The sun., 1915-10-03
MAN FOR MAN COMPARISON
OF WORLDS SERIES RIVALS
SHOWS RED S0X SUPERIOR
But Strength in Majority of Places
May Be Offset by Greatness of
Alexander---Boston Now
8 to Favorite

which the bail Is hit. lie is one Of the
very Few modern players possessed of
.n's exceptional skill Barry Is not a
sreat hitter-he IL batting only .24O-.
put ne IL most dangerous man in n
pneh' And he In a craftsman with his
oat ne can lay down n bunt and he
can protect the runner at all times
bert Niehon has been the one aucs Ion.
anle INK in Moran's infeld this year.
Ills neiding Is erratic. lie Is not =.
smart a player as Barry lie ha. hi,
only ,237. but has stolen twenty bases to
BarrI's twelve
score the honor. for Pat Moran at
snort. Bancroft has been the So sons
ma IN this position. lie has done for
the Phillies exactly what Rabbit Ma
ranville did for the Rraves last year.
IN one short year from an obscure
nusher he has developed so rapidly
that he now disputes Maranville's claim
TO the crown. Bancroft is hitting .242
TO Everett Scott's .I9S and has stolen
fourteen abses to five for his contem.
porary. Scott is n brilliant fielder and
his improved perccp,iblv since Barry
Went beside him. bu; he falls shy OF
Bancroft In every line.
Larry Gardner OF Boston overshad-
ows Milton Stock of Philadelphia as a
third baseman. To begin with, Stock
has not yet fairly won his spurs. He
was sent in regularly by Moran welt ,f-
ter midseason when Bobby Byrne was
injured. stock has made good beyord
doubt. Gardner. however. is a ve.-
eran who has proved his worth
through many bitterly fought cam
paigns. lie has hit .2s6 and stolen
twenty-three bases in l2O games. Stock
IN sixty-hve games has batted .25S and
pilfered only hve sacks.
FROM the infield compa risons Judged
only from the cold calculations Of fg-
urss' 1t is evident that the rival infields
are as fairly matched as could be de-
sired. Philadelphia holds the advantage
at first and short. Boston al second and
third. The fielding OF the opposing quar-
tets Is as nearly equal as could be.
Boston seems to hold slight advantage
i'll collective hitting and in speed on the
paths.
outfeld compa risons are simpler.
Boston has the best outfield in the game
| 1t has two and two-thirds outaeids, for
| iris Speaker is an outfield all in him
self. Such wise Judges as McGraw
| Clarke. Chance and Jennings declare
that Speaker Is the greatest fielding out
| fielder OF their experience. They rate
| him above B.ll Lange and Fielder Jones.
Speaker can cover more territory than
any other living man. He plays a
ground ball like an inf'elder and throws
true as "A rifle shot. He has hit a23
, this year and has stolen twenty-nne
! bases. Hooper and Lewis are not SO
brilliant as Iris. but both are brilliant
| rangers and excellent throwers Lewis,
! hitting now an ever 800, has pilfered
fourteen times. Hooper II batting .e31
and has twenty-one steals to his credit.
Gavvy Cravath. Moran's most feared
outfelder. has batted only .2s3. He is
| slow OF foot only an average thrower,
hut home run champion. perhaps
/, partly by virtue OF Phila delphia's short
right field fence. At least he has landed
twenty-three c'rcui, wallops so far,
Whtted and Paskert are fair ground
covercrs and fair throwers. Whitted
/ has hit FOR 2sl. Paskert for 235
Thus the cold facts. Can one master
pitcher sirgle handed stave on the conf
blned attack of hve only slightly less
proficient can Alexander stand the
strain of work every other day as the
great Matty did back in 1905 and as
Iron Man Jack Coombs did five years
later as Deacon Philippe did away back
in 1903" viii Ruth and Leonard. south
paw pitchers, he handicapped by the
eight right handed battsrs that Morans
, lineup will send against them" VIII the
! short right field wall at Philadelphia
be as easy target for Carrigan
deadly left handed hitters az 1t is for
Moran's accustomed right handed slug
gers" Will some unknown arise. as
Robe of the White Sox did in 1905, and
spill the calculations as they never were
spilled before or since'
These are questions that the future
alone will answer The primrose pain
OF other worlds series is strewn with
the skeletons of ante-season prophecies