Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-07
BOTH TAEMs HAVE
GOOD PITCHERS
hURLERs ON BOTH SIDES HAVE
n SHOWN ABILITY DURING THE
PAST SEASON..
BOSTON BEST HITTERS

Red sox Have Edge over Philadelphia
In Batting Column But Are
Lower In Fielding End Of
the Game.
New York, Oct. CAS- was the case
last season. when the same cities but
different clubs were involved In the
worlds series, Philadelphia and Bos-
ton will enter the coming STIR ggle for
the prize Of the baseball universe with
the same numerical strength in the
pitching department. Both the Phil
lies and the Red Sox have eight twirl
ers who can be called to the mound
by Managers Moran and Carrigan but
it is likely that not more than ~
this force of hurlers will be started
during the series which begins late
this week.
The Phillies' pitching staff includes
Alexander, Demaree, McQuillen, XIX
ey. Chalmers, Mayer. Lineup and
Baumgartner Tie Red Sox hurting
force includes Foster, Leonard. Ruth,
Shore. Wood. Gregg. Collins and
Mays. Several Of these pitchers have
not figured to any extent in the gen
eral seasons play and it is possible
that their names will not be found IN
the box scores when the final reckon
ings are made for the series OF 19la.
Those most likely to go to the mound
as National league representatives
are Alexander Demaree. Mayer, NC
CULLEN. Rixey and Chalmers. While
the American league pitchers Will I'M
doubte6ly be selected from Foster
| eonard Ruth, Shore. Wood and
Gregg.
Pitchers Are Good.
In considering the strength or the
pitchjne departments of the Ph1lles
and Red Sox it is, therefore ne""S-
sarv to analyse the all-round ability
cf the sextettes named. An unusual
difficulty is encountered al the very
beginning since it is conceded that .
Alexander will be used in from two
70 three of the first four games de-
pendiug upon the order of play Al i
exander stands head and shoulders ,
above his pitching teammates ana IS
Manager Pat Moran's trump caro- 10
he played at every possible opportuh- ,
ity and some clever baseball polltlcs r
and diplomacy has centerad amour tue f
extraordinary ability of Phill1es star.
Alexanders pitching average lot 7
the season is more than 200 points r
higher than any of the other Phliadei- ;
mia club twirlers. Taking the SIX
named and averaging their RECORDS
for the season. gives team pltcnlng
average of .541 These figures 90 not
represent the strength of the Phillies.
however. If Alexander is used in say 4. .
three OF a possible six games. under
such a schedule the average would De
Increased more than one hundred per
rant and Moran is too shrewd man
aRer to overlook any such increase IN
atren 9Th. Following Alexander. May
er and Demaree have proved the most =
successful twirlers for the National
league pennant winners. McQullian
has won and lost an equal NUMBER OF
games while Rixey and Chalmers are
slightly below the 500 mark.
Red sox Have Six Hurlers.
Against this pitching staff of one
sta~ ard five twirlers OF moderate
ability the Red Sox are able to mus
ter SIX moundmen, none of whom can
nuite equal Alexander's record but all
showing averages ranging from 700
to figures fifty points higher. 1t is
due to this high class average that
the Boston staff considered as
whole outranks the Phillies by more
than LIS points. Many factors must
enter into consideration when an ef-
fort is made to compare the strength !
Of pitching stats in a worlds series.
Assuming. however. that the pitchers {
of pennant winning club would be !
lust rs effective against the batters
of the rival combination as they were
a eajnst the batters Of their own
league the averages show that Alex
ander outranks all the Red SoX box
men except Wood and it is not at all
certain that the latter will be called
anon to work in the coming series.
On the other hand the American
league hurlers will have decided adj !
vantage in every game in which they
are not opposed by Alexander Eos
ter. Leonard, Ruth and Shore have
4 grand pitching average of .712 &C
cording to the latest official figures,
which aided by the hitting and air.
Light fielding Of the Red Sox should F.,
be suhicient to overcome the per-
lormances of the Phillies second
string pitchers. Against Alexander
however, their success remains to be
AS batters all these
boxmen far surpass their Philadelphia
rivals but the fielding figures show
that the Phillies have a slight ad-
in this respect.
Whatever Alexander may be called =
upon 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 d
the season, will bear the brunt of the g
box work since Wood, Gregg and Col /
ms have been used but occasionally o
his year and Mays almost entirely as .
relief pitcher 1t is thought in the IL
Boston baseball circles that the first
our will be the only pitchers to start
games in. the coming series for the c
Red Sox and that they will be called
1pon to pitch in the order named. All "
re comparatively young men, devel- II
ped by Boston within the past two or q
hree seasons. Each has been brought
O . high state of pitching efficiency
" Manager Carrigan, wise pitching