Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
The World Series Roundup
No 1. The Batteries


You understand. OF course. what the
rone Is. II has nothing to do with what
.s,it be-but merely what should be-if the
rsne runs tree TO form, which II sell
son does I'm these parlous hectic times.
The best contender in any brief cham
,,onship test-baseball golf, lawn tennis
~ what you will-doesn't always win.
abere are certain brief periods through
A.. year when all stars are well off form
and these slumps may arrive at cham
v1cnship moments. There are certain
s.'selts when Cobb can't hit-when John
,or can't pitch-when Ouimet can't putt
when Mclaughlin can't smash.
sut the Dope can take no cognizance Of
siumps or warped mental attitudes Tor
.nv one day of the week.
II can only point to what should be
4, true form prevails. 1t is upon this
n..,. that we attempt to devise our 18th
,s,rla series roundup, hewing to the
lIne and letting the slips fall where they
may.
+, taking UP comparative pitching val
.ss FOR this Forthcoming series the Dope
s,ifts back for a ten-year jaunt over the
eternal highway of Time.
Ten wears ago this october day discus
.,en IN nolite baseball circles was rife
/ war the prospects of the Giants and Ath-
4 l.,ics: and most OF this discussion was
4 s,,,lt around the chance a certain young
csant star had of checking Mack's slug
gers.
This star was about the same sort of
nstnher then that Alexander Is now-only
trife more so.
he was about the same age-the same
hsleht-the same buld-with the same
rreat arm and the same iron heart
scribes and Pharisees and Fans won
ssred then-as they are wondering now
rhether or not this Giant phenom could
. ritch three gqmes-and how he would fare
. Il ne did, The answer was three shut
/ nnts delivered upon alternate days. His
. name was Christy Mathewson-the great
Isl pitcher that ever walked upon field.
Alexander and MathewsOn
Alexander today stands in many ways
where Mathewson stood 10 years ago. He
4 !. the one great pitcher of his era-just
I'd Matty was. Upon him must fall the
hurden of three games. He is one of the
great pitchers of all time, with an arm OF
Hrteel with a keen brain and the heart of
Esn iron OK He is the unparagoned pala-
#dn Of those who pitch.
But the Job he has before him is an
.ven harder one than Mathewson faced
Whack in the muSIy realms OF l5VO'
For Mathewson, by shutting out the
#Mackmen for nine innings, could win.
|/And Mathewson had a McGinnity to help
|Xhm.
ii You may not quite make us when we
&say thai Mathewson could win by shut
Lang out the Mackmen for nine innings.
N Here is the answer: Before invading
0Boston for the last vital series Hugh
Meanings made this statement: Cove
#leskie will beat Boston sure. They can't
*kf him with a shotgun. He'll stop them
. With a thud."
h Alexander at his best needs a run or
f two to win, and runs in this series are
& not going to be as thick as white daisies
E IN a summer field.
Mathewson, we said, had a McGinnity.
II Mathewson had only won two out OF
4 three games in 1906 the Iron Baron would
have been good for two out of three. lie
was good enough then for one out of
two, and Bender had to shut him out to
beat him.
suppose Alexander pitches and wins