Evening journal., 1918-09-13
RED SOX PROVED A
BETTER BALL CLUB
Entitled to All the Honors
to Go to High Class
Champions
WON AGAINST THE
LEFT HAND PITCHERS

Despite the fact that tho pennani
winners In the National and American
leagues were not supposed 10 come uI
20 the standard Of former years, the
worlds series between the Red SoX and
the Cubs developed the finest exhibition
OF baseball yet seen in the classic. II
was the best played series in the fifteen
years history Of the event.
For the first time a team flelded rs
way into the worlds championship
Boston made no errors. One misiudged
fly, which Whiteman lost in the sun,
was the only mistake charged against
the Red SoX.
Il was against this stone wall defence
that Chicago was obliged 10 hammer. u
has been written that the Red Sox won
because they were luckier and got the
breaks. Chicago made only four errors,
but twice Cub misplays gave the Bos-
ton 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 year ago the
White Sox made twelve errors in a six
game series and the Giants eleven, in
addition 10 misiudged flies and plays
lacking in judgment, not charged as
errors in the box score, one can judge
what a brilliantly played series was the
1918 affair
That Boston won, in spite OF the fact
that II 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. Even
Hank Robinson, mediocre left handler
and National League discard, beat Bos-
ton just before he jumped the Yankees.
Looking back over the box scores Of
the last few years Il is interesting 10
note how National League managers
have tried to "soulhpaw" their Ameri-
can League rivals into submission dur
ing the last three series. In 1916 three
Of the five games were started by
Brooklyn left handers-Marqusrd 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. Sallee started the frSt ard
nth games, Schupp the second and
fourth and Benton the third and sixth.
This year Vaughn started the FIRST,
third and fifth, and Tyler the second.
fourth and sixth. Yet OF fifteen games
started by National League left handlers
in the last three series only four have
scored victories.
The nearest thing TO a hero in the
1918 series was George Whiteman.
Despite the fact that Whiteman is
comparative newcomer 30 big league
fans, his starring in a worlds series az
the age Of 81 reads Ike fiction. When
the old management OF the Yankees
brought Whiteman up in 1913 he was
close TO 80.
Carl Mays pitching was very good.
as he won two games by the same
score. ? TO 1, permitting only ten hits
in the two contests. While Vaughn
lost two games out OF three only three
runs were scored on him in twenty
seven innings, while he allowed only
seventeen hits. Tylers pitching also
was Of the highest calibre, as was that
Of Ruth, who gave Boston the big edge
by winning the first game from Vaughn
by the shutout score Of 1 to 0.
Pick emerged from the series with
the best batting average among the
regular players with an average OF .3s9
Schang. who caught two full games spd
oarts Of three Others, hit 4ii for the
Sox, RetOn hit ISL and flolded .996,
1,4nie The Cubs hit .2iO and flelded. $50.