New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
The Answer.

We merely played our game all l the way.'--Patrick Moran. throng-
 With no one framing miracles to tout him,
 Eut rather as a bloke who bikes along And makes the best of what he finds
 about him;
 Just hanging on until the job is
 through,
 Nor claiming inspiration or invention; Playing his game, we'll, this is some
 thing, too ...
 And something worthy of politest
 mention.
 Each one of us has got "his game"
 at hand,
 Only to smear it with untold abuses; Once in a while we strike to beat the
 band
 And then drop back to mutter our
 excuses;
 But, taking the glory with the daily
 gaff, Nor calling on great genius for the What line could make a keener epi- "He played his game-and played it
 all the way'?
 ''At hard pinch,'' inquires Freddie H., "how many games could Alexan- der work in seven game world scries?"
 Mathewson and Coombs both have pitched three games in the confines of one championship series. No man has ever pitched more. It isn't likely that any man could pitch more-and be at his best; unless of course, sogGy weather intervened and furnished a day or so of rest.
 Based upon average world series conditions for the past, Alexander can tackle three games and still be at his best. But delivering an abnormal amount of goods a star pitcher Is supposed to hand out in a big series, three games is fairly close to the human limit.
 In the Rival Camp.
 The man to do most Of the guess ins in this series will be Bill Carri-. gan. Bill will only need three pitch ers-certainly not over four-and to make his selections at the right mo- ment from the staff he has around him will cause MT. Carrigan num- Der of highly thoughtful moments. Joe Wood may get back in for game and then Carrigan still has left Ruth, Shore, Foster, Leonard, Collins and Gregg.
 Shore, Ruth, Foster and Leonard were the main troopers hurled against the Tigers in the recent test series so these four will do most of the work two weeks hence.
 As in 1914.
 As the same two cities will meet in world series strife, the same schedule undoubtedly will be main- tained as for 1914-that is, two games in each spot before the shift is made. Since Philadelphia drew the opening fast season, there is a general hunch ( xtant that Boston will draw the 1915 opener, where the tremendous capa- city of the Braves park will smash all records for attendance. - The record for world series attend ance still stands at a trife over 3s,0o0, established in the Giant-Ath- le tic series of 1911. As the Braves ball park can handle close to 50,o00 souls, this past record will be beaten by six or seven thousand at the small est estimate. Provided the weather doesn't make too many threatening gestures while the big show is under way.
 Ono Help for Alexander.
 As the series will open around the latter part of the week, Alexander will get an extra days rest over Sun day. This means that the Nebraska Cyclone will be !at top form for the op ener in each city-which also means that to win the Red Sox, as great a hall club as they are, will need every trick of the we'll known trade to cap- ture even one of the first two Alexan- drian games.
 For Alexander, like Mathewson, Bender and Coombs, is not only a, gl eat pitcher in the ordinary, every day business of winning ball games, but he also belongs to the 1ion-hearted type that fights to the final out.
 Under Fire.
 Those who are wondering whether CT not Big Alec can stand up under fire should ask Clarke Griffith. When the Philly star was a young debutante, one of his first few games, there were three Reds on the bases and none out. The old Fox took the coaching line.
 Hey" yelled Griff, you know why l wouldn't pay $500 for you? You sot a streak of yellow up your back eight feet wide. I knew you were oIitter so I let vOu go "
 Alexander walked over from the box to within five feet of Griff. "I'll show you where the yellow is, you bum,' he replied. And, returning to the box, the big pitcher didn't do any thing except strike out the next three