The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-18
Boston Men Showed All Around
Superiority In World Series.
WHEAT Big DISAPPO!NT MENT
Grooklyn's Crack Outfiecer Fell Flat
Dau5ert Another-Manage Robinson
Deserves Great Credit For WINNING
National League Flag.

I I'S tilHc " dltSS lHelF WOuuuS ana pat
affectionately a 81. 700 bank roll in the
of hip pocket and have one source OF
solace-they were lucky to have had
the chance. They know that they were
| beaten badly, sOundly and thoroughly
| by the best bali club in the American
! league, which is to say the best in the
Countrywide Boston Red Sox.
There was no lucky fluke on which
they can fall back for an alibi around
the old winter stove in the home town.
There was no favoritism shown by the
umpires, and there was no fault to find
| with the sizes of the crowds. the lar
gest assemblages that ever viewed a
championship struggle. Their share of
the prize was the largest ever paid to a
loser. 1t was fully as much as their
! play deserved, no less and no more.
The Dodgers should be satisfied.
They were as badly outclassed as were
all the National league clubs that ell
tered into post season contests with
the American leaguers. They won one
game in five, which is all that was won
/ by the St Louis Cardinals against the
Browns. They did better than the
I Cubs. who lost four straight to the
White Sox. Verify, the old National
league is on crutcheS
In the final game of the one sided
1 fight the Dodgers had their chance
/ 10 brace up ana strike a telling blow.
They did attempt to rally and at times
showed real courage. but it was as
futile as trying to butt down stone
/ wall. They We're as helpless as babes
/ in arms.
/ The National league has been sadly
/ shown up.
y careful review of the five games
/ played between the Red Sox and Dodg-
1 ers fails to show single isolated spot
/ wherein the Dodgers showed superior
4 ity They We're even outclassed in
/ batting, the one thing that was ex-
/ pected to save them. Their base run
i ming was pathetic. .-...
4 Compare the entire two teams and
this statement will be found to be
true:
H The Red SoX catchers were far su-
+ perior. The Red SoX pitchers were in
I comparable. The Red SoX infield made
the Dodser defense appear laughable
4 The Red SoX outiield was far the bet.
ter in hitting and fielding.
Zach Wheat, who was expected to be
I nero of the series, fickered terribly
at the bat, on the bases and i'll the out
\ held. Duffy Lewis made seven hits to
his four and handled everything thar
came his way perfectly. In fact. it
/ would be difficult to say whether Lew.
is or Harry Hooper was the real star
of the long struggle. Their rivals were
n not in the same class.
H Jake Daubert, pride of Flatbush and
the man whom all Brooklyn has pray
ed to see in a worlds series these many
years, was keen disappointment to
hlmSelf as well as the fans Daubert
felded nicely and must be given credit
for accepting and handling clcanly
some very hard blows. But that is all,
FOR all round effectiveness Hoblitzel
kept the Brooklyn star in a shadow.
Mike Mowrey, at third, played more
consistent ball than any man on the
brooklyn club, with the exception of
Otto Miller, who caught two beautiful
games. Chief Meyers was used often
er than Miller on account of his recog-
nized hitting ability, but this time the
chief appeared to be off his stride. He
had several opportunities for glory, but
fell down, apparently through overea-
gernesS to make good
The best that can be said of the in
field work Of Olsen and Cutsbaw is
that it WAS lamentable. 1t would be
unkind to compare them with the mar.
Vicious Scott and Janvrin.
To sum it in one specific charge. the
greatest failing of the Brooklyn play
ers was That they never took advan-
tage of opportunities when they were
offered, while the Red Sox rarely fail
ed. man on the base paths would
run at the wrong time, would get
caught off the bags and Invariably
would make some blunder just when
clever thinking was needed.
For several weeks past when the
dopesters were figuring out possible
chances It was shown that the Dodgers
had superior hitters, their two star
men being Daubert, with percentage
of 81, and Wheat, with 800.
The suggestion was advanced that
this kind of hitting would have been
impossible against American league
pitchers. Though scoffed at at the
time, that suggestion appears to have
had real foundation.
Against the Red Sox pitchers Wheat
hit .210 and Daubert .176.
The failure of the Dodgers has been
in an unexpected way a tribute to
Wilbert Robinson's ability as a man
ager. After seeing the weak effort OF
the Brooklyn team against the Ameri-
can leaguers the fans can only marvel
that Robbie could have led them into
a league championship. That one ques-
ton has been asked more than any
! other during the series.