El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-06
ALEXANDER WILL
TRY GREAT TASK
Will Pitch Almost Entire
Series for Phillies,
Against 5 Hard Sox.

Wood. Shore. Ruth, Foster, and
Leonard all are better pitchers than
any man on Moran's staff except Alex
CarriEan also has Gregg, Ray Col
Inns, Pennock, and Nays, any one OF
whom would be considered star on
Norans corps Moran has Mayer, De
rnaree. and AicQuillan-the last Two
slippers who have gone way, BACK
and are preparing to be seated-ahu
Ben Lineup. who is crippled
or course, Carrigan has all the
chnace in the world to be blamed Tor
making mistakes in mis- selection OF
pitchers. He has not a chance 10
evade that charge. If he loses game,
any pitcher he chooses is the WIoH6
one Yet it is hard to see how ne
could shut his eyes and touch any one
Of five men and make a mistake
-Four Are Hard Hitters.
The remarkable 2Utackin0- strength
of his pitchers is another element tnat
enters into this contest He has me
hardest hitting pitching corps IN the
country. and Wood, Ruth. Foster. or
Leonard is likely to break up game
by hitting-an being close TO or above
figure the PhnHes to hit better
against Wood and Foster than asalnst
the others of the five and not TO MT
much against any of them
The closer one figures each oatler
against each pitcher, the lighter hit
ting the series looks The only chance
for hitting it would seem, is for Alex
ander to tire in the later games or
for Ruth TO get wild and have 10 SO"
down TO set control
Chalmers Is Improving.
/ had figured Chalmers practically
out Of this series, but in his iater
games this season he has pitched SO
well that Moran undoubtedly VIII use
him in case there is q chance TO 90
so and not lose the series itself II
he gets two games the advantage az
any time, he Will use Chalmers ana
rest Alex for further strain
The Sunday that Will intervene be
tween the opening and the next two
games helps Alexander immensely. ana
81 day of rain during the series Woulu
be that much gain for him.
I am figuring that Carrigan VIII use
his pitchers practically as he did IN
the decisive series against Detroit
1t certainly viii be Alexander ana
Wood for the starter. followed by
Riyev and Leonard. After that condi-
tons viii rule the selection OF pltch-
ers and may compel either mana-eI
to alter his plans. Carrigan can alter
plans easily, but Moran has little
Red Sox Have Reserve Power.
A great element in the strength or
the Red SON, you VIII find, hes N
their reserve power. Carrigan need
not fear to use pitchers. He can take
out men frequently, use pinch mt
tiers. and make many changes without
appreciably altering the team sirens IN
OF his pitching staff This does not
amount to as much in actual play as
it does in wearing out men Many men
would rather pitch a game than 70
keep warmed up ready TO pitcE durinS
( a game. They say they pitch more IN
warming up than when on the slap-
! Moran dare not warm up Alexander OF
RIXey TO act as rescuers-
He must use Demaree, McQuillan
and Mayer as his warm up squad, ana "a
/ il they get in il viii be butchery IN
Z all probability. Demaree's slow float
] ers would be soft for the Red SON and
( NcQuillan no longer is a good pitcher
Mayer is better. but is not living up
. to the promise he gave when he broke
in
That is the situation. You cannot