The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-10
4 REMARKABLE GAME
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their fortunes will change once they
are back upon familiar fields, and bear
ing with them the admiration OF every
spectator who witnessed their deSp2r-
ate battle against what is conceded to-
be one of The greatest DaSeDall ma
chimes OF modern times.
Brooklyn. in the role OF yanquiShcd,
garnercd almost as much praise ana
honor as the triumphant Red SON.
Their fighting spirit will go down as
one of the most remarkable in the an
mails Of the game In holding the Car
riGan clan for II innings before adj
hitting defeat, they established Il new
record for worlds series play, cclipS-
ing the 5 TO . 13-inuing tie game played
by the Chicago Nationals and the De-
troit Americans III A907.
No finer setting Sor 4 baseball bat
lie of this record- Seaking type could
have been COnjurC ! by the cleNereSt
mind of stage director. Braves
Field. the largest baseball stadium in
! the country, was filled with Il gather
ing which fell less than thousand be-
low the record for a championship
throng. Bleachers and grandStands
were filled almost 10 capacity, and in
contrast TO the opening game, the
spectators, thrilled with the tenseneSs
OF the contest, rooted without CesSa-
ton throughout the entire TWO hours
and thirty-two minutes Of play. Once
he character of the contest had
gripped them, men, women and boys,
aided BY bands and improyised noise
producers. raised din that ratified the
windows of staid Back Bay homes and
made it impossible TO hear the UNI
ptles' decisions.
Fans Were Fair.
SO great was the noise hat Manager
Robinson finally protested to the ar
! bitcrS against the blare Of the bands.
on the ground that his players could
not hear his coaching Instructions.
| With it all. however, the thousands
were exceedingly fair in their applause
and every star play Of the many made
| by Brooklyn was accorded the same
| approval as those reeled Off by the
smooth Red SoX machine.
While Gamers hit, coming as it did
at the climax Of remarkable game,
| has earned him a place in the kali OF
| fame reserved for baseball players,
there were others whose play showed
the heights 10 which player can rise
when occasions like that of this after
noon demand.
"Hy" Myers. already a hero with his
/ Hooper of an extra base hit in the
sixth inning. with a running catch il
which he picked the ball Off the grass
| top and finished with complete SOM
ersault, coming up with the ball still
| tightly clinched in his bare nand.
| 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 u
wonderful throw TO the plate which
!npped JanFrin trying to score from
! Superbas' center fielder.
! Praise for Pitchers.
Great praise fell also to Pitchers
! Ruth and Smith who swung through
fourteen innings OF the closest kind
of play with SteadineSS OF service
and pitching Judgment seldom eQualled.
+ Fifty-one batt"rs faced Smith and OF
this number only seven got hits for Il
total OF - bases. OF the as that
stepped before Ruth'S delivery, only
six got hits for total Of ten bases.
Scott was the only player to get two
! hits, his collection consisting o. q
single and triple.
Sherrod Smith famed only one bat
ter. Ruth. but he did it twice, his rival
hurler appearing unable to fatholn his
slants. Ruth famed four, the quar-
tetle consisting Of Oaubert, Myers,
Cutshaw and Olson.
The official attendance figures for
| the game showed that 41,@7% spec;a-
tors paid admission FOR q total Of $751;
626, OF which the players will receive
$;4.6lS.04: the club owners, $14 .S72.6S
each and the national commission,
IS, $3.50. The totals for the two games
now stand: Attendance, 1890; re-
ceipts, S159, 1850; players share. $50
92237; each clubs share. $@S,640.T9;
national commission, $15,9l1.Jj.
The Game in Detail.
First Timing.
Johnson, the first man up for Brook
lyn. when the game began. had Two
Strikes on him and then received three
bad balls. He lifted The next pitch
To Walker for. nn out: JAKE Dauhcrt
hit tho second ball pitched fer II high
foul which Gardner gathered i'll near the
led Sox' dusout.
Centcrficlder Myers. after allowing
tn" first ball to go BY. cnush' Inc Inc ns%t
shot 20 the far outlield between Walker
and Hooper. Hooper. running fast.
made L great leap Tor the hurSchidc and
missed il. the ball rolling In the extreme |
centerticld corner. Myers raced all the
way home before the hall could lie re-
laycd to the plat" His team mates
slapped him on the back as hc walked to
the bench.
Wheat then his almost TO tho same
place where Myers homo run had
Struck. but the ball sailed higher ana
Hooper had lots OF time TO set under
il, ending the inning.
Tho Ecd Sox were easy for Smith in
their turn at hat. With tho count two
and TWO. Hooper grounded weakly tn |
Smith and was thrown out. Janvrin !
tIiod on Ia Myers. and Walker rn'l"l
thr inning by Hitting Il high foul fly TO !
Daubcrt-
Second inning.
Orcning tin. SECOND inning for Brook
lvn. rutShaw chopped L grOundcr that
bounced off Euth's glove to Gardner. |