The sun., 1916-10-10

pany. Ruth won. bu, ne mus, take his
hat of to the man he beat.
The outstanding feature in the pitch
ing was the complete mastery these
young s~outhpaws had over the left
handed batsmen who faced them. Ruth
made the two leading DodEer batters.
Daubert and Wheat. both left handed
hitte RI, look very bad. Jake again drew
one base on balls In hve times up. lie
and cutshaw are the only regular play
ers on each team still angling for their
FIRST worlds series hit.
Wheat faced Ruth Ave times and each
time went out on An easy chance. Ruth
had no chance to pick on Casey Stengel.
who was removed from the lineup be-
cause OF his weakness against south
paws.
Smiths superiority over the Boston
left handed hltters already has been
commented on. Hooper mad" one infield
single In six chances, Gardner went hit
less five times and was replaced by
Gainer in the fourteenth. and Del banged
In the winning run. Ruth went hitlcss
in five attempts. while Thomas had a
triple and "A sacrifice.
The freak feature of Smiths pitching
was his inability to find the plate for
Hoblitzell. "A man who has seen little left
handed pitching all season. as It hao
been C~arrigan's policy to play Gamer on
first base against left handlers. Hobby
, walked four times. and the fourth pass
was fatal to Smith. McNa!ly. Hobby's
pinch runner, converted II into the win
ming run.
One Slip by Boston.
II formerly was said that 80 per cent.
OF the efficiency Of the Rcd Sox pitching
stan was due to the old outfield Of Lewis,
g. -. .. I~ nn1 tbArA yruN
something to that. A defence such as
the Red Sox put up to-day IL enough 10
inspire any pitcher to great deeds
Never did the Boston club rise higher Ia
the occasion than to-day. They simply
nelded themselves to victory.
Gamers pinch hit, which drove Nc
Nally home in the fourteenth inning
was the blow which wrecked Brooklyn
but Lewis's catch Of Smith in the thir'
teenth unquestionably saved 1t. Lewis
SO far. Is playing up to his 1915 form In
every department.
There was only one slip In Boston's
stone wall defence. Larry Gardner, who
had been n wizard at third all after
noon, made a great stop on Mowrey tc
start the thirteenth. Larry had plent,
OF time to make the play. He CAREFUL,
steadied himself. but his throw WAS low
and Mike was safe. Olson sacri1cec
MIN u SSSohu a." hA ef -
Thomas.
smith. who had hit a double, ther
looped a short line fly to left centre
somewhere behind short. 1t looked like
a certain hit. but out OF the gloom cam
DuYy. Running at top speed, he mad
a forward lunge and snatched the ball
He was going SO fast that II was witt
difficulty Lewis kept from falling on hi
face. He ran forward about twent!
yards at an angle OF 45 degrees befor'
he regained his balance.
That old Athletic second base pair o
Barry and Collins did some grea
worlds series fielding. and Heinie Wag
ner did miracle stunts for the Red So,
in 1912 against the Giants but M
worlds series Infelders have ever show
/ more than Scott and Gardner displayed
|, to-day. IT made no difference where tn
Dodgers hit them to the left side Of tn
diamond. this pair would get them. on
!, minute Scott would 20 to deep shor
. for a sharp drive. and the next he woull
snatch up a bounder over second base
walker Cuts on hun.
! Another important fielding play 70
e Boston was Clarence Walkers thro,
home IN the eighth inning. The pc
Q held Mowicy on third base. Mowre
I opencd the inning with "A clean singl
. AMI OleOr sacrificed. Miller drove
t single To centre M Coomhs. havln
seen Walkers arm In action, hel
Mowrcy on third. II was we'll he die
as Walkers throw came straight an
true to the plate.
|" Had not the game been so full of oths
! features, Del 0ainer's fourteenth innin
. pinch hit would be the red letter featui
= OF the game. That pinch hit came AS
:. result of the Carrigan system. SIM
, the sale OF Speaker, Gardner Is Boston
= mos, consistent hitter. anS Carrigan
/. only 800 man. Yet Gardner had not h
y against Smith, and when Larry came u
=, with "A man on second Carrigan did NJ
|. hesitate. He Withdrew hts star. and Sci
a a mediocre player to bat, but a rigl
a handed hitter.
some stars might sulk at such slight
= hut not Red Sox stars. And Gamer VII
r dictated Carrigan's judgment. Hts pine
i hit will 70 into worlds series history