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Show CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY BOSTON RED SOX Hub Team Is Winner of the American League Pennant. Manager Bill Carrlgan Lands His Machine Ma-chine on Top After Pretty Fight Credit Also Given to Star Outfielders. '. (By CHARLES U. CROWELU) After as pretty a struggle as tbo most enthusiastic baseball fan could possibly wish for, tbo Doston Red Sox finally won the Amorlcan league championship cham-pionship for 1915. Up to almost tho last game It was anybody's race, but few games separating tho leader and tallonder. To Dill Carrlgan belongs tho credit. His earnest, aggresslvo and at times quarrelsome methodB wcro of vast Importance Im-portance In the long grind. Tho Red Sox got away to a poor start owing to sickness and Injury, and It was not I until tho season was well advanced that tho players got together, assumed tho lead and onco out In front thoy clung on tenaciously. When Jalco Stahl was deposod as inanagor of tho Red Sox the placo was given to Carrlgan, and bIiico that day Bill has been making good In ovory fienso of tbo word. Ho Is an exacting loader. He finds out what a player can do and then Insists on that man doing his full duty. A sluggard has no business on that team. Carrlgan has compelled his stars to work as hard as tho recruits. He Is a strict disciplinarian and will brook no Interference In-terference with his methods. Kept Players on Toes. Starting tho season with as classy a staff of pitchers as a manager could deslro, an outfield that could not bo beaten, and a strong Infield. Carrlgan Jw kept his men on tholr toes all tho -, jj time. Ills college training gave him ' a finesse and to some extent a diplomacy diplo-macy unexpected In one of such aggressive ag-gressive methods. To begin with, Joo Wood wont wrong during last winter, and was slow In rounding to. Wagner, Wag-ner, his star keystono sacker, was also Incapacitated. Dutch Leonard, his first string pltchor, got In bad with President Lannln, but Carrlgan overcame over-came all obstacles and finally landed his toam on top. Tho Rod Sox outfield, Spoakor, Low-is Low-is and Hooper, has workod together for six years and thoy know how every Player who has been around tho circuit cir-cuit onco hits, and whoro ho hits. This trio Is tho best defensively In tho league Speaker's war club and luurvelous speed on tho bases; Hooper's Hoop-er's woll-known trick of waiting out :, "1 . an opposing pitcher and Lewis' steady hitting, brings them to a point of excellence ex-cellence second to nono. Tho Detroit outfield, Cobb. Crawford and Veach, may equal thorn In many respects, but thoy do not surpass them. Speaker, with his tromnndcus speod, can play a shorter field than any other center. Hoopor and Lewis possess arms of steol and It behooves an opposing player to watch his stops whenovor ho makes what looks llko a sure single, sin-gle, or ho may bo thrown out at first. Many fielders may havo as many assists as-sists at the end of tho season as this trio, but that Is because most American Amer-ican loaguo baserunnors know whon and where to stop. Tho Individual and toam play of these threo havo been one of tho most Important factors fac-tors In keoplng the Rod Sox in tho load and eventually capturing tho flag. Pitchers Worked Well. Outside of tho Illness of Wood and tho sulklnoss of Leonard, Manager Carrlgan has not had to worry a groat deal about hU pitchers. "Dabo" Ruth, Georgo Foster and Ernest Shoro, Vean Gregg and Mays, havo all dono mighty well, not only in tho box, but also at bat. Ruth has a batting av-orago av-orago woll above tho .300 mark. Joo Wood, tho star of tho string, Is ono of tho raro Individuals who does woll everywhere ev-erywhere ho attempts. Ho Is a lino follow personally and is well liked by his companions on tho club. Tho Red Sox, besides tholr strong outfield and classy staff of pitchers, has an almost Ideal Infield. Hobllt-zol, Hobllt-zol, Darry and Gardner, are hard to boat and many blossoming baso hits havo been nipped in tho bud by this quartette And thon, in caso of accl-dont accl-dont Gainer, Janvrln and Wagnor are always on hand to fill any gap. Fow lntorvlewors havo over beon ablo to talk to Carrlgan as to his success. suc-cess. Ho Is not bashful, but his gruff, unfriendly manner makes him doubly hard to thaw out. Because- of this, fow characteristics of his havo come to tho surface. Off tho ball field ho is unusually silent and thoughtful. Carrlgan has had an extra load to carry, as ho was promoted to.tho leadership lead-ership of tho Red Sox over his teammates, team-mates, and In soma cases he found others were not so certain that Carrlgan Carrl-gan was tho man for tbo job. Ho has had to contend with cliques, with lessor less-or lights aspiring to his official head and with disgruntled players. Rut his roughshod methods have overridden all obstacles, until now bo Is recognized recog-nized by players and "fans" allko as tho first man of the Red Sox. Took Up Baseball. Ho was born in Lowlston, Mo., thlrty-thr years ago, of a family of modest moans, and was selected for a clorical vocation. It was impressed upon him that to succeed in this life he must learn tho waya of tha world. So "Dill" dutifully allowed himself to be dragged dally to school And this school changod tho vocation of "Dill's" aftor llfo. for It was thoro ho first becamo lmbuod with a love for baseball. Carrlgan early exhibited a skill in tho popular sport and was selected as catcher of tho high school team In UIb first year. Ho played four yoars on tho Lowlston high school nine and then acquiesced In tho doslro of his par-onts par-onts to attond Holy Cross college. While at Holy Cross Carrlgan mado his Impression on the big leaguo scouts and especially those of tho Red Sox, who in 1906 prevailed upon Carrlgan to glvo up all othor thoughts of after llfo for the padded mitt, bat and ball. Ho played his first professional ball in tho autumn of 1906 with tho Red Sox, but, being lnoxperlonced, was sont to Toronto tho following year. Ho was recalled by tbo Red Sox in 1908 and was eubstltuto catcher for that year. In 1909 Lou Crlgor, tho veteran, vet-eran, was reloasod and Carrlgan bo-camo bo-camo tho regular catcher for the Red Sox, playing that position In tho world's series against tho Giants In 1912. Ho now enjoys tho happy distinction distinc-tion of be'lng tho only playing manager mana-ger In tho American loaguo. |