The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-12
Nationals Win Three To One Over
Red Sox Of American League
In What Is Called, As Poor a
Game As Ever Played In City
DEFEATED TEAM 0UTBATS
BUT UNDERFIELDS RIVALS
Pound Ball All Over Lot While
Opponents Starve For Hits, But
Glaring Errors On Bases Lose
Much For Hub City Players

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ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirelsssD
PHILADELPHIA, October 9-The
Philadelphia baseba team of the Ma
tional League won the opening game
of the series for the world 5 champion
ship over the Boston Americans here
Yesterday afternoon, the score being
three to one. The game as seen
through the eyes of the experts was
as poor an exhibition of the game as
ever staged in Philadelphia, and the
victory of the National League repre-
sentatives was a most unimpressive
one.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the
much heralded marvel of the diamond,
displayed a wonderful lack of nerve in
the early stages of the game. Luck,
though, favored the Philadelphia man
and every needed break of the game
| was in his favor
Boston Superior At Bat
OF the two teams, Boston showed a
| vast superiority at the bat and all of
! their hits were hard driven and scream
ing liners to the outfeld, but their poor
| work on the bases on more than one
occasion and inability to follow up ad,
vantages, proved their undoing.
Several times glaring errors Of omis
sion on the part of the Boston players
caused their supporters TO gasp with
wonder and on more than one occasion
groans and eat calls greeted the play
ers as they came off the field to their
bench. In the parlance of the slang
stcr, the Red Sox gave many indlca.
tons of ivory medicines.
One "Bonehead" Play
One play in particular in the open.
ing of the game brought disaster to
the Boston team and caused its sup.
pOrters to wonder what had come over
the great machine. Harry Hooper, lead
off man, had worked his way around
litzel was at first, with Duffy Lewis,
|
Alexander decidedly nervous.
Suddenly Alexander looked toward
first and found Hobitzel virtually
asleep at the base. A quick turn on
the part of the Philadelphia pitcher
and a quicker throw to First Baseman
Luderus caught HOblitzel too far away
FROM the base and the Boston man was
| out.
Scott Makes Bad Error
In the eighth inning, ShOrtstop Scott
of the Red SoX failed to cover second
haSe following sensational stop by
second Baseman Barry of Bancroft 3
drive, averting what was a certain
double play and which, instead of re-
firing the side, allowed the Philadel-
phias further chance to bat and to
score two runs. Bancroft played q
wonderful game at short, while Scott
was out Tucked throughout.
Philadelphia y hard hitting outfeld
as well as the rest Of the team were
rs PigmieS before the pitching of En-
nest Shore and only one of five hits
secured by Moran 3 men went beyond
the inhelI, this being short Texas
Lacquer which fell back of second
base.
Boston rooters consider the victory
of the Phillies one of the freakiest and
today the odds heightened that Boston
would win the series.
Ernie Shore Does Well
Pitching for the American League
champions was Ernest Shore, the North
Carolina Highlander, and the young.
slrr in his first attempt to win in q
world : tries deserved better fate.
At all times he held III situation
well in hand and except for the indif,
ferent work of the men behind him,
might have been proclaimed the winner
! instead of the loser of the opening
game.
Philadelphia was the first to score,
! The Quakertown team sending run
ner to the plate in the fourth inning,
Boston tied this up in the eighth, and
except for : marvellous catch on the
part of Outfel''er George Paskert
! would have scored two more runs
Two men had EeCn retired with one
man on and Larry Gardner at the bat.
/ Reaching over the plate, the Boston
third laseman drove one of Alexan
der s speedy piches on line toward
| tn" crowd in eenterfeld. As the hall
left the bat and sailed towa'd the out
| field, the Phillies TOoters grOaned and
Alexander turned pale, for the hit look
ed imposeiI lie to catch and would have
' counted Il howe run.
Great Catch By Paskert
Into the crowd tore Paskert and lust
as the ball was about to hit the turf
the fielder made head,long dive and
caught the hall, 1t brought the stands
to their feet aud as Paskert walked