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Show miWon American baac'ball team,' V. ( : Hi Carri Lcafftie pennant . H Wood, while Wood's team mate, ErneBt Shore, B was third, with 19 games won and 7 lost and H &n average of earned runs por gamo of 1.64. j Sixth in the list of American Leaguo pitchers H enme the man who was the hero of the world's j Herlcs, George Foster, by many good Judges H held to bo tho beat money pitcher, the beat H game winner on tho Boston team. H Foster won 20 and loat 9 games in 1915, and j had an earned run average of 2.12, not bo good H as the earned run averages of "Wood and Shoro. H Yet In the crucial test of tho world's scries It H was Foster, not Shoro or Wood, that stood up HI .:-.V ; - r,'r best . . Leonard, with 2.34 runs earned off him to tho game, and Ituth, with 2.45 earned runs, stood tenth, and twelfth among tho pitchers who had worked. In 20 games or" more. Thus of tho first 12 pltohcrs In tho American League, Boston had six, to-wit.: Wood. Shore. Leonard. Foster, Ruth and Mays. Wood nnd Shoro were in tho first throo pitchers, Wood. Shoro and Foster wero among tho first bIx pitchers who had worked In 20 or more games. Thus, two of the first throo pitchers, three of tho first six pitchers, five of the first ten pltch- -ers belonged to Boston. Truly a very great pitching staff, "iet not strong enough to suit tho careful Carrigan. So in 191C Carrigan went out and added J. "W. "Wyckoff. a tried and proven pitcher, who hail been with Philadelphia, to his staff. Wyckoft cost Boston $5000. To fetch another pitcher to the champions surely seemed to bo like fetching coals to Newcastle or importing beor into St. Louis. Not content with that. Carrigan bought Sam Jonoa, a minor leaguo star, and recalled S. A. Gregg, who had been released to the International Interna-tional Leaguo, where ho showed fino form. In other words, having six of tho twclvo loading pitchers in his tongue, Carrigan was not content, but added three more to his list. This was making preparation with a vengeanco. TirHEN the,souson of 1915 ended with Bos- V (on triumphant In all ways, Mr. Carrigan had three capable catchers, himself, Forrest Cndy and Chester D. Thomas. These men had all been tried and found effective. However, Mr. Carrigan wont out and paid JC000 for a catcher whom ho fancied Samuel L. Agnow of tho Browns. Tho club that has one good throwing catchor considers Itself lucky. Boston has four good throwing catchers. Three of them are jgood hitters. hit-ters. Cady is the best-hlttlng catcher In tho American League. Carrigan Is no slouch with the bat. Nor Is Thomas. Most great baseball clubs have considered themselvos fortunate in having one first baso-man baso-man on whom they can rely. Carrigan has two first basemen, both of tho first water. He had Gulnor, a boy who hits about .290 right along, a good right-handed hitter, but a man subject to Injury brittle bones. Every club in tho National Leaguo waived on Iloblltzol. tho first baseman of Cincinnati.- "He Is a first-class man," said Carrigan, "and young. I have seen him play. Gainor is alsa o first-class man, but subject to Inlr.ncs that often lncapacitato him for play. Holilitzcl can hit right-handed pitchers, but not Icf'-handcd rJloners. Gainor can hit left-handers, but not right-kandors. So I will play Gainor against left-handers and Hobby against Tight-haiidcrs." So Boston, with eight llrst-cinss pitchers (four Is considered enough for any team),' four first-class catchers, whero, yea, ono first-class catcher is considered ample, has also two first-class-first basomen where one is deemed a plenteous plen-teous sufficiency to any club. ' That Is preparedness with a vengeance. WHEN a team has one good second baseman It Is glad. Boston has three' crack second basemen. It had Jnnvrln, a high-school boy of Boston. Janvrln was vory popular with Boston Bos-ton fans. Carrigan 'know that Janvrln had the material of a great player In him. Carrigan also knew that Junvrin was far from being -finished performer. Carrigan al30 had McNallj, another Boston schoolboy at second base, another an-other lad of promise. Boston might very well win tho championship with either boy, but when Carrigan heard that Barry, tho famous shortstop of the many times world's champions, the Athletics, was for sale, ho bought Barry for 57000, and put him at second baso. Barry is not a great hitter or a great floldor, but ho Is ;iotcd as a man of wonderful baseball acumen and ability to make great plavs at times when success demands that great "plays must be made. Sovcntccn of eighteen big league managers would have