Evening journal., 1916-10-10

ldtti walker Sol MS StCOHu ulti
ton TO prevent the players from being
overwhelmed by the enthusiastic fans.
Babe" Ruth, who pitched yesterdays
record breaking game, and won il for
the son. was first recognized by The
crowd when Boston arrived.
He was loudly chcered. The Dodgers
hustled away TO their homes in Brook
lyn Immediately on arriving, reported
at Ebhct's Field this morning and pre-.
pared for the effort of their life this
afternoon.
Dutch Leonard is practically certain
to draw The BOSTON assignment for slab
duty in an effort to bring the Dodgers
to the proyelbial last ditch stage. Uncle
Wilbert Robinson crossed everybody 50
nicely and came so near being success.
tul by sending Smith to the mound YES.
tcrday that no might switch the cut
again today.
Veteran Jack Coombs, who was
expected to appear yesterday is the
most likely starter today, but Pfeher
is still in reserve and there is also
Marquard ready TO come back. The
psychological side OF the game, the
breaking moment when battle is
won or lost on a single play. has
crushed the Dodgers in both games 10
date. Each time the moment has APP
peared. the flash of a batted ball. rne
hurrying of feet on the paths the
swish as the runner hit the dirt for
a elide-and then the break A bob
bic somewhere and the Dodgers have
fallen.
Each time it has been George Cut
shaw. hero Of many a common. every
day National League championship
contest. who has shaken the chances
Of victory from under the eyes OF the
Dodgers. In the first game It was
Cutshaw's boot az a crucial moment
which allowed a run TO score and
yesterday It was Cutshaw who i'm the
third inning. allowed his nerves TO
splinter the Dodger hopes in the
third inning. Without his bobble.
hesitating tumble of a ground ball. he
should have iiolded easily. Everett
Scott would not have scored from
third and the game would have ended
IN the ninth inning with the DODGERS
on top by I % q s"0re. Instead the
contest sparkled through fourteen in
nipgs Of the bitterest baseball fight
ing Boston has witnessed in many a
day
PLAY after play stood out almost
uneXampled as the game wore on.
Sherrod Smith pitching his first
worlds series game worked coolly
and steadily. and his team mates
strung 20 the highest pitch. did super
human fielding feats at times. Hi
Myer. used through the championship
season as an alternate Ousieider
when left-handers we're opposing the
Dodgers, became hero His home
run. smashed to center field in the
first inning Of play was the only run
the Dodgers registered. His fielding
twice saved the day for Brooklyn.
once in the sixth when he 7iived head
foremost after line drive off Hoop
er's bat and shared il. and again in
the ninth. when he captured Hobbv's
fy after q hard run He whipped T.
to the plate while still rnnins nail
ing Janvrin. who was trying TO score
after the catch
Today the situation takes on a new
angle BROOKLYN. powerful all year
at home and abroad. is coming back
, from an unsuccessful period in Bos'
ton. The Red SoX. also powerful at
home and abroad. are leaving Their
native heath 70 battle on territorT
they never have been over before.
Betting circles today are favorin
the Red Sox more than ever in wa
ers on the outcome OF the series. Odds
Of 10 / are now being offered. with
few takers. that Carrigar's men VII
win TWO games necessary to agai'
become champions of the world. The
winning 81 two games is considered
sufficient for the advance in the odds