New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

8, library-but after all there will be more packed within the confines of one small, common looking box score than in all the thousands of words that have gone before.
 The Conjecture Brigade.
 Yet it is the nature of most humans to discuss, to conjecture, to guess, to argue and to debate. Also to pro- phesy.
 And to many of these any shred of dope is acceptable food, in that it might produce a hunch or furnish an advance tip.
 We have in mind a certain big league catcher who has backstopped. for Alexander and who has batted against Ernest Shore. Here is his opinion:
 Granting that Alexander is the greatest pitcher of the year-which he is-he will have the hardest battle of his life when it comes to beating Shore if Carrigan starts the tall boy against the Philly star.
 And for these reasons: 1. Alex ander is a low ball pitcher and at least four of the Red Sox can murder a low ball-the hardest ball in the game to hit 2. There is only one way to hit Shore effectively-and that is to stand up in front of the box and smash the ball before 1t begins to sail or break. But the two best bat ters on the Philly team stand in the back of the box and slug. To hit Shore properly they would have to change their entire methods. If Shore ritches against Alexander in three games I would be greatly surprised to see Alex win more than one"
 Another Dope Yarn.
 Then we bumped into another ex- pert who had something on his chest and the following was unravelled: "The Phillies are sure to win this series within six or seven games. 1 They should win through getting such jump as the Braves got last year. They not only have the advantage of Alexander to put them away in front. But in both games played at Philadel- phia they have a big advantage in that the fast Boston outfield will have no chance to cover ground-as there isn't any great amount to be covered. Speaker, Lewis and Hooper upon de- fense will not be a bit more useful than Whitted, Paskert and Cravath. But Cravath and Luderus, having the range of the shorter walls, will be far more valuable on attack than any l three Red Sox. So in the first two I games-in three of the first five 1 games, the Phil1ies have a big advan- ! tage on both offense and defense-an 1 advantage large enough to put them l safely through" ... Still More Exporting. ! Here is still another opinion launched by a close student of form
 "Ten days ago I thought the Red Sox would win in five games. Now | I believe the Phillies will win in six games. For the Red Sox have fallen into the same slump that caught the 1 Mackmen last year. Carrigan gave 1 Shore, Foster and Leonard in turn a final workout and none of them looked to be upon the edge that Ru- dolph and James were last fall. At bat the Red Sox have been listless for a week, batting lightly against both Washington and New York pitchers. They were undoubtedly trying their l best, yet they were not pitching nor l batting up to past form. They haven't been playing as good ball for ten days as the Phillies have, and I l through the series"
 As Series Team. These opinions among the insiders are piled high in massive layers Here is still another from one of the game's veteran entries:
 "The Red Sox should win because they happen to be the greatest series i club in baseball. I mean by that that no other club has played as enect1Vely | in all the big series of the year But when the Red Sox met the | Tigers and White Sox there was a | different yarn to spin. Once keyed up, the Boston winners played at top speed with sufficient batting and pitching power to beat back all op- position. In many ways the Red SoH have been a queer club. They have hit good pitching hard. whereas they 1 have done most of their light batting l against only average slabmen-mer l they should have beaten easily" The Case of Weilman. "AleXander is a grand pitcher" re. ! marked an American league supporter l yesterday. But so is Weilman, oi the Browns. Weilman beat the Tigers 1 eight times this season. Could Alex. ander have done more? He also held the Red SoX to one run in three
 games-one run to each game, rather But he lost all three because Foster happened to beat him 10 at every
 start. So it must be remembered that
 to win Alexander must be at his best
 He may hold the Red Sox to one TUT or two runs and still lose"
 Is Boston Due?
 Do you know why I am picking
 the Phillies?' remarked another in sider-if there be any such thing as an insider where the revolving dope is i concerned. S''1'll tip you off,, Bostor has never lost a world series. She