The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06

Y II Offn'e Define Seas'n Series |loston corps 670 736 74S Io2 |lhilly corps 53f 619 6S3 774 | Here is the strangest, weirdest bit Of |oping I ever have encountered. H If you took the figures and discov- fred that the Boston Red Sox have five |f the leading pitchers of the Ameri- Ian league and four second string men Thy one of whom is above the average |l ability; If you discovered that |mong these five stars four hit 27s, 2S6, Fps and 320 and help win their games; you discovered that three of these Iitchers are great fielders and liable b help the infield what would you blink? Next if you found that the pposing staff consisted of one great ftcher, an cratic, uncertain genius, fair second rater. and four just fair ftchers, you'd begin to feel sorry for bat club. Thenr if you remembered bat the club with the strong pitchers hs a stronger hitting and stronger elding team to back them up, and that 1ere is not much difference in the atching, you'd say, ."Shucks. the Phil les haven't chance And then if ou realized that the American league as much stronger batters than the Ma onal you'd give it up and concede ostoh the flag.
 Right here is where the oddity of he American game and the uncertain
 of a worlds series arises
 A man with a sharp strong. ice pick Rn cut just as much ice as can the fllow with five strong, sharp ice picks nless his one pick wears out.
 If the Phillies and Red Sox were p play P games season in the same ague, the Red Sox would beat them vo-thirds or more of those games. But neither the Red Sox can beat them >ur out of seven games in this se- es is another matter
 Boston's pitching staff figures 13O pints better in attacking strength, ore than 100 points in defensive rength, and 65 points in team strength IT a regular season. But for the lrposes of this series, the Philadel- hia pitching stan is better.
 There are two prob1ems--will Moran now how to use his one great ice ok, and will that ice pick breaky l can answer the first question. Moran hows exactly what he is up against e knows exactly what he must do-- hd he Is going to try to do 1t. If at grand old icespick. Grover Cleve- nd. nd Alsaandsr ssSa de dgasn, ,r dull at the (.
 cut the fce
 Moran has no choice as to his plan
 campaign if he loses this series, will be because the material was not bod enough or because the good ma rial was not strong enough to stand e strain. If Carrigan loses, it will
 because he has too much good ma- rial and either chooses wrong or nnot use 1t all at once.
 Morans plan of battle Is this; He n open with Alexander. New Afex''
 the best pitcher in this series and, is season, the best in the world He
 dog tired. He has been through a ason of terrific strain and has pitched er 100 innings more than any other tcher in his league. His great rength has stood the strain well and oran has saved him as much as pos ble. especially during the closing eeks of the season. Moran's strug- e for the final month has not been
 much to cinch the National league nnant as it has been to win with his cdiocre pitchers. and save Alexander the series. Alexander needed st and Moran strove to get it for him, ten taking chances of losing games
 order not to wear down his best bet. Alex" has had some rest, whether hicient or not we cannot tell. He inks 1t Is. Moran thinks 1t is For exander is going to essay the great task any pitcher save MathewsoR CT tried. He is going to pitch prac- ally this entire series and face Car- kan's entire squad, which is pro- himed the greatest pitching staff of decade.
 Alexander is not doing this through y desire to make a hero of himself. t to win this series for his team.
 Moran will start Alex" the first me. Meantime. he has another lrhp card to play. On his staff is pa Jeptha Rixey, c strange and pe- hiar genius. When this fellow Rixey
 right no ball team in the world is ensed to hit him or beat him. He
 not strong. and he needs consider he rest. He has not pitched much cd ball this season and has con- buted very little to the victory of Phillies. Moran has carefully pre- red this fellow. gotten him all ready