The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-08
Alexander Will Oppose Ernest Shore Opening Worlds Today
ALEXANDER FITTED
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offices of VIM, r. Baker late tonight
held out hope of activity tomorrow
afternoon If t should clear before
dawn, PLAYERS, however. are very
skept cal Of st.ch possibility. They
report that the field was decided,
heavy and sosgy for the CLOSING
douhle-he Wednesday. and thai
the park could not possibly recover
+ from the existing deiuge in time to
start the classic as per schedule.
Northcastcr Has Hit Quakertown.
The more pes simistic. among them
a few Of the old time local weather
DEMONSTRATORS opine that an old
fashioned nar'heaster has hit Quaker
town. and that the rain is likely to
hold over tomorrow and Saturday.
These prophets can see no possibility
Of play before Monday at the earliest.
They point ojt that conditions are
identical with those of the 1911
worlds series here which kept the
Giants and Athletics idle one whole
week-from Tuesday to Tuesday, to be
exact.
The hnai decision in the matter of
play rests witt the four umpires who
Will oHiciate These are Klein and
Rieler Of the National. and Evans
and O'LouPhlin. of the American
League. The llmpires are not dae till
tomorrow morning. They Will visit
the local park some time about 10
O'Clock if the weather has cleared by
then. In any event the umpires. Of
fetal scorers ard all other officials
viii meet the national commission al
Il O'Clock tomorrow morning to dis
cuss rules, regulations and techni-
calities.
PhiIiic. Hold Secret Practice.
Pat Moran very wisely ordered his
men out to secret practice this morn
ing. Thereby he was able 70 cheat
the mean weather of the afternoon
and to provide his men with an ex-
celleut final workout Pat put his
legion through a thorough batting
drin employing both right handed
and left handed pitchers. While the
l'hiilies we're all rather seCretive
about what had gone ON behind the
closed gates, a few matters of vital
interest 10 the public in general leak
ed somewhere.
It has been established beyond
doubt that killfer will not be able to
take part in the worlds series. kilifer
believes he is ready to assume the
catching respnr sibilities, but several
Of his teammates declare that his
throwing in practice WAS far from
satisfactory. Moran. it is said. plans
/ to use Eddie Burns behind the bal
IN every game.
I Nor is there any doubt that Alex
ander VIII PITCH the first game. and
thereafter, as ften as he feels he car
do his full justice 1t was whispered
. i,,h bt+ 90 followers TIOga n thf
court OF Moran. that Pats star woult
pitch in the frst two games. ir-
respective of whether the first game
fell on u Saturday or whether ra1r
+ interviewed betvvee the opening ant
the second eG4: gements
] Can Pitch Four In Row.
"Ofd Alec" said Quaker player
tonight: Will hand those Red So,
the surprise of their lives He cal
pitch four games in row if neces
sary"
1t is said Chalmers is in line 70
secondary pitching honors, will
Mayer close rival in the faith of tn
manager and his disciples.
William Garrigan and his Red So
arrived shortly after % O'Clock to
night from New York, where the.
We're forced to bow to the prowess o
Yankees in the concluding game o
the season.
My boys all feel that we can bes
tba iSbi,lias in pn;te of Atexanaa
Fwhenever he f,-st game is called " All
rnrrigan "xyn ara 6isannointea viii
the drearv weather n,tIonk NJ
wished tn got two sames in hero tb3
week 80 as 70 he ahIa m make
leiSnrelv return on Sunday 10 on
bo,,a mrrI,,as az, ~. ,,,iii 10 1901,
fn, Inc NATIONAL T.oayua cham,tnn
whenever the tell tans
~ confass vas eamawba+ worria.
! ovar o,1r long 1sv o4f tas, waels ana a,
apnarppt hatti,p sIt,rnn tbet bad a z
, fartad us before +hc series with Nov
, York INT we were able ia NAV a,
Eve ean,ea against tho yanLass an,
that uractlee ala ps a world ~ good
Won may no or, a In thosa fva pana