been content with Janvrln, a rising young player, and McNally, who promises to be a star. Howovcr, Carrigan. disdaining monoy. went after Barry, paid 57000 for him and paki him a great salary besides. Barry mado good. It was tho modest Barrv that really won tho pennant and world's championship cham-pionship for Boston. , When Carrigan got Barry, many clubs approached ap-proached him to buy Janvrln and McNally. "You have three second Vmoamna., ry have none.' You do not want three or even two second sec-ond basemen. Sell us Janvrln and McNally." "These boys are tho most promising kids In baseball," said Carrigan. "Also they are popu- lar in Boston.. I need them, wnd If I did not I ;y:.... B ' need them, I dare not sell them." I ' So Carrigan kcops three second basemen, j v while many other clubs are going without oven J one second baseman. J In a way, too, Carrigan has throe shortstops. Scott, his rcgulnr shortstop; Janvrln, who Is ratod the best all-around Infielder in tho game. r -, and Barry can all play shortstop to perfection. . .In reserve he also has "Dutch" 'Wagner, who ; played with the team from 190C to 1912. Wag- ( l'. ner is not regarded as a regular, but he Is a t j., . man of eminent tactical ability and can play i at a pinch. ' jj Carrigan has got but one regular third base- ' rj man, Larry Gardner, but McNally, Janvrln and j f Wagner can all play good games at third. IT WHEN Carrigan resolved to make tho most I startling baseball trade of 191(5, tho sale ' ( ;' of .Speaker to Cleveland, he first prepared him- , t self for the eventuality of Speaker's loss. The ' jf great contor fielder had been unruly on the sal- ary question, was not playing his best ball, and , while he admittedly furnished the greatest ; p punch known to baseball, he had about sorved ' ' !; ills best days lr. Boston. Other players were i onvlous of tho enormous salary, $1S,000 a sea- ij son, and "Spoke" himself was letting up a lot $ In his play. Carrigan figured that Speaker's j best days were over in Boston, (' So he made up his mind to sell tho peerless li outfielder. Before he did so, he was careful to , f buy the best outfielder ho could find for sale, jj Clarence Walker of St. Louis. ji Carrigan had five good outfielders before he ( ( bought Walker. They were Hooper, Speaker, fjt Lewis, Shorten and Hendrlcksen. Hendrlcksen jc can hit like sixty, but Is a poor base runner and tj has a weak arm. Shorten hits and fields well v. but needs training. So, nuletly, Carrigan buys Walker from St. 11 l Louis. St. Louis does not oven suspect for ; K . what Carrigan wants Walker. Possibly to take I' the place of Lewis and Hooper, who havo been slowing up a bit, It never struck anyone that ) Walker was going to take the place of tho great v Speaker.- j .Chen one April morning tho news came that Boston had sold the greatest outfielder, and ono 1 of the greatest hitters, In baseball to Cleveland j- for ?50,000. Every team manager stood aghast. . jj "I'd have given Walker and $00,000 for m u Speaker," said Fielder Jones, manager of the St. Louis team, the man who sold Walker to -is Boston for 510,000. j( Too late, Mr. Jones. Carrigan had fortified ' i his team before consulting you. : f Many experts said that Boston's chances , jjj i wore gono when Speaker went, Carrigan knew ; 7 otherwise. Ho know that Walker was a good .i outfielder and would help him against left- 7 handed pltchors. So, Carrigan disposed of m Speaker nnd took on Walker, who appeared to H f bo about one-third (he sold for onc-flfth) tha fffl ' valuo of Speaker. H Withal, without Speaker, Boston was In first MM place on July 30, Just as Boston had boon In S : first placo on July 30. 1915. with Speaker. M i, Of course, there are those Who say that had WM f, Speaker stayed with Boston tho Beaneaters ffl would now bo so far ahead they could not see 'ffl them. Y'ot Speaker was with Boston in 1915 H V 1 and Boston was not far ahead on July 30. Then ,; H It must bo considered that the shock of his salo m ' to Cleveland shook up Speaker so that he II f) braced up and played twice ns much ball In l April, May and June, 191C, as he had played In t J Boston In 1915. ( ft In any event. Speaker or no Speaker, Carrl- : gan Is "up there," and every good Judge of j baseball concedes that his Is tho team every j ; one miiBt beat to win the American League It flag. ; 3 Carrigan was preparod. He lost Wood, his ; I crack pitclior, nnd Speaker, his peerless out ij fielder., but ho is still up there, leading that olA leaguo. Quiet, unassuming, noycr exploiting j j f; himself, Carrigan is tho original "Bo Ready"- M manf baseball, - - f |