Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-11

out and was the same kind of sharp shooting that helped down the Cubs yesterday. But the Cubs were wary of the trap this time Hoilocher. instead of diving into Stuffy's big init, dash ed for second. Stuffy. with his eye on the ball, swung around for a perfe z putout, only there was. no one to put out. He made one more swing through the dust of his own raising and then saw Holiocher grinning at him from second base. Leslie Mann here pro- ceeded to add to the general discom- fort of the Sox by d double to left.
 Strunk led off Bostons lucky fourth" inning. with long double into right field. The fans implored White
 man to come through with one of his
 timely hits. but the best he could do was to pop to Merkle. -Stuffy McInnis
 made big try for cleanup, bus Merkle caught his hard hit drive and ] doubled up Strunk at second. In the fifth the Sox started hitting the ball hard Scott smashed one to
 left field, but Mann caught Ii after a
 hard run. Then Thomas singled and
 Agnew ended the inning abruptly by
 hitting into double play. Hollocher to Pick to Merkle.
 The Cubs nearly clawed off another
 run in the sixth, only great throw by Whiteman catching Hollocher at
 the plate.
 What chances the Red Sox had of a
 run in the seventh. built on White
 mans line drive into left, was spoiled
 when Mcinnis once more hit into that ! deadly double play combination of ] Hollocher to Pick to Merkle.
 Up to this point the game had been pitchers battle and fielding reve- n
 with every ball he pitched and his shoots dipped across the plate with the 1 impact of bullets. Whene yer trouble threatened even remotely, his team
 mates sprang to his rescue with some | spectacular play. In the meantime Jones had lost much of his early wild ness and his curve ball kept the Cubs
 swinging vainly. He was backed up superbly by the other red legs and ii l looked as if it would be q 1 to i pitchers duel until Dode Paskert broke
 up the game in the eighth
 | 4 pass to Flack opened this fateful i inning. The fleet footed Hollocher laid down a slow roller along the third l third hit of the game. Mann flew out | to Shean, bringing up Basket. The veteran caught hold of a fast one waist high and smashed it to the score 1 board for double. scoring two runs l Jones, to show he was not in the least 1 shaken, struck out Merkle. Pick then l got a hit on which Paskert tried tc
 score, but the Red Sox infield trapped
 him between third and home.
 Boston went into the last of the ninth determined to end the series ther
 and there. The faster Vaughn shot
 the ball across the plate, the harder | the Red Sox sluSgers slammed it back
 but they were up against an impene-
 trable defense. Miller, pinch hitting ir place of Jones, sent a long soaring 1 drive to left field, double under or i dinary circumstances. But Mann
 judging the hall perfectly ran fal l back, climbed up/ the embankment slipped to sitting posture and caught the ball sitting down. The brilliant
 catch was loudly applauded by the l fans.
 Captain Hooper tried to start things
 going by poking a fly into short left l field, apparently beyond the reach o1
 anyone, but Hollocher, racing like the 1 wind, got it in his outstretched hands | Shean came through with a hit. but 1 Vaughn, to show he was anything but weak, struck cut Strunk, Amos swing l ing hard at the last one
 The Red SoX, however were not 2 bit discouraged. They still lead Chi.
 cago, to 2, in the series, and neeC
 but one more win to give them the 1 championship, while the Cubs mus win two straight games to wear the
 laurel wreaths on their brows. 1 Score