Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-10-12

Boston, Oct. a,--Tearing world series rec
ords and traditions to shreds, the Boston
Americans defeated tho Brooklyn Ma
tons by a score of . to l in thinning
game here this afternoon 1t was the So
ond contest for the championship and WIS
decided only after one of the most THRU
ing struggles in the history OF baseball.
For more than two hours the teams oa:-
tied with almost superhuman skill and
courage through a one run tie. Then a
pinch hitter and pinch runner won a VIC
tory for the American Lcaguers just al
twilight came on
or the men who to-day achieved base
ball fame, Delos Gamer Of Elkins ". W..
was the star Of stars 1t was his snLle
in the gathering darkness of the final m
ming that scored from second base Mich
ael McNally Of Minooka, Pa, running for
Hoblitzel. with the tally that won th,
second straight victory for the Carrigan-
ties over the champions of the senior
league.
BROOKLYN SCORES FIRST
The contest opened with a sensational
circuit smash by "Hy" Myers in the first
inning and not for a moment afterward
did the struggle halt or lose gripping
interest for the forty odd thousand fans
For a short time the lone run scored by
Myers appeared to be the margin that
might give Brooklyn an even break in
the series In the third inning. however,
Scott tripled to center and scored the
tying run when Cutshaw iuggled Ruth $
tap, and had time only to make the
play at first base.
From that point the teams grappled
In baseball battle that rolled through
eleven periods OF play without the slight
act p5 l.a Mt for al ri nj " la j.
mond deeds OF great daring and skill
held spectators amazed Sizzling hits,
wonderful catches, scintillatlng throws
and the keenest OF baseball generalship
succeeded each other rapidly
HOW WINNING RUN WAS MADE.
| When the Boston players made their last
stand at the plate, Sherrod Smith, Brooi-
| iyn's southpaw, who had fought a splen-
did twirling duel against Carrigan's LETT
handed star Babe" Ruth. faltered an in
slant with Hoblitze at the bat He couid
not locate the plate in the twilight end
| passed Hobby to Daubert's station.
| Lewis moved his cluhmate to second with
an infeid sacrifice. Here the Boston mar
ager showed his baseball acumen by send
! ing McNally to run for Hobitzel and
taking Gamer from the bench to bat TO
Gardner. Gamer set himself for his Of
| fort, and slashed a line drive between
short and third, which came to Wheat on
the second bound. The latter, playing in
deep left whipped the ball toward the
plate, but McNally had sprnted with the
crack of the bat and ball and slid homo
with tho winning run before Miller could
| clutch the bail,
BROOKLYN A GREAT MACHINE.
As result of Gamers hit, the BostC \
team left for Brooklyn tonight with two
OF the necessary four victories to the I
credit. and will renew tomorrow at Eo
bets Field the struggle for further honorg.
The Brooklyn players departed confide II
that their fortune will change once they
are back on familiar fields, and bearing
with them tho admiration of every spectn-
tor who Witnessed their desperate battle
against what is conceded to he one of the
greatest baseball machines in history.
Brooklyn. the vanqushed, won almost
as much praise and honor as tn,
triumphant Bostons, Their fighting spiri
will go down as one of the most remark
able in the annals of the game In hold
ing the Carrigan clan for fourteen in
ninss before admitting defeat, they
esta blished new record for world
series play ecipsing the 3 to thirteeI
inning tie game played by the Chicago
Nationals and the Detroit Americans II
1907
Braves Field, the largest baseball
stadium in the country, was filled will
n gathering which fell less than a thou
sand below the record for "A champion
ship throng. Bleachers and grandstand
were filled almost to capacity and thu
spectators rooted without cessation
through the entire two hours and thirty
two minutes of play. once the charac
ter OF the contest had Grpped them, men
women and boys. aided by bands AM
limprovised noise producers, raised din