The sun., 1916-10-08
Crowd of 3G.l17 Falls Sew
rral Thousands Below
Expectations.
MIGHTY SHOUT GREETS
CLIMAX OF CONTEST
Original Pitchers Of Each
Club Forced Into Retire
lneni ~ BattcrS.
US DA MEL.


BpsruN. Mast. oct There ~cr, no
thumbs doNn IN tho modern Coliseum by
the banks Of tho Charles ta.s afternoon
Like 2ladiators IN the Old arena by the
1'ber amid 'hN shouta of n ci,izenry that
Was as mad Fl, home success as were
the lustful lcgions of Eomc. the Boston
Americans and III, Broo.lyn Nationals
struggled in the opening contest for the
Worlds baseball chnmpionship-anI
B'ooklyn was beaten. The score Wa,
Sto ).
8rooalyn WAS defeated. but II was
neither outfought nor outgamed No,
Until Jake Daubert was retired for the
wenty-seventh out was Boston assured
Of N'e,ory.
Entering the ninth inning with tie
Red Sox leading by 6 to l. and APP
parently outclassed in every department.
the Superoas rose in righteous wrath. Or /
sanized a rally that swep, four runs
across the plate and came closer than
the score would indicate to produrin; y
Brooklyn triumph
II was an exhibition Of power AMI
eombativen-ss that impressed ever .hc
most partisan supporter OF tli. home
club. and made the issue OF the series
more doubtful than expert forecast had
conceded IL to lie.
Thrills for Great Crowd.
There has been many q stirring rally
In the shadow OF the huge stadium IT
Braves Fled. but rarely has there been
climax 90 intensely dramatic. SO
fraught with the thrills tha; max" base
hall the game OF games. For eight in
nn=s Ernest Shore had held the Brook
lvn batsmcn In submission while His
teammates had experienced no very ser'-
M. difficulty in batting the delivery OF
l,uh" Vanguard
Then came the Brooklyn rally. the
onslaught accompanied by sudden loss
~ effectiveness on the part OF Shore that
nearly turned certain victory into rout
and n Wild triumph. into debacle.
Not 4 sound could be heard in that
huge annhitheatre as. with two men re-
tired and the bases full. Jake Daubert
strode to the plate in the ninth inning.
Your runs had already been registered
and now came one Of the strongest bats
men in the National Lesgue. The situa-
zion presented q world Of possibilities.
most OF them contrary to Boston welfare.
Wb6uuy ~ sOwsy'
rut a. IL often the case when the
h., all comes, the weak become strong
nrd .he mighty lowiy. Daubert stood
h. While Carl Mays. who few moment;
ho'ors had relieved shore spun strike
ross the plate. Still there was yet
hone for Brooklyn Its famous field
lender had not oh; ined a hit In four
previous attempts and in the vernaculLr
of tire H'amond he was due
Tdly Daubert stood by while Mays sent
= bal over. and then another that was
too vide OF the rubber The fourth
pitch vas met. but not squareiy. Dau-
bert topped the ball In vicious swing
and the horsehide sped on to Everett
Scott at shortstop. The blow carried
sread and sting but Scott made fine
stop and whipped the ball to Dicii Hob
l,zrN Hoblitzell had to stretch for the
throw, but he got 1t before paubert
rcirhrd the bag For Brooklyn the day
was lost.
II was a close play and close shave
FOR Boston. Had the hit gone safely two
Brooklyn runners would have found
thelr way into the score and Boston
might have been beaten.
Crowd Looks Ia Its~If.
\ mighty shout reverberated across
Nh Charles. Thirty-seven thousand
thros's voiced the exuitation Of release
from tension. but no one jumped into the
trld TO carry of any Of the victors.
None .ame 20 OFFER consolation to the
losers All were too much concerned
with the problem OF getting out IN
hurry-and that's considerable problem
n jam such as that which attended the
contest.
Like bolt out OF the blue came that
all too tardy Brooklyn rally. which
started. as Il ended. with Daubert at
bat Facing man who had proved the
eases, kind OF a victim In three previous
times at bat. shore suddenly lost his
contro'. The Boston right hander gave
an milling of the trouble to come for
him when he failed to locate the plate
even once for Daubert. and the Superba
captain walked. Charles stencil sent
his second hit Of the day to right held
M base and Brooklyn adherents be-
tau to take note Of the proceedings.
lilll Carrigan. manager Of the Tied
SoN vlewed the situation with appre-
henslon. The veteran had seen many a
Victory turned into defeat and Mays.
VIM had been tossing tho ball to Ches-
Ter Thomas with apparent leisure. got
word 10 begin some real warming up
|a'k Wheat. one Of the most formt-
dab" nnismcn in the game, might have
e,iNCred "a conouArin1 blovv then hut