New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1915, Page 9

PORT 4 The World Serics Round-Up. No. 1. The Batteries. You understand, of course, what the Dope is. It has nothing to do with wHat will be—but merely what should | he—if the game runs true to form, which it seldom does in these par- lous, hectic times. The best contender in any brief championship test—baseball, golf, lawn tennis or what you will—doesn't always win. ere are certain brief periods through the year when all stars are well off form—and these slumps may arrive at championship moments. ; There are certain weeks when Cobb can’t hit—when Johnson can’t pitch —when Ouimet can't putt—when McLoughlin can’t smash. But the Dope can take no cogniz- ence of slumps or warped mental at- titudes for any one day of the week. It can only point what should be if frue form prevails. It is upon this basis that we attempt to devise our " twelfth world series round-up, hewing to the line and letting the slips fall where they may. Ten Years Ago. In taking up comparative pitching for this forthcoming series the Dope _ drifts back for a ten-year jaunt over the eternal highway of Time. Ten years ago' this October day dis- ~ cussian in polite baseball circles was « rife_over the prospects of the Giants and Athletics; and most of this dis- cussion was built around the chance a certain young Giant star had of checking Mack’s sluggers. This star was about the same sort of pitcher then that Alexander is now —only a trifle more so. He was about the same age—the same height—the same build—with the same great arm and the same iron " heart. ribes and Pharisees and Fans wondered then—as they are wonder-‘ ing now—whether or not this Glant rhenom could pitch three games—and how he would fare if he did. The answer was three shut-outs, delivered upon alternate days. His name was Chdisty Mathewson—the greatest pitcher that ever walked upon a fleld. | We have seen some pretty good | pitching here and there—some of the Lest stuff ever flashed from the arms | of Ed Walsh, Miner Brown, Addie Joss, Rube Waddell, Walter Johnson and_Grover Cleveland Alexander—but we “never expect to see again three | ball games pitched as Mathewson Litched those three shut-outs ten years ago—when the game was . still young for him, before Doc Time had started beckoning—before the old | rubberin shoulder, elbgw and wrist had begun to wear out. ¥ Alexander and Mathewson, Alexander today stands in many ways where Mathewson stood ten years ago. He is the one great pitcher of his era—just as Matty was. Upon him must fall the burden of thr¥e games. He is one of the great pitchers of all time, with an arm of steel, with a keen' brain and the heart of an ox. He is the unpara- goned paladin of those who pitch. But the job he has before him is an cven harder one than Mathewson ficed back in the musty relms o£| 1905y or Mathewson, by shutting out the Mackmen for nine innings, could win. And Mathewson had a McGinnity to help him: Outlining the Wherefores. You may not quite make us when we %ay that Mathewson could win by ghutting out the Mackmen for nine innings. Here is the answer: Before in- vading Boston for the last vital series Hugh Jennings made this statement: “Coveleskie will beat Boston sure. They can’t hit him with a shotgun. He'll stop them with a thud.” Hughey was partly right. Red Sox couldn’'t hit the Feole with a gatling gun. He stopped them with a . thud. He shut them out for eleven innings. Tiut he didn't win. He was beaten in the twelfth or thirteenth round be- cause he was facing the greatest de- fensive club in baseball; because he needed one lone, solitary tally to win; and his mates—not even backed up with the smashing power of Cobb, Crawford and Veach—were strong “enough to get this run. . e Giants in 1905 got three runs for Mathewson in the.first game, nine rups in the second game and three uns in the third But the Phillies are likely to find run making as difficult an art against shore, Foster, Leonard or Ruth, backed up by the Red Sox defense, as the Red Sox are sure to find it against Alexander. Alexander at his best needs a run or two to win, and runs in this series ard not going to be as thick as white Qaisies in a summer