The sun., 1916-10-07
Boston Certain Red SOx
Can Take Care of Dodgers
Hub Residents Confident Of
Success in Big Base
ball Series.
CARRIGAN LOOKS FOR
HARD FIGHT FOR TITLE
~ FIR IEB

''Si'G wv. Vs--Ii tuNIN W "VF "
town filled with baseball confidence II is
Boston on the eve Of the 1916 worlds
series. A colored elevator man looked
at us with a smile and asked. Are yuh
from Brooklyn
We replied mot exactly. but from a
place close to there"
But yuh New York boys Is for the
Brooklyns this time. amt yuh?" he in
sisted.
We agreed with him. Then he had a
good laugh. md finally said well.
then, ] shuah do feel awfully sorry for
yuh. Why, dem Brooklyn boys won't
win a game"
After he let that sink in he asked.
who be the Brooklyn pitcher to-mor-
row 80
We replied. 1T looks like Rube Mar.
guard"
That was good for another laugh.
"Yuh mean the left handed Teller what
used TO be with .hem Giants? why, he
amt been a regular pitcher now for
going OF three yeahs.'
Keep slate Clean.
Perhaps all Bostonians are no' 80 con-
fdent as this dusky Ephra,m. but they
do think a lot Of their team. II really
would do Boston "a lot OF good 10 get a
good spanking in a worlds series. The
idea seems to prevail here that the post
season series were invented just for the
sake OF clarifying Boston.
They argue Boston never lost a
worlds series yet. and II doesn't look a.
though the Dodgers will mar our clean
slate And then they smile. They
think the Brooklyns are funny.
There was a similar feeling in Ph'la-
delphia just before the 1914 series. The
Athletics had won SO easily In 1910.
1911 and 1913 that the Quaker city re-
garded winning the worlds series a reg
ular fall event like Halloween and
Thanksgiving Day. There never was a
more dumfounded crowd OF fans tim
on that October afternoon two years age
when Stallings's Joke Braves massa-
cred Bender and drove him from the
slab for the first time in a worlds Sc
ries game.
A similar fate may be in store for the
Boston fan colony. The Dodgers have a
Of Boston. The Hub has been boss Of
the baseball inverse too long.
Respect From Red sos.
While Boston itself does no. seem &c
take the Dodgers seriously. the Red Sos
players do not underrate their oppo
nents. After that 1914 series no team
is likely to get puffsd up. Bill Carrigar
is a shrewd. foxy New Highlander. III
does not anticipate success, but feel,
mighty sure Of the result.
Carrigan says the fighting sp,ri, %
his men will pull them through. why
they had us backed into third place on
West" said the manager. ami then W,
showed the White Sox and Tigers NOR.
baseball than they ever knew. We ha,
to win and we did win, We ney.I
stopped winning until W. had the pen
nant clinchei. can't figure how
team like that can lose, hut the break,
count a good bi, In a shor, series.
"Il tell you one thing. we are goinI
20 fght for every game. brooklyn hai
several exceptional hitters and they hav,
pitchers. We do not expect any pic
mic"
carrigan already has his battle pla,
worked out. He will play on what n
believes TO he Trooklyn's man weak
n~ess-inability to hit left HANDED pitch
ing He considers Wheat. Daubert an,
Stengel. all left handed batters. the hes
In Robby's batting order. and believe
left handed pitching will circumven
them.
Work for south pn vs..
4 Leonard and Ruth probably will an
pear In four OF the first five games. Car
rigan has not announced his pitcher 10
tomorrow. but IL IL certain to be I.eonar
or Ruth. As Leonard has worlds ser,o