Evening star., 1918-09-12
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

n By DENMAN TdOMkSON.
BOSTON, September 12.-What will
be recorded In base ball history as one
Of the most remarkable world series
on record was brought to close yes
terday when the Boston Red Sox an
nsxed their fourth victory over the
Chicago Cubs to 1. in the sixth game
and became champions Of the worio
for 1918 and probably for the duration
of the war. Proverbial Boston luck
again was in evidence. the victory De-
ing directly due to a glaring mispiaY,
but such is base ball. and the manner /
Of the attainment of the prize detrac's
not one whit of credit from the VIC
tors. 1t is an adage in the natiohai
sport that winning club makes It's
own breaks. and this trite saying
never was better illustrated than IN
the title tourney just closed. Aside
from the Startling box work OF Carl
Mays and Babe Ruth, the ability OF
the Red Sox to rush their attack
through the weak spot in the enemy
defenses the moment the opportunity
offered and the skillful leadership OF
Ed Barrow. who was making his de-
but as a field general in world series
competition, and the superb steadi-
ness of the Hub array from start to
inish were the outstanding features
Of a set of contests cluttered with
thrilling play.
OF the Red Sox It often has been
said that they are the best money club
IN base ball and that their ability to
play with answering steadiness un-
der the drumfire of titular strife has
been their chief asset. A cursory sum-
ming up of the half dozen battles
fought to a decision by BarrowS
shock troops proves this to be true.
Both on the offense and defense their
play has been keyed to preclseness
unsurpassed by even that of the old
Athletic machine. And this in spite
Of the presence in the line up of play
ers who under ordinary circumstances
would be substitutes.
Striking evidence of this is adduced
by the fact that only one Boston
error was made in the entire set-the
mum of a fly ball by Whiteman in
the second game-aEd it did not fg-
ure in the scoring. Furthermore: this
veteran. for greater part or the
regular season merely bench
warmer, proved one of the outstand-
ing stars of the series, both afield
and at bat. The climax to the yeo-
man service he has rendered through
out the series came in the eighth
round of the final fray, when he tore
in at top speed and speared a line
drive from Deals bat off the grass
tops, the momentum OF speed causing
him to turn a complete somerSault
before coming up with the ball. 1t
was far and away the most spectacu-
lar play of the season
Boston's victory increases the lead
the American League holds over the
parent organization in the matter OF
title tilts, the representatives of Ban
Johnson's circuit now being credited
with having won nine of the four
teen played, with Boston maintaining
unsullied its record Of never having
had an entry defeated in the fall
classic.
Carl Mays hurled an even more ef-
fective game than in the third of the
set. when he was returned victor by
the same score as that of yesterday.
In his first start he permitted seven
Chicago hits, two of them doubles.
and walked one. Yesterday three
safeties were all the Cubs could OBJ
tain of his puzzling slants. although
he was trife more unsteady. walk
ing two and hitting one batsman.
two-thirds Of his wildness coming in
the same inning with two hits. ac-
counting for the long Chicago tally.
Bases on balls have played a very
prominent part in all the games. and
this held true yesterday. Both OF the
Red Sox runners who crossed the
plate with the counters that meant
10 much to Manager Barrow and his
men were placed on the paths by the
inability of George Tyler to get the
ball over the plate. A sacrifice and
out moved them to third and second.
and Flack's inglorious muff Of line
man permitted them to score. 1t was
q hefty wallop-one of the kind
where the sphere revolves rapidly
and descends fast-but Flack got di-
rectly in front of it, with both hands
on the ball and he will receive little
sympathy for his failure to freeze on
to 1t. Flack's work prior to this un-
fortunate incident had been of an
oxoeedingly high order. In fact. his
playing had been one of the bright
be forgotten by the fans. who will
remember only that his slip-up cost
tho Cubs an even chance for the
title. 1t promises to take rank with
that famous mum OF Snodgrass,
Msrkls's boner and the never-to-be-
lodf series in which Eddie Collins
weS the hero and He-inie Zim the
scat
Duo IN great measure. no doubt, to
the coldness Of the weather, the at
tendance fell far below that of any
Of the other contests: 1t was. in fact,
about the smallest that ever turned
out for a world series game. The
attitude of the players in respect to
the squabble they raised over the di-
vision of the receipts Influenced many
to absent themselves. The athletes
gained no friends by the stand they
took. They alienated many OF their
former supporters. There was no
suggestion yesterday of a repetition
Of tho fiasco of the day previous.
when the huge crowd was compelled
to wait one hour while the boys hag-
Kled The spokesmen conferred with
Presidents Frazee and Weeghman of
the Sox and Cubs. respectively. in the
morning and were assured that the
moguls would 'see what could be
done for them"
In passing 1t should be mentioned
that faulty and reprehensible base
running was one of the most potent
factors in the reverse suffered by the
Cubs. In nearly every game one or
more instances cropped up, and yes
terday Mann was victimiEed in the
fourth frame for what many will
characterize as the break of the game
that settled the issue.
T7ack had opened this session, the
oas Immediately following his costly
muff. with q bid to redeem himself in
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