The Washington times., 1915-03-02
BOSTON CLUBS ARE
STRONG FOR 1915
Bean Town Fans Looking For.
ward to Having Worlds
Series All to Themselves.

BOSTON. March ITO say that base
ball fans in Boston are already figuring
to pack tho stands IN Bean Town for
next seasons worlds series is putting
it pretty strong. and the fans else
where will concede Bostonians the right
TO Figure all they want. but it's a fact
that grows stronger every day. Taking
all in ALL from a view point at this
end Of the line. both teams appear to
have Al chances Of leading at the end
Of the 1915 season.
or the two. the Red SoX look to be in
better trim than the Nationals, al
though the Braves are toting the World
cha mpionship pennant.
The Braves chances this year. all
around the circuit. are popularity eup-
posed to be Of the best. The team can
still be considered young one. lnn
acquisition OF Sherwood Masee. iii
Irove a great advantage both in tne in
neld ana 81 the plate. but. getting IN
der the zee. there are many tninss
to be rcd. For instance:
Evers ..'dition cannot be forecast
statements that he 10 fully recovered.
and IL the came as ever. II Is well
known that the star second bascrrln
hasn't the strength physically that he
works entirely on his nerves. When the
season Of 1914 MAS finished Evers was
taken with a heavy cold and during the
carly part Of the winter suffered from
pneumonia. With the exception OF "A
Few weeks. he has spent the past winter
at a camp in northern New York. He Is
now down South getting the remainder
Of his health back. Should Evers' con-
dition prevent him from starting OF
with the team the Braves will be at a
sad disadvantage At the jump. Some
figure that the confidence Of the young
players will offset this. but IL is eN-
,remeiy doubtful.
Another gloomy outlook is The fact
that Bill James may hold out. as he
already has threatened. Should this
actually be the case the Braves will
lose one of their best twirlers. 1T was
Big" Bin that did such effective work
other side of tho fence. Stallings will
have to travel some distance to secure
another his equal. Still another point
for consideration arises. viii Stallings
be able TO hold this bunch OF YOUNGSTERS
in leash as he did last year? At that
| time they were q bunch. really untried.
| without team work. and on q club that
had been travelling in the cellar for sew
eral seasons. Under Stallines they play.
world, and If he can continue to hold
them, there appears to be little doubt
| but that the Braves will give des-
! perate fight to any team that comes
| near them.
The Red Sox will open with practical
| ly the same lineup as they had at the
close Of last season. Very little has
been doing in their camp the past win
ter. All the doing has been with the
other clubs. and taking these changes
into consideration. especially the Ath-
| letics. the Red SoN appear stronger than
the year they won the big series. At the
start Of Of the 1914 season the Sox show
ed a decided weakness both at the bat
and on the first bag. IT caused a small
| eruption, and toward the end OF the
season Carrisan had the team working
in fine shape. The. trip around the
globe during the winter OF 1914 Is
blamed for causing Iris Speaker to fall
down in his batting until the middle Of
| last season. He picked up then and
finished going strong. The addition of
a regular" first baseman in Hotsitael,
did more to put tic club on its feet than
anything else. Tho fact that the pres
ent line-up has Uerked the best part of
a season together raises the hopes of
the fans to the extent of picturins the
1915 American League and possibly the
championship pennank floating in tho
| Massachusetts, bav breezes.