Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-08
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

D y. ELL 6h1LAO.
PHILADELPHIA, October S.-The
first game of the world series is being
played on soggy field. The national
commission at its meeting this morn
ing decided to play the game regard
less of the condition of the grounds,
though assurance was given that the
field would be got in the best possible
condition by the time for the game to
be called, with the aid Of dry sawdust
and gasoline.
The sun is shining and it is not be-
lieved that there will be any more
rain.
The soggy field is figured to give the
Philadelphias an advantage, rs 1t 10 q
team which does not rely much on its
speed, while the Red Sox do. so that
they will be materially slowed up in
the heavy going.
Bill Carrigan and his cohorts believe
that If they can beat Alexander in the
opening game of the series they will
win in common canter. and for this
reason the Sox are going to make
desperate effort to win the opener.
Foster, the most successful of the Sox
twirling staff, Is the Individual on
whom the burden of winning the first
game from the Phillies will most likely
be placed. Carrigan may change to
Shore at the last minute, but that is
hardly believed, for he knows that
Foster Is not only a reliable pitcher.
but good fielder Of his position. and
incidentally, a hitter who is to be
feared in the pinches.
The Boston slogan is Beat Alexander
and the world title Is ours" Naturally
it is as good as settled in the minds
of the public that Alexander will do
the pitching. Boston is primed for
him to step on the mound, and yet
calculations and has Chalmers on the
mound in the opening game. One who
knows whispered this morning that
Moran had a surprise to spring on the
Boston team, and incidentally, IT would
not prove at all surprising II Chalmers
proves as successful as Alexander is
figured to be. OF late Chalmers has
shown all his old form. He won five
out of six games on the final western
trip of the champions and in the one
game he lost Ames of st. Louis beat
him in a to 0 game which went ten
innings, in which not a single one of
the Phillies reached first base.
Chalmers is believed to be wonder
full performer right now. At least so
good a Judge as Moran Is Of this opin-
ion. though he has not advertised the
fact for reasons best known to himself.
But the prediction Is made that Chal-
mers Is apt to Guido Alexander in the
series.
If there should be q wet season, such
as was indicated here yesterday, 1t
may be many days before a game can
be played on the Phillies park. The
grounds at Broad street and Hunting
ton avenue are below the level of the
street, and are the hardest of any to
drain. For the past week every game
that has been played has been on a
soggy field, and the rains of the past
few days have not helped matters.
The sporting editors of the local pa
pers held an indignation meeting in
the Bellevue stratford Hotel yesterday
evening at which Owner Baker came
in for a good scoring. The fact that
the newspapers have been unable to
get proper accommodations at the ball
park during the world series has sour
ed the writer's, who have been of great
service to the team all season, and, as
was predicted, there is apt to be a
change of front on their part in the
future
local park is such that in order to
treat the players and public in the
right manner, the dead head list had
to be cut to the minimum, and. what
is more, lot Of folk who were willing to
buy their way into the Enclosure were
enough to accommodate them all. The
building regulations are such that there
can be no standing room occupied in the
era ndstand. and this further has de-
creased the number of patrons who can
be accommodated.
Those who have witnessed many of
the games which Alexander has pitched
this season pronounced him the great
est of pitchers and ridicule the sugges-