The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-03
VAUGHAN OPENS
SERIES vs.. BOSTON
Barrow Is Mum as to Whom He VIII
Introduce In the Opening
Game,

@New York. Sept. Big Jim
Vaughan will be the Cubs twirler in
the first game Of the world series. Ac-
cording to word received today from
Pittsburgh. Mitchell has openly
made the statement hat Vaughn will
be called upon first and followed
Thursday by Left Tyler. Mitchell Is
southpaws In the first two games at
Boston. Hendrix will probably twirl
the third Chicago game.
Although Barrow has given out no
hint as to what he intends to do In
the way OF pitchers. in view of Mitch
ellis announcement. 1t In expected that
he will start Rut or Mays In the first
game. The last games in which either
took part were at Fenway park In the
Philadelphia series last week. Ruth
pitched Saturdays game and held
the Mackmen to three safeties, while
Mays performed the iron-man stunt
Friday. 1t Is still commended by some
that Barrow will use Jones. a right
handler, against Vaughn.
Nj Mould Observation-Disclosures
logical choice for the first game. His
underhand delivery and battling tao
tics have been pretty effective of late.
If Mays goes in the box he Will prob
ably attempt to keep the Cubs guess
ing by "a mixture OF fast balls which
have a tendency to pull in over the
plate for l~eft-handers and shoot out
for the right-hand slugger coupled
with his slow ball. which is extremely
puzzling because of the underhand de-
livery which makes it appear fast.
The Red Sox showed up in tiptop
shape today in their final double-head-
lor with tha vanEcaS The team ia
leaving here tonight for Chicago, for
the opening game OF the worlds series
on Wednesday.
Although the Red Sox got only an
even break with the Yankees here to-
day, IL was plainly evident that bar
ROW was not throwing the whole power
of his team into the fray. The pen
nant was already clinehed and there
was no use in extending himself or
working his men too hard. Neverthe-
less the team which took the field was
not by any a stale and played a
snappy game from start to finish.
Dubuc and Sam Jones were select
ed by Barrow to do the twirling.
Whiteman played left field in the sec
ond game. replacing Ruth. II Mayer
land Schang did the back-stopping-
Miller also went to center to replace
Strunk in the second game. Jones
took the measure of slim Love. the
ace of the Yanks' pitching stan, IN
the second. while Dubuc finally yield
ed a tally in the last half of the ninth
and lost his am
Barrow and Charley Wagner, his as
~sistant, have been squirting their play
ers on and they are not only in per-
feet physical condition now, but they
seem endowed with that same indom-
Iitable Red Sox spirit which has won
the championship for Boston in the
five worlds series contests IN which
they have taken part.
| Before the game started here today
every Fed Sox player was out on the
field and they did some mighty pretty
work. 1t was probably the last prac-
t.ce they will have before tuning UP
for the big games in Chicago. n
team will arrive there some time to-
morrow evening and the men Will
make their first appearance at the
i White Sox park shortly before the
game starts Wednesday afternoon.
However. the fact that the team will
be deprived of practice up to the lasi
minute will be of very little conse-
ouence. as Barrows n Wagner nave
already taken that part into consid-
GRAFTON. They lost no time in Boston
during their recent home stay to con"
dition the men and to fight off the
staIeness which some writer's have ac-
cused the Red Sox PLAYERS OF con-
eraeting.
Mitchell will have. the advantage Ia
the matter of last-hour training. The
Cubs will arrive home tomorrow
morning and probably will center over
the White Sox park in the afternoon TO
familiarize themselves with all the
| peculiarities of the lot to study the
t,h, ,ra Sbada and the way in which