Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-13
NOTHING SPECTACULAR
IN FOURTH CONTEST
No Happening to Stir Fans to
Enthusiasm or Excite
ment.
BACK TO QUAKER CITY TODAY
alexander, Last Hope Of National
Champions, Likely to OPP
pose George Foster.

BOSTON, October l2.-Only one win
Ming game stands tonight between the
Boston Americans and the baseball
npionship OF the world For the
third successive time they defeated the
Philadelphia Nationals to-day. by tho
same score that has marked all OF the
Red Sox victores-2 to
Tomorrow the scene of battle shifts
back to Philadelphia. where Alexander
undoubtedly will be called upon to
pitch his third game OF the series In
an effort to stem the tide OF Red Sox
success, The two teams left for the
Philadelphia metropolis early tonight.
The l'h'llies fairly deep in gloom and
tn" Red Sox confident that the cham
pionsh!p is but a step away. II Alex
ander should prove a winner in his
own ball yard tomorrow the sixth
game OF the series will be PLAYED in
Boston Thursday.
Alexander is the last nope of the
Phillies. He Is ready and anxious TO
80 back in the box and is sure TO give
good account OF himself He won
from the SoX on last Friday. and Wa,
defeated yesterday only By fierce bat
tnG rally IN the last OF the ninth The
fh!iiIcS themselves feel that il they
can Civ" big Alex" any sor, of often
Si'e support he vii! put across a victory
Tomorrow that at least will give the
National Lcagucrs nghting chance In
the series.
CONTEST PROVES TO III:
DECIDEDLY COMMONPLACE
The Philadelphia batters took rather
kindly to Ernest Shores offerings to-
had registered In any one OF three
previous conflicts The power 10 ldrIye
IN runs was laol<inG,-- however
eight Of the visitors were left stranded
on tho paths
"Gavvy" Cravath sent Lewis back "a
the lcft-feld fence again to-day to catch
4 drive that on tn" philadeIphia
grounds would have been hit into
the stands and good for the circuit 4
litt!" luck III placing the long hits
io-inoTrow would make all the differ
encc in the world behind a pitcher of
AleNander's ability. and there are many
students OF the game tonight who do
not share the confidence of the Red
SoX that to-morrow's contest will be
the last
DiNcr!ng widely from the two shark
ling, blood-tinglnr games of Saturday
and Monday to-day's contest was de-
cided!y commonplace. The Red Sox got
away In front and were never headed
Their margin never was very wide but
II seemed at all times sufficient, and
thcrc was little to stir the crowd 10
inc nigh pitches Of excitement that
marked the struggle Of yesterday.
LACK OF HITTING
HANDICAPS PHILLIEs
The Phillies made threat in their
half OF the eighth because "Tr!s"
Speaker again had trouble with tho sun
and let Cravath's single bound over his
head the runner pulling up at third
with a three Dagger to his credit. Two
were out at the time, and the fans were
not inclined to take the situation scri
ously until Luderus who seemed TO
nave found his batting eve at LAST,
slammed out his third single of the
day and sent Cravath scampering owe,
the plate. Dugey went in to run for
Luderus. and further complicated the
situation by stealing second. Whitted.
with a single. might have tied tho
score. but his fast liner went directly
at the Boston pitcher who gnmely
knocked 1t down and threw the phila
In both the first and second innings
to-day Philadelphia had runners on
second base with only one out, and in
neither case were they advanced as
far as third. In the first, Bancroft was
Ieft at tho keystone sack when Paskert
and Cravath both struck out In the
second Ludcrus led off with single,
was sacrificed to second by wh'tted
and left there. The lack of driving
power Mt the psychological moments
has Lcen the deciding factor against
the Phiil1es, for tonight, while the
score of games stands three to one
against than. the ?hillins have scored
six runs to their opponents seven.
Boston was lucky to score its first
run to-day. Barry walked to begin
the third inning. Cady laid down n
hunt that ordinarily would have been
an easy out. but Chalmers I'm the box
for the Phillies, slipped as he went for
the hnll and could not. recover himself
until Cady was safe at first. Shore
sacrificed Barry 20 third and Cady IN
second, and the former scored n moment
later, when Hooper was credited with
an inflcld hit on ball that Nicboff
should have gotten.
CHALMERS ALLOWS
ONLY EIGHT HITS
1t looked here rs if the SoX vera
in position to make enough runs in
n tn IIh