South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-09
WORKS
FOR DODGERS,
RUTH FOR SOX
Miller is Sent Behind the Bat
For Brooklyn While Thomas
Does the Receiving
For Boston.

BRAVES FIELD, BOSTON,
oct. o.-BoSton and Brooklyn
were tied here in the second
game of the worlds series at the
end of the first half of the ninth
inning. The Dodgers scored one
nun in the irst inning but Boston
tied the count in the third and
the game after that was a hur-
ler's battle. Both teams threat
ened several times.
A threat of rain was i'm the clouds
when the Red sox and Dodgers
romped onto the field this afternoon
for preliminary practice before the
second game for the baseball cham
pionship of the world.
II was very muEgy and sticky, and
dull. gray clouds continued TO PIE
up over the field. The weather man
was dubious about his ability 10
thWart Jupe Pluye and his sprinK-
ling can.
The crowd looked 10 be as large
as ON the opening day. The STANDS
and bleachers were hlled al % M
only a few bare patches showed IN
the left hcld unreserved seats an
hour before game ume-and the
fans continued 20 pour i'm. The re-
served seat holders began TO arrive
in force after / o'clock.
The pre-battle betting was 10
that the Sox would win the SERIES
10 to that they would win todays
game. Not much money was wager
ed today, owing To the scarcity OF
Brooklyn money.
Both Teams Greeted
Both teams got nice greeting
from the fans when they took the
field The Red Sok We're first 20 IN
dulee in batting practice. After
they had concluded the Dcd=ers
took their j. minutes. Then each
team practced fielding for quar-
ter of am hour.
The throne lacked some OF the
early enthusiasm III saturday.
The average odds on the series to-
dav are 70 that Boston VIII come
through winner. Some extremely
enthusiastic hackers of the Red SoX
are oneriue 90 2-and not finding
takers. 3 few folks have expressed
themselves as willing 20 plunge
bit ON the outcome OF today's gene.
but they want offers of az least 10
1 or better-asainst the Dodgers.
The assembIase of star BAH play
ers. famous managers and sporting
writer's here. is almost unanlr Gus
i'm saying that ID looks like another
championship for Boston
SoN Are FaNoritcs.
They've analysed that exhibition
Of Saturday and found thauthe Sox,
In team play and in individual brill
l.ancy. otershad0w the Dodgers
Also they tell you 10 bear in mind
that the -0X now must snare only
three more games % land the big
end OF the money, whereas the
Dodgers have to acquire four.
And $50 the SoE have the edge"
they say
But Robinson. conEersing for
himself and associate members Of
the clan Of Ebaets. offers the follow
ing in re5uttal.
..The way that FIRST game ended
was the best tbius that could have
happened for my boys. They enter
cd the game nervous and s0meW hat
aweG by the Sox. They had heard
mUcb about the intuc5Ulty of the
pitching stad of the soz. The boys
did not play up 20 their real form
in the early part Of that game But
that ninth inning rally VI ours was
the one big thing they needed IL
didn't win the game for us. but il
won for the boys probably some
thing even greater-a belief in their
ability % beat the Sox Tha1 was
something about which they might
have been skepucal 90 lrst
SOx Got "A scare.
some believe that the winning OF
the game meant much Tor the
morale of the Sox. But really think
the scare we gave them Boz the ninth
robbed them Of an The confidence
they had az the start, and viii have
sort OF nervous effect upon them
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