Predicting 1915 World Series Battle Between Alexander and Sox
Ty Cobb predicts a great game as Alexander battles the Red Sox in the 1915 World Series. He notes Alexander's first start nerves, praises his curve and control when right, and weighs Philadelphia versus Boston strengths and potential shocks from Shore, Foster, Moran, and Moran's right-handed hitters.
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Boston Red Sox
Phillies
Alexander
Boston
Philadelphia
Alex
Sox
Carrigan
Shore
Foster
Mayer
Chalmers
Quakers
Fitz Gerald Joins Red Sox Strategy Board as Royal Rooters Leader
John F Fitzgerald steps into the Red Sox strategy circle joining Carrigan Wagner and Barry. He leads the Royal Rooters and serves as ex mayor of Boston among his many duties. After Foster’s third hit, Fitzgerald ordered the band to play the Star Spangled Banner, lifting the crowd for five minutes as Foster scored. The Rooters credit Fitz’s strategy with clinching the game against Philadelphia.
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Board of Strategy
Red Sox
Carrigan
Wagner
Barry
Fitzgerald
Royal Rooters
Boston
John F
Philadelphia
Rooters
Foster
Phillies
Fitz
Philip Carter
W. C. Fownes
Culmet
Maxwell R. Marston
Baltusrol
Buffalo
Michigan
Detroit
Upsets Roil Early 1915 College Football Season
Lehigh’s near upset of Yale highlights a string of early surprises as Syracuse held Princeton to 3–0 and Penn State beat Pennsylvania. Carlisle crushed Harvard 29–7 while Dartmouth won 20–7 and Tufts edged Dartmouth. Yale battled injuries, suspicions of a coaching resignation, and adjusted by favoring straight plays.
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Lehigh
Yale
Syracuse
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Larry Whitney
Penn State
Pittsburg
Navy
Harvard
Carlisle Indians
Tufts
Dartmouth
Amherst
Brown
Cornell
West Point
Washington and
Jefferson
Virginia
Rutgers
Williams
Gettysburg
Lafayette
Richmond
Rensselaer Polytech
Lew Haven
Hinkey
Harry Legore
Legore
Harry
New Haven
Today's Game at the Hippodrome Shows Ballboard Score
Boston fans unable to secure World Series tickets can follow the afternoon and tomorrow's games at Braves Field via the Hippodrome scoreboard on Tremont and Berkeley streets. The board uses a white ball moving across the display to indicate action, allowing spectators to track scores without electric lights.
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Boston
Braves Field
Boston Hippodrome
Tremont
Berkeley Streets
Ball Park
Hippodrome
Cambridge Dash Draws 50 Entrants at County Club Carnival
Over fifty entries have been received by the athletic committee for the 10 yard dash at the Boston county clubs annual athletic carnival. The event, a scratch affair, will be held tomorrow afternoon at Russell Field North Cambridge and features many star sprinters with college or club honors.
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Athletic Committee
Boston
Russell Field
North Cambridge
New England
East Pepperell to Host 11th New England Fox Hunters Fall Meet
East Pepperell will host the 11th annual fall meet of the New England Fox Hunters' Club opening Monday morning October 25 and closing Saturday evening October 30. The club previously met in Belchertown for the past decade but could not secure satisfactory arrangements there.
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East Pepperell
New England Fox Hunters
Belchertown
Calls Travers Best Amateur Calls Travers Best Amateur
Jerome D Travers leads the year’s amateur rankings with Open and Metropolitan wins. Gardner and Evans are analyzed, Ouimet’s decline noted, and a six player middle group plus a larger lower tier outlined with names like Standish Travis Whitney Guilford Sawyer Schmidt Sherman Webb Kirkby and others.
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Walter J. Travis
Kirkby
Travers
Nelson Whitney
Shenecossett
Chandler Egan
Jesse Guilford
Boston
Guilford
Wollaston
Ned Sawyer
Evans
Heinrich Schmidt
Pacific Coast
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Ekwanok
Harry B. Davis
Davison Herron
Dudley Mudge
E. M. Byers
Gardiner White
E. P. Allis
P. F E. Whittemore
White
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Phillie
TY Cobb
Leonard
Moran
Charles E. Parker
Cope
Carlisle
Crane
Parson
Cowan
Cadman
Bigelow
Medford
Cambridge
Anderson
Gardner
John G. Anderson
Jerome D. Travers
America
United States
Mr. Marston
Mr. Travers
W. C. Fownes, Jr
Robert A. Gardner
Ouimet
Fownes
Baltursol
Charles Evans
Francis Ouimet
Oulmet
Hart Schaffner & Mara
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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New York
Varsity
Wonder
Continental Clothing House
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