The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-01
SIZE Of PARKS TO
PLAY BIG PART m
WORLD TITLE FRAY
Red sox VIII be Under
Handicap on Small
Field.
81. BROWN HOLMES.

West virginian sport writer who
spent several weeks with the world
series eotnenders OF the American
and National leagues TO get the Sin.
side dope:
The size OF the bal. parks on
which the coming world series games
are played will mean much in decid-
Ing the winner.
II part Of the games are played in
. email park, Ike that Of the Phil.
adeiphia Nationals, the series will be
robbed OF some OF its merits for In
that case the Pills would lave a de.
eided advantage, especially over the
Boston Red sox.
The Red sox have the greatest de.
feensiye club In the country. The
Soy outtielders, Speaker, Hooper and
Lewis, and Henriksen, the substitute.
can 90 farther and get more balls than
even the Tiger trio OF Cobb. Craw-
ford and yeach.
But the sox gardeners iced room
~ which to operate. Pen taem up IN
q small park like that OF the Phil.
adelphia Nationals, and their big as.
Sst- their ability to cover ground
will be absolutely lost.
ON the other hand, the snallness
OF the Phil park will work TO an ad-
vantage to the Phils. Dodey Paskert,
the Phil center fielder, Is good
ground coyerer, but Cravalh Is slow
and the loutfield as whole Is not TO
pc compared with that Of the Red
Sox.
The Pills are best in snail parks
where they do not have TO cover
much ground. The right ield fence
IN the Philly park is nearer the plate
than the fence in any other major
league park in the country. On the
Phil grounds Cravath p!ays with his
back to the fence and has little
ground TO cover. In big park balls
that Hooper, the sox outelder, win
catch, will get away from cravath.
Iris Speaker of the soi is the best,
ground covering outfeldS in the
country, but put him In d small park
and he will be at the tet,e clawing
at the boards, while forcE to watch
the sphere sail over for home run.
on the Boston or Broflyn parks
IN the National League, h the De.
troit park In the America, the out
felders would have room o operate.
The same holds good II the phils, win.
ming pennant, should dedte to use
the Philadelphia American park and
the Red Sox should decide use the
Boston National park.
The Phils also have on .dvantage
n hitting on their own sail field.
The right field fence is soslose that
balls should be caught gooyer the
boards for as tour.sacEer. Luderus,
Becker and Bancroft, the Phil left.
hand batters, crash hard ito right
field =
The righthand battersson the club
have trained ,theriselves to y to right
feid They have aimed pubosely at
the short fence. cravath h6 as hard
INTO right field as into left nd is set
tirg q home run record by giving the
srhereg over the short fence
she Red Sox are able 7 load up
VIII lefthand batters-ths! can put
seen In their line.up-but the Sox
Il than6es5 are not right ad hitters.
Iris Speaker, the best Sx batter
ar il a Iefthander, slams thu ball into
ri hit field occasionally, but Is left
eflds hitter. Dick Hob!it7l 10 the
Org leftesnd hitter on thesox team
vto hits nost OF his ballshard into
ytsyt field.
IRE Detroit Tiger club, 9Th veach.
Cobb and Crawford hittinEhard into
right field, is the only one hat could
hold the Pills even In hitting way.
on the small Philadelphia prk.
So,Siflit happens that thesames are
played on small field, TIL whole Sc.
ries will have TO be figure on a DIFF.
terent basis than II req sized
parks are used. "