Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-09
RUTH VS.. cooMBs
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tire baseball clan. Those who witness
ed the opening play claim to have seen
nothing that aroused fear in their
breasts that the record for unbroken
victories for Boston teams in past
worlds series is to be upset this sea-
son.
They are willing to concede that the
Brooklyn team is game, hard-work-
ing group of players quick to take ad-
vantage of every opening and break in
the game. Boston fans contend, how
ever. that there is lacking the smooth.
machine-like effectiveness and co-opera-
ton that makes the Red Sox so for
midable in defensive work and the
1ightning-like attacks and tactics which
prove so productive of winning scores.
They strengthen their opinions by will
ingness to wager on the outcome of the
series and in order to induce Brooklyn
| hackers to unbuckle their rolls they are
Offering odds ranging around to l on
the Boston club, with few takers.
| Neither team INDUCED in practice to-
day. the players resting at their homes
| or at the hotels where they are tenn
| porarily quartered, and the nearest ap
| proach to exercise was short walks or
| automobile trips into the country. In
| fact the fans appeared to be more rest
! less than the players and scores devot-
| ed a portion of the fine day to walking
| or riding out to Braves field. and gaz-
ing at the imposing baseball stadium
while they discussed the series from a
dozen different angles.
, Choice Of Pitchers
The chief topic Of conversation and
| argument was based upon the choice
| Of pitchers for tomorrow's game. If
Managers Carrigan and Robinson had
been present they could have learned
more alleged inside information about
the ability OF their star boxmen than
they ever dreamed. 1t was the consen-
sus of opinion that Carrgan would send
| either Ruth or Leonard to the mound,
| while Robinson would counter with
| either Coombs or Pfeffer. In either
| case the Red Sox will have southpaw
| in the box against the Superbas while
| Boston will be called upon to face the
| delivery of right handler, since Brook
| lyn played its best left-handed twirler
when Marquard was worked on Satur-
| day
Not Large Crowd
| The gathering of the spectators for
| tomorrow's game will be watched with
more than ordinary interest since there
| is a wide difference of opinion among
| the baseball magnates here regarding
| the reason for the falling off in attend
ance at Saturdays contest as compared
| with the games played here a year ago
Notwithstanding that the first game Of
! "a nj
| for many is half holiday. there were
| empty seats in both the bleachers and
| reserved sections of the stands and the
| attendance was 5000 less than the opening
game here last fall and 5000 less than the
second contest.
Two explanations are offered to cover
this situation. One is that many fans
made no attempt to attend upon the sup
position that there would be no chance Of
getting inside the park owing to the huge
crowds that were believed to be storm
Ing the grounds. The other is that the
worlds series is no longer a novelty in
Boston, where four has been played in
the past five years.
An Expensive" Catherine
Another pulling feature was the rath-
er apathetic bearing of the thousands who
were present considered in the light of
the Importance of the game. One mag
nate advanced the opinion that this was
not due to any lack of interest because
Boston was leading, but came about as a
result of the composition of the gather
ing. He said;
1T was a five dollar crowd and by
that l mean it was composed to a great
extent of persons who are accustomed
to attending the theatre, opera and like
amusemsafs and who express their APP
prevail gSinterest in rather mild man
ner froFethe baseball standpoint. Many. !
too, wefE..not the close followers of the
game Who grasp the finer points of the
sport, 'and"tLe play in INTRICATE places
went ovs& their heads If the highest
priced seq sold for 80 one5 cents you
would have seen the real.kaseball fan in
all his enthusiasm. II1is the man orI
youth who gets to his. get at every op-
portunity and roots as only his type
can. Yesterday he was much in the
minority that his roofing was lost
Brooklyn Awaits Breaks
The Brooklyn team, nowhat depress-
ed by yesterdays defeat believes to
man that, once the breaks" favor
tHem, lhey Will be victorious The !
Brooklyn players agree with their
manager that it was Harry Hooper, the
Red SoX right gardener. who broke the |
budding offensive of the Brooklyns in |
the fourth inning when he made |
marvellous catch of CutshaW's seeming !
safe hit and then after half falling to |
the ground recovered himself and by |
a fast line throw killed Wheat at the |
plate. !
That was the turning point of the \
game" said Jack Coombs. the former !
Athletic pitcher. and now one of /
Brooklyn's dependables. Our offensive
was snapped at a point when it was
apparent to all that we were on the |
road to making several runs. Once in
the lead well. all Marquard would have
had to do was to hold the Red Sox
and this he could have done for he !
pitched a fine game. His support and
the breaks of the game beat him"
The Brooklyn players do not think
the Boston system of a run at a time
will prevail against their heavy at