New Britain herald., 1915-10-14
{ By Grantland Rice.)


 adelphia, Oct. 13. - They
 up Alexander, the nonpareil. 5 today that will never be. While ! Il bats were looming the chorus
 Sother triumph and closing out
 orld's series against the shoots hyer and Rixey, big Alex, stood
 the left field line wasting his
 IS on the Philadelphia air, 200
 from the range of Boston war
 that were rolling out tho re-
 of Philadelphia hopes.
 the Red Sox bagged their fourth
 Int victory and wound up the
 all year as successors to the x es. So the championship still
 in Boston, city which has nev- # #Bt worlds series jamboree, out
 UT starts against Pirates, Giants,
 mon and Phillies.
 a margin of to the new k
 y using three home runs almost
 sively for this worthy purpose.
 ,e understood it this short field Sto be Philly asset only second
 e main opinion of Grover Alex &r. Over the low barriers of
 brief palisades Cravath and
 rus were to fire a series of dead
 l C1o h
 after another from his work
 on the mound.
 expounded in the early dope
 ing could have sounded fairer,
 only kink in the business is that dope picked the wrong club. The zlies did all their long distance Hing in Boston, where the only hce for home run is smash the Atlantic Ocean, beyond range he row boat station.
 -Four Home Runs-That's All. |f the four home runs that whizzed bss the barriers yesterday three |bIed from Boston clubs and the br started from the bat of Fred |erus, the big first baseman, who lied the bulk of Philadelphia at wo were pounded out of the lot by Try Hooper and the other four-ply t came from the old snickersnee Duffy Lewis, whose all around K put him far in front as the main l in the hero output. It was Duffy wis. the Californian catapult, who more than any other two men in h upon attack and defence Duffy | the Phillies' goat banqueting m his clammy hand. He cut off s and hits in profusion by his out play, and at bat he hit them all h equal gusto and eclat from Alex CT down.
 To to the eighth inning in Philadel- as final stand, after Mayer had n expelled by a volley of hits in ,ton's third, Eppa Rixey, the Vir- la spiral with southern exposure, med to have the Red Sox stoppedI , four rounds he had the champs ling in daze, lucky to gather one e blow. The big left-hander, the lest and rangiest of all the tall and lgy guys you hear about, had pret- fair control, good speed and also at we once heard scribe of dar- ], originality call "hop to his fast s.'
 The Phillies were then leading at 4 2, through the batting prowess of derus, and that sixth game ir ston on Alexander's today looked carry all the essential requisites o1 .inch.
 Then in the eighth Gainer singled g, gaunt Eppa knew where tn, s-pipe was hidden the .blow-off ar ed. He whizzed up a fast one tt wis and something large and round LclIed it on the cupola. A dozer firing at once woult have sounded any louder to tn, onished Eppa, who turned in mor, row than in anger to observe { sy-white streak looping its way t' . center field seats.
 How tho Games Was Won. That blow tied up the count. Ant the ninth Hooper, who had con buted homer in the third with ; g, low drive that bounded over tn, rrier, closed out the quarrel witt other screamer of the same type lnding one on the bound into thu ht center field seats.
 And all this time, with Che battl, nging in the balance with steadines l sureness needed in the Philly bo. ,ve all other details, there wa over Alexader still tossing a bal ,k and forth along the left fielt 3, still warming up for today's bi: t. But what doth it profit a mal gain the best warm-up that eve s if his pals lose the last game t played?
 It might have been just as well tt re Mayer and Rixey their chance t with the score knotted at thu