The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-13
BASEBALL
RED SOX OUTPLAYED DODGERS
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Larry Gardner, Boston Third Baseman
Entitled to Laurel Wreath.

WT1CCen the worn AiiISH Va e"e
worlds series entertainment of 1916,
That brace of foozles by the bod
gers shortstop put the Red Sox into
the lead and never afterward were
they headed. Olson's babble-booble
enabled the Sox to win the fifth and
deciding game in the battle for the
diamond championship Of the world
and permitted Boston to retain UNI
furnished it's record of v having
lost in combat for the highest honors
in baseball.
The thirteenth duel for the baseball
title now in history, but it isn't the
kind that the Brooklynites will read
with any emotions akin to joy or
pride. The story of those five games
shows, on the whole, the Dodgers were
o~utclassed; that they met a team bet
ter in every department of play than
their own. And the inevitable hap
pened. Practically in every pinch the
Dodgers fivvered. In every crisis
they have played their worst ball.
Time and again during those five
games a timely hit might have won
for them; just as, often a bit of air
tight work afield might have saved
the game. But, always, except dur
ing the third game, which they won,
the Dodgers sluggers were impotent
in moments when it was necessary to
produce a safety; their infeld insisted
upon Cracking" just at those mo
ments when a foozle meant the loss Of
a game to them.
The Sox romped through to victory
because they played far beyond the
game of the Dodgers. They perform
ed with machine-like regularity. They
never became ratified, never nervous,
never afraid of the outcome, as did
their foes. They just went tlong with
one idea fixed in their minds-to win.
And they won without any real effort.
The Dodgers emerged from the, Sc
ries with a lone victory to their cred
it. And many there are who feel it
was something in the nature Of a gift,
Carl Mays was permitted to linger on
the Red Sox mound in that battle long
after it was apparent to most of the
observers that he was losing his hold
on things; that he was in distress.
Every worlds series has it's hero,
and the laurel wreath Of 1916 proper
ly beyongs upon the dome of Larry
Gardner, third sacker for the Sox. He
covered acres Of ground around his
station and his brilliant work in the
field choked off several Dodger raj
lies. His home run drive in the third
game was a terrific clout, while his
swat in the fourth broke the hearts of
the Dodgers and cinched the game for
his team.
Hi Myers played the best ball for
the men of Brookly. He, too achieved
a homer and made several spectacu-
lar catches, but his greatest feat was
in that second battle which went ID
innings. In the ninth, with the speedy
Janvrin on third and one out, his great
throw to the plate, following the snar-
of Hoblitzel's liner, nipped Janvrin by
several feet and STAYED off defeat for
five more rounds. It was one of the
most perfect throws ever made on a
ball field.
The story of the final game, that
was played this afternoon before that
record crowd, reads much the same
as the other Red Sox victories. 1t
tells of the inability of the Dodgers
to wallop when wallops meant tallies,
Of assures appearing in their defen-
sive work just at the moment when
it spelled ruin to them. It recounts,
too, how the Sox, keen witted, took
of every opportunity and
transformed it into a run.
The job Of pushing the Dodgers into
oblivion as far as worlds honors are
concerned was delegated to Ernie
Shore, the long and lean right-hand-
er. And never nobler did he perform.
He yielded only three hits during the
game, and not a clean belt was
made off his delivery until the sew
when Mowrey tipped one into
left field.
In the preceding inning Chief Mey-
ers made the first Dodger safety, q
one, by bounding the ball too
high for Shore to pull down in time
to get his man. The final Dodger
swat was exuded in the ninth by
Stengel.
jeff Pfeffer pitched a fair game for
the Dodgers and nothing more. The
Sox showed no fear of his speed and
curves. They stepped right into
them and banged them. Unfortunate
~ for Pfeffer, they acquired their
safeties just at moments when it
hurt the most in the run colmun.
The Dodgers made noises like .
rally in the ninth inning, but soon be-
came silent. Stengel opened the
round with a single to left. Wheat,
who followed, promptly and inglori-
ously famed. Cutshaw tried to kill"
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