The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-10
fellow. home. but the shortstop lifted a
high one to Paskert.


high one to PaSkert.
But in the seventh. Manager Mitchell
detecting signs of wi!duCss in the husky
Snuthpaw. began rushing in his reserves.
With P;Lskert out of thu WAY. Scott 10
MrIuris. Ruth walked M"rklc. Th"n.
with Zcider up m place OF Pick Ruth
lost all liaSon with the plate. putting
two men on bases. O'Farr=ll WAS in
irctcd I,tn thr gam" here and tho frs:
lrlli Ruth sent in rang" "f the plate was
smashed over second base II looked
like lnuthcr cleanup. this time fur Chi-
cago. but Scott. gliding with uncanny
speed IN back Of the bag. sco"prd up tho
ball with his Elored hand tossing -
Shcan for Il force out OF Ieider. whilo
the Arlington boy, making nne Of his
lightning piVotS, got O'tflrrril at Hrs
for Il double play. retiring the side and
saving I;uths bacon for the time being.
Ruth showed his ability 10 close up
the opposition in B0stoE's half of this
seventh when he came to bat after Nc
Innis had reached first on clean single
TO left. Tyler gave the signal for Il
strategic retreat by all outteldcrS and
then shot one over tho plate. Ruth NILS
brucrd for ono OF his terrific swings.
hut with great aplnmb he switched and
LlIInDtN d QlIDkN ll(llt pAilN bp"'I'N N'''' -
Tie play nearly stood the inii"ld on
their respective heads. but Icidcr, un-
,angling himself first. threw out Ruth
nj first. Stufty taking second on very
neat sacrifice. The inning passed out.
however. without further fr"worE.
which were reserved for the eighth
frame
Ruth. fairly rocking with w;ldncss.
oF hp1 once
they begin to lose The scnss Of location
walked killifcr the first man up. As
nc tried to steady himself. he gro"v"d
one over for Hendrix. who hatt"d for
TYLER, and the pinch hitting pitcher
cracked an OMNIBUS SINCE into de"n lett.
Killtrcr took second. Habr then unlohs-
cd n Wild pitch. putting kiIlifrr on
third. Hendrix on second and none out.
McInnis wolkal to the box and talked
very plain Anglo-Saxnn into Euih's car
and what the iralc first laS"nlan forgot
t. saw Dave Shcan WAS on hand TO sup
ply Babe was sweating. bur game. lie
put over a good ono for I'lack. who tap
pcd il TO McInnis for unaSsistrd putout.
while the other runners held their bases.
McCabc was put in TO run for Hendrix
as the hard hitting IIollochcr came up.
IIollocher hit sharply to second but
was thrown out. Itillifrr scoring in the
melee. Leslie Mann then tied UP the
game with sharp single to left which
scored McCabc. Fred Thomas ended
she agony by tIrownlng out l'Lsk"-t at
first on slow bounding roller.
Boston went into It's half OF the eighth
full OF venom at having 10 win tho game
oil over again For the first tine III
tho series they found Il right handler
facing them in the box. Douglas r plar-
ing Tyler SchauC. batting for Arn"w.
lost no lirno in demonstrating that tho
Red SoX were out for blood. He soaked
n single to center and. on short piss
cd ball sped to second. Captain Tn"p'r
was ut hat and ne laid down crafty
hunt. which Douglas h"av"d wildly IN
1ho general direction Of M"rkl". liv ia"
time tho ball was recovered SrhauG WAS
homo with the winning run and Il""I,"r
was psrchcd on second. Sheen. S;runli
and IShiteman made tame ending Of tho
inning.
, Tho SWIM song Of tho Cubs In the last
inning was Il h"nrthrrak"r Ruth had
attained even greater wIin"SS. M"r-
kln III" first man un. singled after !:rh2
threatened to pass HIM. Filling up his
cup Of WOO. Ruth thcn passed /"''!'r.
- There apparently was II" limit +" his
passes and Manager barrow. feeling the
humiliation rs much rs the hiE pitcher
himself. called Baho from, he bux and
sent in Bullet joe Lush. As i:uth'$
heavy artillery might sill b. badly
needed however. h" WAS mot "Nil", hut
was sent TO left field ~ place II White
man.
,,rI,
n" refused To b. ratified and every Iail
lad zip tn il. N"InnlS conducted 4
ut.r man patrol IF y" Mans land in the
viciI,y "r tn" pitchers lnx anh called
the turn maEnifir"n,ly on W"rlman'e
Attempted hunt. Tossing tn" hall Ia
Thrmas he headed of Mcrklc. Barber