The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-11

Miller ......,s.
 Totals ........2s O 27 1s 0
 sBatted for Jones in ninth inning.
 Score by innings:
 Chicago -.7.,...,.... .,....001 coo 020-3 Boston ...... s........ 00O 0O0 O0O--V
 Summary: Two-base hits, Mann, Paskert. Strunk. Stolen base. Hollocher. Sacrifice hits, Mann, Shean. Double plays, Merkle to Hollocher; Hollocher to Pick to Merkle ?; Whiteman to Shean. Left on bases, Chicago 6. Bos- Jones ,. Struck out, by Vaughn 4, Jones ,. Empires, O'Day behind the plate; Hildebrande at first; Klem at second, and Owens at third Time, 1.42.
 to call off the strike and go on with the game for the games sake.
 In the meantime. the crowd Twas utter .ly at sea as to the cause of the deserted diamond. They filed steadily in until near 25.00o had been seated. In the fear that such a huge gathering wodld start a riot in the event of the announcement of a strike police reserves were rushed to the park.
 CROWD IS PATIENT
 But the crowd took the long wait pa tiently. The band did it's best to fill in with popular war numbers and patriotic airs. The arrival of attachments of wounded soldiers and sailors brought all hands up cheering Justify. Finally, half an hour after game time it was an- nounced that the hostiiities would begin fin about b minutes At this point the crowd as a whole was enlightened as to the cause of the deserted field by former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, one Of the royal rooters,n the Boston world series cheering organization.
 Taking huge megaphone and going to each section of the stands and bleachers he stated the cause of the delay and the determination of the players to go through with the series.
 When the players headed by the Cubs, finally emerged on the field, they were greeted with mingled boos and cheers. They had short workout and then Sam Jones, one Of Bostons star right-hand pitchers went into the box for his first appearance in the big series. The Cubs clawed him badly rom the start. Flack, the first man up, drew q pass and Hollocher shot single over second, Flack pulling up at the middle station. The situation grew. worse when Mann sacrificed both runners along, and with only one out runners were on third and second. Paskert came up prepared for killing and sent hard low hner to left field. It looked like sure safe
  crack of the bat. But Whiteman, run ming in fast, caught the ball below his knees and with a great throw doubl9i up Hollocher at second, retiring the siue without a score.
 VAUGHN STARTS BADLY yaughn's start for his third game of the series. was also inauspicious. Hooper opened with a single and Was sacrificed promptly to second oy Shean. But Vaughn was entirely un- perturbed. He struck out Strunk and Flack made sensational eaten or | Whitemans long foul. crashing into | the right field fence but holding onto | the ball Jones proved wild in the sec | ond inning, but was saved by sharp l fielding.
 | It was in the third that the Cubs l drew blood, helped out by a bit of clev- | CT strategy. Scott disposed of both Vaughn and Flack on two of his ciev- erly executed plays. Then Jones gave Hollocher a pass. Hollocher stroiied off first base and Agnew shot the ball idown to McInnis It looked like sure out and was the same kind Aof shaIp l shooting that helped down the Cubs , vesterday. But the Cubs were wary ol I the trap this time. Hollocher, instead of diving into Stuffy's big mitt, dashed for second Stuffy. with his eye on tie iball, swung around with admirable grace and quiclSness for perfect put
 out, only there was no one to put out
 He made one swing through the dust of his own raising and then saw Hol- ilocher grinning at him from seconc I base Leslie Mann here proceeded tc add to the general discomfort of tht Sox by scoring his teammate with
 double to left
 That ended further scoring until ths eighth inning. Boston threatened 1T the fourth, fifth and seventh, but eacf Il time fast double plays stopped then
 before they could reach the enemy wire
 Strunk led off Boston's Tuck,
 fourth" inning with a long double int right field. The fans implored White
 man to come through with one of hi
 timely hits. but the best he could d
 was to pop to Merkle. Stuffy McInni
 Merkle caught his hard drive an
 doubled Strunk at second.
 In the fifth the Sox started hittin
 the ball hard. Scott smashed one t
 ieft field. but Mann caught it after
 hard run. Then Thomas singled an
 the crowd was Hopeful once more, unt
 Agnew ended the inning abruptly by hii
 ting into double play. AolIocher |
 Pick tc Merkle.
 The Cubs nearly clawed off anothe
 run in the sixth. only great throw | Whitemar catching Holiocher at tn plate, turning them back for the tim being.
 I What chances the Red Sox had Of 1 ru-l In the seventh, built on Whit, mans line drive into left, were spoile when Mclnnis once more hit into ths deadly doutle play combination of Ho locher to Pick to Merkie
 If up to this point the game had bes i1a pitcLeis battle. and afielding rove; ktion Hirro Jim Vaughn WAS srowir Jfe-fsr With ball he pitched vhenav, rsL5ia threatened even rsmo.cly A