The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
DEL GAMER HERO
AS RED S0x WIN
Poles Out Pinch Hit In Four
teenth, Making Score 2 to |.
BY DAMON RUNYoN.

international News seryieeD
Boston, Mass, Oct. 9.--His name is Del
Gamer and tonight he Is a hero, Bat
ting for Larry Gardner, in the fourteenth
inning Of the second game of the current
worlds series. he poIled out a pinch hit
which ena bled the Boston Red Sox to
beat the Brooklyn Dodgers by the score
OF to l.
For thirteen innings the teams had
oattled through the longest game in the
history Of world series competition, and
then when 1t seemed that darkness would
intervene and put a stop to the game,
q Del Gatner stepped into the breach and
broke up the pastime. g
Yet Brooklyn should have won They
sh2uld have won by the score Of to O
But they lost. An unfortunate tumble
not an error-by George Cutshaw, the
Brooklyn second baseman, in the third
inning, paved the way for the run which
Dodgers
In the first inning, HI Myers slammed
out terrific home run. on to an early
advantage the Dodgers should have won
They have the reputation Of winning
when cut in the lead. But they lost,
though In losing again flashed a fight
which thrilled more than 1000 baseball
insects.
Fight stubbornIy.
For more than two hours the teams
fought stubbornly and tenaciousIy and
whole-heartedly. From the third inning
to the fourteenth, they battled on even
terms
Then with the stage set for a dramatic
climax, with darkness coming on Mr..
Gamer. the william. appeared upon the
stage. Mr.. Gamer is quite an actor.
he looked over one strike and then swung
upon the ball and sent it to left field.
zach Wheat scurried for the ball, pick
ed It up, threw it to the plate. But
Mike McNally, who had been put in to
run for Dick Hoblitzel, scampered across
the plate with the winning run
Much could be said of this person
Sainer' the william. His first name is
Dslos, and IL is said that his habits
are exemplary, though II is hard to
believe this Of a person who would de-
hoerately ruin a perfectly good pas
time which, to all tntents and pur-
poses. belonged to the Dodgers.
Might Call Him "CIouter."
He has a middle name, has this
Gamer. but q diligent search has failed |
TO reveal It. The initial, however, is C.
Just what the name itself is we don't |
know, but we suspect that It Is |
Clouter. or some such name as that.
HI Myers, who has acted like a per-
games which have been played thus
far. drove a home run in the opening
frame. and. with Sherrod Smith pitch /
ing wonderful bail, it seemed that the
Dodgers were going to return to
Brooklyn with a game to their credit
Babe Ruth and ShsFrod Smith were
the opposing pitchers. Until todRy's
game neither had ever taken part in
world series contest Yet upon the
occasion Of their joint debut they did
much to make baseball history. ForI
never in the history of professional
baseball had a world series gone to
fourteen innings.
should Have Been Enough.
That one run should have been enough
to hold the Red Sox safe, but they tied
the score in the third. The first man up,
Everett Scott tripled to left. Thomas hit |
to Cutshaw and Cutshaw made a very
good play in holding Scott to third, and |
then tossing out Thomas at first Ruth,
who is a notable long-distance hitter, also
smashed at the first ball pitched to him
and hit a roller to Cutshaw. The Dodger |
second baseman got the ball all right |
but then dropped It. Had he held It he |
could easily have retired Scott at the
plate. As it was, he lost his chance Of |
getting Scott, so he tossed out Ruth at |
hrst while Scott scored.
Before all this had occurred, however, |
sherrod Smith had mussed up an oppor- |
tunity for a run which would have en-
sbled the Dodgers to retain a margin |
over the Sox tally in the third In the |
Dodgers side Of that same inning. after
Otto Miller had been. thrown out BY /
Scott Smith hit terrific drive to right. |
1t was an easy two-bagger, but when he |
reached second Smith decided to keep on |
going.
Down on third base Jack Coornbs.
wrapped up in a dingy old sweater, was |
waving his hands and yelling as he tried |
to make Smith stop at second, but Smith |
was on his way. He slid into third only
to find the ball in the hands Of Gardner. |
The next man, Johnston, hit a long single |
to center Smith might have scored on |
that
Dodgers Make Double Play.
The Dodgers made their first double |
play OF the series in the fourth when |
Hoblitzel walked after Smith had thrown !
out Walker. Mowrey got Lewis throw |
and the runners were doubled up, Mowrey /
to Cutshaw TO Daubert
In the eighth inning, which opened with |
the band playing the National anthem /
and everybody standing with heads barred, I
Mowrey singled to left. Olsen sacrificed |
him TO second. Miller singled to center, |
the ball going on a line. 1t was here !
that Mowrey made play which is being |
freely criticised. He took look at the |
oal, instead OF tearing out at top speed /
When ne finally got going, Walker hadt
the ball and Coombs stopped Mike at |
third There was no chance Of him scor- |
ing then. but many think he could have !
scored II he had moved with Miller's hit
Walker threw to the plate and Miller
took second on the throw. Smith hit to |
Scott, and Mowrey, who was rushing to-
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