South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-10
Take Record Breaking Game In II Innings From Dodgers 21

Iished a new record for world SER
les play. eclipsing the three 20
three Is inning tie game played by
the Chicago Nationals and the De-
trOit Americans in 1907.
Setting l. Wonderful.
No finer setting for a baseball bat
tie Of this record breaking cham
pionship could have been conjured
by the cleverest mind Of a stage d.
rector. Braves field, the largest
base ball stadium in the country, was
filled with a gathering which fell
less than a thousand below the record
for championship throng Bleach
ers and grand stands were filled al
most 20 capacity and in contrast 20
the opening game the spectators.
thrilled at the tenseness Of the con
test, rooted without cessation
through the entire two hours and 80
minutes OF play. once the character
Of the contest had gripped them.
men. women. and boys. aided by
bands and improvised noise produc-
ing articles. raised a din that rat
tied the windows Of staid back bay
homes and made il impossible TO
hear the umpire's decisions
So great was the noise that Mgr.
Robinson finally protested to the
arbiters against the blare Of the
bands, on the ground that his play
ers could not hear his coaching in
| thousands were exceedingly fair in
their applause and every star play
OF the many made by Brooklyn was
! accorded the same approval as
those reeled off by the smooth Red
| SOx machine
While Gamers hit. coming as il
did at the climax of a worlds game
has earned him place in the hall
of fame reserved for baseball players
there were others whose play show
/ ed the heights 10 which a player
can rise when occasions like that
Of this afternoon demand.
NY" Myers. already a hero with
| his home run in the opening inning.
robbed Hooper Of an extra base hit
/ in the sixth jlning, with a running
catch in which ne picked the ball
/ off the grass, turned a complete
somersault, coming up with the ball
tightly clinched in his bare hand.
DaUbert took a high twisting foul
/ back Of first base from Walsh's bat
in the eleventh in a manner made
famous by Hal Chase.
In the ninth Myers again temper
arily saved his team from defeat
with a wonderful throw TO the plate
which nipped Janvrin trying TO
| score from third on HoblitzelTs deep
/ fly 20 the Brooklyn centerield
Great praise fell also TO Pitchers
Ruth and Smith who swung through
/ fourteen innings of the closest kind
of play with a steadiness of service
and pitching judgment seldom equal
led. Fifty-One batters faced Smith
and OF this number only seven got
/ hits for a total of ten bases OF the
/ as that faced Ruth, six got hits for
total of ten Eases. Scott was the
only player TO get two hits, his col
: lection consisting of a single and a
/ triple.
Fans Ruth Twice.
| Smith famed only one batter
Ruth, but ne did il twice. his rival
! pitcher appearing unable TO fathom
| his curves. Ruth famed four. the
quartet consisting of Daubert, Myers.
| Cutshaw and Olson
The official attendance figures for
! the game showed that ABB spec
| tators paid admission for a total Of
| $S2,626. of which the players will
4
I $14.S72.6S each and the National
commission. $S.262.6O. The totals
for the two games now stand: At
tendance 77.490; receipts $159,115.-
/ so: players share SS5.922.57: each
club share s2S.64O.79: National COM
mission. $15,911.55.