Arizona republican., 1918-09-10
RED S0X N0W
 HAVE EDGE LIN
 WORLD SERIES
Only Necessary to Win One
 More Game to Make Them
 Wartime Baseball Cham pions of the World
Republican A. p. Leased WIre1

Republican A. p. Leased WIre1
 BOSTON, Sept g. The Boston Americans got the big edge in the World series by beating the Chicago Nationals in a mad scramble for the fourth game today by a score of to ,. This gives the Red Sox lead of 3 to 1 in the series and it is necessary now for them to win only one more game 10 make them the wartime baseball champions of the world.
 Both teams departed from letter. perfect baseball for the first time since their meeting and the explosions which resulted kept the fans in a furore of oldtime big series excitemnt.
 Babe Ruth, Boston's big southpaw, and slugger extraordinary, led the first bombing party which apparently wrecked the Cub machine for good and all but was hoisted by his own petard in the eighth and ninth innings. Boston Breaks Game Wide Open
 The game was broken wide open by Boston in the fourth. Tyler got him self into hole by passing Shean, the first man up. Strunk smashed the bali
 
 1t for neat out. Shean, taking advan- tage of Tyler's leisurely windup, dashed for second and made it stand ing up, but Killifer left the ball get through him for a short passed ball. i It was clean steal for Shean never theless, and the crowd rooted for a run. With Whiteman up, Tyler wobbeld | again and issued another pass The stands were fairly rocking when Stuffy Mclnnis strode to the plate, but the best the Gloucester boy could do was i to force Shean at third.
 Then Along Came Ruth
 Two runners were on the bases. Red fSox rooters feared Tyler would not take chance with that big black bat for the first three pitches were wide of the plate. The next one curved over it for a strike. Owens called the next ons strike two, while the burly Babe scratched around the box in disgust. Then he dug himself in at the plate and with the count three and two | waited to see if Tyler dared to send one over. Tyler dared and Ruth swung | into the ball savagely and the gleaming sphere scared in a steadily upward sweeping climb for the right center field. It was hard drive to judge and Flack ran in for a step and then | started back in a wild chase. Before the ball slammed into the outfie1d bar rier Whiteman and McInnis had scampered home and Ruth was head ing for third like a big tank run wild. He beat the throw-in easily and en- Joyed quiet grin on third while the National League leaders tried to read just themselves to the same chaotic conditions Ruths shock of bat had ere ated in the American League all sea- son. Everyone rooted for Scott to bring the big fellow home. but ths shortstop lifted a high one to Paskert
 Had Cubs DemoraIized
 For three innings Ruth's personally conducted hopping up party had the Cubs demoralized, but in the seventh, Manager Mitchell, detecting signs of wildness in the husky southpaw began rushing in his reserves. With Paskert out of the way, Scott to McInnis, Ruth walked Merkle. Then with Zeider up in place of Pick, Ruth lost all liaison with the plate, putting two men on bases. O'Farrell was injected into the game here and the first ball Ruth pitched within range of the plate was smashed over second. It looked like another clean up. this time, for Chi- cago, but Scott gliding with uncanny speed in back of the bag, scooped up the ball with his gloved hand. tossing to Shean for force-out of Zeider while the Arlington boy making one of ) his lightning pivots. got O'Farrell at first for double play, retiring the side and saving Ruth's bacon for the time being.
 Fireworks Are Reserved
 Ruth showed his ability to cross ul the opposition in Boston's half of tn. l h -Iny, F, l. I-k AF
 1nnis had reached first on a clear
 single to left. Tyler gave the sigma
 for strategic retreat by all outfiSld
 CTS and shot one over the plate Rutl
 was braced for one of his terrifi
 swings, but with great aplomb, h ? switched and dumped dinky littl
 bunt toward third. The play nearl.
 stood the infield on their respectiv
 heads, but Zeider, untangling himsel
 first, threw out Ruth at first, Stuff
 taking second on very neat sacrific;
 The inning passed out, however, with
 out further fireworks, which were re s served for the eighth frame.
 Ruth Gets Wild
 1 Ruth, fairly rocking wildness. afte C the way of great southpaws once the y begin to lose the sense of location
 walked Killifer, the first man up. A c he tried to steady himself he groove e one over for Hendrix who batted fc = Tyler and the pinch hitting pitche t, cracked an ominous single into dee l.. left. Killifer took second. Babe the l. unloosed wild pitch. putting Killife D. on third, Hendrix on second and, non Is out. McInnis walked to the box a.l l. talked very plain Anglo Saxon int l. Ruths ear and what the irate firs Il baseman forgot to say Dave Shean wa 1T on hand to supply. Babe was sweatin $ but game. He put over a. good one ft
 F'lack who tapped it to McInnis for a
 unassisted putout, while the other TUT l. ners held their bases. McCabe was pt 'e in to run for Hendrix, as the hard-hi 1f ting Hollocher came up. Hollocher il 'e
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