Arizona republican., 1915-10-07
If Ernest Wins, It Will Give Red SoX SOuthpaw to Oppose AlcXanderless and Shaken Team in the Second Contest
RvIYIE ABBOTT

Most cf the authorities like Ernest shore as Bill CarriSan's first choice to ,,r,-.aSe Alexander in the box, although there is a good deal of the labor vote ,anon- bah and eX-ball players) that Is being thrown to Messrs Ruth and } Leonard for this job. It's like this: If s-arriaan can beat Alexander with a right handler the first day, he will have .s Iurlex advantage in the second con sr~t. for he will shoot in a southpaw- ,shfe1 is one of the abominations to the 7rhfTies. and retain the benefit of hay ir- taken the tar out of the man who s admittedly the greatest 1915 slabster, ..r1 one of the greatest of all times, with a mere right handler working.
 Carrican should work to win the first same If he does win it, he should ,vorr,- about the second. and third etc. Many arc strongly convinced that the -rt,. of the series goes with the initial contest. that the 1915 series. unlike the 1915 season. will follow the dope, which holds that the winner of the first game takes the four needful.
 \ Eoodlv percentage of the world series have been won by the team that laS got off to a winning start.
 lt Is the general opinion right in F;c-tor today that Joseph Smokey Wood will he a rare emergency man, lut not a starter This will leave the Ee5 SoN with Foster Shore. Leonard and Ruth as their bOXmen par excel lance
 Take tho Phillies now. Alex and Mayer class with the ten leading pitch CTS Baseball writers have been ad- hitting lately that Mayer was a classy tUirlcr himself and that all he lacked this season of nearly approaching the lus.cr of Alex was a good press agent 1t has even been said that Mayors fail 1urc to get compliments in the papers has keenly disappointed him. and that his disgruntlement was responsible for his well known August slump.
 Personally. we are not predicting what anybody will do in a short series 1rtcrlcacue clashes have always pro- Cucei spur-of-the-m moment heroes A Score could be named. Let us mention but three. Joe Wood. a just-good Titcher shone with unparalleled efful- Ueuce against the Giants. Last year. Schmidt's base stealing. and Hank Covdy's batting were the miracles of a miraculous series This year. Dugey or Ryrne or any of the other nearly AtAt.a-Aa|4LN VT tue two lEdulS. may DlnCn hat themselves into year-long fame Incidentally. the world wide note that go man wins in a world series is just about year-long; a new idol arises the following fall.
 The Red SOX would enter the series with houndless confidence but for Alexander. Patricius Moran will use his Nehrasllan to good effect not only a-oinst the physical bodies of the Sox, a1t also against their mental states Boston has never batted against the rsenom. and his style of delivery is an utter stranger to the Carrigans Still. Boston as a team has been able to bat speed as proven by it's showing aEaiast Walter Johnson. the premier American league speed merchant As opposed to this strength. Philadelphia. has a known weakness against left handlers.
 Possibly this bunch of facts explains rre varying odds (always favoring the S"Nf in what little betting has been noted to date.