New Britain herald., 1915-10-05
Yankees n Req ScxGiann Cellar
 

of the Quaker City team. If the ! series goes Io the II.4lit of seven game
 Alexander, It Is expected, will pe on l the mound in at least three games, l beginning With the opening clash. Aft 1 CT he had won his thirtietn game, a | few days ago, Alexander when asked ] what he would do in the world S series, replied: Just whatever Man 1 ager Moran tells he. l have been 1 well supported by my teammates and { I must say they have saved me fre- . quently. Boston may boast of some :; great hitters but l think we have some fence busters on the Phiilies ! who will equal the Boston sluggers." With Mayer, Demaree, McQuillen, | Chalmers and Rixey on his pitching
 staff, Manager Moran feels that he has a formidable array Of boXmen to back up Alexander in attacking the Red SOX defense. The intieId com
 posed Paskert and Whitted are well able to take care of the outergar- den.
 Captain Luderus stands second in the batting list of the National League and with Cravatn, Whitted, Stock, Becker and Niehoff the hitting of the Moran team shows Consldera ble strength. Should the majority of games be played on the Philadelphia
 grounds, that the park with it's snort fences will suit the home hitters
 much better than the visitors is the
 opIn1on shared in ty many close fol-
 lowers Of the game.
 Including Manager Moran, nVe
 mem bers Of the Philadelphia Natlon-
 alS have been members or former
 Worlds series teams. The other TOUT
 are Demaree, Whitted Becker ana
 Dugey. M oran was with the Chicago
 Cubs when Prank Chance was man
 ager of the National League pen
 nant winners. Denlaree was Wlln
 the New York Giants in 1913. Whit
 ted played with the Boston Braves
 last year. Beals Becker played left
 field for the New York Giants in
 1911 and 1912 and Dugey was with
 the Boston Braves last year.
 Compared with their Philadelphia
 opponents the roster of the Boston
 Red Sox includes many worlds series winning veterans which naturally gives the New England team the ad- vantage at least of experience Ten of the players who were on the championship eligible list for Boston three years ago are still wearing the Lannin uniforms, Jack Barry who was with the Athletics of Philadelphia through victory and defeat is an ad ditional help this year. Only two of tho old pitchers, Wood and Col lins, are now with the team. The former, however, may not be called upon during the coming conflict while the veteran southpaw Collins has not been able to reach the standard of merit he attained in previous years.
 Manager Carrigan has a fine staff from which to select moundmen and it looks as though the bulk of the work in this department will be en- trusted to Leonard, Shore, Foster and Ruth during the series. Shore and Foster are right handlers and the other two are left hand twirlers. Then therc are Gregg and Mays who with Collins and Wood form a strong reserve to be called upon in case it becomes necessary. Ruth and Gregg stand among the 300 hitters this sea- son while Leonard, Wood and Eos ter also have proven themselves to be very useful batters. Certainly Car rigan has no need to worry as to the strength or ability of his pitching force.
 Iris Speaker, the player most talked of on the Red Sox team, to- gether with Lewis and Hooper, make up the great outfield, considered by many to be the best in the country. These three have been playing to- gether for several years and under stand each other so we'll that there is never hitch or jolt to mar the smoothness of their play. Speaker of course, is the pillar of strength on the team and while he has not been credited with a home run hit