The Washington times., 1915-10-07

could catch them. They threw away a
lot OF ball games.
There is no use concealing the truth.
There are too many stars on the team
for any manager to get perfect team
work from. Two of his stars have
slipped in their work this year. We
discovered that in studying them. We
found Lewis below par in several re-
spects, and We found Gardner not as
good as he should be and has been.
When "a, team thai outclasses rs
pennant. the manager must stand
the blame for not keeping the men
on edge and. work Ing every minute.
This This IL not personal criticism OF Car
could have done 1t. but part of the
managers job is to accept the blame
for all those things. and give the
players credit for everything that Is
good.
do not think this negligent play
ing OF part of the club will have any
deleterious effect upon its work in
me IN ,se series: les The Red Soy gave the lie
pressure by their overthrow OF De-
troit in the decisive games. and in
mat same series they showed that
thy IFSy can get up the, speed and punch
when they are needed.
There is nothing In the world that
Will stimulate teamwork as much as a
chance at the big end OF the worlds
series money will do. or course. a
N''P'' VI 'HtAptCttu DedIlngA makes
the reaction worse. When they played
the Giants. the Red Sox came near
throwing away the series by blaming
each other instead Of playing it out
blaming each other bitterly after losing
two games. and the bitterness increased
steadily.
However. the Red sox do not expect
to win easily They believe they have
the better team, but. with the warning
Of the fate Of the Athletics before them,
they are not liable to lose through over
confidence or be careless and let the
Phillies get the jump on them.
Tomorrow we will take the figures and
reduce them to the thing we have been
working toward-scores. II you have
been keeping your own dope" and
making ysur own values according to
my rules. you can dope It yourself If
not. you take my values In figures and
reduce them to the scores OF each game.
This is the way do It:
hgure Alexander and killifer. Wood
and Cady, as the batteries.
stock is first up for Philadelphia He
doesn't hit speed such as Woods. We
know IS batting and waiting value. his
strength against speed pitching. VIII
he walk or make a hit? The chances
liable to be wild. having worked In
worlds series games before. Put Stock
down sure out. Bancroft does not
relish speed such as Wood's-another
hit a fast one: the chances are 4 to /
he will not reach first. Figure 1t a
scorclcss inning.
Take the second inning. Cravath leads
off-a great hitter. keyed and on edge.
Wood will work harder. knowing Cra-
vath's ability TO hit. with more speed
there Is more chance Of wildness. Cha
vath may get Wood in the hole. II he
does, the chances OF a hit or OF a pass
are increased. l figured Gabby to reach
first.
So went through the entire game
studying each man. the direction OF his
hits. what the opposing pitcher would
try to do figured the chances of get
ting on first, Of a sacrifice. or run and
hit game.
I have figured each game that way
COMO over them half a dozen times cal
culating chances from the compiled fig
ures Tomorrow I'll give you table
showing what | figure the scores OF
each game. the hits and all should be II
the pitchers work as they should and
the batters hit as they should.
Last year | had the score of the first
game practically correct. Only bril-
the ninth inning kept me from having
the second exactly right. ! doped the
score OF the third game correctly, and
approXimated the score OF the fourth on
both sides. Because of Maranville's
double play that saved the game and
gave Boston a to ] game instead of
the Athletics 3 to ,, we never got a
the NTH and sixth were correct. One
play broke the combination. IT may do
so again. You never can tell. but you
have to believe the old dope.
Copyright, 1915. by the Wheeler Syn
1iCate Inc