New Britain herald., 1918-09-10

&zl &4&a&8N 7 was pitching maSterly ball. E5 tfae Cub leader went by all the angersignals like a drunken engineer and Ruth made the Cubs pay the penalty. First Tyler offered Ruth three wides ones without getting a nibble. Then he sOuthpawed over two strikes. The sixth offering was a perfectly aimed strike, but Ruth lean ed on the big ball with all the force in his big shoulders, and away went the horsehide and the old ball game, too.
 Everyone felt that the game was practically over after the Red Sox scored those runs in the fourth and the score stood to 0. When Mitchell began using pinch hitters in the eighth 1t seemed that his strategy would have no material effect on the result of the game, but to the crowds amazement the Cubs succeeded in tying the score m that round, thanks to a pass and a single by Les Mann, after two men had been retired.
 And then, having tied the score and having used Hendrix, who had been warming up for several innings as a pinch hitter, Mitchell made his second olunder, and sent Douglass in to pitch.
 Douglas walked out to the mound
 
 as Louis XVI. must have worn when, peeping from the royal bedchamber where he was a prisoner, he beheld his rebellious subjects erecting a gull Iotine in the front yard.
 The premonitiOn of disaster mir rored in his face speedily was full tiled. Schang almost amputated the pitchers ankle with a single, and went to second on a passed ball. Hooper hit an anaemic grounder to Douglas. who bounced upon it. whirled about and threw the ball half way to the Christian Science church, Schang scoring easily and Hooper roasting on second.
 F1acI1 Ignores Warning.
 If Tyler had passed Ruth in the fourth the chances are that the Red Sox would have been unable to score, for they got only four hits off his de- livery.
 It is not difficult to analyze the mental process by which Mitchell ar rived at the conclusion that it was safe to throw a perfect strike to Ruth it that critical time. Babe could do nothing with Vaughn in Chicago, and had failed to get hit his first time up against Tyler. Mitchell had hunch that Ruth could not hit the portsider, so he strangled the still, small voice of caution and signaned Tyler to ''go to it.
 Just before he began pitching to Ruth Tyler turned around and mo- Honed Flack to go back, but the right fielder did not retreat more than a couple of yards When Ruth came LID again later in the game Flack tuyep+ hack sO far that he almost min rle6 with the landscape.
 And now comes the story of one of the finest bits of defensive playing vet recorded in a world orf any kind oe & series-a play contributed by stuffv McInnis in the ninth and 9 clav that undoubtedly shattered the Cubs excellent chance for at least ty- nI- the score. It was in the ninth inning. Merlzle singled past Scott, Fielder walked and Barrow, scenting trouble, shifted Ruth to left field and sent Bush in to pitch.
 t Mays began warming up as q S&c- ,ndary line of defence. With Schang satching and McInnis on first it seem sd as if the ghost of that wonder 5earn Of other days, the Athletics, had s,isen to aid the faltering Red SoX. F Wortman was pinch hitting. He ried to bunt and McInnis was within ,hree wards Of home when the ball ! ait the ground. The Red SOX first 3aseman's intention was evident, but Sortman, instead Of cracking the bali 3ast the inplaying McInnis or bunting oward third, laid down another to- ward the first sack. McInnis was right sn top of the ball in 3. twinkling and ae picked it up and shot it to third