The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-12
GREATEST THRONG THAT
EVER SAW 4 BALL GAME
JAMS E STANDS
Huge Assemblage Of 1890 Pays $50, 191 for Chance to
Set Up Roar That browns Out Sound of Brass
Bands-Thousands of Women Present.
VICTORY OF LEFT HANDLER OVER HORDE OF
SOUTHPAW BATTERS UPSETS TRADITION

BosroN, Oct. 1l.-Add to that illus
trious collection in b%asebalrs hall Of
fame the worthy name Of Herbert B.
Leonard. more Familiarity known as
Dutch. This sterling product Of Denver.
Col, who beat Alexander the Great
this afternoon. propels the baseball with
his goodly left arm
Many hailowed traditions garnish the
folklore of the diamond. There is an
idea that a left handler is handicapped
against a right handed hitting club.
A so-styled xio Of baseball insinuates
that southpaws are ~queer-that they
carry their main worth from the
shoulders down.. An untried pitcher 10
supposed to be placed at a great dis
advantage In the presence of a bolster
ously enthusiastic multitude. All OF
those traditions Dutch Leonard shattered
as easily as he shattered Philadelphia
hopes and its childlike faith in the in
~fallibility Of its great pitching marvel.
Noise Record Smashed Too.
The largest crowd ever assembled in a
baseball park packed Braves Field
VIII U anu iutI lou6IIt
their historic duel. Altogether $4,000
fans paid ss3.59l to look at this
struggle, which will live In the memory
OF every one present unto his dying day.
II was a demonstrative crowd. The
blare of the bands was drowned in the
rumbling and din that greeted each
action OF the rival teams. 1t was a
picturesque crowd. this greatest Of all
time, n an appreciative one tOo-a
sympathetic. mannerly. well behaved
crowd that reflected credit on the game
and the fair honor of the city of Boston,
This multitude of baseball mad hui
manity cried itself hoarse in support
of Leonard's cause. II lent cheerfully
every encouragement of hand and lung
and heart to carry the Red Sox banner
through to victory. Yet in the Wild
elation OF a well timed success the
victory satiated throng did not forget
that sting which ranked in the breast
OF Philadelphia's pitching star.
The closely packed stands could have
been no more sympathetic toward Alex
ander the Great had he worn a Red Sox
uniform and lost his game or a iuke.
When Lewis singled with two out in the
ninth. driving home the winning run. the
widest imaginable scenes Of exuberance
ensued. A deafening roar doomed out
everywhere. mingled with handclapping.
flag waving and tossing of hats high into
the air. Friend embraced friend adver-
saries OF opinion slapped each other on
the backs in approval. In n brief min
ute this e~cstatic demonstration died out
as suddenly as 1t had begun.
ThOuaands Mourn with Big Alex.
The crowd Of standees behind a tenn
porary boarding which fenced of a space
between the right field bleacher and the
left field wall had hurdled the 10y bar
rier and started its mad rush to Join in
the ovation AT close range when the
crowds of the grand stand N p~avilions
caught sight Of Alexander. With the i'm
! pact of Duffy Lewis's bat against the
ball Grover Cleveland Alexander wheeled
to see how fortune would favor him. One
momen he stood rigidly tense while
Bancroft lunged futilely toward the
lightning drive. In that moment Phila-
delphia's idol realized that his pedestal
had been shattered.
II seemed that Alexander was the very
first TO realize the import of Lewis's
pinch hit. Before the flying leather had
crossed the path OF Bancroft. yards be-
yond his reach, the staiwart form OF this
great pitcher began TO contract. His
shoulders fell his head dropped forward
until MS tuln TtSttu on HIS ntttlrg
breast, The conquered master OF the
mound turned sadly toward his dugout.
That long. long march OF Alexander
toward the exit was an epic of pathos.
every step a canto. He wiped his steam
ing with Just the least show OF
driving back a tear or two. The de-
lection of his poise struck every one in
simultaneously. The cheering and loud
huzzas died Town to something like a
general sob In silence the countless
thousands stood in mute respect until
Alexander's crushed form disappeared
under his bench. No more impressive
ovation could have been rendered a on
queror than this silent ovation to a
breaking heart.
Glory Hfs Even In Defeat.
There VAS no disgrace in Alexander's
defeat. He met the man who last sea-
son topped the class of American League
pitchers, one who to-day was cool as
ice in every emergency, supreme in con-
fdence every second of the time and
blessed with such control as approached
wizardry at times. Throughout this
series the pitching of Carrigan's men
has stood forth as a glorious attribute
to the present high excellence of the de-
fensive end of the game. Shore and
Foster acquitted themselves with great
est credit. The worth of neither sur
passed that of Leonard,
Stupendous indeed was that task Bill
Carrigan assigned TO Leonard, a young
man who never had been put to the
test of worlds series fire. He was pitted
against a team that sent forth eight
righthanded hitters of the nine, and
against a pitcher who had conquered
the hest Highlander of the Sox. Yet