Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
PROVES BAT'rISL: BEE
FROM FIRST INNING

THIS gam" was one To stir the blood.
II was a battle from the jump, with
ihe issue ever in the balance. Twice
1t seemed that Philadclt.hia had a
winning margin. but twice tn. Red Sox
hammered their way TO equal terms
Piiing up three runs in tho eighth and
ninth innings. they got the decision,
. TO 4.
1t was batting bee. IN which the
Phillies got an early start Their big
war clubs were ringing merrily when
the Red SoX took - hand IN the anray.
From that time forward there was a
crashing clcuiing chorus that sounded
q sweet symptoms in the cars Of the
fans For the first time in the series
the hum of home rum WAS heard in the
land The Boston httcrs got the range
OF the field stands in right and center
and sent the ball over them three
times Hooper got TWO OF the home
runs and Lewis another for Boston
The Philadelphia players. who had
their batting sights carefully trained
on the stand and close-set fences long
before the series began, valiantly tried
10 meet the invaders at the home run
game. Luderus lifted one high over
the right field wall in the fourth but
here th" heavy firing OF the home folks
ended. and for the last five innings
there was never Il threat of Phila-
Gelphia tallics. The short fences OF
the little Phtily park, looked forward
to benefit to the home players,
proved in the end their undoing
Cravath, home run monarch OF the
National League, was expected to
break up several games with smashcs
out of the lot. but he got his long hits
in Boston, where they were spcarcd for
sensational outs. and before the home
crowds "Gavvy" could only Whit the
air when the fans were frantic for Il
hit He had an ideal chance to- day in
the first when the bases were full and
nobody out, but hit into a double play.
His halo was decidedly lop- sided at
this time, but when he ignominiously
famed twice thereafter. II was swept
entirely away.
BOSTON ALWAYS LITTLE
AHEAD OF QUAKERS
All through this worlds series the
Red SoX have been just good enough
TO win. They lost their first meeting
with Alexander. but thereafter were
not to be ed. When the Phila-
delphia team felded brilliantly, the
Boston players shone with just that
greater degree OF radiance which mar
rowly separates the winner from the
loser When tho Philadelphia pitching
was air-tght. the Boston twirling was
just a little tighter. And to-day when
the long, silent bats OF the Phiilics be-
gan a lifting song OF biffs and bineles.
the Boston bats crashed in more stri-
dent tones. Never very far above their
rivals in any one of the hvc) )gamcs. the
men Of the American League In tho
last four starts were always just with
in the shadowy limo OF success. 1t was
n hard series for tho Phillies to loso.
but brilliant victory for tho Boston
Sox.
Supposedly outclasscd from the start.
with the exception of ono star pitcher,
the Phillies fought stubbornly and dcs-
pcratcly, and were not without plenty
of chances to win each game they lost.
The drive. the punch the ultimate
smash was missing, however. 1t
seemed that the tide was about to turn
; to the Phillies this afternoon, when
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