Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-11
PHlLLlES FAVORED TO
CAPTURE THE CONTEST
Alexander Is Pat Moran's Best
Bet TO Down the
Red Sox.
BY j. p. N.

not stretching the point one bit, and
only doing it justice. It will hold.
we are told, $4,000, but the exact ca
paeity will be known when the official
attendance figures for today's game
are given out. The grand stand is q
vast affair, and on either side are
bleachers that hold thousands of peo-
pie. In the extreme right field there
is a fifty-cent stand, which holds a
couple of thousand, and beyond is a
long space where several thousand
may stand and see the game. The
roomy, and the grass as green and as
delightful as 1t is possible for human
hands to make it. So much for thu
stadium in which the worlds series
games are to be played here. Now for
the third game of the series, the game
which is to have such an important
bearing ON the outcome of the cham--
pionship.
Though Boston is playing in her
own town today and Boston is adj
mitted to be the most loyal city In
the universe, Philadelphia is favorite
in betting for the contest. Every
body is dead sure that Grover Cleve-
land Alexander. the great pitcher.
will perform for the Phillies. Alex
is supposed to be invincible, and
naturally the wise-acres are backing
him to win. Alexander is Pat Moran's
best bet and II is conceded that IL the
Phillies cannot win with Alex they
cannot win at all, If needs be, 1t is
said that Alex is good enough to win
the worlds series single-handed. He
can pitch in four games and win all,
his team-mates say, Notwithstanding
tile rather ordinary game he pitched
in Philadelphia last Friday. He was
nervous then and was not at his best,
but he says himself that all the
that generally accompanies the
bigness of such occasions has entirely
today with his best foot forward. He
says he entertains no fear of the out
come. He has great confidence in
himself, but his task is stupendous
one. With all due credit to Alex
ander, Manager Bill Carrigan and his
Red Sox say they feel like winning
today's game. Their victory on Sat-
urday, though close, was a brilliant
one. and every man on the Boston
team is full of pep and confidence.
Their defeat in the opening game was
q sort of shock and the hard fight
given them in the second game was
but now that they have
tasted victory they feel certain they
will be able to repeat and be able to
NOV the Phillies down one game
right after the other 1t is a fact that
the Red Sox do not fear Alexander
for a moment. They say they are
glad he is going to work today.
G.
Such confidence OH both sides, IL
must be admitted, bids fair to result
in O grand old ball game and as far
as the fans are concerned they are
satisfied to sit back and root for their
favorites and let them battle to the
bitter end. All this confidence one
would think would make betting even
on the contest today but such is not
II FtlI.. It.. Il
low baseball seem to think that with
Alexander In the box the Phillies
ought to win, SO they have made them
O. I to 8 favorite. However, that is
only for this one game. For the series
the Red SoX have the call, and the
betting here is 6 to that Boston will
eventually coz out victorious in four
out of the seven games. Now this
seems strange. too, for a victory for
the Phillies today will give them a
lead of two games to one and still in
all the Red Sox, even in such a hap
pening, will still be the betting choice
for the series.
, Alexander is great, but Boston also
has pitcher. His name is Leonard,
Dutch" Leonard, the boys call him.
Dutch is a left-hander and Bill Car
rigan has given il out that he will
depend on Dutch to bring home the
bacon today. Leonard has been ach-
ing for an opportunity to get at the
Phillies and he told his manager that
he would beat his opponents just as
sure as the game is played. AS left
handlers go, Leonard is considered
among the best. He has the arm and
he has the head and nerves of iron.
He wanted to pitch on Saturday and
Carrigan had to promise to allow him
to work today TO pacify him. All the
Boston pitchers are alike in this re-
spect. Both Shore and Foster wanted
TO pitch the first game and now
Leonard, Babe Ruth, another left
handler, and Joe Wood, are just crazy
for chance. Leonard, despite his
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