The sun., 1916-09-08
PHILLIES Squirt
cPAST OPPONENTS
IN FLAG CHASE
Superb Iitching Helps Quak-
ers Increase Lead by Double
Defeat Of Braves.
RIXEY AND MAYER
"' SUBDuE HUB HITTERS

BosroN. Sept. Pat Moran's cham
plon Phillies widened the gap In John X.
Tener's exciting pennant chase here to-
day, by soundly %trouncing the beaten
Boston Braves In a double header by the
scores of 4 to . and . to o. The double
triumph brought to the Quakers a ninth
straight victory. FIVE Of which were
gained from the then leading Dodgers
and three from the Braves, who were
also out In front when Moran's battlers
invaded this town and started action. In
y cidentaily the laurels gained to-day put
the Phillics out in front By a margin OF
two and one-half anne and made an
Impressive jump during the last week Of
more than six games for the champions.
Depressed. downhearted and denuded
OF all their former glory. the Braves
looked unlike anything resembling cham
plons. The two defeats. coming as they
did upon the victory Tuesday and the
short tic game. has cast the local outft
in gloom n has brought the cheering
fans up 20 a sudden halt. Few there are
now who can see "A ray of hope for the
Braves IN the fina, dash. especially with
the Phil.iss p!ling along at such a trc-
mendous rate Of speed.
Tneee
In the display here the Phiilies have
stolen some Of George Stailings's thun-
der. In that three pitchers have paraded
VIGOROUSLY before the fans. as was the
case with the Braves In 1914. Then
Rudolph. James and Tyler carried Bos-
ton 20 the pennant. Now II see ms Alex
ander. Rixey and Mayer are about to
duplicate the feat OF the Boston trium-
viratc.
IN the games to-day Rixey and Mayer
opposed Boston and were as impreg-
nablc as the great Alexander. Rixey
handled the ribbons In the opening game
and for seven innings he had the Stall.
inss hirelings begging for mercy. Only
one measly hit was their portion In that
time. However. In the seventh while
leading by four runs he let up some and
before he could collect himself again
four singles and a tumble by Niehor had
driven two runs across the plate. How
ever, Rixey laughed at all further CT
forts Of the Beaneaters to break through
him.
Mayer pitched wonderfully effective
bail In the second game. giving Boston
only Ave hits and allowing nary a run.
He was never In any appreciable danger,
avoiding every attempt by the Braves to
dethrone him. Opposed to him were
Barnes n Hughes, both of whom also
displayed winning capabilities. Hughes
was forced to leave the game In the
NTH inning. when he was hit on the
hand by a pitched ball. Barnes did we'll
for the rest Of the journey. an error by
Red Smith forming the break that al
lowed the fhillics to win the game in the
ninth.
Reagan Hit Freely.
In the first game the Phillies freely
nit Pat Raglan. who began. forcing him
to abandon the mound In favor Of Reu!-
bach. Paskert's triple and an inHeld
out scored a run in thA.nrst. Singles by
Luderus and Bancroft. Killifer's sac
rihce and Rixcy's timely single scored
Luderus and Bancroft In the fifth. Ban.
croft's second single. a wild throw by
Egan II Killifer's safety ounted the
last run.
Not until the ninth inning OF the Sec
ond game did either side get n man near
the plate then tire Phillies showed over
two runners, one of them being totally
unnecessary "a far as winning was con-
cerned. especially with Mayer turning
back the Braves. In that ninth Luderus
inserted a single with the bases full. the
sacks having arrived at that condition
through a miserable error by Red Smith,
who had an easy chance to retire the
side and fumbled. The scores:
go.