Evening journal., 1918-09-12
SOX ARE SIXTH
Time CHAMPIONS
With Only One Error, Bos-
ton Sets World Series
Record
HOOPER IN FOUR
WINNING SERIES

Boston's record in worlds series Is
sill immaculate. The success OF the
Red Sox yesterday was the clinching
argument in the Hubs sixth triumph
In the baseball classic. or these VIC
tories FIVE have been accounted for by
Red Sox and one by the Braves. Again
the American League has demonstrated
It's superiority IN The series over the
National League and the series score
now stands ten TO five, with the game
tally flfty-six 10 thirty-elght, OF the
last nine series eight have gone to the
younger organization. which scnds into
The classics teams which ssem &c h,
able TO think ana act quicker tiian
those OF the seni0" circuit. and soem
to be better ''monev p!syers.''
It Will be noted that Boston's msre-i,
yesterday again was only ono r,,n r.
scored every one OF its four yictoriee
over the Cubs by that one run marrlu.
mat one run seems to be Just as sa-
cred as the cod in the Hub. for IN siv-
teen worlds series successes bv Ros-
ton clubs thirteen have been recorded
by one run margins. In 1915 the Red
SoX won all their four games from
Inc Phillies by one run and dropned
only one game 10 the Moran forces
The series this year was the fourth In
the fifteen played since 1903 that went
six games. The other three were me
1906 series, in which the Chicago Amer
leans won from the Cubs. the 1911 az
fair, In which the Giants ran second
10 the Athletics and the 1917 competi-
ton, won by the White SoX over the
Giants. Six series have been decided In
Eve games.
In past years the worlds series
usually developed mediocrs baseball.
but this season it brought out some
OF the finest mechanical and mental
performances yet seen on any diamond
In any sort OF competition The Red
Sox played five games without an er-
rOr, and their lone mlsplay was a mis-
Judged fly by Whiteman. That sets a
fielding record which series to come
hardly will excel. The Cubs, too. with
only flve errors, played above worlds
series form. The pitching was splen-
did and for the first time in our re-
membrance the series failed 10 develop
even one home run, and after all the
talk Of what Ruth was going 20 do 10
the fencesi At that Ruth brought out
a three bsser which won the fourth
game for the Red Sox. The catching
was of a very high calibre, with the
result that each club stole only three
bases.
The series was the medium for con
siderable distinction for Harry Hooper
OF the Red Sox. for it marked his pres
ence on the fourth winner OF the
worlds title. Since he never has been
on a worlds series loser he holds
place never before attained by any
player. McInnis and Strunk also achiev-
ed their fourth worlds series success.
but as members Of the Athletics they
suffered a defeat-that surprising re-
versal by the Braves in 1914. Eddie
Collins and Jack Barry also have been
on four series winners. but they too
were on the beaten Athletics.
Contested with HOoper's record is
that Of Fred Merkle, who hiss been In
i've worlds series losers and on nary
a winner. Thrice he was with the
Giants, once with the Superbas ard
now with the Cubs. II Chicago Is look
Ing for a hoodoo, there ne Is How
ever, Fred can console himself with
the financial return that comes even to
the losers.
A great deal has been written about
the financial failure Of the series this
year. 1t Just fell short OF the 10000
mark in attendance and the S7s0.0OO
mark In gate receipts. As figures go
in these days OF concrete stadiums
seating 10000 these may indicate fall
ure, but contrasted with past series
the 1918 classic made a good showing.
The figures for the fourteen previous
series show that eight failed to reach
the attendance and five The money mark
reached by this years composition.
When we consider that this was a
war time series and that the game had
suffered considerable injury in many
ways and from many sources, the
showing made at the box offlce far
exceeded expectations. John Heydler
Is authority for the statement that the
figures are thousands ahead OF the Ma
ffona1 Cou1rufesion'z advance done