Arizona republican., 1915-10-06
Series Hurling Possibilities
 All Important BOXmen Are Discussed
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case last season. when the same cities but different clubs were involved in the Worlds Series, Philadelphia and Boston will enter the coming struggle for the prize of the baseball universe with the same numerical strength in the pitching department Both the Phillies and the Red SoX have eight twirlers who can he called to the mound by managers Moran and Carri-
 san but it is likely that not more than half this force of hurlers will te started during the series which begins Friday at Philadelphia.
 The Phillies pitching staff includes Alexander. Demaree, McQuillan. RiX- ey. Chalmers. Mayer, Tincup and
 Baumgartner- The Red Sox hurling force includes Foster. Leonard, Ruth, shore. Wood. Gregg. Collins and
 Hays. Several of these pitchers have not figured to any extent in the general seasons play and it is pos Sible that their names will not be found in the box scores when the final 1ec5onings are made for the series of 1915. Those most likely to go to the
 mound as National league represen- atives are Alexander. Demaree. Mayer. McQuillan, RiXey and Chalmers. whole tite American league pitchers will un- douhtedIy he selected from Foster, l eonard, Ruth, Shore, Wood and Gregg.
 In considering the strength of the pitchins departments of the Phillies and Red Sox. it is therefore, neces- Sary To anaIyse the all-round ability uf the sextettcs named. An unusual difficulty is encountered at the very beginning since it is conceded that
 Alexander will be used in from two To three If the first four games de- pending upon the order of play. Alex s.nder stands head and shoulders above hl~ pitching teammates and is Man aEer Pat M0rans trump card to be TlaNeI at every possible opportunity and some clever baseball politics and diplomacy has centered about the eX- tIaordinary ability of Phillies' star.
 Alexanders pitching average for th, season is more than 200 points higher than any of the other Phila- delphia club twirlers. Taking the SiN named and averaging their re- cords for the season, gives a team pitching average of .541. Thes" fis- ures do not represent the strength of the Phillies. however. if Alexander is used in. say three of the possible six games. Under such a schedule A than one hundred per cent and Moran is too shrewd manager to overlook any such increase in strength. Fol lowing Alexander. Mayer and Demaree have proved the most successful twirlers for the National league pen nant winners. NcQuillan has won and lost an equal number of games while Rixey and Chalmers are slight ly below the 300 mark.
 Against this pitching staff of one star and five tWirlers of moderate ability. the Red SOX are able to mus ter six moundsmen none of whom cen quite equal AleNander's record, but all showing avera ges ranging from 100 To figures fifty points higher Ii IS due to this high class average that the Boston staff, considered as whole. outranks the Phillies by more than one hundred and seventy-five points. Many factors must enter into consideration when an effort is made to compare the strength of pitching staffs in worlds series. Assuming, However. that the pitchers of a per- nart winning club would be just as cfiective against ba-ters of the rival combination as they were against the batters of their own league, the av- crages show that Alexander outranks aW the Red Sox hoxmen except Wood and 1t k not at all certain that the latter will be called upon to work ir the coming series.
 on the other hand the Amercan lea gue hurlers will have a decided ad- vantage in every game in which they are not opposed by Alexander Foster, I leonard. Ruth and Shore have grand Ditching average of TIP according to the latest unofficial figures, which aided by the hitting and airtisht fielding of the Red SoX should be suf- ficient to overcome the performances or the PhiHies second string pitchers Against Alexander, however, their sue cess remains to be demonstrated As uatters all these boXmen far surpass their Philadelphia rivals but the field inc figures show that the Phillies have a sIiaht advantage in this respect.
 Whatever Alexander may be called uron to do it appears almost certain that Foster. Leonard. Ruth and Shore as first-string men who have taken their regular turn in the box during ! the season will bear the brunt of the box work since Wood. Gregg and Col lius have been used but occasionally : this year. and Mays almost entirely ! ss a relief pitcher It is thought in | the Boston baseball circles that the , first four will be the only pitchers 1 to start games in the coming series | for the Red SoN. and that they will . be called upon to pitch in the order { named. All are comparatively young | men. developed by Boston within the | past two or three seasons. Each has . been brought to a high state of pitch ing efficiency by Manager Carrigan, wise pitching coach while Wood. Col lins and Gregg. names formerly re- doubtables in American league circles. and the two first names herOcs of . previous world series. will take part in the big games this year only as relief pitchers. if at all
 No one aside from Manager Moran knows how the Phillies will marshall their twirling staff. It is accepted as a certainly that Alexander will figure in at least three games and possibly more if the series is evenly contested and 1onar drawn out National lea que