Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-06

Chicago. Sept. One Of the small
es, crowds which ever turned out for,
worlds Seri, s opening. saw the
Boston Red SoX OF the American
league defeat the cubs, Of the Ma
tional league to today in an err
rtrless game.
The battle was between two cmin-
ert representatives Of what the die
ticnary calls the family Hippipota-
raidae namely, Hippo" Vaughn of
the cubs ana another Hippo" rejoic-
Ing IN the name II "Bahe" Ruth.
These TWO giants fought 1t out all the
way and although Ruth allowed six
hts to his o.opnent'5 five. the
break" went to the invaders and
,hor YER. ronse qucn,ly making con-
fdent ,lalms 10 The worlds cham
ponshp tonight
The effect Of the war was every
where apparent especially in the
temper u the crowd. which. largely
local. saw the home team drop the
I'll 81 game without a protest. There
vas TO cheering during the contest.
nor was there anything like the usual
umpire batting.
Todays attendance was 1921.
Rain caused postponement of the first
game scheduled for yesterday. To-
day the downpour had ceased and the
grounds were comparatively dry. The
sun showed ftfully and there was a
stiff, chill breeze from the north. No
seats were occupied in the upper
tier Of the second floor Of the grand
stand and the right section of the
stand was practically empty. In the
lsft section there were many vacant
ch1lrs.
A number OF boxes We're also with
OUT occupants. and in the bleachers
the three lower rows all around the
field we're vacant.
War taxes. the high cost of living,
curtailed railroad service at advanced
season. and over all the shadow of
the war were said TO account for the
Indifference of the public. The dyed
in-the- wool fans were there, but not
the general public.
The feft field .bleacher space usu-
ally given over to the virtues of
certain chewing gum, admonished
~ ND e. ,,~ ~
glory and the right field space COM
banded buy war savings stamps
and Do il now"
A. intervals six airplanes from tho
war exposition on the lake front re-
minded tie spectators that baseball
Is not IN essential industry. Even
the brass band cut down to n war
basis Of T. pieces, ana it attracted
most attention when it played The
star Spangled Banner" on this oc-
castor players and audience stood
respectfully. Fred Thomas among
them, Thomas. third baseman for
Boston. was in the Red Sox uniform
ny grace ~ n lf-days furlouSh from
me Great Lakes Naval Training sta
ton
ono thrill was granted the crowd
ASIDE from the game and that was
what must have happened % the as
WralonS ~ the ticket spectators.
ih'F had unlimited seats which they
attempted TO sell ut double and even
't"''e normal prices.
The one handed spear by Scott Of
vaughn -rourdcr in the seventh in
N'nr proved the ono spectacular
feature Of the contest It was n beau
'tu' play hut at the time the Cubs
We're not threatening The whole
f'h' innings failed to produce 4 hit
''r an extra base for any real test Of
NVfea FOR the outfelders
George whiteman. Boston utility
Hfhe'der, starred in the outffeld for
BOSTON. and doubtless prevented the
OuoS from scoring He was also the
"nF man II the invaders TO make
,No h's. one Of which figured in Bos-
-" lone Nut victorious tally
Nsasnns momentary weakness in the
.Uur'h inning cost him the game Shean,
"fS' man M for Boston. walked
'e'' me giant Cub twirler attempted to