The Washington times., 1915-10-14

Before the most partisan and widest
crowd Of the series tho fact was DEM
onstrated that the short fences won the
National League championship for
Philadelphia and they came near win
ming yesterdays game for Morans
crew, winning on q high fly that Drop
ped over the right field wall and mo-
mentarily disconnected the Red Sox.
In fact that hit more than mo-
mentarily disconnected them. for they
smashed up for several moments, bulled
and blundered until they let another
run homo. and It required a smashing
home-run drive by Duffy Lewis. and
later Harry Hooper's smash to right
center that bounded over the wall. to
turn the tide back TO the better cluo.
You will remember that this game
figured to finish 5 to 3 and that we ar
gued that by the fifth game OF the
series the Red Sox would settle down 10
playing ball the way they do In sea
son, and that they would hit any knd
O. pitching Moran could offer. even the
great Alexander.
Also we urged upon you to believe
that IL ever these Red Sox got to hit.
ting at their regular gait on this band
box ball park. they would destroy con-
crete other than that In Dode Paskerts
peak. .... ..a.
II doped. They started hitting TO-DAY
and they proved to the eminent satis-
faction OF some 10000 persons that tho
Red sox can hit when they strike tnelr
gait, They mauled iour or tne oI'eI
ings of Mayer and Rixey for home runs
that would have been home runs on many any
field. There will be large and angry
arguments over these hits for the next
wear so let us settle them now. Ln.
Serus' home run. which happened IN
the fourth inning. was a skysSS,aPMImI5d S, MsId
hy that dropped over the rlsh' he''
wall into Broad street.
Hooper might or might not hawe rs
caught 1t on the Boston grounas' en
had it fallen safe 1t would not have oeen
more than s,rSirbs ,wnISaskes Down the right
center field alley. and they would nave
gone a mile on the Braves nelu, % o,
thl ough the gates at the Polo crowns .Ints
6e bew,o Course. philadelphia Will alibi that
they were lucky" because In each OF
the three occasions the balls leaped oNsr
tho bieacher barriers I'd. into the croMn;; NJ;
U1 nd, GTnrsb h,t the FENCES and bound back. but
cvrrv one Of the three hits was an
honest home-run drive Ana u you y
want to argue back at any fhii! Ian ta,
Tcu NAV state with our authority that
Tris Speaker hit home run that was
only a base hit in the score. ana ira. ira.
on another occasion.to WIZ; Ime ,,ah. h.
inning-he hit ball that LuueruS 80
bed that was q sure triple, anu tnnt
vpon another occaslon-to wit. the & sev-
cnth inning-he almost amputated ran
croft's arms. and because of wonder
fui stop was an out. In other Woras. VIZ, ai.
tho Red Sox were hitting. They hit al
most anything. and they hit It hard.
Give Moran credit. he was In tne 'ass
ditch, and he, sprung new Hne %, ot
attack. Also he came near getting py
With it. and he had the Red sox on
the defensive all the way and mcrely
hcceusc he cut loose his hitters ana
let them play the game as they saw NJ NJ
uc chopped out the careful. systematic
style Of play and sent hi his tstnry tSam out NO 20
one knows why he did not send Alex
ander to the SLAB i seemed ,Sot to be Ass tss
Was not up to pitching another game
and Moran .fgur:d he would att at.ernpt m 70 70
even up the series by using AleXanaGi
IN the next game. His choice was sui
cidaI It was evident In the first IN
ring that Mayer was human sacrinco
for the Red Sox used their old rushihG
tactics and lamhastcd that old pellet.
He got through the fret inning pe