New Britain herald., 1915-10-15


 still flying through the land. Post mortems are stalking abroad, and the cnly conclusion that has been definite ly reached by the big majority is that triumph well deserved.
 There were several striking details connected with this series which will bear a bit of reviewing. One was the closeness of the scores in four games, where every contest, outside of the score had the appearance of one sided contest. Here were the Red Sox with a better machine in every way, better at bat, better in the box, more spectacular in the field Here was this better machine getting the best of the breaks, and yet in spite of all this winning, game after game, by only one pallid tally. You had a feel ing. after at least three contests had been played, that the score was about 6 to 1 or to 2 in Boston's favor. Yet in these three games, Boston won bv to 1 only a shade better luck would have given Philadelphia at least two games.
 Lewis Stands Alone.
 How about the original dope pre- sented before the series started? In the main it fared very well-especially in so far as the Red Sox were con- cerned. The strongest part or their cub had been settled upon the pltch- ing and the outfielding, with the three star outfielders favored. And these were the three who gathered in most of the honor and glory. The work of Speaker, Hooper and Lewis has never been equalled in any worlds series Tn the past. No other outfielder, and Ty Cobb has been in three world series, has even even approached the rare class shown by Duffy Lewis He ever overshadowed Speaker by his great all around value. Lewis did the best batting and the best fielding, com bination that still possesses some value in the general statistics or the day.
 Red Sox Run to Form.
 Boston played true enough to form. there was no break in her defense. Barry furnished the excellent ball he was known to have in stock. The infield fell back of the radiant bril- hancy of the outfield. but it did its work well enough. And the pitching ] was about what any one who had fol- | lowed the fortunes of the Red Sox club expected the pitching to be. | There were no Red Sox upsets. The entire machine carried its class and ; form intact through the series. Alexander Disappoints.
 The Phillies show in a different way. Alexander won and lost game out of two starts. He achieved the i Vat ct hn said that Alexander was a trif1e dis appointing in his work Not that he
 pitched bad ball. He pitched very
 well, holding Boston to three runs in two games. But his work was only a faint shade above the form shown by
 Mayer in his first game and Chalmers | in the fourth battle.
 He did we'll enough for an average showing, but there was no trace or the hero stuff expected. In both ! games the Red SoX hit the big star | fairly hard, combng him all told for fourteen swats and most of these were
 hard line drives. Alexander certain | ly was not anywhere near his top
 National league season form. He failed to pitch within close range of his best.
 He was good but not great. Talk l ing into account the fact that entire | ly too much had been expected of | him, Alex. was nearly as good as he has been at several stages of the 1 National league race.
 Gavvy's Downfall.
 And linked with Alexander is l Cravath. Fate played as big a part in Gavvy's downfall as Boston pitch
 ing played Through the series of five games he hit three balls that would have been home runs in eight ball parks out of ten. But he had | the hard luck to make these drives ] upon the one field where Lewis and l Sreaker could go ten blocks to make 1 the play. And Lewis and Speaker under pressure, can go as far as the fence will permit if the time arrives to choke off a hit.
 1 Cravath finished with an average ! of .125. He struck out six times in 1 five games. He was of little value on 1 offense, with little to do upon defense. The total result is a big disappoint- lnent to his followers, where If Fate bad been upon his side and had trans 1 ferred those three blows from Boston his place side by side with Duffy Lewis, and the series might still be | raging in all its seven game fury. Two Stars of Phillies. For the Phillies the two main stars | were Luderus and Bancroft. The big ] first sacker did fine work, leading his