Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-08
Red Sox Romp Resistlessly
Through Brooklyn Rivals
Till They Skid in
Ninth Inning.
SIX TO FIVE IS THE SCORE
Dodgers Take Advantage Of
Rivals Wabbling and Pile
Up Four Tallies.
SHORE WEAKENS IN LAST
Attendance, 36,117.
Total receipts, S76,4S9.50.


Players share, S41, ,304.33.
Each clubs share, $l3,76S.11.
National Base Ball commission.
share, S7,64s,e5.
Boston, Oct 7.-The well-nigh per.
iect base ball machine OF the Boston
American league club triumphed over
the Brooklyn Nations here this after.
noon, f to S, in the first game of the
worlds series, but marred its victory
by skidding badly in the final inning
For eight innings the thirty odd thou
sand loyal supporters of Boston sat
with complacent air of satisfaction,
while the junior league champions
romped through their National league
rivals to lead of six to one.
With the game apparently won,
Boston began to wobble, led by
Pitcher Earnest Shore, and before the
last Brooklyn batter had been retired
the Brooklyns had gained 5our tallies.
This surprising break, of which the
invading team was quick to take ad-
vantage, was the feature of an 9TH
erwise ordinary base ball game.
Beginning to Leave.
When Daubert, the first Brooklyn
batsman, stepped to the place in the
opening half of the ninth inning, the
spectators were beginning to leave the
field, but they halted in their tracks
as Shore passed the batter, and Casey
Stengel sent him to second with a
clean single. A lone Brooklyn rooter
began to beat upon tin pan and
here and there were cries of encour-
agement for the National league
champions, but the cheers died away
as Wheat forced Daubert at third.
Shore, however, could not control
the ball as he had done eatlier in the
game, and hit Cutshaw MoWrey arose
to the occasion with a bounder, which
Janvrin could not handle, and Stengel
and Wheat crossed the plate. Fears
of the Boston fans grew when Olson
beat out an infield hit, and they
were scarcely relieved when Chief
Myers fouled out. Merkle, batting for
Pfeffer, outwitted Shore and walked,
forcing in Cutshaw with the third
run of the inning. .. -.-
Puts Mays In.
There was not sound from the
thousands when Manager Carrigan
ordered Shore from the box and sub.
stituted Mays. Myers, Brooklyn's
lead-off batter, scratched an infield
hit, scoring Mowrey, and the Ma
tionals were within a run of tying the
score, with the bases still loaded.
Daubert came to the plate for the
second time in the inning, and every
one of the thousands of spectators
held his breath as the Brooklyn cap
tain hit an ugly bounder to Scott.
The shortstop speared the ball as ii
leaped from the turf and without
pausing even to sight, whipped it to
Hoblitzel Daubert, sliding into the
bag head-first, appeared to arrive
with the flashing ball, but there was
a great cheer when Umpire O'Day,
who fairly overhung the base, sig
nailed the third out and the ending of
the game.
Hooper's Star Play.
1t was a climax that showed the
resources and strength OF Boston
when under pressure. But it was not
the only exhibition OF similar ma
ture. Right Fielder Harry Hooper
uncovered the star individual play of
the day in the fourth inning, when
he made great running catch of
Cutshaw's twisting fly and nipped
Wheat, trying to score from third.
The ball left Cutshaw's bat as if un-
decided where it was going, and
Hooper had to sprint over toward the
foul line, just back of first base, be-
fore he could get his hands on it.
The effort caused him to slip to the
turf in sitting position. but he was
up like flash and while still rising,
hurled the ball straight to Cady. The
latter slammed it on Wheat's ankle |
as he reached for the plate with his
foot at the end OF perfect slide. This
thrilling catch and throw and the
ninth-inning rally of the vanquished
Brooklyn team were the outstanding
features of the first game of the
series, which attracted a gathering of
base ball followers that numbered
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