Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-14
7 DUE TO SPLENDID WORK OF BOSTON HURLEF

breaks, and n few differences in that line
would have given the Red SoX the game
The next three games, that is, the one
played here on Saturday and the two
played In Boston on Monday and Tues
day, were won by the Red Sox by the
same scores-2 to I. That shows that we
were fighting all the time and that the
Boston Club was having a hard time
getting over any runs even II they were
outhitting us.
In those three games which the Red
Sox won one little break In our favor
would have given us any one Of them.
Not only that. but base hit placed here
or there with man on the bags would
have done the same thing But things
didn't break for us and our fellows
couldn't get that hit that would have
turned the tide OF the game and put us
on an even footing with them.
The second, third and last games were
won by the Red Sox in the ninth innings.
In the case of the first two, II was bad
breaks that won for them, but yester-
day Hooper's home run into the centre
field bleachers was clean-cut, and there
isn't any alibi that can be made on that
one
THOSE OLD SHORT FENCES.
don't suppose any one can say now
that the short fields of our park are an
advantage to us. Yesterdays game was
alone. The three home runs that the
Red Sox made, two by Hooper and one
by Lewis, were bounders into the bleach
ers, and Lewis hit drove in a runner
ahead of him. That makes three runs
that the short field gave them, while we
didn't get any for that reason. think
that the ball l hit over the right field
wall would have gone easily into the
bleachers at Braves field.
On the other hand, Lewis hy that
landed Just inside the centre field bleach
ers would have been an easy out for
Paskert IL he could have gotten to II on
big field.
If any one thinks that Carrigan be-
lieved that he had us licked without
half trying, as he said in a Boston paper
they should take notice of the way he
handled his men yesterday. As soon as
RiNey went into the box he sent Cady
in to catch, and It wasn't long before
Gamer was on first in place of Hoblltzel.
Carrigan knew well enough that he was
up against a hard proposition. and yet he
had to put in all the batting strength he
had to win. That is why he sent in two
right-handed hitters instead of two left
handed men that he started out to use.
When 1t comes to fielding think that
our players were Just as good as the Red
Sox. 1t is true that they made more
spectacular plays in the outfeld, but II
is because we happened to be hitting
their pitchers harder at the time they
were hitting ours 1t was up to their
fielders to get these balls or we would
have won.
On the infield, I think that even with
Barry's great work our fellows showed
them up. Stock played great game at
third and Bancroft did far better work
than Scott. Eddie Burns handled all of
our pitchers in a way that shows that
we are not weak in that department even
with Killefer out of the game.
Before closing / want to say that the
umpiring of the series was the best 1
have ever seen. We had four different
umpires i'm different positions in the first
four games, and all of them, thought,
were not only fair but competent in the
extreme.