Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-10
WORLDS SERIES
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ling himself, first threw out Ruth at
nrst' Stuffy taking second on very
neat sacrlhce. The inning passed
out however, without further fire.
works, which were reserved for the
eighth frame.
Ruth, fairly reeking wildness after
the way Of great southpaws once they
pegln to lose the sense of location,
walked klllifer, the first man up AS
ne tried to steady himself he grooved
one over for Hendrix, who batted for
Tyler, and the pinch hitting pitcher
cracked an ominous single into deep
left, killifer taking second. Babe
then Embossed a wild pitch, putting
| killifer on third, Hendrix on second
and none out. McInnis walked to the
box and talked very plain Anglo
Saxon into Ruth's ear, and what the
, irate first baseman forgot to say
Dave Shean was on hand to supply
Babe was sweating but game He
put over good one for Flack, who
/ tapped it to McInnis for an unas-
sisted put-out while the other run
ners held to their bases. McCabe
, was put in to run for Hendrix as the
! hard hitting Hollocher came up.
! 1ollocher hit sharply to second, but
I was thrown out. Kilifer scoring in
the melee. Leslie Mann then tied up
/ the game with a sharp single to left.
which scored McCabe. Fred Thomas
ended the agony by throwing out
! Paskert at first on slow bounding
roller. Boston went into it's half of
! the eighth full of venom at having to
win the game all over again.
For the first time in the series
! they found right handler facing
/ them in the box, Douglas replaced
/ Tyler. SChang batting for Agnew,
lost no time in demonstrating that
the Red Sox We're out for blood. He
soaked Il single to centre and on n
/ short passed ball dashed to second
I Captain Hooper was at hat and he
I laid down a crafty hunt which
( Douglas heaved wildly in the general
direction of Merkle. BY the time the
. bali was recovered Schang was home
with the winning run and Hooper
was perched on second Shean,
/ Strunk and Whiteman made tame
ending Of the inning.
| The swan song of the Cubs in the
! last inning was a heartbreaker
Ruth had attained even greater
wildness, Merkle, the first man up
singled after Babe had threatened to
pass him. Filling up his cup of woe,
i Ruth then passed Zeider. There APP
parently was no limit to his passes
/ and manager Barrow feeling the
! humiliation much as the big pitcher
( himself called Babe from the box
/ and sent in Bullet Joe Bush. AS
Ruth's heavy artillery might still
| be badly needed, however. he was
! not exiled but was sent to left field
! in place of Whiteman.
| 1t was a tough place for Bush but
! he refused to be ratified and evfry
| ball had a nip to it. Mc1nnis con-
Quoted a one man patrol Of No Mans
Land in the vicinity of pitchers box
/ and called the turn magnificenty or
! Wortman's attempted bunt. Tossing
! the ball to Thomas he headed off
| Merkle Barber, the next man up
! hit a line drive. 1t was moving fast
! but Scott was on the move, too. With
another of his Incompatible one
handed scoops he started one of those
lightning double plays. Shean to Nc
Innis which killed ots tho game rally
! Of the ard-dying Cubs.
| The weather for the opening game
in the east was inauspicious in the
morning but in the afternoon II
cleared. Predictions Of capacity
| .xo,,5 ,rera NOT fulfilled as there
were only $4,000 present. The roofing
however, was fully up to the World
! Series standard, and the applause
was very sportsmanlike among all
! contestants.