Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-10

Boston, Sept. 9.-The Boston Amer jeans got the big edge in the worlds s series by beating the Chicago Nation- als in mad scramble for the fourth game today by a score of to ?. This gives the Red Sox a lead of to in the series, and it is necessary now for them to win only one more game to make them the war time baseball champions of the world.
 Both teams departed from letter perfect baseball for the first time since their meeting, and the explo- sions which resulted kept the fans in Ia furore of old-time big series excite ment
 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 in nings.
 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 ball hard to center. but Paskert raced under it for a neat out. Shean, talk ing advantage of Tyler's leisurely windup, dashed for second and made it standing up, while Kiliifer let the ball get through him for q short passed ball.
 1t was a clean steal for Shean, nev- ertheless, and the crowd rooted for a run. With Whiteman up, Tyler wob- bled again and issued another pass. The stands were fairly rocking when S,uffy McInnis strode to the plate but the best the Gloucester boy could to was to force Shean at third. Then along came Ruth
 Two men were on base. Red Sox feared Tyler would not take chance With that big black cat, for the first three pitches were wide Of the plate | The next one curved over for strike | Owens called the next one strike two | while the burly Babe scratched around the box in disgust. Then he | Gug himself in at the plate and witt the count three and two waited to set 1 if Tyler dared to send one over. Tyler | dared.
 Ruth swung into the ball savagely | and the gleaming sphere scared in { steadily upward sweeping climb fol | the right centerheld It was a harC drive to judge and Flack ran in for { l step and then started back in wilC | chase. Before the ball slammed into the outfield barrier Whiteman and Nc. l was heading for third like a big tanl run wild He beat the throw-in eas | fly and enjoyed quiet grin on thirl while the National League leader: tried to readjust themselves to tn same chaotic conditions Ruth's shocl | bat has created in the American League all season. Everyone rooted for Scott to bring the big fellow home, but the shortstop lifted higl enc to Paskert.
 For three innings Ruins personal, conducted mopping-up party had tn Cubs demoralized. But in the sev
 enth. Manager Mitchell, detecting signs of wiidness in the hdSky south paw, began rushing in his reserves With Paskert out of the way, Scot
 10 McInnis, Ruth walked MerkI5
 Then, with Zeider up in place of Pick
 Ruth failed to connect with the plat and put two men on bases. O'Farrel
 was injected into the game and tn
 first ball Ruth sent within range O
 the plate was smashed over second
 It looked like another cleanup, thi
 time for Chicago, but Scott, glidin
 with uncanny speed in pack of tn
 bag scooped up the boil with n1
 sioved hand, tossing to Shean for
 force out of Zeider while the Airing
 lon boy. making one Of his Hghtnln pivots, got O'F'arrell at first Tor
 double play. retiring the side ara say ing Ruth's bacon for the time being Ruth showed his ability to gross u the opposition in Bostons hall of tn seventh when he came to b&s afte II Mclnnis had reached first on a clea
 single to left. Tyler gave the sigma for a strategic retreat by all outfeld CTS and then shot one over the plate
 Ruth was braced for one of his terri
 fic swings. but with great aplomb h
 switched, and dumped a dinky littl
 bunt toward third. The play nearl
 stood the infield on their respectiv heads, but Zeider, untangling himse first, threw out Ruth at first Stuff
 taking second on a very neat sacri fee The inning passed out, hoWeve
 without further fireworks, which wer
 reserved for the eighth frame Ruth, fairly rocking wildness, afte the way of great southpaws once the |. begin to lose the sense of location
 walked Killifer, the man up. As h
 tired to steady himself, he groove
 one for Hendrix, who batted for Tvs
 and the pinch-hitting pitcher cracke an ominous single into deep left. Xii
 lifer took second. Babe then unloose
 a wild pitch, putting Killifer or thirt
 Hendrix on second and none out Nc
 Innis walked to the box and take
 very plain Anglo-Saxon into Ruth
 ear and what the irate first basema forgot to say Dave Shean was o