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

noise producers, raised a din that rat
tied the windows of staid Back Bay
homes and made it impossible to hear
the umpires' decisions.
So loud was the noise that Manager
Robinson finally protested to the arbiters
against the blare of the bands, on the
ground that his players could not heaI
his coaching Instructions. With it all,
however, the thousands were exceed
ingly fair in their applause, and every
star. play from any of the 'Brooklyns was
awarded the same approval as those OF
the Red Sox.
OTHER STARS BESIDES GAMER
Although Gamers hit, coming as it did
at the climax of remarkable game,
has earned him a place in the hall OF
fame reserved for baseball players, there
were others.
There were others whose plays showed
the heights to which a player can rise
when occasions like that of this after
noon demand.
lily" Myers, already a hero with his
homo team, with a running catch in
which he picked the ball off the grass-top
and finished with complete somersault,
coming up with the ball still tightly
clinched in his bare hand. Daubert took
high twisting foul far back of first
base from Walsh's bat in the eleventh in
a manner made famous by Hal Chase
In the ninth Myers again temporarily
saved his team from defeat with a won
derful throw to the plate which nipped
Janvrin trying to score from third or
Hoblitzelrs deep fly to the Superbas
centerfield.
PRAISE FOR PITCHERS
Great praise fell also to Pitchers Ruth
and Smith who swung through IA in
nings of the closest kind of play, with a
steadiness of service and pitching judg-
ment seldom equalled. Fifty-one batters
faced Smith and of this number only
seven got hits for a total of u bases.
OF the 4S that stepped before Ruth's de-
livery, only six got hits for total of
| 10 bases. Scott was the only player to
get two hits, his collection consisting OF
| a single and triple
| Sherrod Smith famed only one batter,
| Ruth, but he did it twice, his rival hurler
appearing unable to fathom his slants.
Ruth famed four, the quartet consisting
at Daubert, Myers, Cutshaw and Olson.
! The official attendance figures for the
game. showed that 1873 spectators paid
admission for total of $S2,626 of which
the players will receive $4461S.O4, the club
owners $14S72.6S each, and the national
| commission $S.262.6O. The totals for the
1 two games now stand:
Attendance, 1880; receipts, S159, 1850
| players share, $S5,922.37; each clubs
| share, $2S.640.79 national commission
| $15,91155.
MYERS HITS HOMER
| Johnston, the first man up for Brooklyn
when the game began, had two strikes
on him and then received three bad balls
| He lifted the next pitch to Walker fol-
an out Jake Daubert hit the second
ball pitched for a high foul, which Gard
| ner gather in near the Rex Sox dugout
| Centerfielder Myer, after allowing the
| first ball to go by, caught the next pitch
squarely on his bat. The ball shot to the
| far outfield between Walker and Hooper
Hooper, running fast made a great leaf
| for the horse hide and missed it, the bal
rolling to the extreme center field cor
ner Myers raced all the way home be-
| fore the ball could be relayed to the plate
His teammates slapped him on the bac}
as he walked to the Dodgers bench.
| Wheat then hit almost to the same
place where Myers homerun had struck
but the ball sailed higher and Hooper
| had lots of time to get under it, ending
| the inning.
SMITH IN FORM
| The Red Sox were easy for Smith II
| their turn at bat With the count ant
| 2. Hooper grounded weakly to Smith ans
was thrown out Janvrin flied out t.
Myers and Walker ended the inning by
lifting high foul fly to Daubert
| Opening the second inning for Brook
| Ign, Cutshaw chopped grounder thai
bounced off Ruths glove to Gardner
who threw the runner out by a quicl
toss Mowrey sent swift liner tha'