New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1915, Page 8

yowns Win First Post Series Games From Cardinals--Rival Teams in Coming Series Begin Tuning Up for Clashes--Results in Bowling Matches in Herald and City Leagues E COMPARISONS |“<Are You‘ Réaéy, Mr. President?” Let the World’s Series Commence COMING RIVALS flex Has Wonderful Record Sox Trio a Fast One York, Oct. 6.—As was the st season, when the same cities ‘erent clubs were involved in prid’s series, Philadelphia and will enter the coming strugsle le prize of the baseball uni- with the same numerical h in the pitching department. e Phillies and the Red Sox Jight twirlers who can be. called jmound by managers Moran and n but it is likely that not more [alf this force of hurlers will be during the series which be- te this week-: Phillies’ pitching staff in- Alexander, Demarece, McQuil- ixey, Chalmers, Mayer, Tincup umgartner. The Red Scx hur- prce includes Foster, Leonard, Shore, Wood, Gregg, Collins ays. Several of these pitchers ot figured to any extent in the 1 season’s play and it is possible jheir names will not be found box scores when the final reck- are made for the seric 5. Those most likely to go to ound as National league rey ptives are Alexander, Demar McQuillen, Rix while the American league rs will undoubtedly he selected JFoster, Leonard, Ruth, Shore, and Gregg. onsidering the strength of the g departments of the Phillies ed Sox it is, therefore, neces- o analyse the all-round abilit: sextetes named. An . unysual ty is encountered at the very ing since it is conceded that der will be used in from two ee of the fire four games de- g upon the order of bplay der stands head and shoulder his pitching teammates and jnager Pat Moran's trump card played at every possible op- hity and some clever baseba!l s and diplomacy has centered the extraordinary ability of s’ star. Leads Teammates Pitchers. ander’s pitching average for ason is more than 200 points than any of the other Phil- ja. club twirlers. Taking the med and averaging their rec- or the season, gives a team ne average of .541. These fig- 0 not represent the strength of Phillies, however, if Alexander pd in, say three of a possible pmes. Under such a schedunle erage would he increased more bne hundred per cent. and Mcr- too shrewd a manager to over- y such increase in strength. Jving Alexander, Mayer and De- have proved the most s 1 twirlers for the National P pennant winners. McQuillan on and lost an equal number jmes while Rixey and Chalmers ightly below the .500 mark. inst this pitching staff of one pnd five twirlers of moderate the Red Sox are able to mus- moundmen none of whom can equal Alexander’s record bur owing averages ranging from o figures fifty points higher. 1t P to this high class average that oston staff, considered as a , outranks the Phillies by mora one hundred and seventy-five . Many factors must enter consideration when a effort is to compare the strength of ng staffs in a world’s series, ing, however, that the pitchers pennant winning club would ba as effective against the batte e Tival combination as they against the batters of their own e, the averages show that Ales outranks all the Red Sox box- except Wood and it is not at ertain that the latter will he l upon to work in the coming Sox Twirlers Fine Record. e the other hand the American pe hurlers will have a decidad ntage in every game in which are mot opposed by Alexander- pr, Leonard, Ruth and Shore a grand pitching average of according to the latest unofficial s, which aided by the hitting and Eht flelding of the Red Sox 1d be sufficient to overcome the prmances of the Phillies second pitchers. Against Alexander, Bver, their success remains to he pnstrated. As batters all {h en far surpass their Philadelp s but the fielding show that fhe lies have a slight advantage in respect, hatever Alexander may be called to do it appears almost certain Foster, Leonard, Ruth and Shore, first-string men who have taken regular turn in the ‘hox during [season will bear the brunt of the vork since Wood, Gregg and Col- have been used but occasional- is yvear, and Mays almost entirely relief pitcher. It is thought in Boston baseball circles that the eys Reserved Now for cagues and Parties AETNA RBOWLING ALLEYS President Wilson's to see the second game of the world’'s | series between the Phillies and the | Red Sox on October 9 made the fans { bappy. It was also reported that he would throw out the first ball used in the counters and that the resident and a smal] party, consisting of Secretary announcement | Tumulty, Dr. that he would travel to Philadelphia | naval aid, and Miss Helen Woodrow. Cary T. Grayson, his Pones, his cousin, would view the game from a box on the right field | side of the grand stand, near the | home players’ bench. Mr. Wilson