The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-16
SUMTER. s. G. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1e, =
but a brillinat victory for the Boston

but brillinat victory for the Boston
SoX
Supposedly outclassed from the
start, with the exception of one star
pitcher the Philles fought stubbornly
and desperately and were not without
plenty of chances to win each game
they lost. The drive, the punch" the
ultimate smash, was missing, however.
and they could never give their pitch
ers comfortable margin to work un-
der. 1t seemed that the tide was
about to turn to the Phillies this af-
ternoon when they carried the game
to the eighth inning two runs to the
good. But the Sox were out for VIC
tory and ten stinging hits for a total
Of FL bases sounded the death knell Of
Philly hopes.
Manager Pat Moran Of the Phillies
sprang a big surprise on the Sox as
we'll as on the crowd when he an
nounced j. Erskine Mayer of Atlanta
as the finger to make the last stand
for the home team. 1t had been taken
for granted that Alexander would be
sent to the slab in the final effort of
the National leaguers and this belief
was strengthened when big Alex be-
gan to warm up just before time for
the call of play. Mayer also was un-
der way. Moran studied the two
pitchers for a long time and then
patted Mayer on the back. The wise
ones said that Moran had decided to
take a chance on winning today's
game, SO that he would have Alex
ander ready tomorrow for a possible
tying up Of the series.
At any rate Mayer looked good to
Moran today, but he looked even bet
ter to the Red Sox. They were having
IA batting holiday at his expense when
Moran stopped the proceedings in the
third and waved Mayer to the bench.
The home players had given Mayer
two runs in their half of the first, but
the Sox had hammered home a similar
number and had gathered six hits off
the Georgian when he flung his glove
dejectedly away and ducked into the
Philly dugout.
Col. RiXey was called to the mound ;
the SOx assault was suddenly stopped.
The home team gave the colonel two
additional runs in the fourth inning
and it seemed that he was destined to
be winner until the visitors took
their eighth turn at bat. Gamer, the
first man up in this frame, connected
with one Of the left handlers slants
and sent it on a Journey over the in
field for single. Duffy Lewis, already
credited with driving in two Of the
Red SOx victories, had spent a quiet
and uneventful afternoon up to this
time. But on this spectacular occasion
it was different. He met fast one
squarely on the nose and the crowd
groaned as they saw the sphere sailing
far away in the ofting. The hard
driven ball did not hesitate in it's
fight until It landed a most unwel-
come visitor in the very laps Of the
loyal roOters in the grounds.
Up to this time the thousands of
fans gathered for the fifth conflict
had been confident Of victory. They
had been treated to more thrills than
all the other games had offered. There
had been all sorts jammed in the
early innings. There had been the
rattle and crash or burly bats, sad
errors Of omission and commission,
hit batsmen, bases on balls, attempt
ed steals, flashing double plays and
all the complicated affairs Of the dia-
mond that go down to the records of
the immutable box SCORES