Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
RED SOX TAKES
WORLDS TITLE
Wind Up Series by Scoring Fourth
Victory Over Cubs,
2 to /.

Boston, Sept. f2.--It is ovcrl The
last signal has been given, the last
strike called, the last ball thrown in
professional combat until Uncle Sam
slams an iron pill against the kaiser s
rib for the greatest putout in the history
of the world. The Boston Americans
wound up the worlds series and league
competition for the duration Of the war
rs we'll yesterday afternoon at FcnwAy
Park when they defeated the Chicago Ma
tionals. 2 to l. As the victory marked
the Boston clubs fourth success as
against only two for the Cubs. the series
was declared over and the players are
now scurrying 10 their homes.
Chicago went down fighting to the last.
tooth and nail but the lion hearted de-
fence of the Red Sox newer faltered.
Theirs is the final glory, and no man
may take their crown until the spring
time Of peace comes 10 q world that has
been born again and calls joyos,sly A. Of
old play ballr'
To Carl Mays-Carl with the fair hair
and inverted delivery the honor Of
pitching the Red Sox into the baseball
kingdom Of the world But IL WAS Gcorgc
Whiteman. whose VICIOUS drive scosrng
two runs in the third, hrokr George
Nist HVhIif anu WbpSs psFHVuVunt
diving catch in the eighth bhgbtcd =
despair from Fred Mitchcll's lipr
And upon Max Flack--poor unfortu-
nate Flack-is heapcd tho blame for the
loss Of the game Flack came in swiftly
to catch that vicious drive Of White
mans. The ball struck his hands fairly,
but IT bounded out and away However,
II Mann. IN the fourth inning had not
relapeed into semi-consciousncss and
been caught of first by Schang's quick
throw, he would have movcd tn second
when Paskert walked, and two runs in
stead of one would have resulted frum
Merkles single
At the CONCLUSION of the first inning
q gentleman stood IN the prvss box and
announced that for the first t,mc in
the history Of the world carrier pigeons
were going 60 convey the score by in
nlngs 10 Camp Devcns lnsomuch as II
was the first time in the history that a
messenger had been used for such n
purpose the undertaking was watched
with considerable interest
ATTENDANCE AND REcErrT~
The attendance slumpcd Ia 1928, the
smallest worlds series attendance since
ttffs WITH Altt FitAti Ntftf' VI ttst 'Fffs''"
Pittsburg series, played IN Detroit, drew
only l0.535 persons The receipts also
dropped Ia the low figure Of $40 5e5.
The attendance and receipts for the
six-game series were i2S. aS3 and 317p.
6l9 In 1916 the five-eame Red Sox-Dodg
CT series drew l62. $50 persons, and S}S5,-
500 50 was taken in ri the gate Last
fall the six-game White SosI1iant ser,cs
was played 10 iS6 tti3 persons, while the
gross receipts were 1A25. SIS
out of tho PLAYERS share oi $50, 527 40
the National Commission has awarded
x23. 1922 To the winning Rcd Sox and
SIS, AS Is TO the losing Cubs. As twenty
one Red Sox players are ehelhlc they
each will receive 81 l025l, while the
twcntv-three Cubs must be satisfied with
individual checks for s67l on rs their
portion
The Giants and Cleveland Indians,
second IN their respective leagues, will
split up si5, 46a 81. more than tho losing
Tubs receive The third place Wash
ingtons and Cincinatti Reds divide so.
PSI 95 while the fourth place Yankees
and Pirates divide 81. 1S7 % These clubs
divide their shares on fifty-hfty basis.
The score OF yesterday game follows.