was | invited to the games in Philadelphia about two weeks ago by President l\’\'il!iam F. Baker of the Philadelphia club. The president is not a rabid fan, but takes considerable interest in the national garhe, leaving the White House frequently in the summer to see the Washington Americans play. Fresident throwing out ball and Alex- ander of the Phillies and Leonard of the Red Sox, star pitchers, shown in photographs. first four will be the only pitchers called upon to pitch in the coming series for the Red Sox, and that they will be called upon to pitch in the order named- All are comparatively voung men developed by Boston with- in past two or three seasons. Each has been brought to a high state o pitching efficiency and by Manager Carrigan, a wise pitching coach while ‘Wood, Collins and Gregg, names for- merly redoubtable in American Lea- gue circles, and the two first names heroes of a previous world series, will take part in the big games of this year only as relief pitchers, if at all. Moran Says “Nothing.” No aside from Manager Mo- ran, knows how the Phillies will mar- shall their twirling staff. It is ac- cepted as a certainty that Alexander will figure in at least three games and possibly more if the series is evenly contested and long drawn out. Na- tional league adherents are!banking bravely on the latter to' win the world’s championship for the senior league and their faith in his ex- traordinary pitching ability is shown by a recent statement made by um- pire Bill Klem ‘in which he said: “There is one player in our league who could win the pennant for any of the seven teams who are out oi first place. He is Grover Cleveland | Alexander. It is the first time since I have been in the league that one player stands out in front of all his rivals.” The tribute is well deserved but a world’s series develops some strange angles, actions and reactions. A de- cisive victory for the Red Sox over the Phillies with Alexander in the boX, in the initlal contest now so near at hand, wc\ld upset all base- ball “dope’” and cause consternation in National league circles. Yet 1t would be no more sensational than the utter collapse of the famous Mack machine, when the Athletics lost foui straight games to the Boston Braves last autumn, Pitchers Records. For the purpose of comparison tha pitching, batting and fielding aver- ages of the boxmen of both the Red Sox and Phillies are appenfled: | ¥hiladelphia National Pitcher ! Alexander | Demarce | Mayer Chalmers MecQuillen Rixey Baumgartner Tincup Boston American League Club. Pitcher P.A. B.A. F.A. Leonard 700 .2886 961 Ruth .321. 962 Shore <095 972 Foster 274 .9 Wood .286 954 Gregg -294 1.000 Callins .280 1.000 Mays 937 one, B.A. 178 178 .213 -188 .069 176 F. 992 1.000 987 957 931 .936 Offensively and defensively there appears to be little advantage for either the Boston Americans or the Philadelphia Nationals, in the catch- ing department, in the coming world’s series. Both the Red Sox and the Phillies have a trio of back- £tops who are far above the ordirary League Club. | | i | | | i I | | and batited : than half the nu feature * can league Carrigan, | ol in ability in of the game. champions in Cady and Thomas have three exper- ! ienced catchers who are thoroughly | at home behind the plate and f: miliar with every detail of the pos tion. Killifer is the veteran of the Phillies catching force but Burns has shown, during the past season, that he is no¢ far behind his chief in ali- | round ability while Adams the thi string catcher is a youngster who, in | his few try-outs, has given promise | of measuring up to the standards set by his two superiors in the near fu- ture. this parti The A Manager ‘While experience counts for much in the work behind the plate, it is not always the veterans who shine | in the big baseball serie If this was the case the Americans would have a wide margin =~ of reserv strength since Carrigan and Cady both figured prominently in the fa- mous eight-game struggie between the Giants and the Red in 191 where as none of the Phillies’ catch ers has figured in a fight for the pr: mier pennant of the diamond gam This it can be seen that so far as ex- perience is concerncd the Red So have Carrigan and Cady to the Phil- lies, Killifer, Burns and Thomas, are about equal in this respect while Moran’s third eligible is an unknown quantity. So far s the figurcs for the sea- son's work can be used for a ba of comparison, however, there 5 nothing to indicaie that much @if- fercnce of ab exists in the act work of the players under consider- ation. Killifer has caught a majority of the games played by the Philli this year with Burns filling in emergency _and reli catcher. former has a ficlding aver: 47 while Burns has bat- ted one point above Killifer and ficlded four points