There
was a swish, a crash of hickory
against the ball, and white streak
headed for the center field stands.
The ball fell to the ground and then
with a long bound it went into the
crowd and Hooper rrotted around the
bases.
The Series Was Over.
The Phillies still were due a turn at
bat, but there was not a soul among
the more than 10000 crowd in the
park who did not know that the series
was over and that the Boston Red Sex
had won another championship of the
world-four games to one. clustered
but still fighting, the standard bear
through the formality of completing
the last inning, but not a man could
get to first
This last game of the series was one
to stir the blood. 1t was battle from
the jump, with the issue ever in the
balance. Twice it seemed that Phila-
delphia had a winning margin, but
twice the Red Sox hammered their
way to the front. Piling up three
runs in the eighth and ninth innings,
they got the decision, to 4.
1t was a batting bee, in which the
Phillies got an early start. Their big
war clubs were ringing merrily when
the Red Sox determined to take a
forward, there was a crashing. clout-
ing chorus that sounded sweet
symphony in the ears of the fans. For
the first time in the series, the hum of
the homer was heard. The Boston
hitters got the range of the short
stands in center and sent three balls
hurting there for the circuit Hoop
err got two of the home run smashes
Philadelphia players valiantly tried
the invaders at the nome run game.
Luderus lifted one hfkn over the right
field wall in the fourth, but here the
heavy firing of the home folks ended
and for the last five innings there was
never threat of Philadelphia tallies.
Short Fences Fatal.
The short fences of the little Philly
park, confidently looked forward to
as a benefit TO the home players,
proved in the end their undoing- era
vath, home run monarch of the Ma
tional league, was expo cted to break
up several games with sm9shes out OF
the yard but his long hits were made
in Boston, where they were speared
for sensational outs. Before the home
crowd, "Gabby" could only whiff the
air when the fans were frantic for a
hit. He had an ideal chance Wednes-
day in the first, when the bases were
full and nobody out, but "Gabby' hit
into double play: His halo was de-
cidedIy lopsided at this time, but when
he ANONYMOUSLY famed twice there
after it was swept entirely away.
All through the worlds series, tho
Red Sox have been just good enough
to win. They lost their first meeting
with Alexander. but thereafter were
not to be denied. Supposedly out
classed from the start. with the ex-
ception of one star pitcher, the Phil
lies fought stubbornly and desperate
w and We're not without plenty OF
chances to win each game they lost
The drive The punch" the ultimate
smash was missing, however. and the.
could not give their pitchers com
Portable margin to work under
seemed that the tide was about TO TURF
to the Phillies yesterday When tne1
carried the game in the eighth lnnlns
two runs to the good, but the SoS were