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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIA', WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1015. PHILS' SOLE HOPE IS OLD J. W. MIRACLE In the Men's Store FIRST WORLD SERIES PHOTOGRAPH TO BE PUBLISHED IX POR TLAND A GLIMPSE OF THE EIGHTH IKNIXG, WHEN PHILLIES ? SCORED T WO RUNS. Fans Backing Dazed Quakers Willing to Sell Wagers at i Few Cents on Dollar. 1912 SERIES IS RECALLED 18 Grantland Rice Remembers That 3 Yeara Ago Red Sox Had 3-1 Load, Only to Ixse Two More and Tie Another. BY GF.AXTfiAXD RICE. BOSTON. Mass.. Oct. 12. (Special.) ! The Phillies t t i 1 J have a chance. Old John . Miracle, playing the same of his life, can still pull them through. -AM they have to do now to win this present series is to beat Foster, Leon ard and Shore three games in a row. -Ml they have to do is to hit ground balls that Barry can't stop and fly balls that Speaker. Hooper and Lewis can t catch. All they have to do for the next three days is to go out and get more runs than the Red Sox can fcc-t. They still may do it. And. as old' King V, Lardner once remarked, "San Francisco Bay may be full of grape juice." also Bunker Hill Monument may be built of stewed prunes and scram- bird eggs. When ICrnest Shore, the Baltimore boomerang, inserted the old kibosh in thA system of (Jeorge Chalmers, using a ii-to-1 score for this purpose, those batting on the flustered Phiis were more than willing to dispose of their wagers for one and two-thirds cents On the dollar. Valine In All With lhilS. Those who believed that war stocks had one come down with a -record rush had never purchased any Philly vommon around par. For the first time today 41.096 paid in souls were observing big Shore harrass the Phils with one run and seven hits, while the lied Sox were fusillading tleorge Chal mers for two runs and eight hitrt. The only guess left was whether or not the jubilee would end in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon or whether the quarrel would be carried over .another day to end in Boston Thursday night. But for the right shoulder of Alex ander, who hasn't yet pitched one of his typical1 games, the voting would be 7 to t on a Wednesday windup. But, even if Alexander wins, it will be 9 to 1 on a. Thursday finish. The voting, we said, not the betting. Three times in succession the Red Sox have gone forth and collected two runs while the dazed I'hils were collecting one. Ihlllje Seen Doomed. Three days in succession the Red Sox' defense has pulverized the Phillie attack, using the triple trench forma tion for this exclusive outcome. The Phillies have shown nothing In the way of a wallop that couid break through this three-ply barrier. "While the Red . Sox attack is nothing to rave about, it has been exactly good enough to go out and absorb that extra tally, So. by every twist of the quivering dope, the Phillies are a doomed ball club, a ball club sent for a vainless charge against three defensive lines that are, not to be carried by anything short of 12-inch guns. European war fare in the modern game lias shown but one way to carry a line of trenches, viz.: To offer a heavy cannonading as a prelude to a charge. The Phillies are willing enough to charge, but some liend in human form has either swiped or spiked their big guns. Common rumor points to Shore. Foster, Leonard, Speaker. Hooper and Lewis, but, in view of the strict libel in vogue, we refuse to carry the matter on beyond the box score of each day's game. lllMory of 1912 Recalled. ?Well, it all ends Wednesday." Peer ing back, as through a glass darkly, we fceem to remember having written ex actly t his same line three years ago today. As we recall it, the world series then stood Rod Sox 3, Giants 1. There was nothing to it. for Mathewson had just Tailed to win his second start. nc more game would put the Red Sox over then as now. It was a pipe. You couldn't get a bet against the lied Sox at 900 to 0. and yet. three days later, the J .ants, at the chilly hour of 4:12 P. M., had the series won tint it Fred Snod grass and Fred Merkle permitted a brace of pop. flies to descend in safety to the sod. It all ends Wednesday; maybe it does, and then, again, there is Alexander, the season's greatest pitcher, who hasn't yet pitched true to form, and then, asrain, there is the eternal dope which has a jaunty habit of exploding i n one's frontispiece just as it borders on a lopped-cared cinch. The Red Sox so far have furnished the better all around pitching, the more spectacular all-around defense and by far the bet tor attack. Phil Have Bad Luck. They have compiled 32 hits against 17. and yet in the four games they have lost one and won three by the set uenky margin of one run, and in the four games they have tallied ju3t seven runs to the Phillies' six. They have looked to be by far the better club. ;ind yet if Cravath had been batting In a 1 most any other park, at Fenway or the Polo Grounds or in Philadelphia, the Phillies would have three games to Boston's one. Oravath's smash to Lewis on Mon day would have been a homer any where else and would have more than likely won the battle, 3 to 2, and today, in the third and sixth innings, he lashed out a brace of blows to Lewis and Speaker that would have been four-sackers almost anywhere else. In almost any other park these far -driven wallops would have added at