Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-11

fence but holding on to the ball.
tones proved wild in' the second in
ming but was saved by sharp fielding.
Wary of Trap.
In the third the Cubs drew blood,
helped by bit of clever strategy.
Scott disposed of both Vaughn and
Flack on two well-executed plays.
Jones gave Hollocher a pass. Hollo-
cher strclled off first base and Agnew
shot the ball down to Mclnnis. 1t
looked like a sure out and was the
same kind of sharp-shooting that help
ed down the Cubs yesterday. But
the Cubs were wary of the trap, and
Hollocher, instead of diving into
StuHys. big mitt, dashed for second.
Stuffy, with his eve on the ball, swung
around with admirable grace and
quickness for a perfect putout-only
there was no one to put out, He
made one more swing through the
dust of his own raising, then saw
Hollocher grinning at him from
second base. Leslie Mann here pro-
ceeded to add to the general discom-
| fort of the Sox by scoring his team
mate with a double to left.
That ended further scoring until
the eighth inning. Boston threaten
ed in the fourth, fifth and seventh,
but each time fast double plays stop
ped them before they could reach the
enemy wire.
| Merkle Stops Hot Drive.
Strunk led off Boston's lucky
fourth inning with long double in
to right field. The fans implored
Whiteman to come through with one
| of his timely hits, but the best he
could do was to pop to Merkle. Stuffy
McInnis made big try for a cleanup
but Merkle caught his hard hit drive
and doubled up Strunk at second.
In the fifth the Sox started hitting
!, the ball hard. Scott smashed one tt
: left field, but Mann caught it after Z
, hard run. Then Thomas singled ant
, the crowd was hopeful once NOR,
, until Agnew ended the inning abruptly
J by hitting into double play. Hollo
: cher to Pick to Merkle.
: The Cubs nearly clawed off anothe
/ run in the sixth. only great throw
by Whiteman catching Hollocher a
, the plate. turning them back for tn,
time being.
What chances the Red Sox had of
run in the seventh. built on White
: mans line drive into left, were ispoile,
| when McInnis once more hit into tina
J deadly double play combination o
, Hollocher to Pick to Merkle.
Paskert Breaks up Game.
Up to this point the game had bee,
: a pitchers battle. and fielding reve
lation. Hippo" Jim Vaughn wa
/ growing better with every ball h
I pitched and his shoots tipped aeros
{ the plate with the impact of bullet:
When trouble threatened his inmate
When trouble threatened his team
mates sprang, to his rescue with som
, spectacular play. In the meantim
Jones had lost much of his early wild
|, ness and his curve ball kept the Cub
= swinging Nainly. He was backed Il
: superbly by the other red legs an
! it looked as if it would be to
= pitchers duel until Dode, Pasker
: broke up the game in the eighth.
A pass to Flack opened this fate
full inning. The fleet-footed Holle
= cher laid down a slow roller along tn
: third base line and beat the ball /
: first, his third hit of the game. Man
! flew out to Shean, bringing I'D Pa:
y kert The veteran picked a fast on
waist high and smashed it to the scor
board for double. scoring two run
: Jones struck out Merkle. Pick the
got hit on which Paskert tried |
E score, but the Red Sox infeld trappe
J. him between third and home.
S Mann Makes Spectacular Catch.
$ Boston went Into the last of Il
!. ninth determined to end the seri,
e then and there. The faster Waugh
s shot the ball across the plate, ii
Harder the Red Sox slugeers Sian