belo record fails to show participation in play for the pennant. For Boston Cady and Thomas have done the major part of the back- stopping although Manager Carrigan has handled the delivery of the le handers, from time to time. Cady the best of the trio if judgment can be based on the ason’s unoffici averages. In something over seventy games he has batted .277 and fielded -976. Thon in about an equal number of games ha fieldea .971L and batted 9. Carr n has receiv ed credit for playing in a little more nber of games that have officiated in are: ficlding .976; as The Cady and Thomas and his averages batiing, .207. The individval averages and the averages of the rival catching de ! Bur ! teraay | McAllister | this ci partments, considered as units, are follows: Boston. B.A. ..207 277 ...239 ..241 Philadelphia, Carrig: Cady Thomas Averages n B.A, 247 248 ...000 ..247Y 937 .969 <000 971 Killifer Averages HERALD BOWLING LEAGUE. Fast Games Matches— Feature Yesterday’s hconers Meet Match. The second series in the Herald bowling league matches was held yes- afternoon and the following is the result of the score: starlights. 89 70— 248 67— 227 93— 280 Lindberg Smith Moran schooners. 82 67 84 77 72 70 219 233 New’tons, T4 97 69 7 O’Brien Dineen Bachmann 241 Pumpkins. 81 Tr 92 Trewhella Lawlor Clerki: 83 81 241 244 Dewdrops. 80 80 62 73 92 245 McEvoy Smedley Vance WHITE SCORES K. O. Boston, Oct. 6.—Matty Baldwin of New England lightweight champion, was knocked out in the first round of a scheduled bout by Charley White of Chicago last night. It was the first knockout scored against Baldwin The custom of the Herald 4 Herald to Have Megaphone Service in announcing the plays each inning of World’s Series will be followed this year. Commencing on Friday afterncon the story of game will be given in the Herald a few minutes after the last man has been declared out. every evening for the complete story. Get the Herald ~ | novance for the other club. 12-round | | ment while attempting | take a bale of the steam away from | fine catches, but he can't travel in as | leagues of the | hitters of the series, Cravath; not for the home-run stuff, | | | l Y The World Series Round-Up. No. 3—The Outfields, Three years ago, just an hour or so before Red Sox and Giants were to meet in the first game of the world scries, we were takling to Jimmy Mec- Aleer, the Red Sox boss. “There,” he said, in the midst of a | remark, ‘‘there goes two-thirds of my pitching staff.” “Where?"’ we asked, looking for Joe Wood, or Bedient or Collins. “There he is,” replied Jimmy, “see him—Tris Speaker. Speaker.” con- tinued McAleer, “flanked by Duffy Lewis and Harry Hooper, will make any pitching staff look great. The only way they can get hits with Speaker working is to pound the ball clong the ground or hit it over the fence. Any wallop that goes up in the air between the infield and the top of the fence is his meat. You can’t hit ’em where Speakr ain't, as Keeler advised, because Speaker's always there.” The Outfield System. Defensively, the Red Sox outfield is the greatest in baseball—one of the greatest defensive outfields baseball has ever known. As an attacking power it drops back of the Tigers—but even here it has a shade upon the Philly trio, who are, however, a first class three. Speaker—Lewis and Hooper—these names belong in outfleld history— well upon a par with the great out- fields of the past. Not at the art of making base hits—but at the just as important art of preventing base hits —or rolling back a rival attack. “ In the present era no other outfield gave that of the Tigers—Cobb, Craw- ford and Veach—can be compared with the three Red Sox guardsmen ir the science of outflelding for all out- fielding is worth. This is no reflec- tion upon the playing abilities of the Philly trio. They stand compara- tively where any other outfield would stand against the Boston brilliant trio. Man for Man. Around left fleld Lewis and Whitted should have a fine, well balanced duel, Lewis is a great ' outfielder— one of the best—but Whitted is also with those who belong around the top, &s he is a greatly underrated player. “Few people,” said Ty Cobb recent- ly. “appreciate the good work Whitted is doing. In my opinion he is one of the most valuable outfielders in the game.” |7 Lewis, however, has a slight edge, but not the wide margin that many give him. He is a trifle more danger- ous at bat, and at his best supplied with a bit more of the spectacular than his hard working rival. | Dode Paskert isn't a Speaker—and reither is afdybody else. Meaning baseball—not the bapguet board. | Dode can cover quite a quantity of sod—he can move along at a frisky clip and do his share of the work— ! but Dode bumps into a rough argu- to compete with the far ranging Texan. They | may *hit ’em where he ain’t,”” but