least three more runs to the Philadelphia total, as Bancroft was on base in the t hird when Gavvy, the gat t ling gun. booted one so far into the extended plains of left field that Lewis was al most a vanishing speck as he .pulled the mighty wallop down. Park Too Big for Pbll. The records show that. Cravath has hut two hits for the series, a single and a triple. Batting in a normal park of normal boundaries, where the rec ords have all been made, this total would read as follows: Cravath, one single, one triple, three home runs. And in a normal park, .where the field does not wind so far away, the fairest test, after all. where the skill of the fielder counts moet, the series would be three games to one the other way round. These three blov s of Cra vath, home runs that might have been. which the superlative fielding of Lewis and speaker turned into outs of no more value than a pop foul, could have upset the dope and put . a better ball club practically out of the fight." Such is fate, as some one has hinted at before. Cravath today boasts the puny average of .la4. Yet, if Philadel phia had been unlucky, enough -.to have loet the toss, Cravath would have done his last two days batting at home, where very likely fame would be reach ing down a gnarled mitt to lift him up with Baker. Gowdy and other world series heroes of a vanishing past; but fate is one thing and the box score is another. It will be "Hard luck, Gavvy' r a , - V . 8MS ... .S" " - 'SUA'' ' . - , as"1- - 't "v. - - V r , - ? . vj ' - -o ' - 1 x, - X. ! , Vi; per ? jr. -s - :.evV' Copy rlKht by Underwood c Underwood. A scene at the National Baseball Leagrue Park at Philadelphia October 8. showing the diamond and the action of the Phillies during a part of the eighth inning. After Stock had scored, Bancroft took third and Paskert second. Luderus is seen at right, making for first, after beating out an infield hit. .Bancroft, an ex-Beaver, is seen running to borne plate while Paskert reached third. day or two as he passes some friend on the street, and by next week it will be all forgotten all except the exact figures of his batting a.verage, which will keep even pace in the records with time eternal. nd Si Support Pitchers. The Red Sox won the third game almost precisely as they won the other two. They won it by the same score in almost the same way. Foster, Leon ard, Shore, it doesn't make much dif ference which one of the three is in the box. Their records for the past season show these pitching figures: Shore, .729; Foster, .690: Leonard. .682. And still, back of Shore were Lewis. Hooper and Speaker, extending their freckled talons from one foul line to another and ranging from close behind the infield to unlimited space. They knew no boundary in any game. In Tuesday's battle Lewis caught Cra vath's drive at the foot of the fence that looked to be 10 leagues away. In the fifth round he caught Stock's low line wallop 50 yards nearer in, a shoe string stab, and then in the eighth he nabbed Bancroft's rap just over Gard ner's dome. Here was a range alone on three line drives of nearly 100 yards. eat it all right, but what with? Xot with a round piece of wood hewed out of hickory or ash. Shore pitched a better ball game, so far as throwing the ball is concerned, on the day he lost. Beyond the ever present danger of Cravath's long blow in the early part of the game, he had but one close call, when, Gavvy trioled in the eighth and Luderus bludgeoned his third safe hit for a score. The other hits off Shore were set too wide apart to be turned into runs. HoKton Scores Just Enough, Chalmers pitched about as well Tues day as Alexander did on Monday. The Bronx delegates held the Sox to a pair of runs, which is like saying, against this Boston defense, that all he gave them was enough. Two runs for the Red Sox with the defense they carry isn't any more than a million dollars would be to you or me. Not a bit. In the third a pass to Barry. Cadv's single. Shore's sacrifice and Hooper's hit rolled in one tally. In the sixth Hobby singled and Lewis, the battinsr leader of the series, drove him over with a double. That was good enough pitching to win any ordinary affair. It was sood enough pitching to finish above .650 on a season count. But it wasn't good enough to beat a ball club that would just as soon let you make a run as John Pierpont Morgan would let you . have his yacht. It wasn't good enough to beat a ball club that never haa any better defense than the Ger mans have at Heligoland orGotosrel land, or whatever it is. Hardly a bit. Phillies Are Gome. Just one point in passing on to Phila delphia. Despite their inability to break through the triple line Red Sox defense the Phillies have played good. game baseball in every other way and have refused to falter at any stage upon defense. When a ball ciub isn't batting it generally curls up and quits. The Phillies haven't. They have kept plugging along with the best they had in stock, and they may win yet. As -we remarked a few lines above, all they have to do to win the series now is to beat Foster. Leonard and Shore in succession by hitting drives that Speaker,. Lewis and Hooper can't eatch. It can be done. Pittsburg Phil ran a shoe lace into five millions, and there was still another guy who cor nered electricity, and there was also Alexander. Copyright by Ny Yorfk Tribune. 