Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-10-14
Hooper Is Hero Of
Series Won by Red SOS
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ing with Alexander, but thereafter
were not to be denied. When the
Philadelphia team fielded brilliantly
the Boston players shone with Just
that greater degree Of radiance which
narrowly separates the winner from
the loser. When the Philadelphia
pitching was alright, the Boston
| twirling was just a little tighter. And
today when the long silent bats Of
the Phillies began a lifting song Of
biffs and bingles, the Boston bats
| crashed in more strident tones. Never
very far above their rivals in any one
Of the first games, the American
! Ieaguers in the last fOur starts
were always just within the shadowy
line Of success. 1t was q hard series
for the Phillies to lose, but a brilliant
victory for the Boston SoX.
just Lacked the "Pumch.'
Supposedly outclassed from the
start with the exception of n star
pitcher, the Phillies fought s~tubbornly
and desperately and were not with
out plenty of chances to win each
game they lost. The drive, the
punch" the ultimate smash, was
missing, however, and they could
never given their pitchers a comfort
| able margin to work under. IT seemed
that the tide was about to turn TO
the Phillies this afternoon when they
carried the game in the eighth in
ming two runs to the good. But the
Sox were out for victory and their
singing hits for a total of twcnty-one
bases sounded the death kuell Of
Philly hopes.
colonel Rixey was called to the
mound and the SoX's assault was sud
denly stopped. The home team gave
the Colonel" two additional runs in
the fourth inning and 1t seemed that
he was destined to be a winner untll
he visitors took their eighth turn at
bat. ,
Tn to this time the thousands Of
fans had been confident of victory
and had been treated to more thrills
/ than all of the other games Of the
series had offered.
Fans Cheer at Defeat.
II was a cruel descent to the depths
Of despair for them when Duffy
Lewis. batting mainstay Of the SoN
throughout the series, sent his homer
into the stands and tied the score.
This long hit made 1t possible FOR
Houper's homer to give the finishing
/ touch to the game and the series,
But the Philly fans were as game as
their ball players had been and were
as generous as their players had been
e ntlemanly. They knew the PM
lies star was setting fast but they
cheered Lewis for his batting prOwess
and checred Hooper In the fatal
ninth for his second homer, though
with the sure knowledge of defeat.
George Foster Of Bokoshe, Okla>
homa, and Bonanza, Ark, won his
second game of the series. Foster
49,, r.,gnttan tpIay from tho
very start but he stuck g%rittily to his
task and finally withstood the most
furious fusillade the Phillies had fired
throughout the series. Smashed and
hammered in the first and fourth,
Foster was always fighting back He
never lost his head, fielded s~plendidly
and was always a dangerous factor at
the bat. He gave as game an exhibit
! ton OF twirling as has ever been seen
i'm any league and there were few
partisans i'm the Philly stands who
begrudged him victory.
Base Stealing Absent.
The PhilIies made nine hits off the
diminutive Foster for a total OF thir-
teen bases. This hitting was good
enough to have won any of the games
that went the way Of the Sox except
the contest today. The SOX since
l 4 IludN last always st'il'N I iF'N NNN
winning hand.
No cleaner worlds series was ever
played. The men Of both teams won
the hearts OF the fans, both here and
in Boston, by their gentlemanly con-
duct or the field and the sportsman
like manner in which they went
about heir work.
one notable feature Of the series
was the lack Of base running. II
seemed from the start as though
offering had become a lost art.
While the closing game abounded In
thrills il was a loosely played contest
in which the offensive strength OF
both teams overshadowed their de-
fcnsive work. IL might be called the
csmax If heavy hitting. seeing that
the deciding game Of a worlds series
was crowded with four home runs, one
triple and one double. Broadly speak