Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-23
Carrigan's Club Ha S
Proved to Be One of
Gamest Teams in Crit
ical Series

THE Red Sox have been an underrated
L ball club for the last two years. They
have been a peculiar machine in this re.
spect-they were content to loaf along until
some flag rival got in the way whereupon
they Immediately rose to heights that only
ability and courage can reach and hold
Their speciality for two years now has
been beating pennant rivals in the pinch.
Their favorite dish is Crucial Series,
trapped. They may look drab and sere at
odd moments against weaker clubs but
when Detroit and Chicago, with Cobb.
Crawford Collins and jackson, got In the
way there was no longer any question
about where the class resided.
The Red Sox always have had peculiar
knack of losing the first game and then
peeling the wool off their opponents later
on Last fall in the worlds series they
dropped the first one to Alex and then
bagged four straight. This summer they
lost a double-header to the White Sox and
then won two double-headers in a row
In their western invasions of Chicago
and Detroit they almost invariably lost the
first game only to rise up on their hind
legs and gather in the others without being
checked. Considerable machine, this Red
Sox outft-wherever it finishes.
Haughton's Rivals
Percy Haughton has proved to be one of
the greatest instructors football has ever
known. There is no debate as to his un.
usual ability. With this skill in team con,
struction he has had two helping factors
fine material and erratic systems at Yale
and Princeton.
For 1915, at least, these latter factors
will not be working his way. Mahan, the
last of the supermen. is gone There is no
Brickley left nor a Hardwick to build
around.
And in Speedy Rush and Tad Jones
Princeton and Yale at last have the men
they have needed for some time Rush
has had his year in which to get started !;
Jones will get his start this season. And
as both men are the right types, character
builders as well as machine builders, Yale
and Princeton football Is on the way from
the rut at last-and Haughton soon will
face far different competition from the hap
hazard stuff of past campaigns.
Applying a Track Rule
Sir-I took an old race track follower out
to golf tournament short while ago.
While there he heard about one man having
an S9 on HIS first round and 10 on his
next. ''The rules in this game" he said
with great indignation. "are not as fair as
they are In racing. If jockey rode the
same horse that way I'm two consecutive
starts he would be barred at once" How
many golfers would last If they had to be
as consistent as race horses? QUAKER.
And where would the Giants be with their
May and September showing set up against
their work in April, June and July?
Autumn Par
when the long, gray evenings come from
tho hills
And the t0ind st0eeps on Its toay,
Then a pipe, book and an easy chair,
Aud log dfdme In the soft light there
Are par for the course play.
As between the Phillies and Robins dis
cretion being the better part of guessing.
why not delay the burning debate until they
have completed the series that starts next
Thursday aft? Either one then will have
the chance to enjoy the rare privilege OF
cleaning up three in row and closing out
the rebuttal with distinct thud.
GRANTLAND RICE