The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-13
RED Sox LOSE TO PHIlLIES.
MORAN VICTORY IN FIRST OF
BIG SERIES WON BY LUCK.
Alex Against Shore I'm 3 to 1 Game
Young North Carolinian Loses Moth
Ing I'm Comparison, Poor Play De-
Gliding Result.

pressiVe one the Philadelphia National
players had predicted. The breaks of
the game were with the star pitcher
OF the National league and had to be
TO give him the honor of winning the
first worlds series contest In which he
has participated.
Through a sequence of plays as un-
usual as ever seen on ball field the
Phillies won. 3 to 1.
They made these three runs on five
of the flukiest hits the game has ever
known, Texas league which develop
ed into the first run of the series be-
Ing the only ball driven out OF the
diamond by a Philadelphia batsman.
IL has been predicted the short out
field would prove the winning factor
for the Phillies In their own little
park on Broad street, but contrary TO
all expectations IL was the infeld, wet
and heavy from 15 hours of rain.
that turned the tide In their favor.
1t was a mediocre ball game, the
hrst OF the big league series. for de-
spite the few errors of commission
there were several of omission. and
two or three plays which will go
down baseball history as tingled with
an ivory hue. Strangely enough II
was the Red sox. veterans In battling
for the highest honors of the game,
who were guilty of the slips, although
the offending individuals were new
members of the team.
Big Hobby Hoblitzel, first base
guardian for the Sox. ANONYMOUSLY
ended first inning attack by his
teammates when he calmly Tapped
into sunderland Off his home station
and was caught almost fiatfooted by
quick toss from Alexander to Lude-
rus for the third out. Hooper was
on third base at the time and Lewis
was at bat. When he was given his
delayed chance In the second inning
Lewis shot n singing single between
short and third.
This play hurt the chances OF the
spx materially, but 1t was In the
eighth inning tho game was tossed
away beyond all hope of recall when
young Scott. at short for the visitors,
stood transfixed as he watched Barry
make wonderful stop OF drive
from Bancroft and was so completely
overcome by the seemingly miraculous
play that he forgot all about covering
second base. allowing Stock, who had
walked. 10 pull up safely at that sta
ton and giving Bancroft one OF the
ffve strange hits scored off Ernest
Shore. The young twirier-"Long"
Shore they call him In Boston-pitch-
ed q splendid game. but all the luck
was against him. The breaks" which
went the way OF the Phillies seemed
TO upset him at times and his fielding
was shaky.
But Shore had a fast ball with q
hop on IL that was on par with the
best Alexander had to offer. Against
the five freak hits which he allowed.
Alexander was hit safely eight times.
each OF the blows being a line drive
to- the outfield. There was not an
extra base I'm any OF them. however,
and no two came in the same inning.
Three times during the game the first
Red Sox batter to face Big Alex"
tore or a screaming single, only TO
remain stranded somewhere between
first and third.
Alexander felt the strain that the
confidence of the National league ad-
herents had placed on him and during
the first three innings of the
game plainly was nervous. In two of
these innings serious trouble threat
ened him. Shore gave the Phiries'
star fight from the time play was
called until the last man was out.
Four or five times tho game hung
In the balance. With the score a
tie In the first half OF the eighth and
with Lewis on second Gardner of
the Red Sox smashed into one of
Aiexander's fast breaking outcurves
FOR a drive which seemed far out of
reach OF the Philadelphia outiield.
But Paskert started after it from
centre field and made a spectacular
catch while running at full speed.
The play brought the big crowd to
It's feet and undoubtedly saved the
game for the Nationals. This play
and the wonderful stop by Barry back
OF second base that hypnotized young
Scott were the fielding features of
the game.
That the game was regarded largely
as freak episode I'm world series