field. McGinnity vs. Chalmers, etc. Mathewson, we said, had a McGin- nity. If Mathewson had only won twb out of three games in 1905 the Iron Baron would have been good for {wo out of three. He was good enough then for one out of two, and Bender had te shut him out to beat hint. Suppose Alexander pitches and wins three games.. The odds then will be well in the Phillies’ favor; but even under those’' eonditions, it will be no ciwch. R For even then Chalmers, Rixey, Mayer or Demaree must land a game from Foster, Ruth, Shore or Leonard, where Boston has ali' the best of it. f Alexander wins. two out of his starts—which is just about what | ‘'pe will do, certainly nothing less— then Chalmers, etc, must win two more. Chalmers, Rixey, Mayer and The big thd LIGHT Grantlend Rice | tue, James and Dauss, backed up by { Cobb, Crawford and Veach, It can be done, but it's quite an as- signment as assignments go. The Two Pitching Staffs. Alexander stands in baseball today among pitchers where Mathewson stood ten vears ago. The Red Sox will find him the hardest man to beat they have ever tackled, for they have never hefore faced a pitcher with that puz- zling side-arm motion or one who had such control of a low’ball, the hardest ball of them all to hit. The Red Sox can applaud their iucky fortune if they beat big. Alec cne time out of three starts. But, having accomplished this task, they will then have all the best of it with Fcster, Shore, Ruth and Leonard to throw against the rest of Moran’s staff. George Chalmers is a first class pitcher. There is good stuff in the arms of Rixey, Mayer and Demaree. Also McQuillen., But none of these can be figured upon a par. with any «ne of the ted Sox four—all fine pitchers and more than ordinarily gcod against the test, For at home and on the road, at tight spots along the way, no club has been able to break through their barb-wired defenses—not even an at- tack launched by the greatest attack- ing machine of the year—the Tigers, led by Cobb and Crawford. The Tigers were unable to bag a series from the Red Sox—out of six played. They won but 8 of their 22 games against the leaders—and the Tigers, with a batting average above .265 and a machine always rushing forward with aggressive speed—may be used as a complete test, As It Works Out. So the rival pitching comes to this —if the series goes to seven games$ the Red Sox will have a pitching ad- vantage in four games and the Phil- lies in three. If the séries goes to six games— vhich it almost surely will—the Phil- lies will have a pitching advantage in Alexander’s three games—and the Red Sox will have the advantage in the other three. But the Red Sox will have a greater pitching margin in these other three games than the| Phillies will have on Alexander’s starting days. Briefly, the Red Sox are fairly sure to get high grade pitching every game, The pitching power of the Phillies is a gamble and a guess on the days that find Alexan- der reposing on the bench. Picking the Pitchers. Moran has Alexander primed for three starts. Next to Big Alex, Mayer and Demaree have done the best work, with Rixey and Chalmers trail- ing a length or so back. Yet Chalmers, now in fine condition, is rated by many as Alexander’s main ald.* Which doesn’t mean that Moran ign’t banking just as heavily upon Scissors Mayer, the lank young citizen with the spiral twist. Carrigan will have a harder time picking his pitchers. Shore has won 20 games and lost 7; Foster has won 22 games and lost 8; Leonard, after a late start, has won 14 games and dropped 6; Ruth has attached 16 vic- tcries against 8 defeats. These four were the ones used with almost equal effectiveness in the more important series of the year. There is no vast difference in their work upon a general average. All four can throw that baseball, which is a lead- ing feature. Foster probably has a slight shade on the. bunch, with Shore rated second. But any one of the four is well capable of giving Alexander a close, hard battle. And any one of the four will carry to tattle an advantage over any other Fhiladelphia pitcher. But for Boston to win, one of the four must beat Alexander in one of his three starts. Which will develop into a pretty fair afternoon's work— plus