New Britain herald., 1915-10-06
The World Series Roundup.
No. 3-The OutfieIds.

 series, we were talking to Jimmy Nc Aleer, the Red Sox boss.
 There" he said, in the midst of 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, "fanked 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 along 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 Speakers 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 1t 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 outfeld history we'll 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 save that of the Tigers-Cobb, Craw- ford and Veach-can be compared with the three Red Sox guardsmen ir the science of outf1elding for all out fielding is worth. This is no refiec- ton upon the playing abilities of the Philly trio. They stand compara- lively where any other outfield would stand against the Boston brilliant trio.
 Man for Man.
 Around left field Lewis and Whitted should have a fine, we'll balanced duel. Lewis is 8 great outfielder- one of the best-but Whitted is also with those who belong around the top, as 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"
 Lewis, however, has a slight edge, but not the wide margin that many give him. He is a trif1e 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 Speaker-and neither is anybody else. Meaning baseball-not the banquet 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- ment while attempting to compete with the far ranging Texan. They may Init '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 take a bale of the steam away from ar attack, exerting quite bit Of psy- chologicaI 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 fine catches, but he can't travel in as many directions as Speaker can-and On form he can't hit within two dusty leagues of the Red Sox star, who should be one of the very few 300 hitters of the series.
 4ha nrrffn1dnr bunch-and as dangerous a hitter as Cravath; not for the home-run stuff, but for the timely wallop when a blow means trouble-not to say intense an- noyance for the other club.
 Cravath and Hooper.
 Hooper can outfield Cravath-and Cravath can outhit Hooper. Hooper can outfield most of them-barring only 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 $S0,000 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 or the game Will Qeclde whether Hooper's rare outfielding value will offset Cravath's heavier ar tillery. The advance odds are that Cravath's heavier batting will be m ore 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- toned 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 second only to Sam Crawford's-and a