he goes and gets 'em where they are as no other man in baseball can do. Speaker is a great man for a series of this sort, for nothing is more de- pressing to an opposing attack than an outfielder constantly cutting off base hits and turning almost sure doubles and triples into fancy outs. One or two great plays of this type an attack, exerting quite a bit of psy- chologica] influence upon the entry who turns first at top speed just in time to see his mighty wallop yanked out of the air. Paskert can also make his share of many directions as Speaker can—and cn form he can't hit within two dusty Red Sox star, who should be one of the very few .300 Speaker is the best outfielder of the bunch—and as dangerous a hitter as but for the timely wallop when a blow means trouble—not to say intense an- Cravath and Hooper. Hooper can outfield Cravath—and Cravath can outhit Hooper. Hooper can outfield most of them—barring conly one or two. Larry Doyle never will forget the day that Hooper reached over the short fence into the crowd for his blow that should have been good for a home run and $30,000 extra for the Giants. That catch was an impossible play —one of the sort that can’t be made —but Hooper made it just the same. The luck of the game will decide whether Hooper's rare outfielding value will offset Cravath’s heavier ar- tillery. The advance odds are that Cravath’s heavier batting will be a more vital factor—for Hooper may not draw a chance to produce any miracle catches, while Cravath will get from 16 to 30 chances to assault the ball with his wonted and accus- tomed eclat. Starting the series at home, Cravath will have two days’ target practice at the Philly fences, which are easily within his range. He has a wallop sccond only to Sam Crawford’s—and a | long blow in a series of this sort is | elways an important development in | Gfd}z{/and Rice the afternoon’s proceedings. Runs are going to be very scarce and badly scattered in this impending carnival —a four base drive will have excep- tional value, In spite of Cravath’'s heavy hitting and the stable value of the Philly out- fleld—Boston has the best of the ar- gument here with something to spare. Cravath, Whitted and Paskert are very good in their various lines—but they are not Speaker, Lewis and Hooper—not by a healthy span, SEE WHO’'S HERE. Team Who Were Proud of Record Gets Things Done to Them. The Printing Room of Landers was badly beaten in a game of duck pins Tuesday night, by the Stock Room. This shatters their fond and cher- ished hopes of ever gaining an ad- mission to any régular bowling leagues. The feature of the game bowling of Pete Young. was the DOYLE PASSES LUDERUS. New York, Oct. 6.—Larry Doyle has passed Fred Ludcrus in the close race for first place in National league batting. He leads by a scant margin, but still leads. Any margin is big if the popular Giant can hold it to the finish. Unofficial averages showed the following figures for games up to and including last Thirsday’s: Lu- derus—a. b., 483, hits, 154, average, .315. Doyle—a.b., 567, hits 178, aver- uge .314. Larry truncheoned his way into first place day before yesterday. He made three hits in eight times at bat. That's all the playing he's done since last Thursday. The big Phil since that time has made two hits in seven timeg at bat. The present figures: Doyle—a. b., 575, hits, 181, uverage, .3147. Luderus—a. b., 490, kits, 154, average, .3142. It all de- pends on today. FROM MGR. KIDNEY. The North End Kootball team of Middletown, have orgaized for the season and wish to arrange games with any teams in New Britain aver- aging 130 1bs, the Dublins preferred. JOHN E. KIDNEY, Mgr. 156 Grand Street, Middletown, Conn. m——-. CITY LEAGUE BOWLING, New Records Established By Anned Bowlers—Elites Lose Again. Annex. 106 110 90 81 *131 446 *518 Tribunes. 101 81 Foote Huck Screen McBriarty Blanchard 89 92 91 88 86 Nyack Erickson Leupold Pluecker Rogers *League records. Tigers, Earnest .85 J. Wright .. Puppel T. Wright E. Anderson 80 s 82 20 9" 449 Oaks, 9 7% 85 88 105 Cage Bertini .e Middleton Lanton Richter .... 448 ..107 ees 18 ..106 .102 98 Semple .. Edwards . Larson Landry Prior .. 489 430 Wanderers. 83 85 103 9 86 450 Bronson A. Anderson 89 Larson 94 Cusack ... 77 Paderuski 71 418 JOHNSTON 90— 2884~ 94— 208 91— 273 109— 278 90— 307 474 1438 107— 307 87 461 1381 426 1347 79— 217 91— 251 108— 282 91— 271 105— 2@ 47¢ 1377 273 235 279 288 424 1348 90— 260 91— 266 81— 278 86— 256 86— 2 434 1303 TO RETIRE. San Francisco, Oct, 6.—William M, Johnston, thetwenty-year-old San Francisco tennis player, who receéntly won the national singles skip in the East, expects champlon« to retir; from the game for the remainder ol the season, according to 4n announce« ment yesterday. 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