Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-09

despite the fact that the official attend
ance was announced as short OF 5000.
probably the smallest crowd that ever
witnessed a start of a world series.
The official attendance was 1898. Total
receipts, si.Oes National commissions
share. 5,l06.60. Players share, ,s27 .b75 "a;
each clubs share. te.1s1.Ss.
Every effort was made 20 get the play
ing field In condition. but Il was wet and
Boggy throughout. and had much to do
with robbing the game OF any possible
brilliance.
There is much speculation tonight an to
the batteries for tomorrvw's game. II
semes taken for granted that Moran,s
choice for the Phillles win be either Chal-
mers or Mayer, while Carrigan will send
either Foster or Leonard in for the Red
sox.
a silver loving cup was presented TO
Manager Moran by the home folks just
before the players tok the field.
Weak ON Defensive.
The lack OF keen playing Judgment and
the unbalanced defensive strength OF the
Red sox was the direct cause OF the
American league champions defeat to-
day, while the ability OF the Phillies to
take advantage OF the slightest opening
gave them the runs which brought vic
tory. Extensively. the Boston combine
/ tion proved that It had an edge on the
Moran brigade. even with Alexander In
the box.
Young shore tonight was given almost
as much credit by the followers OF the
game as the winning star OF the Phllies.
Although unsteady at times his mental
! al A..
I In which his teammates played, both on
the bases and In the field. and In the
end this erratic attack and defense
finally broke the Red sox twirler. At
the beginning OF the game Shore had "a
clearly perceptible advantage over Alex
ander for the American league boxman
was cool and confident and had a mas.
terly control over the sphere. while his
opponent was nervous and failed to de-
ceive the batsmen with his slants and
curves, As the contest progressed and
the I'hiilies escaped from one ,predica-
ment after another Alexander steadily
improved. while shore began to show
signs OF the strain until the breaking
climax came in the eighth.
shore Not All 90 nIame.
The loss OF the game cannot be placed
entirely upon the shoulders OF Shore
however. for Hobitzels bad play IN tht
opening inning, when he failed TO con
slider Alexander's speed and was caught
} off first base with Hooper on third anc
Lewis at bat. seemingly shut off salen-
did chance for a run. In the fourth In
ming Shore. OF course. had no one bu
himself 70 blame when he opened tn,
! way for the first OF the Philil,s' runs b.
: fielding Crsvaths sacrifice 70 first IN
stead OF throwing Paskert out at second
He had ample time 10 cut off the iattei
at the midway, where Barry was all se
for the ball.
The most giaring error OF judgment
however. was that in the eighth session
when Scott failed TO cover second OF
Q BaFry's great one-handed stop Of Ban,
= eroft's drive. Barry SEEMED nonplusset
2 when he whiried TO get Stock cominl
> down from first. only to find hls short
stop fifteen feet from the bag evidently
believing that the hit was a sure single
: This failure OF the infield 10 work to
Z gether uset the whole team and Scott II
particular, for he was quick to realizl
his Loaf opportunity,
=, DON'T ITit In Pfnehea.
Another notable feature Of the pia,
a was the failure OF both teams TO hit tn
bah hard and safe when men were OF
!, the bases. Time after time the batters 0
/, both clubs put up weak efforts when
: clean smash would have brought tn
Z runner home. This was particularly tru
/. OF the Red Sox. with their nine men lef
y on bases on an equal number Of innings
!, That this was not entirely due 70 IN
puzzling delivery Of Alexander was dem
onstrated By the solid hitting Of the Boa
ton hattcrs az other and less opportun
y periods. The Phi1ies with trifie NOR
q. than 80 per cent OF the hits made b
- their opponents. scored three times q
az many runa ana had but fire stranded.
o. Both the pitchers kept the ball low a
- through the game. cutting the corners {
the plate for most OF their called strike
q Neither Shore nor Alexander showed an
he signs OF wiidness during the contest an
err managed 10 keep the hits well scattere'
a n the infields. particularly that OF n
d. Red Sox had worked with more smootl
lit ness and a better mutual understancin