1015. PHIL FAN'S CLING TO HOPE Grent Crowds Gloomily Depart From Quaker City Scoreboards. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13. Record breaking crowds watched the progress of the fourth game of the world's series in Boston as depicted on the many scoreboards throughout the city today. In the central districts traffic police men had difficulty in preventing con gestion and several times the surface trolley tar service was almost com pletely blocked. Although signs of deep disappoint ment were plainly visible on the faces of the throngs when Burns, who batted for Chalmers in th ninth inning, flied out. giving the victory to Boston, 2 to 1. the fans still were hopeful. They pro fess to see in the -seven hits secured by .the x'hillies today, . a recovery of their batting eye, and place their faith in Alexander to. check the flying Red Sox in the fifth game to be played here tomorrow. A few bets were placed here tonight at odds of 3 to 1 that the Red Sox would take the series, while betting on tomorrow's game was at 5 to 4 and even money that Boston would wi&r - Sua 2-1 Duffy Lewis' Mighty Bat and Great Fielding Turn Tide. BOSTON IS NEAR TITLE Players of Winning Club to Ileceive $3779.98 Each; or Losers. $2519.12 Ked Sox Jump on Chalmers Early. (Continued From First Page) inning to decide the contest, but their attack failed. Scott popped up a foul and Speaker was out on an easy roller down the first-base line. Duffy Lewis Hits In Final Run. The second arid eventually the win ning run came over in the sixth, when Hoblitzel singled and raced home on Duffy Lewis' screeching double to the left-field fence. Lewis had driven in the winning run yesterday, and he was easily the hero of the crowd today. His defense work in the field this afternoon was a little short of wonderful. He was credited with six putouts, and each chance that came hi way was a diffi cult one. Up against the fence one mo ment, he was dashing toward the in field at another to snatch a ball from his shoe tops. George Chalmers, the third Philly pitcher to fall before the hefty hickory sticks of the American League cham pions, hurled a fair game of ball. He allowed only eight hits, Hoblltzel lay ing on his slants for three of that num ber. .Chalmers is a native -of Scotland, but he came to this country at an early age, and has taken to the - National game with all the skill and cunning of an American boy. Winners Get $3779.98 Each. ' Today's game was the last in which the players share, the receipts. A total of V144.S99.50 awaits division among the members of the two teams. This is the share allowed-under the National Commission . rules by which players' participation in the profits is limited to the first four games. The winning team will receive $86,939.70, or 60 per cent of the total. ' As 23 players of each team are-eligible contestants In the series, the individual share will amount to $3779.98 each, if the division is equal. The players themselves are the authorities, in : deciding how the money shall be disposed of, and may reduce the allowance to utility men who have figured little in the activities of the league season or of the series, by vote among themselves. , To the losers will go $57,959.89, or 23 shares of $2519.12 each, if the division is equal. The players profits this year are not equal to those of 1911 and 1912, the record crowds at the two games played on Braves Field failing to offset the re stricted attendance at the Philadelphia park. 123.040 See Four Games. During these four games 123,040 per sons have watched the play of the teams. They have paid $268,333.50 for their places. Of this sum the National Commission will receive $26,833.25. Each club treasury will -gain $48,299.85 from these games and will be further en riched as will the commission's strong dox, Dy tne Teceipts at subsequent con tests in which the players have no financial interest. The crowd which witnessed the game today unexpectedly .. proved smaller than ' yesterday's record-breaking out pouring, mat touay s I.gures did not eclipse those of yesterday, however, was not the fault of the Boston fans. Between 15,000 and 20.000 oi them were turned away at the gates. Many ticket- holders were caught in this way and were unable to make their way to the gates, which were - closed long before the game started. The scene outside the park was at times a riotous confusion. The crush became so bad that it seemed danger ous to continue the sale of standin room tickets and it was ' due to this fact that the attendance for today fell several hundred short of yesterday. Fans Sit In Shirt Sleeves. The day was made for baseball. brilliant October sun having in its rajs me waxmia . ox early, summer. Over coats were cast aside and some of the fans sat In shirt' sleeves. There was little to thrill the spec tators, outside the circus catches by Duffy Lewis, so the fans amused them selves largely with music and songs. There were at least a half dozen brass bands In the big enclosure, surrounded by as many groups of organized root ers. As the home team was always in front, however, there was little for which to do any rooting. Neither Chalmers nor Shore shone with any great brilliance in the pitch er's box. Shore's game was not up to the standard he set when he first faced Alexander last Friday. His work was good enough to win, however, and in baseball analysis -this leaves little to be said. Tomorrow