The Washington herald., 1915-10-11
RECORDS
IN SERIES GAMES
Phillies Have Scored More
Runs on Less Hits Than
Boston Red Sox.
by FRANK G. MENKE.

| Boston, Oct. 10.-Many strange records
were made during these first two clashes
in the battle for the baseball champion
ship of the world but the strangest of
all is that the Phillies have scored more
runs on eight hits than the Red Sox have
on eighteen.
! This fact and several others shown
I by the statistics. forces one to the con-
clusion that if the Phillies connect with
! their overdue batting streak. and all
| other things remain equal. it will bode
! i'll for the championship hopes of the
| Red Hosed warriors from Boston
The Red SoX have hammered the Of
ferfhrs of Alexander and Mayer to all
portions Of the field-except In pinches
And there they have failed miserably.
They haven't shown the timely wallop;
they have shown practically nothing in
the line of consecutive hitting-and it
is consecutive hitting that wins.
We've Outbattcd. outpitched and out
| fielded the Phtlles.' is the boast of the
| Red Sox. hey are quite right. But
they haven't Outrun the Phillies-and its
the runs that decide who is to get the
larger share of the world series spols
The SoX during the games have scored
| an average of one run for every 72-3
| men WHO Sot on tne DdScS, the fhlllles
have scored a run for every 31-4 men
! who reached the first bag in safety.
Had Eleven Men On.
In Fridays game the Sox belted Alex
ander for eight hits Two of their men
drew passes; another got to first on an
error. That made eleven men who got
on the bases, but only one Of them could
score. In every inning of Fridays game
the Sox had one or two men on bases: In
every inning but the ninth in that first
game they got a hit off Alexander, but
only once did they deliver the wallop In
the pinch-deliver when a hit meant a
score.
The Sox. in Saturdays game, ham,
mered Mayer for ten hits. including a
double, and worked him for two bases on
balls. That meant twelve opportunities
for pinch hitting. and only once could
Red SOX batter deliver. and Boston
scored two runs during the game. but
onl.' one was earned. The other came
through the miserable error by Burns.
The Phllies. on the other hand. have
utilized nearly every one of their hits IN
making runs. They have taken advan-
taCe of practically every opportunity that
offered. In the two games they have col
,ected eight hits. They were given four
passes and one man got on base through
errors That meant thirteen men on the
bases during both games and four of
them scored.
Every one of Philadelphia four runs
have been earned: only two of Boston's
have been earned.
In Batting Slump.
The Phillies. so far. have batted far
under their average mark-and far below !
expectations. Their grand batting aver :
age for the two games Is lis. nearly 100
points under their seasons average. Only
five of the eight Phillie regulars so far
have made safeties. Stock Niehofr and |
Burns have yet to make hit
The PhllieS seem due for a hitting I!
streak. and II they do arrive with their !
war clubs. something is going to hap
pen to fences in couple of ball parks. |
The figures show that the Red Sox |
have slight fielding edge on the Phillies /
but figures in this instance are deceptive. !
The Sox have accepted seventy-five out |
of scventy-siX chances for an average of |,
.9SS. while the Fhllies have erred twice !!
in eighty chances, giving them a .975 /
record. But the Red SoX have not
had to field under an almost constant /
nervous tension, as have the Phillies. |
A fielder always plays with more con- |,
fdence and more naturalness when the !
bases are not occupied. He is not nerv- |
GUS and the possibility of his making a /
slip-up is reduced to a minimum.
One Costly Error.
In fourteen of the eighteen innings so !
far played. the SoX have had men on /
the bases. In nearly every inning of |
those two games, therefore. the Phllies' /
felders We're faced with the task of cap /
turing everything that came their way !
under penalty of score for the other /
side. They have bobbled twice. but :
only once was it in crisis.
The Sox fielders, on the other hand !
have not been so placid Their pitchers /
have permitted only a rare few Phillies I
to get on the bases. During only two of !
the nine innings of yesterdays game ,
were there any Phillies on bases. and !
only five times in Fridays game. That's ,
a total of seven out of the seventeen
played In SO far.
One of the oldest things about both
games has been the fact that not a
double play has been made The Phillies
have been given four opportunities to
execute one. and the SoX seven; yet
has accomplished the trick.
Each side has stolen one base up to
date, but neither had a stolen base in
game. nor was a sacrifice
made. The first long hit of the series !
wasn't made until the fifth inning Of the
second game. and no one has hit out
n triple or home run in the first two
games. q.
Another little oddity Is that a pitcher
Is leading each side in the clubbing Fos-
ter with three hits out of four In Satur-
days game. averaged 80. while Alex
ander's one hit in Fridays game gave
him a 1888 average, which. tops his team