Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
HOOPER ENDS BIG SERIES

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center. which scored Bancroft and
Paskcrt. All"
In the fourth inning. Luderus broke
up the tie by hammering out the long
est home-run hit ever made in phil,
delphia. Probably it was the lonycs,
ever made In the history of the game
ine ball cleared that rtGht-fcll fence
which Is nearly sixty feet high. by at
least fifteen feet. and when last seen
was travelling like rife bullet In the
general direction of the Atlantic Ocean
me stage seemed all set for a
Ihillie triumph this afternoon. but
mat Harry Hooper person. aided inv
puHy Lewis. regarded as an arch
riliianjn these parts. kicked the props
on the blink.
Those home runs furnished ONLY part
OF the afternoons entertainments Thore
were two or three amusing incidents
mixed In the bill that provoked laugh
ter.
One Of the funny plays came in tho
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
Dusey, to the bag, and Umpire o.
Loughlin waved him out Th., would
have retired the side.
The Red Sox started for the bench
and some OF the Phillies started for
the field. In the meantime Ludcrus
was showing his shirt to Behind the
Bases Umpire Klein, as exhibit a in
his claim that he had been yraZed hy
Fosters heave. KLEIN examined the
shirt with much solcmnity approved
Luderus's claim, sent him to first and
waved Dugcy back TO second. after
Dugey had almost made the dugout.
Hooper Gets Error
NiehoH made his first and only hit
tt,A
celebrated by scoring, which mad. the
. count at that time TO 9 against the
Red Sox. Niehofs hit came with two
out. Burns followed him with sim
gle TO right. and NichoT raced around
second and started for third.
Hoopcrs throw TO third was wild
and Nichoff started for home Gard
ncr recovered the ball and threw tn
the catcher. His throw was lid, and
Nichon scored easily. Hooper was
charged with an error on that play,
although his heavc was no worse than
that OF Gardner who ddn; get an
error.
Bancroft, at short, was the fielding
star OF the day. He made two SEN
sattonal stops and throws, one of his
plays killing seemingly sure hit for
Speaker. Bancroft broke INFO the err
ror column in the sixth when he threw
Barry's grounder wild to first, enabling
BLACK Jack" to reach second.
The first scoring OF the game was
in the first Inning on Luderus's double
which brought in two Phillic runners
Gardner's 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
Hooper Hrenks III Game.
The Phillics went into tho lead in
the fourth on Luderus's homer, Me
hons single. Burns's single and Hoop
er's error. In the eighth, Lewis evened
II up again with his home-run swat,
which scored Gamer ahead Of him.
And then, in the ninth. came one MIR.
Harry Hooper, who busted up thu
game. and the worlds series as we'll
Four home runs. one triple, one
double and thirteen singles is what
those ball players served up 10 fandom
this afternoon, in q batting way the
greatest hitting record in any worlds
series battle.
1t was game bitterly fought from
start to finish, game which the Phil
lies should have won ii they had
started Alexander. and game they
would have won if Eppa Jeptha Rixey,
six feet and six inches tall hadn' I
grooved the ball for Duffy Lewis and
Harry Hooper
The Phillies lost to 4. but they
went down to defeat battling to the
last