a trifle on the side. The Main Argument. The entire matter finally reserves itself into this dizzy debate—for world series work—for five, six or seven games—is cne great pitcher plus two or three average pitchers as effective a pitching staff as four fine pitchers just below greatness and well above average worth? It's a ticklish problem. But it must be remembered that Mathewson needed a McGinnity in 1905; that Coombs needed a Bender—and Ben- der at his bést needed a Plank. That Jos Woed in his great year needed a Bedient. Alexander can't win this series alone. He must get some effective ritching help from his mates—from Mayer or Chalmers or some one else: Unless he does, Boston, even against the known and proven greatness of Alexander, will have a pitching advan- tage. CHIFEDS WINNERS IN FED LEAGUE Rebels Shut Out in Game Which De- cided Pennant, Biz Crowd Witnesses Battles. Chicago, Oct. 4.—Thirty-four thou- sand fans saw Weeghman's Whales put Chicago back into the ranks of champions yesterday after an ab- sence of five years when the North Siders defeated the Pittsburg Rebels, 3 to 0, in the second game of the double header that wound up the Federal league season. The game had to be called on account of dark- ness in the seventh inning. Leading the race when the con- tests began, the Whales were passed jemaree must beat back a pitching fithlt overthrew Coveleskie, Du- by the visitors, with whom they had been battling neck and neck for sev- Speaker, Hooper and Lewis are Fastest Working Combination in Game Today Boston, Oct. 4.—While not quite so tamous as the famous Cub Infielé— Tinker, Evers, Chance and Steinfeldt —the Red Sox outfield is as smooth a working combination. Of course, ‘the opportunity to work together that is afforded an infield is not possible in the outfield, and for that reason the Speaker-Lewis-Hooper trio is not likely to shine quite as lumiously as the famous Cub quartet. The Red Sox triumvirate is, without exception, the fastest in the game today, and it is almost as strong on the offcnse as ‘on the defense- Only Detroit can show a harder hitting outfield, and, even Detroit with the famous Ty, can- not approach the Boston outerwork- érs for speed. There is no better judge of a batted ball in the game ‘than Tris Speaker, and it will not be at all surprising if this bird takes ~he heart out of the Phillies' sluggers by the ease with which he can get under a high and fast flying fly. If the Phillies do succeed in getting their drives past these three, then they will be assured of victory. eral weeks, because the Rebels made a gallant uphill fight and won the first game yesterday, 5 to 4, in the eleventh inning. The winning run was made when Knetzer singled and scored on Wicklapd's single. Tinker's men drove Knetzer from the mound in the sixth inningj of the second game and ‘when Baildy con- tinued to blank the visitors the Whales were proclaimed the pennant winners by the narrow margin of half a game. The scores: First Game. r. h Pittsburg .....10000000301—5 11 2 Chicago ..00100210000—4 12 1 Batteries—Berry, Rogge and Knet- zer; Wilson, McConnell and Prender- gast. e. Second Game- h. ..0000000—0 2 0 Chicago ..000008*—3 7 1 Batteries—Berry, Knetzer and Al- len; Wilson and Bailey. T e. Pittsburg Newfeds Close Season. Newark, N. J., Oct 4.—The curtain was rung down on the Federal league seagon here yesterday with a double header between the Newfeds and the Baltimores. Knabe’s men walked away with the first game by a score of 9 to 5, while the locals won the second 6 to 0. The scores: First Game. r. h. ©e....020000030—5 7 4 Baltimore . 021420000—9 16 3 Batteries—Rariden. Huhn, Kalser- berg, Moran 30, JBillard; Russell, Black and Quinn. A Second Game. e Newark .. 11000220*—6 9 1 .000000000—0 3 8 and Reulbach; GREAT SPEED SHOWN IN FRENCH GHARGE Which Marked Critical Point in New Offensive Movement e. Neward . . Baltimore . Batteries—Huhn Owens and Young. Paris, Oct. 4.