Evening journal., 1916-10-12
another push AND
DODGERS ARE Gone
Red Sox Today on Verge
of Their Fourth World
Series Win
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PROVES ITSCLASS
By II. c. HAMILTON.

BY II. c. HAMILTON.
United Press STAFF Correspondent
BOSTON. Oct. 12.-The Boston Red
Sox are on the verge Of their fourth
worlds series championship today
The Brooklyn Dodgers are on the
brink of a baseball eclipse
One more smash al the Dodgers and
they will go down for the count. JUS
one little shove will complete the trag
edy of who put the bus in Flatbush {?
Clear and cool weather gave the teams
a perfect day for the fifth game.
Squaring away for today's game
the fifth of the present series-the
Red Sox will go tearing IN determined
10 clinch the title without further da-
lay and stow il away for the second
time in as many years.
This being Columbus Day. one OF
the biggest crowds Of the title tussle
Is expected to be on hand at Braves
Field as Boston takes the accom-
plshments Of Columbus with much
seriousness and nobody goes to work.
Tottering on the verge of crack in
the superb infeld. which has tight
cned at every moment I'm the American
League race. threatened by the men
acing bats OF half dozen Brooklyn
singers, the Red Sox have again
proved their class. Just as they cut
their way to the front all through
the American League scramble, they
have kicked their heels loose from the
Dodgers clasp and are within one
point of the topmost notch in the base
ball hall OF fame
Babe Ruth or Ernie Shore will
likely be Manager Bill Carrigan's
pitching selection today With the
brand of ball displayed by the Dodg-
ers yesterday at Ebbetts Field It
would seem to matter little who it is.
The ragged infeld the Dodgers have
sent in at almost every contest will do
its work.
Not only are the Dodgers on the
ragged edge of bottomless abyss so
far as this worlds series Is concern
ed. but they are about to be orphaned
President Charles II. Ebbets has put
the club on the market and various
buyers are reported angling for the
prQnerty including James Gatfney
forme rhead Of the Braves.
The Red SOx find some measure oil
sympathy for the Brooklyn crew In
this respect They too. are about TO
see the parting Of old ties. Manager
Bill Carrigan Is playing his last
worlds series conflict and his last
professional ball game. We says Car
rigan gave President Lannin notice
that he would retire at the close OF
this season some time ago. and up to
today the big boss of the Sox has been
unable TO dissuade the peppery leader.
The Dodgers looked Ike q beaten
ball club when they left the field after
yesterdays defeat for the first time
since the series opened The kick had
gone out OF their lighting spirit. They
started with a flourish and wound ND
with a sound OF escaping steam.
Though defeated i'm the number OF
runs scored in the first two games
IN Boston, they were not beaten IN
spirit The difference yesterday could
be- seen all over the lot The broad
general Impression was that about all
that remained 70 be done was run the
cooling engine into the shed for the
winter.
Ouiplayed in two Of the former
games, the Dodgers yesterday fount
that the Red SoX also WELD a has
full Of heavy bludgeons RUDE Mar
guard and Larry Cheney also foun,
IT. NANs ~ NNRh NAA nap lAWAhAA hiA
eran star of Brooklyn. % halt IN,
booming of the Red Sox maces
Just who Wilbert Robinson viii
elect for firing pan duty today is
problem Sherrod Smith. who twirl
cd that fine fourteen innings agains
the Red SoX and lost. seems the likel,
choice But JEFF Pfeffer. star of thi
championship season. has done stella
work as a relief workman and he ma,
draw the assignment. Also. there il
Rucker. and it is no joke when It Il
said that Rucker actually showed a
mnch or more effectiveness in hi
brief attempt yesterday than any o
the more youthful ones.
Rube Marquard started after thl
- BAL game Ike he meant H. He ha,
everything, including a lack OF con
troll The $1,000 sOuthpaw was al
curves and smoke, but he didn't havl
a bit of luck controlling his bender
and he had 70 make way for a pincl
hitter
There was no brightest point in put
ting the third crimp in the Dodge
nag. II was just plain baseball. Will
the Red SoX deliberately playing III,
one-run game a hit and a sacrific,
and almost invariably getting ava,
with H. The Dodgers have seen thi
thing happen every day and Their
hasn't been a move against IT, TIL
only attempt 10 break up the Bostol
attack popped up in the BROOKLYN cor
fiict when Mike Mowrey. dashing /
from third on an attempted sacrinc
by Janvrin, whipped the BAH 10 Olso
and forced Harry Hooper. This mus
have thrown an awful surprise int
the Red Sox for it was one OF the fir,
real smart plays the Dodgers hay
attempted.
The example had its effect, for lat,
In the game Chief Meyers followe
suit with a little brilliance of his ow
It was made possible by Dutch Leo
ard, who alone. seemed to still I
somi-conscious from the effect
Mikes brilliant achievement Leo
ard was on first and Bill Carrigan Il
boss Red Stocking was on secon
RUDE Marquard uncorked one of h
twisters. which, after describing u
accustomed arc. plunged into the E
bets Field clay and bounded into n
air.
Carrigan is getting along in year
aud he couldn't see his way clear
trnst to luck and the soft dirt in
Wild scramble for third. so he stuc
TO second. Not so. Leonard. Ths