The Detroit times., 1914-06-11
Ever Since Opening of 1911 Sea-
son They Have Batted In
Their Present Positions
COMBINATION HAS BEEN
SOX BACKBONE LONG TIME
Rest of The Team Has Been Al
most Entirely Rebuilt Since
1t Won Pennant
BY RALPH l.. YONhER
Hooper, r.f.
Speaker, CT,
Lewis, IT,.

For four years in a row the Boston
Red Sox have started the season with
that famous outheld OF theirs arrang.
ed in the position given above in the
batting order
While other clubs have shifted the
upper part of their attack and inject
ed new material into IL every now
and then, the three great outnelders
of the burg of beans and brown bread
have remained right at their posts
furnishing the greater part OF the
power for the Boston offense-an OF
tense that was great enough one
year, with the aid OF fine pitching, 10
take an American league peHHHHr'.
II was upon this outfield that Staht
rested his hopes for a pennant rms
outfield was at the. height OF IFS pow
er and glory when Jake took hold or
it. Bolstering his tottering inneld
with the great secondary defense and
getting the most out OF its offensive
strength he caught the Athletics when
their young pitchers failed 10 come
through and robbed them Of pen
nant in 1912.
II was fortunate that Stahl did get
this aggregation a-going just when ne
did. Immediately after IL Won the
pennant II fell to pieces The inhela
staggered first. IL weakened last year
and had to be almost entirely rebuilt
this season,
The pitching staff has retained only
Raw Collins as its mainstay. Joe
Wood having suffered from big
head last season and a bad appendix
this season. The catching stan has
been changed some. The manage
ment and ownership of the club has
been changed entirely.
The Red Sex machine has been
rebuilt but the real source of power
OF the old champions remains intact
ind is doing duty az exactly the same
positions IL was over three years ago.
The Boston outfield is generally
rsecogriZed as the best in the major
lhagues There are men in the ma
Tor LEAGUES who could replace Lewis
and Hooper. but probably none VINO
go,lld replace Speaker Speaker
Cobb and Jackson are generally pick
al as the ideal outfleld.
u took three years to gather this
outreld Speaker came first He
Dame to Boston from some club in
The south. joining the Red SoX in
1908 He played with them part OF
shat season and started In 1909 as
q regular,
Hooper came next. He left the
Sacramento club in 1909 10 join Bos-
ton and played with the Sox part OF
the season becoming a regular at the
stert OF the 1910 season.
Lewis came last and II took the
longest for him TO settle in his prop
er place He joined the club in 1910.
/ Hooper was made lead OFF man
almost as soon as he donned the red
stockings Speaker, too, soon found
his place. the third in the batting
order But in spite OF the fact that
Lewis Joined the club In 1910 II was
not until the start OF the 1911 sea.
son that he was placed fourth In the
batting order, Immediately behind
Speaker Lewis was first placed
tnst above the battery He worked
his way gradually upward step by
step TO fourth place
Starting the year 1911 Hooper led
of. Gardner at third base followed,
and then came Speaker and Lewis.
The second place between Hooper
and Speaker has had many occu-
pants. Like the Tigers the Sox seem
unable 10 get anybody who is entire
Iy satisfactory there.