Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-11
Series Teams Unwilling Take Chances-Pay Boston oday
TEAMS NOT INCLINED TO TAKE
- CHANGES IN A WORLD SERIES
Little Other Than Straightaway Base Ball
Shown by Best Clubs the Two Leagues
Have to OferPlay in Boston Today.

been reached by Speaker and would
have been a home run, two runs re-
sulting.
sure better umpiring and more salts,
| faction If 1t would allow KLEIN ana
Evans to alternate behind the bat ana
on the bases in every world series ana
stand out in the outfeld. 1t looks
ridiculous to see umpires of the abil-
ity of KLEIN and Evans being sent TO
the outfield, where they have no de-
cision to make, while some incompe-
/ tents are conducting the game on
which 30 much depends from the play
ers' standpoint. :.
The most competent umpires should
| games. KLEIN undoubtedly Is the
greatest of the umpires, but he Is not
far ahead of Billy Evans. and these
two should be In constant charge of
the series.
The Phillies still have something on
the Red SoX in the matter of scoring
runs runs having four to their credit. while
the Sox. have crossed the goal but
three times in the two games.
But the Phillies have not been hit
ting anywhere near their standard. and
it is in this department that Manager
in the remaining games.
1t develops that President Tener of
the. National League was directly re-
Federal hackers in Philadelphia the
other day. Gov. Tener let Billy Murray.
who is now the business manager of
the Newark Federal club, know that
/ talk with some of the men who are
putting up the coin to run the Gilmore
circuit.
1t was Murray who arranged the con-
n -
formal nature, 1t led to the arrange
ment of another confab which probably
was held in New York yesterday.
The story Is that when Ban johnson
in the matter he declined to meet
with the Federal Leaguers, but Col
Rupert, one of the owners of the New
York Yankees, finally persuaded him
did. but only after insisting that Jim
Gilmore should not be present. This
was consented to, and Gilmore spent
the evening with Pat Powers gossip
ing in the lobby of the Bellevue-Strat-
ford.
That the Federal Leaguers have lost
a lot of money this year goes without
saying, and business in some cities
Baltimore. Buffalo. Kansas City and
i.one or two others-has been so bad
that the hackers there are getting
| ready to run out. and some one will
have to dig down and put up lot of
money to keep the circuit intact.
1t is this fact which created the sug-
gestion of two leagues of ten clubs
each by the Federals interested, but
there is not the slightest chance for
that sort of an arrangement: Tfn-club
leagues are not only unwieldy, but are
there are too many clubs in the sec
| ond division which, like the first, will
hold five teams.
However, way may be found to sat
fofv fhno -hn 1oy ca
| money with the Feds. Perhaps there
are a couple or more ball clubs in the
two major leagues. and II this can be
done the hackers of the Feds may be
drop the Federal League If they are
given a chance to get back the money
they lost.
But, of course, IT will require lot of
such an agreement possible. Organized
base ball is not willing to make any
concessions, because there are those
among the club owners who believe
proper thing to do is to let them get
out the best way they can.
Ever since Killefer, the Phillies' brill
| liant catcher, has been incapacitated,
Manager Pat Moran has been giving the
the various batters. Moran has a sys-
tenn of signals from which he works
from the bench, and these are impaired
to the catcher by the pitcher. OF
course, ordinarily this is not resorted
to. but whenever there are men on the
bases Moran gives the instructions how
the battery shall proceed.
Killefer is not apt to appear in any
of the games, for the reason that It is
very evident when he warns up and re-
turns the ball to the pitchers that his
arm is very weak. Not once since the
series started has Killefer taken his
position at the plate and thrown to the
bases. The only way his arm can ever
be brought back to It's real strength is
by long rest, and that is what Moran
lis going to give his star catcher.
Alexander has confided to friends that
he feels certain of beating the Red Sox
in his next game, and that he will do
lit more easily than on opening day.
From the Boston end it is heard that
Shore is decidedly anxious to face the
Phillies again. as he is confident that
they cannot beat him, blaming his de-
feat in the opening game on poor sup
port.
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