—From the accounts given by woundead soldiers and others who have returned from the front the story of the French charge which marked the critical point in the new offensive movement is being gradual- ly pleced together. One point on which there is general agreement is the great speed with the movement was executed. A colonial infantrymen who was wounded in the fighting between Sou- ain and Suppes, in the Champagne, says: “Our captain said to us, at the moment for the charge: ‘You'll have to run hard, for we are in the first wave of men’ And we did run. When we came to the first trench we leap- ed over it with a stab at the occu- pants. You could hear nothing but the hoarse breathing of your neigh- bors and the roar of the guns. Bul- lets whistled about everybody's ~ars from one side, evidently from ma- chine guns, Saved by Captain. “Our captain shouted: ‘Stop at that redoubt.” We were just in time. Throe machine guns were pumping way at .| they us and several others were being brought out of a tunnel. We bay- oneted them back and front. “You've got to be quick in a charge like that. A second lost means death. It is speed alone that counts.” Lieutenant C— of the Colonial In- fantry, who was wounded in the Ar- tois district, proteésted to stories that Germans surrendered without resist- ing. Throw Up Hands. “It is only the last moment, when realized that their fire cannot stop us, that they ground their arms and threw up their hands” the lieu- tenant said. “Even then most of them don't give in, but fight on with trench knives and revolvers, “It was in one of these encountfers that I was wounded. 1 was fighting with two Germans. I killed one of them who had sliced off my arm with his knife- A sergeant behind me kill- ed the other. ELIGIBLE FOR SERIES, National Commission Decides on Play- ers Who Are Eligible to Take Part The eligible players for the series as announced by the national com- mission follow: Philadelphia National league— Alexander Adams, Bancroft, Burns, Baumgartner, Becker, Byrne, Cra- vath Chalmrs, Dugey, Demaree, Kil- lifer, Luderus, Moran, Mayer, Mc- Quillian, Niehoff, Paskert, Rixey, Stock, Tincup, Whitted, Weiser- Boston American league—Barry, Carrigan, Cady, Collins, Foster, Gregg, Gardner, Gainer, Hobhlitzel, Hooper, Henriksen, Janvrin, Leonard, Lewis, Mays, McNally, Ruth Shore, Scott, Speaker, Thomas, Wagner, Wood. These are the prices of the seals announced by the presidents of each league to the national commission: Boston—hox seats $5 each; grand- stand reserve $3 each; first base pa- | vilion, reservim. $2; third base pavil- ion, admissions, $1 bleachers 50 cents. Philadelphia—box seats, upper pavilion, first four rows, $6 each up- per and lower grandstands reserved $3 each; right field pavilion reserv- ed $2 each, bleachers $1 admission. Prescribed by doctors for twenty years . Heal your skin with Resinol NO matter how long you have AN beentortured and disfigured by itching, burning, raw or scaly skin humors, just put alittle of that sooth- ing, antiseptic Resinol Ointment on the sores and the suffering stops right there! Healing begins that very minute, and in almost every case your skin gets well quickly, easily and at little cost. Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap are sold by all druggists. Prescribed for 20 years. NATIONAL LEAGUE.—~ Yesterday’s Results. Chicago 7, St. Louis 2. Pittsburg 5, Cincinnati 8. (Only two games scheduled.) Standing of the Clubs, L. 61 (1] 70 80 81 81 83 79 P.C. 591 531 .530 ATT 4T4 471 481 463 Philadelphia Boston 4 Brooklyn .. Chicago Pittsburg St. Louis Cincinnati Games Today. New York at Boston (2) Brooklyn at Philadelphia. (Only two games scheduled.) AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday’s Results. Chicago 6, St. Louis 2, Detroit 6, Cleveland 5. (Only two games scheduled.) Standing of the Clubs, Wb L 99 47 100 54 93 61 84 66 66 81 63 91 57 95 41 108 P.C. 878 .649 .804 .580 449 .409 .375 275 Boston ... Detroit Chicago .. ‘Washington New York St. Louis Cleveland Philadelphia . Games Today. Boston at New York. Philadelphia at Washington. (Only two games scheduled.) FEDERAL LEAGUE, Yesterday’s Results. Pittsburg 5-0, Chicago 4-3. St. Louis 6, Kansas City 2, Baltimore 9-0, Newark 5-6. (Only three games scheduled.) Standing of the Clubs, w. L. 87 87 86 81 Chicago . St. Louis Pittsburg . Kansas City Newark Buffalo Brooklyn Baltimore .. SATURDAY'S RESULTS, National League. New York-Brooklyn, rain. Philadelphia-Boston, rain. Chicago 5-0, Cincinnati 3-3. St. Louis 3, Pittsburg 1. American League, Washington $-3, Boston 1-3, Chicago 3-6, St. Louis 0-1, Philadelphia-New York, rain. Detroit 6, Cleveland 5. Federal League. Chicago 8-6, Pittsburg 5-3. Newark 7-3, Baltimore 1. Buffalo-Brooklyn, raln. YALE'S FOOTBALL TEAM DISAPPOINTS Coach Hinkey and College Body Worry Over Season’s Prospects New Haven, Conn., Oct. 4.