The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-05


 contending teams has been picked by the fans as a tower of strength in some department and in the minds eye of the. baseball public he, stood head and shoulders above his CO., workers This years contest for the premier title of the diamond will prove no exception to this accepted fact. In looking over the list of eligf- bles for the coming battle between the Philad elphia Nationals and the Boston Red Sox Alexander and Speaker naturally are the first to strike the eyes of even the casual ob- server as the ones who may furnish ] the star plays of the coming contest Many other players however, on both sides have shown remarkable aptitude to do the right thing at the right time during the long seasons s grind. Quick thinking and fast ac- c11rate action are the essentials which make great baseball players While the twp players mentioned have 4 shown wonderful control and effect dveness in their positions a great deal should be said about many others who, while not so prominent, have been equally efficient in their pennant f winning work this. season either at bat on the paths or in the field.
 In the minds of many baseball ex- T perts Manager Moran's feat of naak- ing a supposedly mediocre, team a pennant winning aggregation Is is eouaIlvs as great a performance as that Accomplished last year by George z StaIlings with the Boston Braves. hThe Moran -men are virtually least I out team, as 3 of them were let out by other major league clubs Cap7 tain Luderus was once with the Chi- cago Nationals; E11ifer was tried by Louis and let go; Adams was with the New York Giants for a, short time; Demaree came from the Giants < and McQuillen played with CincTn- natl and Pittsburgh; Niehoff was with Cfncinnztis Dugey and Whitted came from the Braves Stock was trans fesred to Philadelphia by New York; -Byrne was once with St Louis and Pittsburgh; Cravath, the fence de- moIisher, played with Boston, Chi- cago and WashingtOn AInarica11s, Paskert chased flies for Cincinnati and Becker saw service with the BOs- ton Nationals New York Giants and Cincinnati
 Alexander Mayer and -E2fxey, Chal- mers and Bancroft are the only mem : bers of the team who grew into Na- t1onal Ieague material while with the club TfncUo, RauIugartner and Weiser are youn gsters who have yet to wfnsregu1ar places on the team
 A1exander's great wor- 1r the box during the season has placed him in the Hmenght as the star pitcher of the National League and. the back bone of the Quaker City team If the series goes to the limit of seven games Alexander, it is expected, will be on the mound in at least three games, begdnning with the opening clash After he had won his thirtieth game, a. few days ago, Alexander when asked what he would, do in the worlds series replied Just what ever Manager Moran tells me, have been well Supported by my teammates and I must say they have saved me 9requeut1y- Boston may boast of some, great hftters but I think we have some fence busters on the Phil lies who will equal the Boston slug gers.,s
 With Mayer. Denaree. McQui11en. i Chalmers and Rixey on his pitching. staff, Manager Moran feels that he has d formfdab1e array of boxmen to back up Alexander in attacking the He'd Sox defense.
 The tn4e1d composed Of La1derus. N1ehoffs Bancroft and Stock is strong combination and Crayath, Paskert and Whitted are well able to care of the outer garden
 Captain Luderus stands second in the batting list of the Natl onal League and with Cravath, Whitted, Stock, Becker and Niekof the hitting of the Moran team shows considerable. strength. Should the majority of Rannes be played on f9ae Pff1ade111fa
 
 fences will suit the home hitters much better than the visitors is the opfndon shared in by many close fol- lowers of the game.
 Including Manager Moran, five members of the Philadelphia Nationals have been members of former worlds series teams. The other four are De- rnaree, Whftted. Becker and Dugey. Moran was with the Chicago Cubs when Frank Chance was manager of
 
 pemaree sRas with the New York Giants in 1913. Whftted played with the Boston Braves last year. Beals Becker played for the New York Giants in 1911 and 1912 and Dugey was with the Boston Braves last year.
 Compared with their Philadelphia opponents the roster of the Boston Red Sox includes many worlds series winning veterans which natur- ally gives the New England team the of the players who were on the cham pions11ip eligible list for Boston three years ago are still wearing the Lannin uniforms, Jack Barry, who was with the Athletics of Philadelphia through victory and defeat, is an ad- ditfona1 help this. year. Only two of the old pitchers Wood and Collins, are now with the team. The former, however may not be called upon dur ing the coming conflict while the vet eran southpaw Collins, has not been able to reach the standard of merit he attained in previous years.
 Manager Carrigan has a fine staff from which to select moundsmen and it looks as though the bulk of the work in this department will-be en- trusted to Leonard. Shore, Foster and Ruth during the series. Shore and Foster are right handlers and the other two are left hand twirlers. Then there are Gregg and Mays, who 1 with Collins and Wood, form a strong 1 reserve to be called upon in case it i becomes necessary. Ruth and Gregg 1 stand among the 300 hftters this sea son while Leonard, Wood and Foster also shaye proven themselves to be | very useful batters. Certainly Carri- T,1 To 4z.l.