The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-07
RED SOX OUTFIELD
IS SUPERIOR
Hooper, Speaker and Lewis are Consid-
sidered Better Ball Players
Than Cravath, Paskert
and Whitfield.

New York, Oct. THE outfield oil
the Red Sox and the Phillies are expect.
ed to play roles Of unusual Importance
in the coming worlds series between the
Boston Americans and the Philadelphia
Nationals. No other department of the
rival teams can show the collection OF
stars that will be found among the eight
players who are available for places in
the outer gardens. Mention need only
I be made of iris Speaker and Harry
Hooper for the Csrrigan forces and Gao
tus Cavvy Cravath, Pat Moran's home
run slugger, in order to establish the
high standard of these two outfielders.
AS to which is the stronger in all
round offensive and defensive play there
is much argument, but such advantage
as may exist is generally conceded to
the Red Sox. Each club has regular
fielding trio and one utility player, the
lineup being as follows: Boston:
Hooper, right field; Speaker, centerfield;
Lewis, left field and Henriksen utility
fielder: Philadelphia. Cravath, right
fields Paskert, center field; Whitfield, left
field and Becker utility fielder.
Eliminating the two utility fielders
and considering the outfield as units,
the unofficial average for the season
show that Boston has twenty point
advantage in batting strength while the
Philadelphia trio is Ave points stronger
in fielding. The Red Sox combination
is also shown to be faster on the paths
since it is credited with having stolen
fifty-four bases to the Phillies forty
three. In extra base hits the winners
Of the American league pennant outclass
the senior league flag bearers in ability
to drive out two and three base hits, :
but fall behind the Phillies in home runs
due in great part to the terrific slug |
cling of Cravath on his home grounds.
Considered individually the outstand- /
ing strength Of the Red Sox outfield is
made more apparent. In right field |
Hooper will be opposed by Crayath and
N the records the former has the ad-
vantage of stolen bases, sacrifice hits
md fielding while the Phillies' player
the Red Sox fielder as a bat
er. The fielding averages of the pair
re; Hooper .974; Cravath 95s, while
he batting ability OF the two fielders
3 indicated by Cravath's average OF .227
s against Hooper's .242.
At center Iris Speaker has the bet
er of Dodc Paskert in batting, fielding
md base stealing. Speaker has hit /
1928 during the league season, scoring |
two baggers, twelve three !
aggers, seventeen sacrifice hits, TWEEN |
weight stolen bases and l06 runs in y
80 times at bat. Paskert in 200 times :
{ bat scored seventy hits, forty-one I
lns. nine stolen bases, twenty-five sac i
flee hits, fourteen doubles, three triples i
nd like number of home runs giving [
i'm an average of PAP. In fielding the $
ifference is not so marked for Pas 7
ert felded $40 to Speakers g75.
Speakers ability cannot be expressed I
ntirely by figures for in his seeming
ivinaton of the course of fly balls
Is a source of much dependence by the
ed Sox in their plans to check the pow
full offense of the Phillies. His ability
sense the dropping place for a far
{ ball, ard TO be there when il falls,
expected TO reduce greatly the eff
ency of the long driving bats of the
hillies' sluggers. Little, if any, be-
nd Speaker in this respect is Hooper,
hose saving catches in the worlds Sc /
% OF 1912 are still fresh in the memory I
the fans. /
Lewis, in left field, possesses this same 4
eness and speed but he will not out.
lss Whitfield, OF the Moran brigade by
" means. In fact the seasons aver
es give the Philadelphia representa-
res the better of Lewis in fielding by I
irty-fve points. while the batting ad-
ntage Of the Red Sox player Is but
nrteen points. Lewis poled out more
ira base hits than Whitfield but the y
a a