The Washington herald., 1916-10-13
ivan OLSON'S error
PAVES WAY FOR SOX
Dodgers Shortstop Gives Boston Fifth
Game and World Championship.
By FRANK G. srENKE

Zen the WORD 'nnlS on Ino "oEQ sSEles
entertainment OF 1916.
That brace OF foozles by the Dodser
shortstop put the Red Sox into the lead
and never afterward were they headed.
Olson's bobble-bobble 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
untarnished its record Of never having
lost In a combat for the highest honors
in baseball
The thirteenth duel for the baseball
title Is now history-but 1t isn't the kind
that Brooklynites will read with any
emotions akin to Joy or pride. The story
OF those FIVE games shows, on the whole,
the Dodgers were outclassed; that they
met a team better in every department
OF play than their own. And the ineVt-
table resulted In practically every pinch
the Dodgers hfvvered; in every crisis
they played their worst baseball Time
and again during those i've games
timely hit might have won for them;
Just as often a bit Of alright work aheld
might have saved the game. But, always,
except during the third game which they
won, the Dodgers sluggers were tmpo-
tent In moments when 1t was necessary
20 produce a safety; their infeld insisted
upon Cracking" just at those moments
when foozle meant the loss Of game
to them
The sox romped through TO victory be-
cause they played far beyond the game OF
the Dodgers. They performed with ma
chfne-like regularity. They never became
ratified, never nervous, never afraid OF
ths outcome, as did their foes They just
went along with one idea hxed cooly and
calmly In their minds-to win And they
won without any real effort
The Dodgers emerged from the series
with a lone victory to their credit And
many there are who feel that II was
something in the nature OF a gift Carl
Mays was permitted to Hnger on the Red
Sox mound in that battle long after 1t
was apparent to most OF the Observers
that he was losing his hold on things;
that he was in distress.
Every world series has its hero, and
the laurel wreath Of 1915 properly belongs
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 on sew
eral Dodger rallies. His home-run drive
in the third game was a terrific clout,
while his circuit swat in the fourth broke
the hearts Of the Dodgers and cinched
the game for his team.
q. Hy Myers played the best ball for the
men Of Brooklyn. He, too, achieved a
homer and made several spectacular
catches, but, his greatest feat was in
that second battle which went fourteen
innings In the ninth, with the speedy
Janvrin on third and one out, his great
throw to the plate, following the snaring
of HoblitzePs liner, nipped Janvrtn by
several feet and STAYED on defeat for five
more rounds It was one Of the most
perfect throws ever made on 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 inabil-
ity Of the Dodgers to wallop when wal
lops meant tallies, Of assures appearing
IN their defensive work, just at the mo-
ment when It spelled ruin to them. 1t
recounts, too. how the Sox. keen witted.
took advantage Of every opportunity and
transformed 1t into a run
The Job of pushing the Dodgers into
oblivion as far as world honors are con-
cerned was delegated to Shore, the long
and lean right-hander. And right nobly
did he perform. He yielded only three
hits during the entire game and not a
clean belt was made OF his shoots until
the seventh. when Mowrey tipped one
Into left field. In the preceding inning
Chief Myers. made the first Dodger
safety, a nukey 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
The Dodgers jumped into the lead in
sacrificed to second, went to third on an
out and scored on a passed ball by Cady.
But their supremacy was short-lived.
In the Sox half Of the same inning Lewis
damned a smashing drive to left. II
was too far in for Wheat to catch on
the fly. So he elected to take it on
the first bound, holding Lewis to a
single.
But right there the famous Boston
luck" made Itself conspicuous. The ball |
took a freak bound just as Wheat was
set for It and leaped far over his head, |
rolling to the fence while Lewis ran to
third, scoring minute later on Gardner's
sacrifice fly.
It was in the third that Olson put the
bIooie-blooie upon the Dodgers hopes and
caused the Red Sox band to boom forth
with the strains of "A Perfect Day"
It was right there that Olson presented
the game to the Sox by making two
errors on one play, baseball freak Cady,
the first man up, singled. Shore went
out on a foul trying to sacrifice. Hooper
got a base on balls and then came
Janvrin. He bounded one to Olson. The
Dodger shOrtstop fumbled 1t in trying
to pick it up, running his chance OF
throwing out Janvrin at first That was
error number one. Then he became so
excited that he threw the ball to Cut
shaw at second, hoping to force out
Hooper, although hooper already had ar
rived at that station The throw went
wild and before it was recovered CadS
had crossed the plate, Hooper was on
third and Janvrin on second. The scor-
ing in that session ended when Shorten
sent home Hooper with a single.
The final run OF the world series Of
1915 was made by Hooper, the nemesis
Of the Dodgers, in the fourth inning.
Hooper singled and Janvrin Immediately
followed with long double to left center
which sent 'Ansome AIRY home. 4 boner
Wheat could have made the catch, out
made Janvrin's two-bagger possible.
Myers ran into his territory and when
none OF the Dodgers yelled orders, Myers
kept on and couldn't quite reach the
drive while Wheat kept out of the way.
JEFF Pfeffer pitched a fair game for the
Dodgers and nothing more. The SIX
showed no fear of his speed and his
curves. They stepped right into them and
banged them Unfortunately for Ptofrer,
they acquired their safeties just at mo-
ments when it hurt the most in the run
column.
The Dodgers made noises like a rally
in the ninth inning hut soon becar1e