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6 WORLD’S SERIES :: Special Page :: RED SOX HAVE CLINCHED PENNANT The Red Sox have clinched the American league pennant. All possi bility of the team being overtaken was disposed of when Philadelphia lost to Chicago yesterday the first game of a double-header. To relieve the tension among members of his team and to assure final, ly the possession of the pennant for Boston, President McAleer, of the Red Sox. has notified the management of the New York Highlanders that Boston would not play off a postponed game scheduled for New York. Boston now can lose all its remaining fifteen games and win the pen nant, even though Washington, which went into second place yesterday, should win all its remaining thirteen games and Philadelphia should win all its remaining fourteen games. Should this possibility develop, the final standing would be; CLUB. W. L. PC. BOSTON 97 5 6 , 6 34 PHILADELPHIA 97 57 630 WASHINGTON 97 57 .630 The league schedule calls for 154 games, but under the American league rules Boston can refuse to play its postponed game with New York, its series in New York with that club being closed. GIANTS’ HURLERS WILL GIVE SOX ROUGH TIME By W. 8. Farnsworth. BOSTON admirers are backing the Red Sox In the world’s series chiefly because they believe the pitching staff, composed of Wood, Collins. O'Brien, Bedient and Hall, will prove too much for Mathewson, Marquard and Tes reau. But will it? In a seven-game series three pitchers, if they are in condition, can easily carry the burden. So let us size up, from a Giant view point, just how New York's Rig Three may accomplish all that will be necessary to bring a world's title back to the National league. ♦ ♦ • yATHEWSON has never failed to deliver in the pinches. True he was beaten by the Boston club In the inter-city series In 1908. But he was far from being right then. He had been ill in all the late sea son games and he played in that series against the Red Sox purely on his nerve. That series gave Matty a line on the Boston hitters. He knows some of the weaknesses of that dub and it will not be like work ing against absolute strangers. The big fellow's arm is said to be O. K. now, and McGraw has or dered him under no conditions to let out at top speed until the world's series, no matter if he loses all the. games he hurls until the National league season winds up. Just take it ftom me, Mathew son will give the Boston sluggers an awful run for their money. With him working it is then that the Giants will be the best bet. • « • 'THE tact that Tesreau has been x beating the Cubs w-ith regu larity of late before capacity houses proves that this young man doesn't “go up” with stage fright. Crowds of 30,000 have failed to shake him twice this fall. Speaker and Gardner are the only left-hand bitters on the Boston team. Now, Tesreau has a swell fast ball, besides his spitter, and he is likely to keep his ''smoker" so close to the ears of the Hubbites that they will have an awful time connecting. For Speaker and Gard ner he will have to rely more on his spitter. » » » JUST because Marquard is not holding down the opposition of late to a handful of scattering hits like he did early in the summer does not mean anything. Reports from New York have it that Mc- Graw Is holding him back so as to have him prime October 8. The Giants’ manager has yelled his very head off at times of late when the Rube started to turn ’em loose. It is against Speaker and Gard ner that Marquard is likely to show his best brand of hurling. Speaker claims he can lilt a southpaw as easily as a right-hander, -but I watched him closely last season and know that he can not. And Gardner has always been pie for portside slants. • • * TN a long series Boston would have much the best of the pitching argument, but in a series where the best four out of seven will win the championship. I don’t see where the Giants' staff will be forced to take off their hats p IIRSONALLY I think that Bos ton is a better balanced, faster all-around machine than New York, and all things being equal should be the legitimate heir of the Ath letics' proud title. In only one essential do 1 con cede New York better equipped leadership It is Impossible for the most de vout follow, > of Jag, Stahl to Muggsv M.Giaw " '' 'Till, fa t that th. Red Sox ran first to the Atb’.tics in this ■ hat th< elan of <'nnnl« .M<i< k humpionahlp I TO JAKE STAHL GOES CREDIT OF WINNER By Bill Bailey. JAKE STAHL today is a com manding figure in