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Sports HILLS OUTLOOK Looking back on the World Series THE VW FOX Only STAT SHEET John Grobowski The closeness of a World can be defined in several ways One Is by the number of games played Theoretically a Series that goes the full seven games should be an evenly fought competition But try telling that to members of Hie New York Yankees The Bronx Bombers scored more runs than their Notional League oppo nents the Pittsburgh Pirates Yet the Yanks wound up losing the seven game Scries To make matters even worse the run between the two teams In the 1960 World Series is the largest In the history of the Fall Classic A better yardstick for measuring how evenly matched two clubs were is to find the average difference In runs scored per game for the entire Scries A seven competition in which each game is decided by one run would thus give a differential of in history with games decided by an average margin of six runs The closest World Scries becomes the 1915 match up between the Amcr lean League s Boston Red Sox and the National League Philadelphia Phillies The Red Sox won the 16 Series in just five games but only one of those contests was decided by as many as two runs Thus the average run was 1 he lowest in World Series history In 1915 the Red Sox featured a great defensive outfield of Harry Hooper Speaker and Duf Lewis The Phillies BO had 31 game winner Cleveland Al and home run champ Cravath who had set a modern record with round trippers Game 1 at Philadelphia proved to be the only laugher Alexander started for the Phillies and waltzed to a victory After Boston tied the score in the top half of the eighth Philadelphia scored two runs in the bottom of the Inning and That was to be the only Phillies vic tory in the 1915 Scries The start of the second game was highlighted by President Wilson throwing out the first ball it was the first Series game by a S chief executive Boston scored a run In the first In and the Phils tied the game in the fifth Red Sol pitcher Rube Foster took matters Into his own hands in the top of the ninth driving In the winning run with a single Boston triumphed With the Scries moving to Boston the Red Sox took Games and 4 by identical 1 margins Lewis RBI hit in the ninth defeated Alexander the Great in Came with Dutch Leonard getting credit for Bos tons victory The next day Ernie Shore of the Red Sox triumphed after losing his bid or a shutout in the eighth inning The Scries returned to Philadelphia for Came 5 Boston won the highest scoring game of that Fall Classic Down 4 the Red Sox came up with two runs in the eighth to tic the contest They won in the ninth on Hooper sec home run of the day When all was said and done the run had scored In the winning team final time at bat four times in the five games In the 1915 Series Hows that for close The Boston Red Sox managed to take the 15 Series with no help at all from their slugging rookie pitcher yearold Babe Ruth Ruth compiled an 186 mark as a hurlcr during the regular season while batting 312 with four borne runs But he was limited to one pinch- hit appearance In his first taste of ac tion In the Fall Classic In the opening game Ruth ground ed out in his lone time up But the Babe more than made up for It in nine future World Series before his career with the New York Yankees ended A Look Back QUESTION Ontario Hockey Aiiociatlon representative Jock King came to Georgetown pre sent a pennant to the Raiders for winning the Intermediate A championships In what year did the win the US I VW FEEL THE DIFFERENCE Skate Like The Pros ONE SKATE SHARPENING NOW AVAILABLE HERE Sams Michln Uaod By Canada Cup Tearfii For All Your HOCKEY NEEDS Great Selection of Sticks Competitive Prices Team Supplies BE SURE TO SEE OUR WIDE SELECTION OF Sunglasses Sweat Tops Fleece Clothing From PLATTS From Australia PR0MM SPORTS Goodyear Takes you home 10 Mountain view Plaza Georgetown 8778889