Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-10
RED S0X DEFEAT
DODGERS IN BEST
OF WORLD BATTLES
Teams Fight With Almost
Superhuman Skill and
Courage.
DELOS GAMER is HERO
IN SECOND BIG FRACAS
His Single in Gathering Darkness
Brings 2-to-I Victory in
Fourteenth Inning.
tI'E'nS M,
DIAMOND DEEDS OF DARING
Play Abnunds in Sizzling Hits. Won
dcrfu! Catches and Throws
and Keen Gcncrulsl,ip.

BOSTON. MASS. October a.-Ercaking
worlds series records TO shreds. the
Boston Americans defeated the Brook
lyn Nationals by "a score Of . TO l. in
ternoon. II was ,hc second contest
for the championship. and was decided
only after struggle that surpassed
In situations any ever evolved in the
writer.
For more than two hours the teams
battlcd with almost supcrhuma skin
and courage through a onc-run tie.
Then. with the stage set as IL for
thrilling climax, a pinch hitter and
pinch runner won victory for the Rcd
Sox Just as twilight threw Its mantle
Of scmidarkncss over Braves Field
OF the heroes who arose from the
playing field. as did the warriors from
the dragons teeth sown by Jason
in tales Of Greek mythology, Dclos
Gamer, Of Elkns. W. Va, was the star
OF the stars. /, WAS his single in the
gathering darkness, OF the final inning
that scored from second base Michael
McNnlly. OF Minooka, Pa running
for Hoblitzcl. With the tally that won
the second s;rhigi, victory for the
CarriEanites.
The contest opened with scnsa-
ii nal circuit smash by "Hi' Myers,
III the initial inning. and not for a
moment aftcrwsrd did the struggle
hali or lose interest for the forty odd
thousand fans who hung on every play
with intensity equal 10 that Of the
members OF the two teams battling
/, for fame nrrd financial rewards. For
a short spnce of time, the lone run
scored by Myers appeared to be the
margin that might give BROOKLYN an
even break in tho series. In the third
inning. however, Scott triplcd TO cen
ter. and scored the tying run when
Cut$haw jugrlcd Ruths tap. and had
lime only to make the play at frs,
base
ELEVEN INNINGS WITHOUT
ADvA NTAGE FOR EITHER
From ,ha, point. the Red SoX and
Supcrbas Erapplcd in n baseball bat
tic that rolled through eleven periods
OF play without the siightcs, advantage
for either club. while diamond deeds
OF amazing daring and skill held the
spectators enthrallcd. Sizzling hits.
wonderful catches scintillatinE throws
and tho kccncst OF baseball general
ship, succeeded each other so rapidly
that those preceding were forgotten
in the stunning briiliancy az later
ovents
Thus 1t came about that, with gray
shadows creeping down over the
stands TO tho ncld. the Boston players
made their last stand at the plate.
Shcrrod Smith. Brookiyn's southpaw.
who had fought splendid twirlins
duel against CarriGan's lcft-handcd
star. Babe" Ruth. faltcrcd for an in
slant with IIoblitzcl at the bat He
could not locate the plate In tho
twilight and pa sscd Hobby" to Dau-
bert's station. Lewis moved his club
mate to second with an inf1cld sac
rihcc.
Here the Red Sox manager showed his
baseball acumcn by sending McNailr
in to run for Hohlitzcl. and taking
Gamer from the bench to bat for
Gardner Gaincr set himself for his
effort and slashcd 4 line drive be-
tween short and third. which came to
wheat on the second bound The lat
tor. playing in deep left, whipped the
ball toward the plate with every atom
Of his strength, but McSaily had
sprintcd with the crack OF the bat
and ball, and slid homo with the win
ming run before Catcher Miller could
clutch the iiyin. sphere.
AS a result Of Gamers hit, the 5os-
ton team left for Brooklyn tonight
with two Of the necessary four vic
tories to their credit. and will renew
the struggle tomorrow at Ebbets
Field. Almost Spontaneously the
brooklyn players departed for their
home grounds, confident that their
fortunes will change once they are
back upon familiar fields and bearing
with them tho admiration Of every
spectator who witnessed their desperate
battle a@airs, what is conceded 10 be
one of the Gratcst baseball machines
of modern times
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