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Show OPENING-GAME CROWD SHOWED SIJPSE Magnates Attempt to Account Ac-count for Falling Off; Brooklyn Has Confidence. Con-fidence. BOSTON, Oct. S. There Is a wide difference dif-ference of opinion among baseball magnates mag-nates here, regarding the reason for the falling off In attendance at Saturday's world's series contest as compared with the games played here a year ago, there being i)000 fewer spectators than in the opening ga me here last fall and 6000 fewer than the second contest paw. One explanation that many fans made no attempt to attend, upon the supposition sup-position that there would bo no chance of getting Inside the park owing to the huge crowds that -were helieved to he storming the grounds. Another is that the world's series Is no longer a novelty in Boston, where four have been held In the past five years. Another puzzling feature was the rather apathetic bearing of those who were present. pres-ent. One magnate advanced the opinion that this was no I due to any lack of interest in the game, but came about as the result of Ihe composition of the crowd. He said: "It was n '?n crowd,' and by that 1 mean it whs composed to a great extent, of persons who are nocustomed to attending the theater, opera and Ilka a 111 11 semen ts and who express their approval ap-proval or interest in a rather mild manner man-ner from the baseball standpoint. Many, too, were not the close followers of the game and the play In its intricate places went over their heads." Hooper Dodger Killer. The Brooklyn players agree with their manager that It was Harry Hooper, the Boston right fielder, who broke Ihe budding bud-ding offensive of the T!ronklyns In th fourth inning when ho made a marvelous catch of 'utsha w's seemingly safe hi', and then, nfter hulf falling to the ground, recovered himself and by a fast line throw got Wlient at the plate. "That was the turning point of the game," sa Id Jack Coomhs, former A th-jetic th-jetic dinger, and now one of the Brook -lyns" dependable. "Our offensive was snapped at a point when It wae apparent appar-ent to all that we were on he road to making severul runs. Ohce In the lead, all Marquard had to do was to hold tb Red Sox safe, and this he could have done, for he pitched a fine game. His support and the breaks of the game beat him." Confidence in Attack. The Brooklyn players do noi think the Boston system of a run at a 1 1 me will prevail against their heavy at tack, and what ha imbued them with conlldenco of victories to come Is the pitching of Id-nest Id-nest Shore. Manager Hobtiismi say that all his players remarked that Shore did not have much on the ball except a bit of a fadeaway, which seemed to puzr.Io Jake paubert. more than anyone else. Janvrln came in for much praise today for his playing, substituting for Captain .Tack Barry, who is out of the game with an injured hand. The Boston infield was very steady, accepting ac-cepting thirty-four of I be thirty-live chances offered, while Brooklyn accepter! . nineteen out of twenty-two. The batting of the two teams was heavier heav-ier than a. casual glance at the score would Indira to. Brooklyn bad a toial of fourteen bases and Boston fifteen, in the ninth Inning Brooklyn had ten men at the plate. |