Show RED SOX HAVE NEW BRAND BRA ND OF HURLING y FOR USE USEIN IN SERIES tRube t- t Rube Shore Has Sinking Fast Ball That Is Ii Different Dif Dif- ferent From Anything National Nation l Batters Have a e Seen By BROWN HOLMES Telegram special sport writer writer who spent several weeks with the world series aeries contenders of the American and end National leagues to get the inside inside in side dope The Boston lied Sox will go go Into the world series with two brands of pitching that will be new to the National National Na Na- It league ague entry Smoky Joe Ioe Wood and Rube Shore of ot the Sox use ule fast falls that are different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent from the fast balls of ot other Most MOl speedy pitchers use a fastball fast fastball fastball ball that hops upward a 0 bit but Wood on account of a peculiar twist of at the wrist as the ball J leaves aves his hand gets a raise that Is not at all like the raise on the ordinary fast one Shores Shore's fast ball Is entirely ly different different differ dUter- ent from any oth other r for the ball thrown with an o overhand delivery sinks instead of going up and batters hit on top of it There la ice not a pitcher In the Na Na- league who ho has a a. fast ball lik like lika th that of Shore s so National league batt hatters batters rs will look at something brand new when tb they y face him Only two National league lealUe pitchers Grover Alexander and Al Demaree 3 have K n fast ball an anything lIk like that J Jf Jor rif or Of f T Th wood Yond W r Alexander Alexand A 1 AI er and d I t j Demaree nn AAA KAA rif or Of f T Th wood Yond W r Alexander Alexand A 1 AI er and d I t j Demaree nn AAA KAA an are with the Phils Phil so the Phil players In ill the world series will be at more of ot a han handicap than any other National National National Na Na- league club The Phils never have to bat against Alexander and Demaree American league batters have been trying for tor several years to solve e Woods Wood's To what extent they they- have succeeded is shown by the fact that he continues to win a big maJority majority majority ma ma- of his games comes through with a a. one two or three-hit three game every now and then and often fans tans fansIn fansin In the neighborhood of ot ten batters baUers in ina in i a single contest The Detroit Tigers igers with Crawford Cobb and Veach In the lineup can un canhit hit bit as well as any club In the game gam f Continued on page 6 RED SOX HAVE o J Continued d from page 3 but they ar are e's es 1 es e's sinking ball bal when he IS isif While in the East as r t stu y th ox and Tigers I had a achan a to see Just just how good Shore can b right I saw him hold the Tigers the greatest greatest great great- est eat hitting club lub in baseball in a thirteen inning game The Tigers simply could not get hold of Shores Shore's sinker They were continually hitting on top of the te ball ban ballas banas ballas as it broke under their bats and the i results were grounders io o- o infielders on which the Tigers were easy outs at at first base bae None of of the Detroit sluggers struck out In the twelfth inning of ot that game the Tigers filled the bases with wih none out but could not score Cobb doubled his doubled his only hit hi of the game The remaining Tigers could not hit hi the ball baU beyond the infield Veach bunted and was safe sate putting Cobb on third Crawford Crwford was passed filling flUng the sacks with wih none down A fly to the outfield would have scored the speedy Cobb but he was nailed at the plate on a puny Infield grounder Veach met the same fate on another infield grounder and Crawford Craword was doubled on the same ball baI Shore was in the tightest hole in that Inning that a pitcher could possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly get into three Into three on with wih none out against the hardest hitting club cub cubIn in the majors yet the Tigers were absolutely baffled by that sinking fast ball baI the ball bal which promises to figure in world series history |