Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-07
BOSTON TRIMS BROOKLYN
IN FIRST GAME OF BATTLE
FOR BASEBALL HONOR 6-.5


Brooklyn Fails to Connect
Seventh Inning-Cutshaw up. jan
vrin threw out Cutshaw. Mowrey up.
Mowrey singled to right. Olson up.
Olson hit into a double play, Gardner
to Janvrin to Hoblitzel. No runs, one
hit, no errors.
Sounding the Death KnelI
Second Half: Janvrin up. Foul
Mowrey. Walker up. Olson fumbled
Walkers grounder and the batter was
safe. Janvrin going to third. Hoblit-
eel up. Strike one. Foul strike two.
Janvrin scored when Cutshaw made
dobble of Hoblitzels grounder. the
going to second. Lewis up. Lewis
sacrificed, Daubert to Cutshaw, Walk
er going to third and Hoblitzel to sec
ond. Gardner up. Ball one. Ball
two. Ball three. Cutshaw took Card
ner's grounder but his rnrow to the
plate was too late to catch Walker as
he slid over the plate, Hoblitzel went
to third. Scott up. Strike one. Ball
one. Foul strike two. Ball two. Mey-
ers saved Marquard a wild pitch. Ball
three. Hoblitzel scored on Scott's sac
rifce fly to Stengel. Gardner remain
ed on first Cady up. Ball one. Cut
shaw threw out Cady. Three runs, one
hit, two errors
PfcfTcr Now Pitching
Eighth Inning. Meyers up. Ball
one. Scott threw out Meyers john
ton batted in place of Marquard. Ball
one. Ball two. Strike one. Johnston
singled over Janvrin's head. Myers
up. Foul. strike one. Ball one. My
ers' grounder was detected by Shore
to Scott, who tossed to Janvrin. who
then threw out Myers at first. No
runs, one hit, no errors.
Second half: Pfeffer now pitching
for Brooklyn. Shore up. Strike one
Strike two. Shore flied out to Wheat
Hooper up. Ball one. Strike one. Ball
two. Ball three. Hooper walked
Janvrin up. Strike one. On the hit
and run play Janvrin singled, Hooper
going to third and when Stengel threw
wabbly to second Hooper scored, jan
vrin going to second. Walker up.
Ball one. Ball two. Ball three
Walker walked. Hobltzel up. Hob
litzel flied ont to Wheat, Janvrin hold
Ing second. Lewis up. Foul, strike
curve. Ball one. Lewis forced Walk
er, Olsen to Cutshaw. One run, one
hot one error.
Fight to the Last
Ninth Inning. Daubert up. Ball
one: Ball two. Ball three. Daubert
walked. Stengel up. Ball one. Strike
one. Strike two Foul Ball two.
Stengel single to right, Daubert going
to second. Wheat up. Wheat forced
Daubert, Shore to Gardner, Stengel
going to second. Cutshaw up. Strike
one. Cutshaw was hit by pitched
ball and the bases were filled. Now
rey up. Ball one. Strike one Strike
| two. Stegel and Wheat scored when
II fin
Cutshaw moving on TO second. Olson
up. Ball one. Strike one. Olson got
an infield hit, filling the bases. Mey-
ers up. Strike one. Foul, strike two.
Meyers fouled out to Hoblitzel. Merkle
batted for Pfeffer. Ball one. Strike
three Foul. Markle walked Cut
shaw scoring. Shore was taken from
the box. Mays taking his place.
Thomas went to catch for Cady. My
ers up. Strike one. Mowrey scored
when Myers scratched an infield hit,
Olson moved on to third and Markle
to second. Daubert up Foul, strike
out Daubert Four runs. three hits,
| one error
Final score: Brooklyn. 5-1O-4;
| Boston. G-S-1.
Some $4,000 or more spectators
| filled every seat in the expansive
reaches of the stands and then over
| flowed into large space temporarily
fenced in for ISLANDERS in deep right
centerfeld. Spectators reaped the
proverbial harvest and then a little
more on grandstand tickets.
Snappy Workouts
An Indian summer sun turned the
edge of what early threatened to be
| a Inxy nj
found 1t warm and comfortable. The
players in practice warmed into con-
dition quickly and the fielding work.
outs were snappy and fast.
The inner and outer playing fields
were rolled smooth while the base
paths were In fine shape. A brass
band piped its 1iveliest airs down near
the home folks players bench.
we hope to uncover some real
baseball to-day said Manager Car
rigan. of the Boston Americans. I'VE
have the players, the incentive, the
big prize in baseball, and plenty of
opposition from the other fellows"
The Brooklyns came on the field
while the Bostons were at batting
practice. They were given big hand
by the crowd as Manager Robson
led his men to the visitors bench.
Jack Coombs and Ivan Olson, old
American Leaguers, came in for quite
L
club. The Brookiyns wore their gray
travelling uniforms with caps to match
and black and gray stockings. The
Red Sox wore white uniforms, white
caps with red and white stockings.
While the batting practice of the
Bostons was on, Manager Carrigan
and Captain Jack Barry, ofttimes
called the Red Sox strategy board,
conferred down at second base.
Manager Carrigan while the Brook
lyns were having their batting prac-
tice, took his team tothe clubhouse
where he had a talk with them and
gave his final instructions for the
game.
q. Shore and Ruth warmed up for Bos-
ton, while Pfeffer, Coombs and Mar
guard worked for Brooklyn.
Small Night Idnc
The mass of people who swarmed
through the broad reaches of Braves
Field chosen as tho stage for the
local games because of it's tremendous
seating capacity, grew rapidly from
small groups who had spent the night
at the bleeacher gates, The night
line was smaller than had preceded
any world series game played in this
city in recent years. At daybreak
knots of fifty persons each were gath
cred on the threshold of the park,
awaiting the opening of the gates at
8 o'clock Some slept, others walked
about, while more eagerly read fore
casts of the game in morning news