The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-12
HOW 1914 COMPARED.
~ WILLIAM u. HANNA.


RosroH. Oct. 1.-THE Red Sox
cleaved their way through the pitching
II Grover Alexander this afternoon.
which is Il man sized task. and now
,M national sries for the biggest plum
IN baseball stands two games to one in
heir favor. They beat the phillies this
afternoon to l. The fighting ceased
with the second Boston tally. Harry
Hooper who made II. tracked pelmell
10 the plate in the ninth inning with
Two OF his side retired. and the hit
which drove him home. single by
Duffy Lewis. a marauder all afternoon
with his scan,ling. was all that stood
between victory and battle Of extra in
Hluss. The finale and the climax were
blended into one
Alexander. great as he IL. met a
greater boXman this afternoon. The
Intangible pitching of Hubert Leonard,
more readily recognized by his sobri-
Quet Of Dutch, sent the boss club OF
The National League to its to /
downfall. The skill OF Leonard In the
OoX. the fragile work with the stick
VI the Quikers, developments which
are lntcrrcatcd, stood out foremost in
he winning by the Hub band of its
se,Vnd victory IN succession.
QuRkcrs' Hitting WOfulIy Weak.
1t was merger OF tine pitching and
shadoVy hitting. The former forced the
later. Yet. piiissant as the Boston
pitching has been since this arbitrament
began, surely the phillies are not bat
Ihs up To normal form, howeve. good
Inc hostile pitching, and the lightness is
4 salient wherefor in their position
his evening They made three hits to-
Jay, three last Saturday. six last FRI
Gay. Twelve hits in twenty-six innings
oi continuous warfare make the most
cosent Of reasons why their adyerslries,
shv have shown decidedly more power
"llh the bat, lead them Two games to
one
Alexander pitched splendid game.
though not as effective as Leonard's
W one run and "A margin of one run
II 10 ! outcome is immense Off
tther pitcher 1t was so difficult to
score that runs were as scarce and
pre'i"uS a. gold. Six hits were the eX-
'ehI Of Boston's hitting. Hooper.
speaker, Lewis. members of the incUm-
pardhl" ouiliell. waved their cudgcis
!or the base hits which entered inuo
me Boston scoring. Always a matchless
NO ln defence, to-day they earned their
s'lt ana much more on the offence.
splrh and span fielding. hitting which
Ndk tIIln a Slla tbinn.r n
"'her, championship pitching, care and
sutton - an oyerdone, tmid point in
nance taking these Were pertinent
'o'HtS IN the game set before the slop-
I's acres OF spectators and played in
'"s National League park of magnifi-
'e'l distances. IL WAS the finest
Nea'n'' So far of the series for play
.ns IA" playing was done before more
man '"""o fans in tho most spacious
o'i'ti"und IN the country. View and
"e'" ana hss"mblag- We're on "A bigger,
shnHer scale than the contest. which,
VIM" ''"~o and ,xpertly done in de-
e"N'N" Respects, hadn't enough swirl
", ''' bases or oven tenancy OF them
% be " stirring game.
Not On" on Base In six IuuiUus.
An outstanding detail of how much
'' "'NN were uninhahited was the
L'e' inability of the phllies 20 get
,h"'" after the third inning. In the
- ~ innings of the game they were
'l' sol completely obscured by Leon
"n"S l.'' Aius, for they went out In one.
NN"' 'h.'" order from the fourth to
. ninth innings inclusive, \ strike
Wv" fy "r % rohhlod grounder and
'"pr"d IN relays of three with
'u' n"not"nOus frequency. Leon
a" was IN" greatest mystery of their
hH' al this time Alexander the stout
t'.' l'I WAS working to the limit OF
N h'.'d aud arm to ropulsc the Bos-
'n mat the rhillics, fielding
c'.H h'hind him. fought the Red Sox
Nv 10 '"" aud On even terms untll
WI" "il rin Wis flushed in the ninth.
r"' '." Rcd SoN Dick IIoblitznll
VI 'plI'l thrown BAN and iris Speaker
"l "ited bali in the sun. Aside
,"I, 'r's" dclinquencies the fielding OF
M ~. i'h SoN Was impeccahlo. Speakers
P Wa cNcusablc. lie was in
..'nt" lHnd ana wasn't used to local
''RiIl"' Of tno luminarr. Hoblitzell's
Nd' an everyday human muff
"'b Do" "ud of open country behind
wa !" which 20 rcmp ana prowl and
'N ~ balls. the ouiiiclders of both
ans trur"d prominently and often In
'"' ''' .l"nt fielding OF the contest, A
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