The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09
PHILADELPHIA GL0ATS OYER
VICTORY IN ITS USUAL QUIET
STYLE; BOSTON LEGION NOISY
Royal Rioters From Hub Provide Nearly All the Color,
Though Home Partsans Finally Wake Up
When Their Team Takes Lead.
SHORE NOT ECL1PsED BY HIS FAMED R

PH~iLApELpuIA. oct s.-The Fhillies
vol the first game Of the worlds Sc
ries here this afternoon as was en-
pected, Grover cleveland Alexander,
champion pitcher of the season. humbled
the Red Sox the score favored him ny
. to yet the pitching II Alexander
was as far from generally accepted
standards Of worlds series as most al
the other features Of this inaugural bat
tie.
II was a dull and ~lisileSs game, played
BY apparently dun and ~listless teams
before "a dun and ~listless crowd IL
didn't seem like u worlds series engage
ment The usual pepper and hre ana
dash all were lacking. Pat Morahs
team, In wiiming a National League pen
nant, earned a reputation for being the
MIST gentl.manly major league team
Never once did II hint at helying that
good name. Never was its voice raised
IN rcmors;rance. And the visiting Red
sox appeared eager 10 outdo their rivals
In kindly courtesy.
Had II not been for the Roya. o
ers Of Boston. VITA came down 400
strong with a brass band. cheer lead
ers and the noise making equipment
Of college Apotpall boosters, to-day's
little affair would nave been as melan-
choly as the micn of connie Mack. Moth
ing possibly could he more melancholy
than that. There was not a chirp ont
Of Philadelptia's supporters FOR seven
long innings. Not ufsil the Quakers
clinched the victory IN III" eighth in
ming was tue home crowd stirred to
anything more than very casual demon
stration.
Inning after ming II really looked as
r there were no home crowd. No dem
Onstration out of the thousands. saw
from the hearty cheering and the lusty
nag waving from the lent field stands
where sat the Royal Rooters, as Some
well timed offensive or defensive play
was flashed by Carrigan's legion. There
was far more excitement without the
stands tnan within. ~Silhouetted against
the background of centre field with its
lofty perches for dollar patrons a larg,
automobile factory termed with life
and activity. This factory seemed al
windows. plugged to the very last inch
with weaving faces. 1t was a non
partisan free list. for. a-pilfering their
tHlUlts CT liUltt pln uudiiu VI NDti-
science seemed to prompt the idling
workmen to cheer for side and side
alike.
Early in life Philadelphia acquired the
reputation Of being a quarter baseball
town. and II never has lived down the
hbel. \ repetition of worlds champion
ships ruined the Athletics. One game
Of one worlds series has shaken with a
heavy hand the popularity Of the Phil
taa Frln 1..al1k .fgt,A.,g Of THO fnfp
city refuse absolutely to be ovcrtaxed
for such rare sport as the final triumph
of a favorit" that had earned its first
brackets in thirty odd years of s~trugSle
Color was lacking in to-day's game
TO a marked degree, but surely not 81
painfully So AS in the crowd itself.
Philadelphia's National League park is
by far the smallest To bc found in any
major league city. Yet this ~cranped
space was not entirely filed. Altogether
49, 43 paid Sjl.066 to see the lanky
Shore outlucked by Alexander. The
bleacher accommodations. heaven of the
moi polloi. We're not all disposed OF.
Mann. many vacant chairs could be seen
in the grand stand. both upstairs and
down. Doubtless many of these vacau-
cies represented the spleen of disap-
pointed s~calpers. FOR the commission fig
ures it's official attendance from sales
o. well as from the turnstiles.
Plainly P~hlladeiphla mas turned a cold
shoulder to this worlds series. TINS AS
sumption al least may De taken IRON
one of many indications. The character
istic rush against tn. gates, which should
have been magnitied because of a mini
mum seating capacity. was lacking
throughout the day. An hour before
game time the hangers on Of the out
skirts could be NUMBERED III huhdreds
father IMAM IN thousahos,
me hhes "hlch walieu tht"ush"ut we
night Tor the sale OF pieicner seats were
c~onposeo ihostiN OF Hou,hs anu poNs'
coiiecteu Pu'r,E 'nro"s" Spc'u'"'l,e
promptiies, inese pes"Cs", edch ne"
ARRIVAL 10 ouN ms place u! iile, MANY
mao not 'ne price OF u ooi'dr aufi''ssi",
with them The reserved SECTIONS nice
sioWlN' ny sah" ''me huh"rens anu
hundreds OF vacant seats g'lren out oi
the hoieinn stan"s h'te arrivals '''N'
IN Nttle KNOTS ana gr"ul~' ana or cN-
pressed vaccinations OF inauguration ne,
tra!eu '"e t"|i 'h"' sp~ec"l"t"'s nag
iouhd 'h's med'"h' VI dispensing 'he''
wares
SurprisInS mace" wis INC iack Oh
fniiaueipnla cntnus,asm over ms plue
rinoon event W. evidence" u! me uH-
n,e" S,Shus' iW ia. was 'oe"l ,oi
play me neaVF rams oi yesterday
a"u eai,s nnoru,"s """ sven way ~
sempsreu sunshine anu la@y "ephErs
tha, parely stirred tne hags
'he'e "ere ai'ose'hrr 100 many men
present me Women save IN me
poNes' were ,onspicuous Tor 'he'f an
rehc,' - iorh vi" ho' iurhlsh its
usual contingent o, m~errymakers' VINO.
unllhe thelr lhliad,lphId brethren, VIII