The Washington herald., 1916-10-13
BOSTON S0X WIN
'I6 CHAMPIONSHIP
American Leaguers Take Last
Game of World Series.
BY DAMON RUNYON.
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Boston, Oct. 12-The world series
of 1916 is over and the baseball cham
pionship remains Boston's. The Bos-
ton Red sox, champions of the Ameri-
can League this year, and winners of
the world championship last year re-
tanned their title by taking the fifth
frame of the '16 series today from the
Brooklyn Dodgers, pennant winners in
the National League.
In all the Red Sox won four games.
score this afternoon was to l, but
the game never struck one as being
that close.
Well, we done our durndest," said
Your Uncle wHbert Robinson, man
sgsr of the Brooklyn Dodgers, as he
waddled on the field at the finish.
but our durndest wasn't good enough.
We No one knows what he in
tended to add to his statement
He was suddenly engulfed by great
waves Of derby hats and heavy over
coats which splashed up over the ro-
bust Robbie until he was lost to view.
Biggest Crowd of Series.
This was the biggest crowd that ever
saw a world series game. There were
$3.50 packed in the grand stand and
I bleachers, and in a sort OF corral beyond
center field. In the first game here be-
tween the Red sox and the Phillies last
year there were 42,32O present.
That undoubtedly had something to do
with the size of the crowd; that and the
fact that it seemed to be the general
opinion that the Sox would close up the
series today.
The historians Of the diamond, massed
up in the press sox, officially closed their
dog-eared score books on the struggle
only when slender young Everett Scott,
short-helding sensation Of the series,
caught a fly from the bat Of the veteran
Mike Mowrey in the ninth. but as a mat
ter Of fact the game was over long be-
fore that.
It was really over after the third, when
the sox broke out IN front from a tie
score through an opening. provided by
Dodser instnciency. -
shore Allow. Three Hits.
From that moment until the end Long
Shore, the drawly-yoiced, high-pocketed
lad from North Carolina, held the Dodg-
ers at the bend in his curve. He gave
them but three hits in the whole game,
while the, Dodgers were begging down
back Of big Ed Pfener, as they have
bozged down behind their other hurlers
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to expect the Dodgers to rally. In the
first game they came from far behind on
Long" Shore and drove him from the
mound in the ninth inning, but today 1t
soon became apparent to all that the
North Carolinian had them in the hollow
Of his tobacco-stained glove.
Besides that the Dodgers played In a
fashion that gave the observer an i'm
preston Of helplessness. They seemed
to be playing without spirit They got
a one-run lead on the Red Sox in the
second inning, but the Red sox tied it
up in their end Of the very same inning.
The Sox put one in mind Of great
fighter who goes along holding his op-
Donsnt safe until such time as he chooses
10 finish the affair.
Down in the hot stove league Of the ap-
preaching winter months it is likely that
considerable attention will be paid to
Zach Wheat, sometimes called the swift
est left fielder in the National League.
"Jin1' Follows wheat.
A sinister 'jinx'' visits itself upon
some individual ball player in nearly
every world seres, and Wheat has been
the unfortunate victim in the series of
1916. In nearly every game, he has made
some play that aroused criticism, and
today's game was no exception.
Ivan Olson, shortielder Of the Dodgers,
also fell afoul of his own particular
hoodoo again today, but Ivan has the
advantage over Wheat Of having oc-
cupisd the position Of hero for a few
1eeting hours.
1t wouldFbe most unkind, however, to
single out any member of the Brooklyn
club as a target for aspersion. 1t Is
better to draw the kindly mantle of
silence over their SHORTCOMINGS and to
agree with Uncle wilbert Robinson that
they done their durndest."
This series demonstrates pretty con-
clusiYely that there Is something about
the American League that makes II
fully 3 per cent stronger than the old
National League
An oficial today. Of the latter organiZa-
ton, admitted this much.
The Boston Sox won the American
League pennant after being battled to a
close finish by several other clubs.
Brooklyn, the strongest and the most
consistent club in the National League,
had as one Of its leading contenders right
down to the last few days OF the season
a club that was easy for the Red Sox
last year.
Would Abolish Series.
Now that the worlds series OF 1916 Is
over, baseball men are saying that the
best thing that could happen to the Ma
tional League and the game in general is
the abolition Of the series for at least
several years to come.
The saries-and this seasons series
more than any other-is taking the spe-
cies Of petty graft on the public.
Immediately after the first game some
Of the ball players were talking not Of
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