The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-05
Today's Sport Dope

during the season has placed him IN
the limeli4ht as the star pitcher o.
the National league and the backbone
Of 10 Quaker City team. " the -eFies
roes 10 the limit OF seven anne
Alexander. II u expected. will be on
the mound in et least three Eaipes
beginning with the opening clash. AZ
ter he had won his thirtieth game. a
IeN days ago. Alexander when asked
what he would DO In the worlds SER
les replied: "Just whatever Manager
Moran tells mo. I have been we'll sup
ported By ms teammates and ! nus
say ; have saved me frequently.
Boston may boast % some great hit
tors hut ] think we have Some fence.
busters on the Phiiliea no win equal.
the Boston ~sluggers."
With Mayer. Demaree. McQuuien.
Chalmers and Rixey on his pitching
star. Marager Moran feels that he
has 4 formidable array OF hoxmen to.
back ny Alexander In attacking the
Rcd sox defense. The inneld COM
posed Of Luderus NeihoI. bancroft
and stock is a strong combination.
and Cravath. Paskcrt and Whitted ape.
we'll able to care for the outsarden.
Captain LuderuH stands second in
the batting list % the National league
and with Cravath. Whited. stock,
Eecker and Neihun the hitting OF the
Moran team shows considerable
strength. shQp,d the majority Of
ramea be played on the philadelphia
grounds. that the park with Its short
fences will suit the home hitters much
better than the visitors r. the opinion
shared by many close followers Of the
game.
Including Manager Moran. Ave
members OF the Philadelphia Nation
ais have been members OF the former
worlds series tepms. The other four
are Demaree. Mhitted. Becker and
Dndgey. Moran was with me CHS
cago Cubs when Frank Chance was
MANAGER OF the National league pen
nant wlnners. Demoree was with the
New York Giants In i9la Whitted
played with the Boston Braves last
year. Beals Becker fielder for the
New York Giants in 1911 and 1871
and Dugey was with the Boston
Braves last year.
Compared With their philadelphia
opponents the roster OF the Boston
Red sox includes many worlds ~
les winning veterans which naturally
gives the New England team the a.
vantage at least Of experience. Ten
Of the players who were win the
championship eligible list for Boston
three years ago are still wearing tho
Lannin uniforms. JACK Berry who.
was with the Athletics Of Philadel-
pbia through victory and defeat is an
additional help this year. only two.
o. the old pitchers. Wood and Collins
are now with the team. The form.
however, may not be called upon dur
ing the coming conflict while the yes-
eran s%outhpaw Collins has not been
able to reach the standard of merit
he attained In previous years.
. Manager Carrigan has "A fine stan
from which 10 select moundmen and
il looks as though the bslk Of thu
work In this department viii be en-
trusted TO Leonard. Shore. Foster ard
Ruth during the series. shore and
Foster are right handlers and the.
other two are left twirlors. Then
there are Gregg and Mays who with
Collins and Wood form a strong re.
serve 20 be called upon In case Il be-
comes necessary. Ruth and Gregg
stand among the 800 hitters this sea-
son while Leonard. Wood and Foster.
also rave proven themselves 10 be.
very useful betters. Certainly Car
rigan has no need TO worry as to the
strength OF ability Of his pitching
force.
Iris Speaker. the played most talk
ed OF on the Red SoN team. together
with Lewis and Hooper. make up the
great Outneid, considered by many to
be the best in the country. These
three have been playing together Cor
several years md understand each
other 80 well that there Is eve a.
hitch or Jolt 10 mar the smoothness
OF their play. Speaker. Of course. ~
the pillar u strength on the team
and while he has not been credited
with a home run hit this season, his
batting average OF 1872 speaks for
itself. Twenty-four two-baEgers and