Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-10
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

BOSTON, September 10.-Whether
the crowning Of the Boston Red Sox
as champions Of the base ball world
will take place at Fenway Park this
afternoon or be deferred until tomor-
row will depend upon luck. The ele-
ment of fortune has been a prominent
factor in the four games contested
the recipients of large gobs of 1t.
while the Cubs have had to be con-
tent with but little. An instance
was the playing of the game yester-
day. 1t rained all night unil early In
the morning. 1t seemed it would be
almost impossible for a game to be
played, but the sun came out strong
and stayed out, and by herculean
efforts a large squad Of groundkeep-
ers got the field in shape for battle.
Thus Mitchelrs pitchers lost the
chance for a much-needed rest.
AS in the first three combats. the
Cubs yesterday outhit their rivals, the
ratio being seven to four. In addition.
they punched a pair Of bingles twice.
while the Barrowite's quartet of
blows were strung out one to an
inning. but one of these was inserted
at a time when two Boston athletes
graced the sacks by reason OF gf1ts IN
the shape of passes from George
Tyler. And. being that it was Babe
Ruth who made it, the fact that 1t
went for three bases and cashed the
two runners will occasion no surprise.
nor will the fact that this occurred in
the fourth inning. This frame has
come to be regarded as the round for
the staging of pristine punches. The
when Tyler slipped one over. fooled
Babe with a hook and then tried to
bust one by him. 1t can't be done.
The colossus swung and hit 1t on
line to right center. Flack momen-
tarily misjudged it, but this made no
difference. There was not chance
for any human agency to intercept
the pill before it hit the ground and
bounded against the fence. The critics
figured Tyler surely would walk Ruth
when he pitched three balls in row.
George wishes he had. to bring up
Scott, who raised a fly to Paskert.
Conceding these two runs as 1egiti-
mate. the hard luck cropped in the
eighth. when after Schang. sent in to
bat for Agnew, and the first hitter
to face Douglas, singled to center.
He reached second on passed ball.
Killefer's work back of the bat has
not been up to that expected of the
star receiver of the National League,
but this particular passed ball might
more properly have been recorded as
a wild pitch: Then came the break
that cost Mitchell the ball game.
Hooper's sacrifice bunt went straight
to Douglas. He had plenty of time
to make the throw to Merkle. but he
heaved it far over the first baseman's
head, schang scoring with what
proved to be the winning run and
Hooper taking second. where he was
left, while Shean and Strunk raised
garden flies and Whiteman grounded
to Zeider.
But the recital of hard luck does
not end here. Twice Max Flack was
nipped off a base. off first in the in
single to right. and off second in the
occasions did the first Cub up reach
first base. but in only one round was
any scoring done. Agnew's snap
| throw to Mc1nnis got Flack in the
opener. Flack forced Tyler after the
latter had walked in the third. Kill
lefer hit into a double play following
Picks single in the fifth. Flack
| forced Tyler after the pitcher had
again drawn pass in the sixth.
Ruths throw got by Scott. but shean
was oks ~ SAAS' DAA Ca
dived headlong into the sack ahead
of Tyler. Then Merkle was erased at
third on fielders choice in the
ninth, after Fred's hit had been fol-
lowed by walk to Zeider.
Mitchelrs judgment in sending Hen
dirk to bat for Tyler in the eighth.
the frame in which the Cubs tied
the score by chasing two runs over
the plate, was vindicated when the
smuggling pitcher singled to left cen
ter and placed Killefer. who had
walked, on second. A wild pitch by
| Ruth moved them UP a notch and
I Flack grounded to McInnis. who tag
ged him on the line. Stuffy was
asleep and failed to notice that Hem
dirk had run to within a few feet
of third base. He scrambled back
| to second, McInnis making no effort
, to toss him out. Following this ex-
i hibition, Mitchell sent McCabe in to
run for Hendrix. He moved to third
| as Killefer scored. while Shean was
i tossing out Hollocher, and romped to
| the plate on Mann's clean single to
center.
| Mitchell also showed wisdom in
sending Zeider in to bat for Pick