Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-03

D,.,,onoi league pennant. They real
tne asa,,,e to Sneaker, that the Phillies
-o,id be the hardest team 10 peat IN
,ncrt series. because of Alexander but
shsv want them to win because they be-
lleye they can trim the king OF pitchers'
T. astonishing the American League race
and the prospects Of the Red Sox IN tne
worid's series, Speaker says: 'ONefcoh-
es.nce is a bad thing and we are trying
~ I'd against it, but there is not
sIaver On the Boston team who is not
sSor,5nced that we will win the pennant
MIN many games to spare. the White
co~ are through and they should have
ssai,zed n long ago. 1t Is not nearly as
strong a team as the fans generally pc
ueve. 1t has plenty OF natural
strugth. but as machine the ShlcasO
team falls shy of the mark that is heces-
sary for winning pennants.
.,Ws have the ideal machine. We were
=, long time getting started, but that was
because of the slowness of the pitching
, shff in rounding into form. A few weeks
seo we did not have three pitchers go
,no right at the same time, but now the
stsff is in such shape that Manager Car
riran hardly knows who to select.
aloe Wood is back in his old-time form
There is nothing to the report that his
arm has gone wrong again. He was sent
home because Carrigan did not want to
take any chance on him in the kind OF
veather we ran into in the West. In
st. Louis It was terribly warm, but after
we left the Mound City we ran into
weather that was better suited for foot
ball than baseball, and Carrigan sent
Wood home rather than have him even
warm up on such days. We will need
Joe badly in the Worlds Series, if the
phillies are as good a team as they
claim, and he will be right.
"Then we have three swell youngsters
In Shore Foster and Ruth. All of these
lads ,are high-elass pitchers, as the
Phillies will discover il they win the PEN
rant. We are all pulling for them to
win, because we want to beat Alexander
IN Worlds Series. He must be a won
derful pitcher. and l am anxious to hit
against him.
You know some of our fellows know
him pretty well. Lewis was with the ALI
Americans on the trip to Honolulu last
winter, while Hoblitzel and Barry have
batted against him often. He will have
TO be all they claim II he beats us, be-
cause we have the best balanced offense
in the country. Detroit has a team of
hard hitters but the Tigers can be beaten
easily II two men. Cobb and Crawford,
are stopped
I'VE have stopped them every time we
nave played against Detroit, and that is
Why ] figure they can't catch us. We
completely outplayed them in the recent
series In Detroit, and they were lucky
70 get one victory in the series. We all
MINK that a poor decision gave them
tnelr only victory. In the coming series
IN Boston we will put them out of the
race unless l am very much mistaken.
Most of the fans on the American
League circuit are pulling for us to wiz
,ne pennant, as they are sure the Phil
iles VIII win and want US to meet then
N ~ the worlds series. l don't think tn,
llsers or White Sox could defeat Alex
snoer' but l am sure we will
4 Just remember one thing that th,
II shllhes, or whoever does win the Ma
uonai League pennant, will discover tha
sney are up against the best team tina
mas oeen put together in years when the,
,aeet meet the Red Sox. | am pulling for tn,
Inilhes, because 1 believe that they ar,
me punch OF fellows. Everybod,
spsaAs well of them, which Is more thai
4 unsy say abou. the Braves. We woul,
,h ns 20 neat the Braves, but / don't thinI
,ney Eili come through. Anyway, ther
nule love lost between the Red So,