baseball, for the reason that he is—Jake Stahl. You may say that the Red Sox will represent the American league in the world’s championship series because they were lucky. Os course, they were lucky. No team ever wins a pennant that doesn't get the breaks in luck. But it was Jake Stahl and the personality of Jake Stahl that put the Boston Red Sox where luck would return them pen nant winners. Let's make the. case one of Jake Stahl vs. luck. Well start in by pointing out "hat luck did. The biggest piece of luck was the fact that they went through the American league sched ule with scarcely an injury and with but mighty few men out of the line-up. Heine Wagner was Injured for a short time and was out of the game. That's luck. It's admitted. Stahl Back of Whole Works. But where else did the Red Sox have luck? In the pitching of Joe Wood, say you? Remember that Joe Wood did not come to the Red Sox this year. He has been with that Bos ton bunch ever since 1908. In the great playing of Tris Speaker? Tris Speaker has been with the Red Sox for lo these many years. 1 refuse to believe that the showing of Tris Speaker and of Joe Wood can be traced to luck. I would trace their great pfay to Jake Stahl. Here is what Stahl did: Jake Stahl took charge of the Red Sox at the right moment. There had been too much John I. Taylor. Now, the fellow who was formerly the sole owner of the Bos ton team may be one of the grand est fellows that ever lived, but he didn't know how to manage a ball club. He had a ball club that possessed wonderful capabilities. But John 1. Taylor didn't know how to realize on those possibilities. Taylor Not the Right Sort of Boss. Jake- Staid did. Here is a concrete example. If John I. Taylor had continued to boss the Red Sox they would have had a new shortstop. Heine Wag ner didn't make a hit with Taylor. There was a time when he could have been traded for and the Bos ton club would not have demanded a star of the first realm either. That was before Jahl Stahl took charge. The moment he did Wag ner was taken from the market. He couldn’t be secured by trade. And Wagner has shown that Stahl had the right hunch. Now, baseball men will tell you that a team minus a star in the neigh borhood of second and short has no chance for the pennant. You can accept or reject the theory. But the fact remains that Wagner has played wonderful baseball un der Stahl, and if the latter became confidential he probably would in form you that he couldn't have landed that pennant with a new man at the shortstop position. Credit that to Stahl. Stahl Fills Vacancy. Then Stahl personally filled one of the largest vacancies on the Red Sox line-up. If there "as one thing that tlie Boston lads of last year needed it "as a first baseman. Stahl right at the outset con vinced the players that he was the manager. John I. Taylor might own considerable stock In the team, but Jake Stahl wan the manager, James McAleer veteran managei and now president of the team, might sit hack and te|| " hut he had done, but Stahl was the man who was giving the orders these days So Hu- players came to realize that Stahl w- not only th, manager but '■ .ii» , was the i„o. and that who phnsid Stahl was '»■■’■ WM golt.g I-, g, t I t r- new plrit hail t nti led th< team THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1912. How Red Sox and Giants Compare AB. R. BH. TB. 28. 38. HR. AV. PO. A. E. AV. SH. SB. Red 50x..4500 670 1248 1710 237 75 25 .278 3551 1685 234 .957 173 163 Giants.... 4527 765 1265 1770 211 81 44 .279 3626 1694 277 .950 116 263 Joe Wood and Rube Marquard, the Two Great Hurling Rivals; Their Famous Twirling Hands MARQUARD'S PITCHING HAND. - fed jMB: 1 11 41 ■ \ ‘ lx* ■ L ' ILA# < ' ' tU/ If yi • K' dl •W// ' \ zz ~ >• x: Ifs ■ Whz * ' * ZZ? * - ONO v x .' ...JIM -e-*. . ... JiaMiMKWJk » A i IL T 4 (rwv w \\ !■ 11. J il JOE WOOD. WOOD'S PITCHING HAND. RUBE MARQUARD. <UNTOW that the Giants and Red Sox are sure to meet in x| world s series, said Robe .Marquard the other da,\. I max have the pleasure ot hooking up with an old friend of my minor League days—‘Sniokv Joe’ Wood. “When I was with Indianapolis, in the American Asso ciation, Joe was with the Kansas City Blues in the same Southpaw Collins Is a Past Master of Left Hand Pitching Control Boston Red Sox’s Only Port Sider Will Stand Off Rube Marquard C) AY COLLINS hasn't a thing, yet he is one of the best pitchers in the American league—one of the two or three best left-handed pitchers in the business,”, said Clark Gris • flth, manager of the