The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-11

Men and boys with here ana tneTe d.
feminine companion, capered and
danced with joy, while the bands were
assembled for the march around the
park. At the first notes of march
music the fans formed in long lines
and once under way began parade
that grew in enthusiasm and numbers
as it progressed. 1t wound in and out,
in imitation of the college snake dance,
while the more sedate of the spectators
cheered and yelled. Flags and banners
were hurled onto the field, followed
by cane seat cushions, until the air
was filled with flying objects.
BOSTON RIOTERS START
Across the field the royal rooters of
Boston. undaunted by defeat or by the
thousands of their rivals, struck up the
famous "Tessie" song and march and
soon the park was filled with parading
battalions. After a number of maneu-
vers the adherents of the two clubs
met in midfield and after an inter-
change of cheers. good naturedly bonn
The demonstration made up in part
for the lack of the thrilling features
which lifted the first two contests of
the series out of the rank of ordinary
baseball conflicts. There was missing
in the third game the tenseness and
sensational individual play which domi-
mated the preceding clashes at Braves
Field
Brooklyn jumped into the lead in to-
days contest and was never headed,
although the Boston club crept up to
within a run of trying the score in the
closing innings. Neither was the game
marked by super-excellent baseball,
but Brooklyn won, and, with the hope
that the team would repeat tomorrow,
that was entirely sufficient for the
repeaters. In contrast with the Boston
games, that of today was played in
cool, crisp weather and overcoats were
necessary for comfort to the spectators
in all but the sunny left field stands.
JACK COOMBS PRAISED
Jack Coombs, already a veteran of
two worlds series with the Philadel
phia Athletics, came in for unstinted
in the early innings of the game and
later for his self-abnegation in request
ing to be relieved when he felt him
self slipping and realized that to re-
main in the box might entail defeat
for his teammates.
Until the seventh inning Coombs held
the Red Sox to six hits and two runs,
but when Larry Gardner lifted the ball
over the right field wall for home run
Coombs realized that he was losing his
cunning. His teammates urged him to
remain in the game, but the kenne-
bunk. Me. hurler was firm in his de-
Termination and was finally replaced
by Pfeffer. who held the one run lead
Coombs had given him until the end.
Boston being held up without another
score.
Carl MAYS, the underhand twirler Sc
lected by Manager Carrigan to hold the
Superbas in check, was less fortunate
for the Robinson clan fell upon MS OF
Serings with a freedom that they had
not displayed against either ohore OF
Ruth. They garnered seven hlts ana
four runs before Hendiksen went to pat
for him in the sixth, and roster re-
placed him on the mound when the
team took the field again. Foster was
s.ached for three hits but BROOKLYN
uas unable to turn them into runs. An
told. Brooklyn got 10 hits Tor totai
IF IA bases while Boston rolled up an
.rgrerate Of IL bases with seven hits
Hooper, Shorten and Gardner were tht
h.avv hitters for the Red Sox. Hooper
.cru;re1 two hits, one triple; Shorten
nlaying in his first world series, Satheres
three hits in four trips to the pla.e, anu
Gardner made his one hit count Wnen rs
s.cya the ball over the wall for circuit
trin f,aptain Jake Daubert was the bal
ting star for the Superbas, coiiect'ns
srrea hits in four times at bat after so
Ing through the first two games "hhou'
connecting safely His final blow was
delivered in the sixth inning Mhen ~