The sun., 1918-09-13
RED S0X PROVED A
BETTER BALL CLUB
Entitled to All Of the Honors
That Go to High Glass
Champions.
nx FREDERICK g. LIEu.

Despite the fact that the peunan,
winners in the National and American
leagues were not supposed to come up to
the standard OF former years. the world.
series between tho Red Sox and the
Cubs developed the finest exhibition O,
baseball yet seen In the classic. It wa,
the best played series In the fifteen
years history OF the event.
For the first time a team fieIded its
way into the worlds championship
Boston made no errors. One misjudged
ny. which whiteman lost In the sun
was he only mistake charged agains,
the Red Sox
1t WAS against this stone wall defence
that Chicago was obliged to hammer
1t has been written that the Red So,
won because they wero luckier and goi
the breaks Chicago. made only fouI
errors. but twice Cub ,nispiays gave the
Boston their deciding run. The Red
Sox. on the other hand. never provided
the Cubs with any breaks. In the
pinches the sturdy Boston clan never
broke.
When one recalls that a year ago the
White SoS made twelve errors in a sis
game series and the Giants eleven, In
addition to misjudsed flies and play,
lacking In judgment, not charged a.
errors In the box score. one can Judge
what a brilliantly played series was the
1913 affair.
Won Against Left Handlers.
That Boston won. in spite Of the fac,
that 1t faced left handlers during the
| entire series with the exception of two
innings is another feather in its cap
That the Sox were VIGOROUSLY weak
against southpaws may be judged from
the fact that the Boston club was de.
| feated six times this year by George
Mogridge. an average southpaw. Ever
Hank Robinson, a mediocre left handler
and National League discard. beat Bos-
ton just before he jumped the Yankees
Looking back over the box scores o.
the last few years it is interesting to
note how National League managers
have tried to "southpaw" their American
league rivals into submission during the
last three series. In 1915 three OF the
five games were started by Brooklyn
left handers-Marauard the first and
fourth games and Smith the third. Last
year every game was started by a left
handler, despite the fact that McGraw
had Perritt. one Of the best right handlers
In the league. on his staff Salles
! started the first and nth games. Schupr
the second and fourth and Benton the
third and sixth. This year Vaughn
started the first. third and fifth. anG
Tyler the second fourth and sixth. T"t
of fifteen games started by Nationa
League left handlers in the last three
series only four have scored victories.
Mays's Fine Pitching.
Carl Mays's pitching was very good
as he won two games by the same score
. to I, permitting only ten hits in tn,
two contests. While Vaughn lost tw,
games out OF three only three runs wer,
scored on him In twenty-seven innings
while he allowed only seventeen hits
! Tylers pitching also was OF the highes
calibre. as was that of Ruth, who CAV,
Boston the big edge by winning the frs
game from Vaughn by the shutout scor'
of / to 0.
| Pick emerged from the series with tn,
best batting average among the regula
players with an average Of $50. Schang
who caught two full games and part
of three others. hit .44 for the sox
Boston hit 1874 and fielded 1915, Will
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