Evening star., 1915-12-26
DOPE DOES NOT HOLD GOOD,
IN WORLD SERIES GAMES
Record of Past Performances of Little Use ir
sForecasting Stars of Blue Ribbon Event.
Hooper Succeeds Where Speaker Fails.

safe II some one held It up on string"
was Hooper's only comment.
.T am not worrying about you.
Hoop. you are always there in pinch"
replied Carrigan.
Then / guess the sooner We get
into a pinch. the better for my bat
ting average" answered Hooper.
The next time Hooper came to bat
he hit safely. At the close of the in
ming, as he started for his position in
right field. Carrigan waved him to the
clubhouse.
after seeing you wallop that one
safe, l think SO well of your hitting,
Harry. that l am going to let you
rest up for the series," said Carrigan
with laugh Hooper didn't want to
leave the game, because he insisted
he needed all the batting practice he
could get, but Carrigan wouldn't hear
to 1T. Evidently Bill wanted him to
finish the season with the memory of
that base hit fresh in his mind. 1t had
been his first one in the last three
games.
Hits Well in Series.
Did Hooper betray the confidence that
Manager Bill Carrigan had in his abil-
ity to hit the ball in the pinch? If you
look over the statistics of the 1915
world series. you will discover that
Mr.. Harry Hooper of Capitola, CAL,
was very much in evidence with his bat
in all of the five games. Perhaps
Hooper'S first hit was of even more
importance to the winning of the series
by Boston than his second home run
in the fifth game. which won the hon.
ors for Boston. Grover Alexander,
prior to the start of the event, was the
pitcher who all the critics insisted
would prove the thorn in the side of
the Red Sox.
1t was evident to the Bostonians that
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was to be won. There is no doubt but
that the Boston players gave consider
able thought to Mr.. Grover Cleveland
Alexander. Harry Hooper was the first
man to face Alexander in the big event.
Boston players knew that Hooper had
been in a bad slump, all of them were
much interested to see what he would
do when he faced the premier pitcher
of the National League. Hooper looked
the first two pitches over carefully,
Umpire Bill KLEIN declared one of them
a strike while the other he ruled was
trifie low. therefore ball On the
third ball pitched Hooper singled clean
ly to center field. 1t was the sharpest
kind of a drive, showing that Hooper
had timed the pitch perfectly. That hit
put all kinds of pepper into the Bos-
tonians. 1t added much confidence to
every member of the club, for they fig
off form, could solve the delivery of the
Philly star, then the players who had
their eye with them ought to do at
least as well. That was Hooper's only
contribution to the base hit column in
the first game, but it was a most val
liable one from many angles.
Speaker Thrown Out.
In the second game Hooper scored
one of the two runs when he walked.
went to third on Speakers single and
came home while Speaker was thrown
out stealing second. He also got him.
self hit in this game. In the third game
it was Hooper who scored the winning
run-in the game in. which Leonard
triumphed over Alexander the Great.
That run was really the turning point
in the event. Hooper opened the ninth
inning of the third game with a clean
hit to right. He went to second on
Scott's sacrifice, moved to third on an
out and SCORED on a timely drive by
Duffy Lewis, the other big hitting hero
of the series.
scored Barry with one of the two runs
needed to win on his fnf1eld single,
which he easily beat out. 1t was in the
final game that Hooper got his name
into the big black type. In the first in
ming he hit the first ball Mayer pitched
for a single. A start in ball game
means everything, and Hooper in that
respect had delivered in great shape.
In the third inning he hit into the
bleachers for a home run. In the ninth
| inning. with the score tie, his drive
for the circuit won the game and the
series. 1t was not alone in batting that
Hooper was at his best. His work in
the outfield sparkled. In the third game
he made a marvellous catch of ball
that Speaker had lost in the sun. 1t
+, might have meant the ball game had it
gotten away. On the bases Hooper ran
with excellent judgment. Thus Mr..
Harry Hooper, not figured strongly in
the dope. played the game of his life.
Copyright, 1915. by W. G. Evans)