Washington team, the other day. This was an accurate, and, when you come to think of it. a remark able tribute to the man who will probably be Joe Wood’s right-hand —or, better, left-handed—twirler in the coming series forth* 1 world's championship. The fact is that Collins, uho is second best of the Sox pitchers, "has nothing” that pitchers are usually gauged by—that is, he has no sharp or intricate and puzzling curve ball, no great speed, no re markable change of pace and no particularly bothersome slow ball. Yet, next to Wood, Collins is the most successful pitcher in the Red Sox camp. What is the answer? Control. Has Remarkable Control. Collins Is a better master of where his delivery goes than any other man on the R. ri Sox staff better than most other pitchers on any team, and he has better con trol than any other left-hander In the game. He has won Hi ol games he has been < red I ted with pitching this year, and has taken Hi of thi Inst D> games h. has pitched Ik had a j»o«»r Mai! hwhiu io it' ..f| h kh* • but itfi» i h< had lulu twin, fviiuwiiig tin nic gitm. Ray Collins Will Pitch Second Game Although Joe Wood is considered the Boston Red Sox’s best hurler, Ray Collins, the great southpaw, runs him a close second. And it would not be surprising if the left-hander did ever.' bit as well as “Smoky Joe’’ in the world’s series against the Giants. It is the plan of Manager Jake Stahl to pitch Col lins in the second game of the title series, Wood, of course, be ing slated to hurl the opening performance. of the first Red Sox series of the season at Chicago, he became near ly invincible. Lately he has pitched shut-out. or nearly shut-out, ball to most of his opponents. If he holds to his present form, he is expected to alternate with Joe Wood in the series with the Giants. How He Does It. "Without anything"—as Clark Griffith, the “Old Fox," put it—Col lins has been fooling the best bats men of the American league right along for weeks. Experts like Christy Mathewson say he is one of the most successful left-handers in baseball. Going back to this matter of con trol. Collins has issued less bases on ball per batsman than nnv Other l.ft-handed pitcher this year 1 ' lees t lian most rlgo* - han bis H. went through three stiaignt games without passing a man or hitting one. Hl seems able to the hall wherever he pjcasev, meu*ur|ng tin league, and many a time we had a royal battle. Joe always had a wonderful lot of speed, and 1 had a bit of the same thing then. We d just cut loose with plain smoke and would wind up every game we fought with ten or twelve strikeouts apiece. “I don’t believe Joe ever beat me.’’ spot to a hair's breadth, and since he knows the opposing batsmen of the American league he has fooled them all. Collins uses a long, accurately measured curve most of the time, but frequently employs a straight, fast one, which i s not nearly so speedy as Joe Wood’s, but which seems to he successful, considering the number of strike-outs. Math ewson thinks that he has the bats men batting "with his arm." In other words, they follow Collins' motion before delivery, and thus lose the ability to hit the ball or to place their hits when they do lo cate the sphere. Pl«ys a Cautious Game. Collim- begun to reach his best form late last summer. It is told of him that a Idle he was pitching rather mdinary baseball for a big leaguer, In 1911, he complained that he wu« not permitted to work n» he pleased, John I Taylor, then pres ident and owner of the Red Sox, called In Collins on July 4, 1911, and talked that over with him After he heard what Collins hud to »ay, he remarked: "Well, J have the utmost conrt- GEORGIAN SPORTS Written by Experts ' dtnee in you, Collins. I think that you have the 'stuff' and that you have the brains. Go ahead and pitch your own way. and I'm with you.” Collins followed the advice. He “made good" immediately. He was so good, in fact! that President Mc- Aleer and Jake Stahl kept him this year as the team's only left-hander, and without any expressed doubt that he would '.'deliver the goods." After he had thoroughly recovered from his illness a/id regained his strength, Collins became extraordi narily successful, wheieby he be came t|),. Sox's second pitcher, in the opinion of the Red Box he. should more than stand off "Rube"' Marquard, the Giants' remarkable left-hander. Summer skin Diseases During the summer most persons are annoyed with pitnples, bob'- ras es, or eruptions, while others suffer more severely with 1 ' z< ma. cue. l etter, Salt