The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14

Boston fans for years 10 come, at least next season.
 
 l last. always seemed to hold the win i ming hand.
 No cleaner worlds series ever was played The men of both teams won the hearts of the fans both here and in Boston by their gentlemanly con duct on the field and the sportsman like manner in which they went about their work.
 One notable feature of the series was the lack of base running. It seemed from the start as though pilfering had become lost art. Both the Boston and the Philadelphia catchers made the runners look like truck horses nearly every time one started Today four Philadelphia players and one member of the Sox started to steal. All were cut down while many feet from the bag. The catching of Eddie Burns for the Phillies has been of the high est order throughout the series An in- jury to Killifers throwing arm put upon the "second string back stop the sentire burden of the series, but he proved of sterling worth.
 While the closing game abounded in thrilling plays and kept spectators on edge from the first to the final inning, it was a loosely played contest in which the offensive strength of both teams overshadowed their defensive work. None of the pitchers that figured in the fifth game, Foster included, were able to hold the batters in check in the manner of their predecessors. Broadly speaking, it was battle between the batters and the outfleders, in which the former had a decisive advantage.
 Fielding Great
 There were several sharp plays carried off by the infields and some sterling catches by the outf1elders of the two clubs, but much of the hitting was of the savage kind that gave the guardians of the outer trenches little chance to do more than retrieve the ball after the dam mage had been done. Four home runs, ono triple and one double is excessive hit ting al any time. even in the midst of a pennant race. When sucn a combina- tion is uncovered in the winning game of world series the slimax in heavy hitting is reached.
 | The ascendency of the batter over the pitcher in this contest is best ilustiA ted by comparison of Fosters record in the second and fifth games, both won by the Red Sox. In the first victory for Boston, Foster was reached for but three hits and one run by the Phillies. He struck out eight willow wielders and passed none. In the game today the same Foster had nine hits and four runs scored off his delivery, gave two passes and famed but five batters.
 Although he lasted through the game and scored one hit himself. it was the | cannonading of his teammates which 1 finally won the game. Foster had great speed at all time. but he lacked the per- feel control of the ball and delivery which made him almost invncible last Satur- day. He appeared to be unable to get the sharper break the sphere or to cut the corners of the plate for strikes with the certainty he showed in his first 1 time out. Foster, however, held the edge on both Mayer and Rixey. especially at critical points in the game. and the maj ar portion of the credit awarded the con- telding twirlers must go to the sturdy, hustling Boston pitcher.
 l Mayer, who opened for the Nationals, had little to baffle the Red Sox bat ters with and they laced into his wide sweeping curves for six hits in two and fraction innings in which he of ficiated on the mound. All the Boston swingers crowded the plate and took their time, waiting for one they liked. When it came up they hammered it to the infielders of lifted far out over l their haeds until Manager Moran sent 1 Rixey to his relief The latter's awk- ward service appeared to puzzle the Bostonese for short period. but once | they got the angle of his slants he proved no more effective than Mayer. That the two teams stood up so we'll in the field under this bomba rdment of hits demonstrated the earnestness with which the play was fought out. Foster S participation in this defensive work was excellent, the Red Sox hurler being credited with one put out and three assists. In the opening session he fig ured in a double play that helped check the most dangerous attack made by the Phillies during the day. With the first three batters to face him safely perched on the bags, Foster knocked down Cravath's sizzling drive and shot 1t back to the plate for a force out of Stock and Thomas completed the play by mapping the ball to first in time to catch the runner.
 Bancroft also figured in q somewhat t similar fielding feat in the third when he scooped up Gainer's hard hit smash, ran over to second for put out, un- assisted of Speaker, coming down from first, and completed the double play with quick throw to Luedrous which got Gainer, several steps from the bag. Other plays, not so brilliant btSt show ine quick thinking and action, were frequent but the defensive lines of the teams had little chance against the heavy well placed hitting and the two errors charged against the clubs were