The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-11
VAUGHN SCORES
 FIRST SHUT OUT
GAME WAS DELAYED FOR AN HOUR BY TEAMS THREATEN
 ING TO GO ON STRIKE,
Small Attendance at the Games Has Gut the Amount the Players Ex- pected to Receive Down and They Wanted the Club Owners to Make Up the Difference.

Boston, Sept. 10.-"Big Jim Vaughn the powerful left handed pitcher of tho
 Chicago Nationals, kept the Boston
 Americans out of the worlds cham -
 pionship, by winning the fifth game of
 the series, 10 c, after the contest
 had been delayed for an hour by an
 unprecedented strike of the players of
 both teams for a re- adjustment of
 their share of the proceeds
 When it seomed as if the players
 and the representatives of the Ma
 tiona Commission Garry Herman and Ban Johnson. were hopelessly
 deadlocked and the curtailed baseball year would fizzle out in a strike, Har-
 ny Hooper, the Red Sox captain, called the turn
 We will play" he said acting as spokesman tor both teams, mot be- cause we think we are getting a fair deal, because we are not. But we Il play for the sake of the game for the sake of the public which has always siyen us it's loyal support, and for the
 sake of the wounded sailors and sol
 diers who are in the srandstand wait ins for us."
 The players, even before the start of the series, had manifested dissatls- faction over the division of the money
 and this unrest has grown greatly as l the games progressed with small at
 tendances on the average for the first
 four contests in which the players
 share the sate receipts. Both teams insisted that the winners had been
 guaranteed 52000 apiece and the losers $LI0O But the sharp fallirs off in attendance had made it unlike { ly that the players would get any where near this sum, according 60 their spokesman, Captain Hoover for the SoX, and Leslie Mann for the Cubs. For a while the representatives ol
 both sides argped over the telephone but when the time came for both teams | to take the field for practice found them still in their dressing rooms m lheatel discussion. the National Com mission representatives hurried out to Fenway park 10 learn from the man lasemcnts W hat the team members had decided to do
 l Shortly before the time for cai'- ing the game Chairman IHerrmann
 stated the position of the commission
 positively
 | The commission cannot change tla rules he said Tt was proposed and agreed to by both leagues and it is up
 to them. If thore is a strike we shall end the series al this point and di- vide the money that was coming 10 | the players and among the club own CTS. And we shall also take care of the players share of the Red Cross contribution"
 Mir Hcrrmann's words only led to further arsument which was leading no where, when Harry Hooper, one or l the most popular veterans of the game turned to his fellow players and re minded them of the crowd waiting outside He put the situation up to them forcibiy ana in few words anu all hands agreed to call off the strike. in the meantime the crowd was ut tcIly at sea as to the cause of the de serted diamond They steadily filed in until nearly 25.000, had been seated. In the fear that such huge gather ing would start a riot in the event of he announcement of a strike. police reserves were rushed to the park Blt
 the crowd took he long wait patiently. The arrival of detaChments Of wounded
 soldiers and sailors brought all hands up cheering Justify.
 When the players headed by tho Cubs finally appeared in the field. they were greeted with mingled boos
 and cheers.
 Sam Jones, one of the Boston team $ star right hanGers, besan the game. The Cubs clawed him badly from the start FlaCh, the first man up, drew q pass and Hollocher shot single over second, Flack pulling up at the middle station. The situation grew worse when Mann sacrificed both | runners along and with only one out runners were on second and third 1 Paskert came up prepared for a killing and sent a hard low liner to left field l It looked like a sure safe hit and both l IuHltlA 0ldl ltu N itll lht Nidth ol ttit
 bat But Whiteman, running in fast | caught the ball below his knees and with a great throw doubled up loi
 locher at second, retiring the side | without a score.
 1 Vaughn's start for the third game of
 the series was also inauspicious l Hooper opened with single and was sacrificed promptly to second Dl Shean. But Vaughn was entirely uu- lperturhed He struck out Strunk, and Flack made a sensational catch oi 1 IWnteman's long foul, crashing inte the right field fence. but holding on tC the ball Jones proved wild in tho
 second inning but was saved by shari | fielding
 It was in the third that the Cub, drew blood, helped out by bit o clever strategy Scott disposed of bo.l
 Vaughn and Flaek on two of his cle- verly executed plays Then Jones gave
 Iiollocher a pass. EolloCher strollet off fret 1aca and Aopaut ehnt gba Ina I