—New Haven is one of the saddest places in the college world today as a result | of Yale's defeat Saturday by the Uni- | versity of Virginia Undergraduates are wondering whether the fumbling, which was so prominent a part of the | game will make its appearance when | Yale meets Harvard in Cambridge, November 20. The fumbling Sat- urday reminded many of the be- havior of the Yale backfleld in the | 1912 game with Harvard. Several changes in the makeup of | the Yale backfleld and at least one | change in the line are forecast. Guernsey probably will be replaced by Scovil and Thompson will be sent | to the scrubs, for a time at least, Lowry taking his place and alternat- ing with Bentley. Roberts the only man to be substituted Saturday, may lose his place to Kent or Von Holt. Kositzky also is a bidder for the guard position. Pie Way, the big center, is praec- tically sure of his place now. Way was down the field with the ends on every punt and his playing was more like that of Henry Ketcham than anything that has been seen on Yale fleld since Ketcham was graduated. Lehigh Prepares For Yale. South Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. 4.—Le- high’s players came out of Saturday’s victorious game with the Carlisle In- dians without an injury The atti- tude of the men is fine and will stand them in good stead for the vigorous programme Coach Keady has mapped out for this week in anticipation of the Yale game next Saturday. Several weaknesses that cropped out in the Indian game Saturday will have to be remembered and the team must improve generally if any kind of a showing Is to be made against Yale. The quarterback position, according to one of the coaches, needs bolster- ing up. Lehigh is well pleased with the playing of several of the new men who got into yesterday's con- test, notably that of Heuer, who ran the ball well, punted nicely and once interrupted a forward pass. To Open New Field. Ithaca, N. Y., 4.—The pro- gramme for the exercises atending the jen, the big Dane who made & markable record a¢ gquarterback the 1913 Wesleyan cloven and left college at the close of the to enter business with nis father, returned © unexpectedly spiral punts and his end ry ties were a great help to the Capt. Hingeley, Who was sick the summer, is in better oo now, and there seems to be littlg lthood that he will be kept o the big games. Tigers Should Improve, Princeton, N, J., Oct. 4P emerged from the Rutgers practically unscathed as far as are toncerned. The few miner sustained should all be healed b the game with Syracuse Saturday While the Tigers' defensive was excellent Saturday, it is gene | conceded that there was great for improvement on the offensive of the game. When the Nassau was out of danger the Tigers sho! little in the way of aggressiveness initiative being content to rely om defensive game. Indians Satisfied. Carlisle, Pa.,, Oct. 4.—The Cg Indian football authorities are satisfled with the outcome of Sa day's contest against Lehigh, feel that it was only the Carlisle N field players’ mistakes that allo the South Bethelhem collegians score The men came out of the g good physical condition, and, b injuries in practice, every one able to enter the Harvard game Saturday. RETIRING MGR. TEND PLAYERS A BANQU Pirate Players Dine at M Clarke's Expense and He Bids Farewell, Cincinnati, Oct. 4—Pittsburg Cincinnati wound up the nai league season here yesterday, burg winning, 6 to 3. The could do nothing with Adams, relieved Kantlehner, M Clarke of the Pirates tendered players a farewell banquet here night. The score: r n Pittsburg .000040001—5 1 Cincinnati .003000000—3 Batteries—Kantlehner, Adams Gibson; Schneider and Wingo, Cubs Beat Cargds. Chicago, Oct 4.