South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-06
VAUGHN AND RUTH
OPPOSED IN FIRST
OF BIG SERIES
One of Smallest Crowds in His
tory Turns Out TO See
Champions Start Battle
For 1918 Supremacy.

CHICAGO. sept s.-One Of the
smallest crowds which ever turned
ous Tor o worlds series opening saw
he Boston Red o OF the American
league defeat the Cubs OF the Va
tlonaI league. ! t. 0 Thursday Ia an
effortless game. The battle was be-
tween two eminent representatives
Of what the dictionary calls the fam
iiy hippopotamidae-namely Hip
DO" Vaughn Of the Cubs, and another
hippo" rejoicing In the name Of
Babe Ruth.
These two giants fought IL out ali
the way. and although Ruth allowed
six hits TO his opponents 1--WE, the
break" went 10 the invaders and
they were consequently making con
adent claims TO the worlds cham
pionship tonight.
War Effect Apparent.
The effect of the war was avery
where apparent. especially tn the
tsmper of the crowd which. largely
local. saw the home team drop the
first game without q protest. There
was no cheering during the con
test. nor was there anything Ike
the usual umpire batting.
Today's attendance was 1927
The sun shone dtfully and there was
a stiff chill breeze from the north.
80 seats were occupied in the upper
tier OF the second floor OF the grand
stand. and the right section Of the
stand was practically empty. In
the left section there were many
vacant chairs. A number Of boxes
also were without occupants, and in
the bleachers the three lower rows
All around the field were vacant.
The Northumberland fans We're
there. but not the general public.
Fence Ads Changed.
The left field bleacher space,
usually given ovc~ & the virtues Of
q certain chewing gum, admonish-
ed the crowd 20 Keep the Glow IL
old Glory" and the right held
space commanded "l1uy WA Saw
ings Stamps and Do TO Now"
At intervals six airplanes from the
wal exposition ON the lake front re-
minded the spectators tina. baseball
is not an essential industry. Even
the brass band was cut down 10 a
war basis Of L pieces. and il at
tracted most attention when it play
ed The star Spangled Banner. on
this occasion players and audience
stood respectfully. Fred Thomas
among them. Thomas. third base
man for Boston, was I'm the Red SoX
uniform by grace of a 1f-day fur
Tough from the Great Lakes naval
training station.
One thrill was granted the crowd
aside from the game and that was
what must have happened 20 the
aspirations OF the ticket spectators.
They had unlimited Seats which
they attempted 10 sell at double and
even treble normal prices.
SCOTS spear Feature.
The One-handed spear 10y Scott OF
v~aughn's hot grounder in the sew
enth inning provided the IN spec
taCular feature ~ the contest r.
was a beautiful play. but at this
tine the Cubs were not threatening
The whole nine innings failed 20
pro.7uce a hit for extra bases. nor
any real test OK 7peeu TOT 'He "u'-
lelGers.
George Whiteman Boston utility
outitelder. starred i'm ID outheld Tor
Boston, and doubtless prevented the
cubs from scoring Tie was also the
only man of the invaders TO make
vs. hits. n of which figured i'm
Boston's one victorious tally.
Naughn's Weakness Cost Game.
Naughn.s commentary weakness IN
the fourth unlng cost him the
b game Sh an. the first man mp
for Boston WA 5ed when the giant
Cub pitcher attt npted o. work tile
corners on Jmpi e bbay Strunk.
who followed. fTe 90 Vaughn ON an
attempted sacrihc emo Whlteman
delivered his secg sd blow sending
Shean 90 second Fa-Nerts quick
return prevented il- RED NoN sec
ond baseman from taking tllrl
Mclnnis' single 70 tr scored Sneau
while Whiteman moved up 90 sec
onG. Scott popped 10 Deal and
Whlteman Scrambled uacA 20 me
second sack just I'M tt.e go beat the
cub third hasemau pes Go second
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