Manager " Carrigan un doubtedly will send George Foster to the mound to oppose Alexander. Fos ter pitched a brilliant game In Phila delphia last Saturday, winning it with his own timely hitting, and he is rather anxious for a tling at the Philadelphia star. "Babe" Ruth, the big Boston left hander, has not yet had a chance In the series, however, and Carrigan may switch to him if the big fellow seems right. Chalmers Is Only Fair. With Alexander missing from the Phillies' combination, the strength of -the Ked Sox was more apparent than in the game of Monday. Chalmers pitched steady ball, but he was not as effective as Moran's mound star. His spitball delivery had a sharp, break, but lacked the speed and perfect control that made Alexander's slants so hard to hit safely. The warm afternoon undoubtedly helped Chalmers, but his elaborate windup caused him to lose the advan tage of cutting the corners of the plate at t Imea Burns had to step about ively on several occasions in order to hold the ball, and .'when the delivery was in or near the groove the American League champions appeared to have less difficulty solving Chalmers' curves than they did those of Alexander and Mayer. Shore's second appearance oil the mound for the Red Sox was not marked by any great improvement over his initial facing of the Phillies last Fri day. Although be figured tonight as a winning pitcher, it was due more to the excellent defense at his back than to any phenomenal twirling on his part. vhile he fanned two more batters than in the opening contest of the series, he had two more hits charged against him and allowed the same number of bases on balls. The sphere did not respond with the sweep or break that was so noticeable last week and. while he tightened up at critical moments, his pitching was less impressive than in the game he lost. Shore's De!iery Snperb. The defense at Shore's back was of far higher character than in the opening struggle, when the Red Sox were still unsteady and the breaks went against them. In the game today they played as If the glamor of the Today's Game Electric Ball Smoking Root from a Seat. Begins 11A.M. i-v world's series had worn off and they were In the midst of an ordinary scheduled contest. Both the intleld and outfield moved smoothly and swift ly, cutting ore nigh and low-hit balls. nd, when the occasion arose, showing the same keen playing judgment that marked their work during the closing month of the pennant season. An example of this auick thinking and team play occurred in the seventh inning, when, with Chalmers on first as a result of his Texas Leaguer, Stock smashed a hard bounder to Scott at short, who scooped the ball up and relayed It to Barry at second for a force out. Barry then made a quick throw to Hoblitzel to catch the batter, but the ball slipped through Hoblitzel and rolled to the grandstand boxes, hitting the concrete wall and rebound ing to the coachers' box. Manager Moran, who was coaching back of first base, sent Stock down to second on the play, but Hoblitzel sprinted after the ball. and. by a quick throw to Barry, who was waiting at second caught Stock five feet in front of the sack. Phils Leave Dag Vncovered. In marked contrast to this clever turning of what appeared to be a bad slip Into a fast double play was one made by the losing team In the third inning, when the Red Sox scored their first run of the game. With Barry on first, due to a pass, Cady attempted to lay down a bunt. The ball, hit a trifle too hard, rolled to the right of the box, and both Chalmers and Luderus tried to field it. Chalmers slipped just as he stopped and fell fu'.l length, covering the ball completely. Luderus was well into the diamond. and when Chalmers finally secured the ball Cady was sprinting for first, where the oag was unprotected and tne at tempted sacrifice went as a hit. The ability to think and handfe the ball quickly was demonstrated on sev eral occasions by the Red Sox anti was the deciding factor In the victory. although the winners, by their hard and timely batting, backed up the do fenslve work with an attack which hna been notably lacking in the play of the Philadelphia club in the series to date. In this connection the Red Sox varied their tactics today, when on one occasion they switched their bit ting methods and caught the Phillie unprepared for the change. In the eighth, with Speaker on first and one out, Hoblitzel brought off a perfec hit-and-run play when a sacrifice hit was expected, driving the ball to right field, on which Speaker easily made third. Hobby Finds Batting Eye. This ws not the only time that Hoblitzel came in for a great round of applause, for - he found his batting eye early in the game and accumulated three hits and scored one of the two runs of the day for the victors. Cady was the only other member of the team to secure more than one hit. Lewis added another to his string and still leads the club with seven hits In 14 times at bat. giving him a batting average of .500. Hoblitzel is second 1 Permitted. Any Seat in the House 15c i Extra Special For Wednesday Flannelette Pajamas, Special $1.35 You will at once recognize the high-grade make by the patterns, the trimming and the quality. They are in military style with silk-trimmed fronts, V necks and silk frogs. All tailored like much higher-priced garments. 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