Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-12
7OR FLACKS CHILLY
CHARLEY PICK LEADING
BATSMAN OF THE CLASSIC
GAMES WITH MARK OF .389
Former Mackman Hit Safely Seven Times in Eighteen
Trips to the Rubber-Agnew Failed to q
Make Hit in Series

NHAR1JGY PICK, the former Mack
~ man, who was brought back from
the Pacific Coast League to take care
OF the keystone sack on the Chicago
Cubs, was the leading batter Of all the
players who participated in the worlds
series completed yesterday in Boston.
The all-around playing of Pick was
one OF the biggest surprises Of the series
Critics had 1t all doped out how Babe
Ruth, Hollocher, Paskert. Mann, Nc
1nnis. Strunk and Hooper were just 60
ing to stamp the tar out of the opposing
twirlers Not line was given to the
possibilities of Pick outbatting these
stars.
But. as has been the case in so many
OF the former classic games, the unex-
pected happened. Pick came through
with seven hits in eighteen times at bat,
for an average of .3S9. One of his safe
ties was a two-bagger. While Wally
Schang. also former Mackman. had the
best batting average of .444, he didn't
toe the rubber on as many occasions.
Boston Six.Time Winner
The win yesterday for Boston kept
the record OF Beantown clubs immacu-
late. On six occasions Boston has tri-
umphed in the worlds series contests.
counted for by the Red Sox and one by
the Braves.
AS result. the American League
| now has five-series lead on the senior
circuit. The score is ten series to- five
with the game tally fifty-six to thirty
| eight. OF the last nine series, eight
have gone to the younger organization.
This would tend to prove that the Amer
ican Leaue sends into the classic teams
,t.bi irh IN ha n IN nj nd art
quicker than those of the senior plant,
and seem to be better money players. y
! 1t will be noted that Boston's margin
yesterday again was only one run. 1t
scored every one of its four victories
| over the Cubs by that one run margin.
That one run seems to be just as sacred
| as the cod in the Hub, for in sixteen
| worlds series successes by Boston
clubs thirteen have been recorded by one
| run margins.
In 1915 the Red Sox won all their
four games from the Phillies by one run
and dropped only one game to the Moran
| forces. The series this year was the
fourth in the fifteen played since 1903
that went six games. The other three
were the 1906 series. in which the Chi
cago Americans won from the Cubs, the
| 1911 affair in which the Giants ran
second to the Athletics. and the 1917
competition, won by the White Sox over
the Giants. Six series have been de-
| cided in five games.
New Fielding Record ~
In past years the worlds series usu-
ally developed mediocre baseball. but
this season it brought out some Of the
finest mechanical and mental perform
ances yet seen on any diamond in any
dve games without an error. and theil
sort of competition. The Red Sox played
lone misplay was a misjudged fly by
Whiteman. That sets a fielding record
which series to come hardly will excel
The Cubs, too. with only five erI ors
played above worlds series form.
The pitching was splendid and for thu
first time in our remembrance the serie!
failed to develop even one home run, and