The Washington times., 1915-10-12
|SL|KELY
TO OPPOSE SHORE
Another Great Crowd Is Assured
When PhiIIies Make Effort to
Even Up Series. a
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continued 1rOfN rlTst TaBe''
TO be In at the death OF Philadelphia
hopes.
When the bieacher gates were
thrown open this morning, 10000 rab-
ia fans were waiting In line and
poured into the stands. Hundreds had
been waiting throughout the night.
The line began forming Immediately
after yesterdays game and by 8
o'clock last night upward OF 500 men
and boys were waiting. Soap boxes
were at u premium. The crowd slept
at intervals during the night. leaning
up against the wall of the big park.
Several boys sneaked into the park
during the night and were getting hx-
ed beneath the bleachers for snooze
when u Waterman spotted them. They
a ladder. When the watchman ap-
peared the ladder was hurriedly drag
ged forth. having been lifted over the
wall into the park. and the night
prowlers escaped. Some Of the watch
ers were all but frozen by the time
bright and warm. however. and reg.
ular summer weather prevailed by the
time the first gates were opened.
Streets about Braves Field looked
like veritable carnival centers dur
ing the night and day. Hastily con-
structed stands from which sand
wiches and coffee We're sold sprung mp
on every hand and balloon and PEN
nant peddlers cried their wares to
the waiting crowdO.
The Royal Rooters were looking for
Philadelphia money today. but with
little success. They were reported to
have a pool Of 100000 ready to place
on the Red Sox to win the series.
II Boston wins the game today, the
curtain Will start descending on the
berries with n rlal. The pills then
would have to take three straight
games-a monumental and wel-nigh
hopeless Job. considering the strength
Of the Massachusetts firing squad.
Most of the sports who are follow
Ing the teams between the two cities
are preparing for n getaway from Phil
adelphia tomorrow night.
The Individual Red SOx think It
doesn't matter who pitches.
"The critics have persistently dinned
In our ears that Alexander was the
guy we'd have to beat to win the
series" they argued.
we've broken through that defense: so.
according to the dope. they shouldn't
have anything left"
LeOnard's Performance Great.
To Leonard goes the credit Of pitch
ing a game equal 10 that OF Foster.
who broke into the hero column Sat
climax in person by driving In the win
ming run. but that was done for him,
Just as the necessary hit probably would
have been delivered for Foster had the
latter needed 1t.
Alexander stitched another steady.
! brainy game. But the Red Sox's artillery
| was effective enough to put over two
runs. which. with Leonard standing
the Phil sluggers on their heads was
sufficient.
AS things are now going. this series
may 20 down as one Of the best pitch
| ed worlds title tits In history.
Foster and Leonard. of course. loom
up as the heroes with a three-hit game
each. But Alex has now worked eight
cen innings against the Red Sox. and
has been scored on only three times. al
though the Red Sox have niclted him for
fourteen hits. Mayer yielded a total Of
ten hits and two runs. making atotal
OF five runs and twenty-four hits the
Sox have registered for the three strug-
giles.
Phillies' Hits Few.
The Philies have been held even tighter
OF Shore. Foster and Leonard they
have connected for only eleven hits in
twenty-seven innings. They have scored
five runs. Bancroft Is the only Philadel-
phia player who has hit safely IN every
game. and his hits have come at the
rate OF one per game. Siehoff has yet to
get hit. lie IL the only man on either
team who has PLAYED In every game and
failed to connect at least once.
Hooper and Lewis are the only Bean
town championship chasers to hit In
every game. Lewis leads with two safe
wailops In the frat. one In the second
and three In toe third. II I"iudng The
smash which broke UP Yesterdays
game.
Cravath snd Tnder"s. TIE Austrian
siege guns Of the Phlliy artillery. have
so far been almost entirely spiked. EX-
c.pt for the uprising Satu, day when
their brace Of doubles brought one ru',
of Foster. neither has reached first