Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08
.S0X MAR VICTORY
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IN NINTH inning
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eral hits were lost that otherwise
would have conc as sure outs.
PICTURESQUE GEM
q SETTING OE n\I"TIt

would have gone as sure outs.
PICrUnES0uE SCENE
FOR SETTING or nAT"TIt3
Viewed from the upper tiers OF the
huge stands, the park presented 4
most picturesque scene when Myers
stepped TO the plate To open the game
Il few minutes after > o'clock. The
crowds were still filing in through the
numerous entrances. while photogra-
piers and moving picture camera men
were swapping and cranking the play
Jcrs and the more notable among the
spectators, and league Of
iicials.
In the far background. the Charles
River wound its way toward thu har-
bor. while Harvard University rowing
club crews padded about in early fall
practice, ana small boys swan along
tho shores oniiNious OF the struggle
for haschalIs Highest honors being
staged inside the walls OF Braves
Field. To TN. fans this was
hcnSihlo. il noticed at all. They rhcered
their faNoritcs with Vim and cnthU-
siasm. from the momcnt the players
appeared y the held for practice
until SCOTS sensational stop and throw
nippcG Erocklyn'S rally. AMI saved the
game for the home team. The real
storm o. applause began when shore
opened the game by causing Myers
tn foul out TO Cady on the first ball
pitched. ana continued with only few
Interruptions throughout the entire
contest. 1t was II typical American
baseball gathering. which understood
Tho intricacics of the sport. and which
followed the game from grand stands
''nd hlcaciecrS MS only a throng &C
American spectators can. After the
seventh. when Boston ran its score up
To five runs, the thousands wore in
clinId TO lean back ana luke victory for
granted. hut apathy gave way to inter-
est again and then to fear when Brook
iEns hShtinG club took advantage of
Shores Weakening. ard made it's bid
for the onors Of the initial conflict.
AMERICAN LEAGuERS
SUPERIOR TO OPPONENTS
Previous Ia that momen the fans
assumed that the Rcd SoN were to win
IN impressive fashion. and they were
,aSt'tcu in their opinion for the play
"f the American League pcnnant win
ierS was far superior to tina of their
National League opponents. There wa
u itniSh to the work Of the BOSTON team,
witch was lacking In the play of Brook
iHh continuation. Both in hitting and
hcinihg The Carriganitcs showed per
rect cooperation and Judgment as was
demonstrated by their four stintillotinr
double plays, and tho manner i'm which
they switched from bunting To hard
hl''ins attack 1t just the proper mo-
ment.
The National League contcndcrs
were not lacking in either spirit or
playing tactics, but their h]it.and-run
'tf1pnSr Was on tho vrln1n n.
tied So% Ia solve and turn back. There
Was also a noticeable lack of specd ON
INC part OF several OF the BROOKLYN
2iaNcrS. which. combined with poor
Judgment as to who should handle
oatlcd balis at certain critical moments
"l me game. put Boston men on bases
instead OF turning the plays into outs.
Ncch critics of the game also think
Tonight that Manager C%arrignn scored
IN his first battle OF wits and general
ship with Manager Robinson, of the
brooklyn club, for the former. bv send.
'nS shore 10 The mound against Mar
nuard, saving his best ~eft-handcrs
i'uih AMI leonard, for the games to
follow. Marquurd was considered by
man! To hc itohinSon's best card, and
the iact that he was defeated gives
CarriSan the whip hand. so far as
pitchers 10. for the next game or two.
" was Il narrow squeak, however. for
the ft"d Son, and the BROOKLYN PLAYERS
are far from being downcas, Tonight
IhcN proclaimed boldly that they will
not wait unth' The, final inning 10 70
at'er their opponents ON Monday, and
that once they unlimbcr their bats
thcrc VIII be no question regarding the
winner. MI of which apparently fails
To make any Impression on the con-
iilcncc al the Boston Americans.