Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-11
BROOKLYN WINS
THE THIRD GAME
Brooklyn Captain After Two.
Day Slump Makes Three
Hits, One a Triple.
GARDNER HITS A HOME BUN
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the ball over the right field wall for
home run, Coombs realized that he
was losing his cunning. His team
mates urged him to remain in the
game, but he was firm in his deter
mination and was finally replaced by
Pfeffer, who held the one-run lead
Coombs had given him until the end,
Boston being helpless and hitless be-
fore his delivery.
Carl Mays, the underhand pitcher
selected by Manager Carrigan to hold
Brooklyn, was less fortunate, for the
Robinson clan fell upon his offerings
with freedom that they had not dis
played against either Shore or Ruth.
They garnered seven hits and four
runs before Henriksen went to bat
for him in the sixth, and Foster re-
placed him on the mound when the
team took the field again. Foster was
reached for three hits, but Brooklyn
was unable to turn them into runs.
Brooklyn got ten hits for total of
fourteen bases, while Boston rolled
up an aggregate of twelve bases with
seven hits.
Hooper, Shorten and Gardner were
the heavy batters for Boston. Hooper
acquired two hits. one triple; Short
en-, playing in his first world series,
gathered three hits in -four trips to
the plate, and Gardner made his one
hit count when he drove the ball over
the wall for a circuit trip. .+[.
Fanc Shiyer in Wind. -
Brooklyn saw its first, worlds series
game in its own borough today
Heretofore it has had to cross the
bridge and watch the New, York
Giants perform in the all-important
series. Keen for the taste OF the big
base ball event that makes or un-
makes a champion, crowds came out
early to the park and sat for hours
shivering in the arctic wind that swept
the playing field Scores of spectators
muffled themselves in sweaters and
newspapers to keep out the biting
edges OF the north wind. The sun
shone clear and bright, but it was a
poor day for ball game. The play
ers themselves hugged the warm
rooms of the club house until the
last moment
i Bleachers Fill First.
The temporary bleachers erected
behind left and center field were the
first to fill up, while the box hold
ers, secure in their seats, waited un-
til near game time before coming to
the park. Double sets of temporary
boxes had been erected in front of
the left and right field grand stands.
The usual brass bands helped the
crowd to KEEP warm and in tune down
near the home bench.
In. contrast with the warm haziness
of the last few days, remarkable for
its suitability to the great national
pastime, the morning broke cool and
breezy, with the promise of day
more suited to work on the gridiron
than on the diamond.
The struggle of the day, coming
after the two desperate encounte,s in
Boston, which left the Brooklyns
without victory and gave the Red
Sox commanding lead in the battle
for the title, promised to be perhaps
the crucial game of the series.
On familiar ground after the loss
of two heart-breaking struggles on
alien soil. the Dodgers figured in the
calculations of ardent Brooklynites as
likely to gather sufficient inspiration
from congenial surroundings to give
them the edge they lacked in the
Braves field encounters. A pair Of
reverses was not looked upon as an
indication that the National leaguers
were outclassed and doomed to GER
tain defeat. Nevertheless, it was real
lied that today's battle might virtually
decide the series. On the other hand,
the Red Sox rooters came primed for
the continuance of their favorites'
triumphal progress. confident in the
superiority of the Boston machine, su-
premely reliant that class would tell.
Mails Hurls Practice.
The Brooklyns took their batting
practice first. Manager Robinson
sent out Duster" Mails, left-hand-
er, and Appleton to serve to the bait
ters. Some Of the Robins, long drives
brought cheers from the early crowd
During the Bostons' batting prac-
tice Pennock worked on the mound.
The Boston batters tried out the
ranges of all fields and then took a
few shots at the right field wall,
which is the favorite target of Brook
lyn's heavy artillery.
The first excitement of the day
came when the Boston royal rooters,
about 500 strong, paraded around the
field, led by a relocated band play
ing "Tessie," the famous battle song
OF the fans. The Boston rooters oc-
cupied reserved section back of the
visitors playing bench off third base.
There was plenty OF snap in the
fielding practice notwithstanding the
cold. Both Daubert end Merkle
worked out at first base and it looked
rs though Robinson intended to use