Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-01
RED SOX STRONGER
SAYS DOPE SHEET
George A. Holmes Picks the
Boston American To Win
Worlds Series
BY George R. Holmes.


New York, Oct. lon plain, un-
vanished "dope" the Red SOx from
This comparatively early viewpoint,
stack up stronger than the Phillies in
the coming world S clash, and probably
will, barring injuries, 60 into the
October classic as big favorite as ever
did the Mackmen over the Giants, or
the Maekmen over the Braves.
II wasn't luck that gave Bill Car
rican a pennant winner this year. 1t
was plain ordinary grit, plus a couple
of tons of sheer fighting, and some rat
fling. good consistent baseball No
manager ever faced April getaway
with a stiffer field to fight against
than did this same Bill Carrigan.
Chicago s new sadly crumpled White
Sox. reinforced by the meteoric Collins
at second, and with a chucking staff
reckoned to be the class of the circuit,
started well and set the pace until
June, when they had been squelched,
a new ogre rose to confront the Boston
mentor-the Tigers. And it was some
ogre. Cobb was playing the best base
ball of his scintillating career. Craw-
ford was Singing with all his old-time
power, Veach was playing like a fiend,
and Jennings had an infield his first
since 1909. All this array of power was
backed up with fair pitching staff.
But Bill Carrigan came through.
When the time came for "crucial :"
series-like the recent one with the
Tigers at Boston, which really gave his
men the pennant-he went out and won
games. There was no cracking under
the strain.
Boston has worked its way into the
Big Tilt through the elassiest field that
ever represented Ban Johnson's loop.
The Phillies have won pennant from a
field that probably is the weakest that
ever represented the National Circuit,
and that s taking no credit away from
Pat Moran, either, because he deserves
all the roses than be SHE'D at his red
head
Both the favorites in the National
League dropped by the wayside. The
Giants never were in the hunt, and the
Braves, handicapped by injuries and
suspensions, put up game, but futile,
fight. Brooklyn threatened for while,
but their opposition was not of the
steady variety. The Phillies haven 7
played flashy ball. They displayed a
flash to take the lead early in. the sea
son, but since then have played fifty
fifty ball, content in the belief that
their enemies didn u have the stuff for
a squirt that would overtake them. They
were right, for had either the Braves
or Superbas possessed drive of any
power at all, the Phils could have been
unseated at almost any stage of the
race.
And because of this because Bill Car
rigan's elan has fought its way to a
pennant through bunch of hand clubs
while Moran has had comparatively
easy sailing-because of this, the Amer
lean League entry will, barring unfor-
seen events, go into the series a favor
ite, if for no other reason.
Jake schaefer, Jr., Near Champion.
Denver, Colo, Oct. L. Before Jake
Schaefer, acknowledged TO have been
the greatest billiardist of his time, died
taught his slim son, Jake, Jr., now 81
years OF age, TO play tne game ana IN
spired him with the ambition of follow
ing in his famous fathers steps.
This month at the Astar Hotel, New
York, young Sehaefer will play Willie
Hoppe for the championship. If
Sehaefer does not win this year, he will
win the championship eventually, de-
clare experts who have seen the wiz
ard s son play.
''My father taught me how to play
billiards when / was 13 years old, y
said Schaefer when he visited his old
haunts here recently. al practice five
hours a day when am home in Chicago
l try to get out for a two mile walk
every morning to keep my nerves in
TRIM
Though sehaefer dallys little about
his shots it is said he plans eight shots
In advance every time. Two years ago
he began to attract attention when he
was chosen as one Of nine players in the
Champion Billiard Players League.
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