The sun., 1916-10-09
~ q. LIEB.


BosToN, Oct. s.-Dcspito their hair
line defeat yesterday the Brooklyn
Dodgers are more confident of their
ability to win the 1916 worlds series
than they were before the opening gun
was fired. At least wilbert Robinson,
the corpulent leader Of the Superbas,
expressed himself to that effect.
Robby was asked. Are you still rom
fdent Of winning" 81 sure am con-
fident." said the genial Flatbush leader,
more confident than I was before yes
terday's game. The Red Sox did not
show w anything. u vas IA poor game
and the Dodgers played bad bail. yet
with II all we were beaten only by one
run, and had the bases full when the
last out was made.
III we can play that kind of ball
and still make It close we have nothing
particular to be afraid OF. ] have the
most unusual club / ever saw In my ex-
periencc In baseball. Some days II plays
the worst kind Of baseball and the next
1t looks like the greatest club In the
world. We played the bad kind yes
t.rday. and Boston had to get all the
breaks to beat us by u run. The Brook
lyns are due to play the good kind to-
morrow and I think the result will be
different.
VIII Not Name Pitcher.
II o say who my pitcher will
be tomorrow. ! have Cooinbs, Cheney
and Smith ready to send against the
left handcr Carrigan Is sure to work
against us. I have learned one 'h'ng
In the last few weeks. II Is never to
pick a pitcher for an important game
several days In advance. saved
lHhHpnU far IN urnnE tn imam .ttr 1nGt
series against Philadelphia. and he
pitched one Of the poorest games he
has shown this season. | have dis =
cred from actual experience the best way
IL TO select your pitcher lust before the
game"
Robby's deductions At the Brooklyn
viewpoint nicely. without that ninth
inning rally Saturday there would be
little hope for the Dodgers. Robinson
does not spare his team. hut Brooklyn
has played numerous poor games during
the past season and still won by sheer
brute strength. One big four or five run
Inning would frequently atone for the
fielding sins and mental lapses OF an
entire afternoon.
+. There Is lots OF consolation in Brook
lyn's defeat. In one game the Robins
scored more runs against the Red Sox
than the phillies did In the first three
games las, year. Moran's 1915 National
T i.eagu. champs scored four runs I'm
twenty-seyen innings against the Sox.
while Brooklyn put over Ave runs yes
;erday and they matched the four Phila-
delphia uns In one inning.
Breaks for Each side.
BrookIyn's ninth inning rally should
not have much bearing on the final re-
suit. Tho game was not unlike any
other worlds series tir. in that both
teams can show where all the breaks
went against them. Last year the
phillies were amused every night by
showing how the breaks went against
them. The Boston boys had an equally
enjoyable time similarly occupied.
The Boston players and fans figure
Brooklyn was lucky TO get those four
ninth ming runs. and go so far as "a
say that without the breaks the Su
rerbas would not have scored half OF
them.
Boston even says +, was not a regular
rally. II Is termed shores let down.
There were no outtleld hits except the
first hit Of the inning. which Steng.l
bounced out OF Janvrin's glove. Olson
hit a hard smash which Gardner knocked
down. The score then was 6 to . and
Gardner played II safe. lie did not try
for a throw To first. II looked as though
Larry Hau MOT" tldn "a lltT tnallCe 10
get his man. Then lily Myers beat on,
a hit by "A head first dive to first. and
by the same margin that Daubert. the
succeeding batsman, was thrown out
The Red Sox and their supporters think
brooklyn will never get four runs 50
easily II the series runs until Christ
mas.
CoOmbs May Fitch.
II seems certain Boston will win IN five
games. Brooklyn may win the second OF
third game. and Jack Coombs may bc
the man who will beat the Red Sox TO.
day. While Robby says he will not pick
his pitchers until the last minute. it is
predicted Coombs Will pitch.
Coombs never lost a worlds series
game. and has four such victories 10 his
credit. While pitching for the Athletics
he beat the Cubs three times in 1911 and
the Giants once In 1912. lie injured
himself whe he was sent back at tho
Giants n flank took his place with
the score "A tie. Eddie lost In the tenth
inning and was charged with defeat.
When combs beat the Cubs In 1910
the Mackmen gathered twenty-seven runs
for him in three games, Nothing like
that will happen In the present series