The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
City of Culture Forgets Rea
History and Do Honor to
Red Sox and Carrigan.
By ARTHUR sTRUwE.

HAN-A1Sh r.
Boston Oct THE battle Of Lexington
aul heVeres ride, the famous tea part,
sho the battle of Bunker Hi wer. al
forgotten by this staid city Of cuitur,
tooay' Bostonians gave themselves M
70 their annual celebration Of the world
series. II is not a fad with the in
haotants-they look upon IL as thef
right They do not care whether II 3
me heo Sox or the Braves who rair
the coveted honor as long as the laurel
come TO Boston.
Out at Braves Field. where the gam,
was played-there was a sIeepv-sy-sJ
bunch OF "watchfuI waiter, tbts ,,,,,-.,-
| ing. All through the long weary hour,
OF the night and early dawn this lin,
h'mIy held its ground No Zeppelin bor,h
no Cehtimetre gun or British stanks.
could move It The throng waited %,
a. m and stormed the boy ofSc,
LoIuess' sWarming 70 their favorfte duE.
el ous IN oleachers and Unreserved seats
''s ooins OF the wise" ones had brought
lunches along; others had bottles q,
glnger-pop, or the cup that cheers IS b,,,
the less fortunate ones were well ~,
visioned. The voluntary cornn,tss.r,, ~.
partment-the sandwich vender-ssw I,
that
Boston entertained more visitors LAD
night and today than Il hss HOUSE, 3,
many a moon Standing room" sirni
would be the proper thing IN ali IN
hotels. But IT was a good natured
crowd. There was much friendly rfvs1r,
between the Red Sox and Dodgers ro,.,
ers' Jest after jest was passed between
them.
One Red Sox rooter parryfnF With ,
Dodger adherent said to the man fro--
the City Of Learning: Bet YOU tbat
you don't know why they call Charlie
Ebbets Hercules
The Brooklyn man was forced "a
acknowledge that he did not
Why, said the Boston rooter. Her,
cules denotes strength and they'll need
a strong man to carry away the gold
taken in at this series"
But the Brooklyn man came right NsrL
at the 'downeaster fan"
Soon a pretty Miss came along. She
was gowned exquisitely with the reRuls-
ton skirt three inches above the shoe.
top and wore scarlet hose with a bIsrk
band around them.
Rather an odd combination said
the Bostonian.
Yes" drawled the Brooklynite. hut
you know she is wearing mourning for
the Red Sox"
Spectators will reap a harvest on
tickets this year No matter how much
the ofnctsls have tried TO keep the paste
boards away from these land pirates-
their efforts have been unavailinE- One
has hardly stepped OF the train before
he Is button-holed by one Of thess
sharks 90 Tickets for the games" 4
the cry that Ereets him before he handy
sets foot in Boston. And the cry follows
all through the busy thorouEhfsres N
hotel lobbies and every place where the
Vender thinks he has a chance 70 sen
his choice wares.
The royal rooters" were much IN ev4<
dence during the game. Every-where
there was enthusiasm for the men thas
will represent Boston IN the series for
the premier baseball honors
One Brooklynite pulled out a oent,J-y
note and said TO a crowd Of Boston rootL
ers that he was willing TO gamble on the
visitors chances His century was COW
cred quicker than a Fash and the Bos-
tonisns are clamorinE for more
The days OF miracles may be past But
up In this town they have yet to be con-
WINGED that they are relics Of by-Fons
days. They point with pride to the fact
that two years ago George Stsllings per-
formed a miracle when he brought the
Braves from last place to the pennant
and they turned around and shattered tho
famous Mack machine four straight
games for the worlds title.
Last year they did not give Bill Car.
rtgan this miracle title. They figured
any one with a Iris Speaker and Joe
Wood on a team ought TO bring home a
winner. But Bill let Iris 20 and Wood
is practically all in. And he showed
the townfolk that he could win without
the best center fielder in the business
But CarriEan is tired Of the game lie
wants to win this big series and then 20
up to the farm in Maine and tell the
natives how he pilOted his Boston crew
( t-iumphantly through the world series.