—The Cubs kno Sallee out of the box in the secon formal dedication of Schoellkopt Field, Cornell's new football and track oval, has been announced by the ath- letic association University classes will suspend at noon next Saturday and a parade of trustees, faculty mem- Ka'.sas City 4, St. Louis 1. bers and undergraduates will form on the quadrangle and march to the fleld. The crowd will be seated in the Stadium and a temporary stand for the speakers will be arranged on the field. George W. Bacon of New York city, chairman of the alumni field committee, and Paul Schoellkopf, '06, will make addresses. The latter will present the fleld in behalf of the Schoellkopf family, members of which gave the funds as a memorial to Hen- ry SBchoellkopf, Cernell, 1802, once a famous Cornell football player. Presi- dent Schurman will accept the fleld in behalf of the university. Cornell came out of the Oberlin game in good shape. The coaches on the whole are fairly well satisfied with the progress made in the last week. There ,was more snap and ginger in the playing, but the team is still slow and there are many crude spots to be iromed out. Cornell teams at this time ususually are crude, and this one is no exception. With the return of Shiverick to the game tomorrow the varsity will be complete again and the strongest team of the yvear should face Willlams next Saturday. Deetjen’s Return Pleases. Middletown, @onn., Oct. 4.—Deet- | summate skill | | Call Tel. No. 900 and your bath room will be warmed by ap Electric Heater tomorrow morning, Just what you want in the fall and spring when you are not running your fur- ‘J nace, Costs from $6,00 to $15.00, It will save you from catching a good cold and no little discomfort. The Spring & Buckley Flegric Company, 17-19 Church Street. ning yesterday, winning from Louls, 7 to 2. Five hits, two pi and two errors gave the Cubs seven runs. The score: n St. Louls .000020000—2 Chicago .... .07000000%—7 Batteries—=sallee, Meadows Snyder; Vaughn and Bresnahan. Where Hogor Is Due. (New Haven J8urnal Courler. Friday witnessed a change in official management of the stat formatory at Cheshire. Albert vin, who has been the warden of institution since . the opening, way to Charles H. Johnson, of York. The ceremonies of were simple and uneventful. Mr. Garvin's sixteen years of vice in the state of Connectiou] connection with the prison and formatory work ought not be ignored now that he has reth private life voluntarily, Mr. was called here in 1809 to charge of the state penitenti Wethersfleld. He had previously successful in similar work in the of Indiana. Later, when still wi of the state prison, he was made ¢l man of a commission to invest) refofmatories over the country the idea of establishing one in state. He and his fellow comm ers traveled thousands of miles made a recommendation to the eral mssembly which was of o worthy excellence, but was net proved by the body because of & of funds, He was also a memb the commission whose recomm tions wege accepted by the I ture, and to him and his was left the task of constructing reformatory buildings. Upon completion he resigned from the denship to become the warden of reformatory, where he remained yesterday. Mr. Garvin introduced many portant changes and improvemen the management of the state It can be truthfully said of him he lald securely the foundations which prison management in necticut has builded with such Those who ha lowed him have continued in the of improvement, but Mr. Garvin serves the credit of having swun institution at Wethersfield from ventional oldline principles of tive control to the modern prine of humane treatment. He ret private life with the best wisl those who have at any time b sociated with him in a work G | tiring and stimulating. Boots In Other Wars, As leather is in such demand military purposes it is fortunate present day boots are made o more economical plan than tho vogue at the time of the Pe war and for many years after, marks “The Pall Mall @ Hesslans, which werc then the fasi absorbed what would now be 6 ered an unnecessary amoupt leather. These boots, accordh G. A. Sala, were “worn ‘over f] fitting pantaloons, the uppeaking f} almost touching the knee, and, a silk tassel, the back part sl to the calf, being full below, with a high heel. Such Was the rect form of footgear till the duction of trousers.”