Rheum, or some kindred skin disease. A P crlJ condition of the skin exists as long as the blood is normal, but when it in comes contaminated with humors and acids its supply of nutritive propc ties is greatly lessened and it becomes a sharp, acrid fluid which di.wi-s I ei 1 1 i being h i itaUd with acid humors and impurities, is nourished an- ' ] >y a plentiful supply of rich, pure blood. Book on Skin Di sea* ■' 1 : medical advice Im. rH£ sp£anc CQ ATLANTA, GA. CUNTS' ROOTERS FEAR BOSTON S OUTFIELD HERE IS a story by a Boston senbe who has traveled with the Boston team all season but who is now with the New Giants for the remainder -r season to get a line on th"e Graw clan. | n this story . as having watched the Giants' O u‘ field in action, he states that th. New York trio does not compare with the Hub outfit By Paul H. Shannon NEVV YORK. Sept, -\ew York fans are ravinß over the work of , Jf .„ Tesreau, and banking migi • the ability of Doyle and < hies Ly” ers to see the Giants through ‘their enthusiasm dies quickly awav when they come to consider the outfie ri that McGraw will be forced m ri ..‘ pend upon in the coming contest f or a w orld s championship. Even the prejudiced Polo ground contfngent-a following which can see no pitcher but "Matty "_n o leader but McGraw and no team but the National league champions —are forced to admit that as far as the outfields are concerned the Red Sox are unquestionably the stronger. As far as fielding goes, compari sons are odious, for New Yorker. The strongest factor in the Giant.' outer garden is "Red" Murray , who bears the unenviable reputation of failing to make a single safe hit in the world’s series last fall. Murray Is far and awav the best outfielder that the Giants can show. But can any one think of compar ing him with Speaker? What Figures Show. Murray is hitting the ball fairly well just now. His average is just .270 for 124 games. In 134 games Speaker's average is .392, only a difference of 120 points. Murray has made 132 base hits, with a total of 199. Speaker has hit safely 203 times, with a total of 293 bases. Comparison along this line is pa thetic, therefore. Murray is sec ond in the list of Giant base run ners. He has stolen 30. Speaker has pilfered no less than 43, quite a decided difference, and scored 118 runs to Murray's 75. But if Speaker is so far Murray's superior as a hitter, what chance has the New Yorker in the field? Speaker is considered by most crit ics to be the greatest outfielder in the country, an unerring judge of a fly ball—a flelder without a single weakness. While Murray also cov ers lots of ground and is fast on his feet, he lacks the Texan's won ’ derful ability to time a long drive. Besides, Murray has one fatal weakness. Next to Murray in point of ad around strength ranks Fred Snod grass, at present covering center field, although he may ultimately be shifted to left, while Becker is brought into the line-up and placed at center. The logical man to compare with him in the Boston line-up would be Duffy Lewis, and here again the Giants sadly suffer by the contrast. As far as speed is concerned, Snodgrass has it all over Lewis. He is one of the fastest men on the New York team, while Lewis could be a whole lot speedier with out being rated as a flier. Snod grass has scored 89 runs for the Giants and pilfered 33 bases. Lew is has registered but 70 runs and has stolen but five sacks. Snodgrass Better Batter. The superiority of the New Yorl man rests right here, however Lewis has a batting average of .278, or 12 points more than the Giant. Besides, he hits in clean-up position for the Red Sox, and it goes without saying that n» has hit in a very appreciable num ber more runs. And in the < field—well, Snodgrass shine- onh when coming in for a fly ball. H” is very fast and his speed in t one department apparent!.' fur nishes his sole excuse for being a big leaguer outfielder. And as for Hooper—well, he ;i so far ahead of either Devore Becker that it is a waste of spate to make d, comparison. instead of preserving the natural health am! text'- ® I of the skin. The eruptions may be I over and inflammation reduced by the appli^ l -' 1 ' of washes, cosmetics, salves, etc., but no s- n - 111, tion can ever be permanently cured in the »■" only pure blood can make healthy skin. cures Skin Diseases of every kind by n it' ’’ the acids and removing the humors from H > S. S. S. builds the circulation up to its strength, increases its nutritive powers am its purity in every way. Then the skin "