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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, July 16, 1913, Image 8

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their balance. This forced the
world's champions to pop up flies
frequently. Walsh pitched with rare
judgment, using just the right dope
for each batsman. Hooper and
Speaker each got to him for a pair
of hits, but the pan would never have
been dented if Buck Weaver had not
aviated in the third inning.
In this round Buck fumbled three
grounders in quick succession. On
one of the -grounders, hit close to
second base, Buck saved himself an
Buck Weaver.
error by one of the quickest pieces
of thinking ever turned on a ball field.
With one out Buck repulsed Leon
ard's hopper and the Red Sox pitcher
was safe. Hooper busted the first
ball at our shortstop, and again Buck
fumbled, with a double play in sight.
The ball rolled away, but quick as
a flash Buck pounced on it and with
a back-hand motion flipped it to
Berger for a sensational force-out of
Leonard. Then he fumbled Wagner's
bounder and Speaker singled for the
sole Boston tally.
Weaver's play on the Hooper hop
per (tongue twister) was a finely
executed piece of head and hand
work, and Joe Berger, subbing for i
Rath at second, also deserves credit
for being on the alert to complete his
end of the play.
Among his three bona-fide errors
Weaver sandwiched some sensation
al stops and throws from seeming
impossible positions. One of the gym
nastic stunts retired the Red Sox
with a runner on third. Weaver and
Berger, besides collaborating on the
back-hand force-out, also clubbed to
gether for the first Sox run, Buck
doubling to left and Joe duplicating
to right with two out in the fifth.
Berger is liable to displace Morris
Rath permanently at second if the
regular falls down again in his hit
ting. Morris was benched once, but
since his return to the game has
been sticking along at a great clip
and elevating his lowly clouting aver
age. In the first inning Berger show
ed his alertness when he went from
first to third when Wagner fumbled
Lord's grounder. The ball did not
roll far, but Joe took advantage of
the slip. Such wide-awake work on
the paths is something not frequently
seen among the Sox players. The
fact that Joe was immediately caught
at the plate on Speaker's remarkable
return of Chase's fly did not detract
from his work. Tris' heave waB a
wonder and Berger would have been
safe against the majority of outfield
ers. Joe is nervy. His batting is not
terrific, but just watch the number
of hits he delivers in the pinch.
Ping Bodie put himself in position
to score on Walsh's' single ihthe
tenth by some baserunning that was
every bit as good as Berger's, and,
though be was applauded by the
fans, there was an element of deri
sion in their praise, and a number
called Ping's feat bone-headed luck.
Bodie singled to start the tenth and
was sacrificed by Mattick. He over-
ran second and Engle made a wide
throw to Speaker, who had sneaked
in to trap Ping. The ball rolled to
ward the outfield and Bodie raced
for third. Duffy Lewis retrieved the
throw, but made a rotten peg to third

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