New Britain herald., 1915-09-22

Great Sayings of Great Men.
 Batteries for the first game Alexander and Killifer.'- Moran.
 II never knew cellar was deep and dark and cold.'-C. Mack.
 Well, Caesar, Alexander and Ma rolcon got theirs, too."-John Me Graw
 Money can buy everything except what you want''-C. Comiskey.
 Detroit and Brooklyn or Boston may yet meet in the forthcoming world series, and tomorrow some one may slip us a million, minus an l! O. U.
 John Reilly, the Yale star, has launched out as subway guard rather than play professional base Eal. Whereas there are any number of fine subway guards who have launched their careers the other way.
 Red Sox Strength.
 One esteemed critic has figured it out that Red Sox pre- eminence in the pennant race is due to fine defensive strength-great pitching and hne fielding.
 This doesn't cover the entire scheme of things. The Red eoH De- yond the gray ghost of doubt nave the finest defensive ball club in the game. They have always had four or five star pitchers in shape, while thelr infield and outfield have backed up this pitching in worthy style. But the Red Sox are also second in club batting, with an average or .Zo4 against .266 for the Tigers-a denclt of only two points. And this pattlng strength has been more evenly scat tered, for while Cobb, Crawford ana Veach have been pounding the ball above normal attitudes, the next Tiger regular is Witt, down around .252.
 When Cobb, Crawford and Veach were turned back Detroits power was crushed But the Red SoX have nao half a dozen men likely to insert the winning wallop at any stated moment. Detroit has three men among the ten leading sluggers, while Boston mas put one. But Boston has five men batting above .260, exclusive of four pitchers who range between .28O and .300. With the best pitching staff in
 
 batting and tied for first in fielding. which means that the Red Sox have reached and held the top through all i around efficiency rather than power or speed in any one department. l Brooklyn's Chance. If some wise judge had framed 1 law making it illegal for Brooklyn to 1 take a western trip the Dodgers would now be seventeen lengths be- yond the field.
 Playing through the East they have l moved along with a combination Of grandeur and pep. But the white tleached bones of their dream have been scattered thick along the Vest ern plains.
 On their first Western jaunt the l Dodgers lost ten out of twelve starts. They tore the Eastern roadbed into shreds. but again out West they were stopped with one of those thuds that the novelist frequently calls dull and s;ckening." Having recovered this ground at home once more - or most of it-even by taking three in row from the Phillies, they have | again been unable to get toe-hold | 1non Western sod. Which accounts l for the fact that Colonel Ebbe+s is 1 looking so earnestly for the sooth- saver who first said: "Go West, young man."
 The Brave Barrier. The Braves won a pennant last fall through fine fighting, fine pitching and a club average of .252. I They have had good pitching ana 1 they havc fought we'll this season, but with a batting average of .237, ten points below the next batting club, they will not have to travel any 1 extended distance to find out their 1n- ability to repeat.
 The White Sox won pennant with batting average of .221. But they stand as the only club ever developed able to use one hit for the manufac- ture of two runs.
 ..when is an amateur not an amateur ?''-Exchange. Offhand, we should say, very frequently. We'd fall for the Fed proposition to meet the world series winner much harder if it wasn't for the fact that we'd like to see at least one football