Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-30
INJURY TO BARRY
GREAT HANDICAP
TO THE RED SOX
Entire Infeld Defense Is
Built Up Around Speedy
Second Baseman
OUT FOR SIX WEEKS
By SPICK HALL

Seldom i'm the history of baseball have
the chances of club for winning the
pennant received such severe blow by
the loss of only one man as the Red SoN
sustained when Jack Barry was put out
of the lineup by being hit with pitched
ball yesterday. The ball that broke one
Of the small bones in Barry's right hand
was fast Offering by Dave Davenport
of the St Louis Browns The accident
occurred In the first inning of the game at
Fenway Park, Boston. Barry attempted
to get out of the path of the ball and In
so doing raised his right hand, which was
struck
1t is a recognized fact among players in
the American League that the Red Sox
have one of the strongest defensive teams
that ever graced the diamond. Stuffy Me-
Innis, of the Athletics, was speaking of this
recently and remarked: you can say what
you want about good fielding, but those
Red Sox have something on any club L
ever saw. OF course you can get on by
hitting the ball safely, but that Is about the
only way unless you get pass, and their
pitchers are not wild as rule. That isn't
all. When you get on base 1t is the hardest
thing in the world to score. Those fellows
are simply air-tight on the defense
Center of Defense
The worst feature, from a Boston stand
point, about the Red Sox defense is that
1t is centered around Jack Barry. 1t is
doubtful II his place could be filled IL
Carrigan had year to select man, but to
think that IL can be done Immediately and
that the Red Sox will be able to play Just
as good ball on the defense without Barry
as with him Is absurd in the extreme.
Barry covers more ground than any
second baseman in the major leagues with
the exception of Eddie Collins. He is the
brains OF the Red Sox infeld, and every
play that is executed when the Red Sox
are on the defense Is engineered by the
former Athletics shortstop.
If Barry Is able to get back in the game
by October and the Boston club wins the
American League pennant, the Worcester
citizen will enter his sixth worlds series
Barry played in worlds series with the
Athletics against the Cubs In 1910, against
the Giants in 1911 and 1913 and against the
Braves in 1914. Last season 1t was due
largely to the splendid fielding of Barry
that the Phillies only took one game from
the Red Sox in the annual baseball classic
Great Record
Should Barry get into the worlds series
this year he will establish record that
will probably never be equaled-that is, he
will have played in four successive worlds
series, those of 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916
All this season Barry has been putting up
the brand of baseball that he played against
the PhillieS in the worlds series. Philadel-
pha fans know that Barry went into that
series and played with all the vim and dash
of football player. He made stops be-
hind second base and behind first and
covered the entire field in the vicinity of
the keystone turn so we'll that the Phllies
had to get clean line hits to right field be-
fore they could be sure that they would ar.
rive safely at first base.
Not even Tsls Speaker was missed as
much as Barry will be by the Red Sox, be-
cause. being an outfelder. Speaker didn't
leave a gap that could not be filled almost
Immediately.