Show X CAN SEND SEVEN EFT HAND EFT-HAND HAND BATTERS AGAINST THE PHILLIES Leaguers L guers Have Not a Single Southpaw Pitcher to Oppose Great Southpaw Batting B Batting Bat Bat- t. t 3 1 ting Strength of Rivals By BROWN HOLMES fHE HE TELEGRAM sport writer who several weeks with the th world Is 5 contenders o of the c American National leagues get the in jn at dope e G of the things that gives the theon theton ton tori on Red Sox Sax an edge on oa the Phil Phil- o phia Nationals in world series y i-y y and surely It looks as thought though t will meet the Phils is that t 3 will have to depend on all I pitching and the Red Sox t put a great lefthand letthand ball club ona on a I If the he best way to combat hing ching ing is to send lefthand batters it The Phils have ave two south south- It h's rs s Rixey and Baumgartner but buter er is worthy of at world series pk k k so it will be up to Alexander 1 er er Demaree Chalmers and Mc Me- Mew tl w 5 lien the 1 these normal the tat Sox lia has has- seven lefthand letthand batters kIng Ing the team unusually well fit fit- I Ir r att attack without weakening thein the theto the to to jib ia in Ii any sense for tor defensive play wo of at the regular Sox outfielders ker and Hooper are tt toe other gardener Duffy Lewis Id be bo replaced by Olaf Henriksen n j giving the Sox a comBS com corn BS ne te outfield of side off batters tf i ri ick and Larry Gardner Jtb ra the bhe infield bit hit and Man Man- Ig Carrigan could use I a d sending Joe Thomas behind and either Leonard Ruth or ort orti ortt ti tt t Hns to the box Leonard and by the way are two of at the best he IJ- IJ ng pitchers on the circuit 1 he ability of the Sox to go lab labbi into Inlo bi me with seven of at their nine play play- bil from the lefthand side of at means for Grover Alexandra Alexan Alexan- ot dra the main box hope of the Phils Tl greatest test of his career this re e has not been a a. time Alexander has had to n when e. e seven seved in one lineup lb lt is not often seven oil ori be massed together with as much hitting power as Hooper blooper Speaker Henriksen Hobby Gardner Thomas an and Leonard or Ruth give the Sox SoL This arrangement would not weaken weak weak- en the defensive play of the Sox because because be be- cause six of the side off hitters bitters have been doing regular work for tor the Sox all season The only extra man this shift would bring into the lineup is Henriksen and the Sox Sex would not suffer there for the little Swede is a corking good fielder I Henriksen is not in the game every everyday everyday everyday day as a regular because he is a val val- val valuable man to have on the tho bench Where he can be put into the game when needed most His biggest duty this season has hns been as pinch hitter Even the great Alexander would start as a handicap against such an array of lefthand batters The other Philly are arc not nearly so good as Grover so 80 their task would be even greater When the Braves got into the world series last season Manager Stallings was able to shift his club against left and pitching using a a. different set of outfielders against the different brands of hurling but even he was unable to get seven left seven left hand batters into the game He 1 had ad three batters on all the infield infield in in- field Evers Maranville and Deal and with Gowdy and Whaling hitting he be was without a catcher batting Five lefthand batters was the most Stalling could send into a fray frayS Manager Man ager Carrigan of the Red Sox Sex can go two bet better er John McGraw used to shift his players too against the different dif ait ferent terent kinds of at pitching but l he was never able to send seven lefthand letthand batters Into a a world series game The Red Sox then havo something no rio other th r. r club ever had in a world series series se ries an array of lefthand hitters who would give any pitcher trouble Added to this advantage for forthe forthe forthe the Sox is js the fact that the Phils have not a a. single lefthand pitcher capable ca ca- ca pable pablo of giving the American leaguers ers era a batttle |