The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-12
'VlH|7EMAN'S DRIVE SCORES THE
TWO RUNS THAT GIVE REDSOX
ANOTHER WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP
Tyers Wobble in the Third Inning Puts Two Runners on
Bases, and Then Came the Whteman WaDop

! >h..t.nr around the bases which has
! played All important part IN ths S'ri'S:
Schamg. watching Ma. Mann sS "'Se ~. h,II
| Own to McInnis and the Cub was "UI
| Mays; then CAV. o:.' OF his TWO passes "
tn" ,;:lme r:Sk"rs stroslinS TO lirS,.
f'lar1i taking advantage ~ inc 4's'a 80
mad. :: ,.l,.aY steal OF uird tr'H
Nnr,l. then rns,. TO the OCCASION u!
Siu1.hln. a single to left on Wh'ch
riack scored. paSkcrt stopped on sec.
ord within easy scoring distance anu u
locked as If the game would suIriF oe
rid up when Pick sent u hard low Inc
drive 10 short right field. 1t was inc
,,r,r kird If :, hit that F1aci had fuf;'-
. hlrd Off Whitcman. Harry Hooper
rushed in 1T top speed. rcacncu ous
: full length and III" ball stuck last;
Chirar,,'s last chance had come and
Nearly O Massacre.
In BoStun's half Of :hc fourth II
Scrr,>.d ;LS ii they intended to make II
q massacre wheu they filled the h>ISrS.
But thc Cubs refused 70 20 up Iii me
ai- and the i;cd SoX were retired With
out n run. With Scott and Mays on
third and first respectively. through
inticld hits and SchanS on second
through 4 pass and the inability or Deal
to diagnose quickly Mays bunt and with
only one out. il l"k"d like i bcaS peas Isl
Merkle. however. stepped into the
breach by sharp handling OF Hoopcr's
! erounder. forcing Scott 1T the plate.
, Deal thcr, made hard play or Sacan 5
sizzling drive down the third base nne.
He, managed TO stop tho ball WIN ONE
hand anu recovered his balance IN tune
10 touch third and force out Mays Inc
play brought & big cheer from the
| crowd. ,.,i,r
StopS and throws. catch by Wntc'lan
in the eighth when Manager MitchcIl
I,;s .,~f1 1G.r-Iy
was easily the feature OF the contest
and probably Of the series.
Barber batting in place or Deal nj {
one Of those hard. low drives which mao
already spelled Cub disaster. TINS t'nse
| the bail went to left field. falling rap
| idly. Whiteruau before the series hardy
| known to baseball fame rushed III win
| the ball dropping faster and raster
! grabbed the sphere below ms ankles
| and took a clean SomerSault. inc great
! nlurncrtum rolling hlm up on ms lees
! again. lie staggered dizZily. but with
| r.reat citation slammed the hall tn Scott
! and the hall went flying around the IN
| field rs IN oppression OF the Joy OF tue
! Sox in such . remarkable eaten.
1t was the samo kind OF u spcctacuiSaI
! play that Joe Jackson made III the
| World Series for the Chicago Amer!-
! cans last year. Whtcman waved OF
! the. anxious inquiries OF his team
! n.a:cs as to- whether he had been hurt
: ard took up his position. hut he was
, obviously badly shaken up ard after
! o.E,rT.iI had flied out to Scott. Man
! .crr Barrow sent in Babe Ruth a. Icts
| field. The game was held up Tor Two
! minutes. while tho crowd gave WHITE
| man the greatest ovation or the series
Scott next Clipped IN with ms oa,ly
! feature by spectacular catch or Nc
! ,,ahe.s foul tIy. With Hendrix pitching
spit balls ir Boston's half OF tn" eighth
, rho Red Sox unaccustOmed 10 right
| handed twirtinE In this series. went OUT
+; ChicaEo.s last chance for glory came
! in the ninth. Keeping the ball conhnu-
! ally low against 4 team that rotorious!E
! thrives on fast high ones. Mays forced
! t'iack 70 foul to Thomas. Then. IN
! keeping with Il we'll staged drama Ho.-
. lnrh.r gave Babe Ruth. tho big star IN
! baseball for 1918, an opportunity to
! rlay his part. E;tbc stepped ucdcr the
! cab shorts;op's high fly and gathered
: i, n with Il graceful bow that nlafkco
! his exit The climax was we'll done.
: ot Arlington. Mass. who sc""pHd y up
! AM, with all tho JOY OF i world cha!n-
: oi.n. hurled the hall &C John 'Stu1ty
! MrinriS. Of Gloucester. for the final
f: put out. Thus tho only two Massachu-
sntts boys on the team made the final
| nloy that brought the worlds baseball
title to Boston.
The crowd Of slightly more than 1s.-
n0n. which had sEivcrcd through the late
| October north wind, roared its greet
nrs. while tho band played the historic
"Tcssi.." the. battle song OF seven tri-
! vmphant Boston teams. The Red SoT
scaarre red off the field with undlsgulSec
| citation.
They had played the game Tor the
J carne's sake" and had won title IN
/ Which there was more Of honor than
cash.
! ChkcasO-Thonlas took FlacRs hoppe!
and got his man easily ut first. Mack's
i undcrhand ball was kept closely arount
tn, hattcr's knee. Shean tossed out Heb
lochcr. Scott got Mann at first M
runs. No hits No errors.
| Observation-Disclosures made nice play
Of Hoopcrs groundcr and threw hlIr
! out Shean was u strikeout victim Hob
iocher made fine Try for Strunk's