The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-13
BOSTON TEAMS HOLD
RECORD FOR SERIES
Event Of Baseball Near--Herocs
of Classic.

All lunches and Huehe% Fuller
tons dope 10 the contrary the Red
Sox won the worlds series and Boston
IS still uuGefeated for the baseball
classic
No Boston team has gone down to
defeat in a worlds series The Red
sox set the example in winning in
1903 against the Plttshurg Pirates
aud since that time the Sox have
beaten the Giants, the Phillies and
Hrooklvn teams. the braves defeated
the famous Athletics tour straight
and now the Red SoX have cleaned up
a-aln--Aith the Cubs As their victims.
of course. that Is not the order in
which the different series were fought.
for the Braves put il over the Attn
letics in 1914 and the Red Sox took
the 3 llies Into camp in 1915. the
Brooklyn club in 1915 leaving the
White Sox a chance TO wallop the
Giants IN ~1al7 and Coz ~ back in
1919 against the Cub@
The 1alS series has been the
hardest fought of any in point OF close
scores That between the old Cubs
and the White COX in 1905 was a
hum mer and the talent got a Jolt that
rip. as we'll as this year The Cubs
looked TO have everything on the
White Sox in almost every Depart
+
Big Ed Walsh, Doc White, Isbeii and
George Robe. especially Robe. upset
the dope and the White Sox won
In 1903 the Red Sox were the IA
vorites bat they fell down at the
start. lost the first game won the
second and then lost two others be-
fore they started their squirt and took
the next four games and the series.
Had Pittsburg another pitcher To help
4 re- fcy
might have won but tha nearon was
their only gunner 81 for service and
he was unable to carry the entire
burden
ON more than Que occasion. how
ever, n pitcher has starred in
worlds series In 1904 MathewsHn
/ WAS the hero He shut the Athletics
out three times. McGinnity turned
the trick once and in the same series
| Bender shut out the Giants. The
whitewash brush was more conspicu-
Gus in 1904 than Al any other time.
In the series between the Red Sox
ana the Pirates Bil Dineen was the
big noise Twice with two on. and
when hit meant couple of runs,
tanfi tf1r gume, he fHrurr- Hans Wag-
ner, Which was some feat.
Babe Adams was t-~a hero of the
series between The Detroit Tigers and
have been in 1a12. but Smoky Joe.
! like Philippe. fell down on the job.
Jack Combs was the great star of the
series between the Athletic and the
Cubs. He was hit for runs, but the
Athletics had their batting tcgs on
with Coonbs in the box and wailoped
the Cub pitchers all over the lot
Bender against the Giants Ernie
shore against brooklyn. and Big Bill
4 la, t,,S4 81 ,n h ~ -
Hank Gowdy was the real hero of
that series. performed notably Alex
ander the Great was not equal to
queiling the Red Sox and Jim Vaughn
found the task too great this year.
While Ruth both hit and pitched
we'll In the 1918 blue-rihbon event
Mays did the same, so that no pitcher
stands out head and shoulders be-
yond his fellows this season
Nineteen eighteen will not be re-
garded as banner year in the his
tory of the several worlds series. The
lack Of interest due to the war. the
controversy between players and mag
mates, and the general feeling that
both teams lacked their full strength,
tended To hurt the big event Of the
baseball year.
The series was we'll played how
ever The games were close. the
scores small, sensational play. were
made IN nearly every contest but the
war oyershadowed the sport
Speaking of the small scores recalls
that much of the scoring came In the
fourth inning This has been COM
tnehted Upon ms surprising, hut old
baseball fans know that the fourth is
The most likely inning to produce 4
rum The top OF the batting list comes
up for the second time. generally
| speaking, in the fourth inning ana
! the batters have the benefit of their
previous trip 10 the plate. IL there
is any chance for a score the top of
/ The list with the cleanup man. fol-
/ lowing the rest of he wrecking crew.
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