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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 56 .634 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 SOI HOUGH TIME » By W. S. 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 Hail, will prove too much for Mathewson, Marquard and Tos 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 Big Three may accomplish all that will be necessary to bring a world s title ' back to the National league • • • Mathewson has new 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 111 in all the late sea son games and he played In trial series against the Red Sox purely on his nerve. That series gave Matty a liu< on the Boston hitters. He knows ■ some of the weaknesses of th:it club and It will not be like work- . ing against absolute strangi r The big fellow's am Is said to be <i. 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 from 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 fact that Tesreau has been beating the Cubs with regu larity of late before capacity houses proves that this young man doesn't "go vlth -'age fright. Crowds of 3().0i)0 hav tiled to shake him twice this fall Speaker and Gardner are the only left-hand hitters 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. « * • Il 'ST 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 hit a southpaw as easily as a right-hander, but 1 watched him closely last season and know that he can not. And Gardner has always been pie for portside slants * • • IN 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 whore the Giants' staff will be forced to take off their hats PERSONALLY 1 think that Bos- n 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 I con cede New York better equipped leadership. It is impossible for the most de vout foliowets of Jake Stahl to ■ ompare him as a tactician with Muggsy McGraw. • • • 'THE fact that the Red Sox ran first to the Athletics in this 'ear's race with considerable ease am: that the elan of Connie Mack est their well known scars upon the toants in the last championship 'millet has had much to do with tri' making of Boston a favorite according to my way of thinking TO JAKE STAHL GOES WIT Os WINNER By Bill Bailey. J AKE STAHL today a com manding figure in ba-ebal), for the reason that lie is—Jake Stahl. You may say that tin Red Sox will teprrsent the American league in the world's championship series because they were lucky. Os <ourse, 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 wdnners. Let's make the case one of Jake Stahl vs. luck. Well start in by pointing oui what 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 i my'i'd tor a short time and was i. of the game. That's luck. It's ritted. Stahl Back of Whole Works. But where else did the Red Sox have luck? In the pitching of Joe Wood, sly you'.’- Remember that Joe Wood did not come to the Red Sox tuts year He has been with that Bos ton bum h ever since 1908.. In the great playing of Tris Speaker? Tris Speaket has been with the Red Sox for Io these many years. I refuse to believe that the showing of Tris Speaker and of Joe Wood can be traced to luck. I would trace their great play 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 dldn'' 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 Stahl did. Here is a concrete example. If John 1. 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 .Tahl 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 ths pennant You can accept or reject the theory. But tile 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 was one thing that the Boston lads of last ye: 1 needed it was 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 was the manager. James McAleer veteran managi r and now president of the team, might sit back and tell what he had done, but Stahl was the man who was giving th3 orders these days. So the players camo- to realize that Stahl was not only the manager, but he also was the boss, and that the fellow who pleased Stahl was the fellow who was going to get the credit. From that moment the Red Sox began to get results, it was as if a new spirit had entered the team. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. How Red Sox and Giants Compare AB. R. BH. TB. 28. 38. HR. AV. PO. A. E. AV. SH. SB. Red Sox. .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. jfli 1 V /r . X "..-A 1 Illi liir * , SHHI ’ • <- aiv wlk // /'- .. •* fail 1-■ y vv rWWiI //)'~VJ // ■’ ' v E—— jbML E JOE WOOD. WOOD S PITCHING HAND. RUBE MARQUARD. that the Giants anti Ived Sox are sure to meet in £\| the world's series,” said Robe Marquard the other day, 1 may have the pleasure of hooking up with an old friend of my minor league days—‘Smoky 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 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 Grif fith, 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 for the world's championship. The fact is that Collins, who 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 Red 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 16 of 22 games he has been credited with pitching this year, and has taken 15 of the last 18 games he has pitched. He had a poor start, owing to an abscess on a knee, but after he had worked into form, following the first game Ray Collins Will Pitch Second Game Although Joe Wood is considered the Boston Red Sox’s best Inirler. Ray Collins, the great southpaw, rims him a close second. And it would not be surprising if the left-hander did everv bit as well as "Sniokv 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 aeries 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 balls per batsman than any other left-handed pitcher this year —in fact, less titan most right handers. He went through three straight games without passing a man or hitting one. He seems able to place the ball wherever he pleases, measuring the league, and many a time we had a royal battle. Joe always had a wonderful lot of speed, and I 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. “1 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 be 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. Plays a Cautious Game. Collins began to reach his best form late last summer. It is told of him that while he was pitching rather ordinary baseball for a big leaguer, in 1911, he complained that he was not permitted to work as he pleased. John 1. Taylor, then pres ident and owner of the Red Sox, called in Collins on July 4, 1911, and talked that over xvith him. After he heard what Collins had to say. he remarked: "Well, 1 have the utmost confi- GEORGIAN SPORTS Written by Experts dence 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 front his illness and regained his strength, Collins became extraordi narily successful, whereby he be came the Sox’s second pitcher. In the opinion of the Red Sox he should more than stand off "Rube" Marquard, the Giants’ remarkable left-hander. Summer skin diseases During the summer most persons are annoyed with pimples, rashes, or eruptions, while others suffer more severely with zema. Acne, Tetter, Salt Rheum, or some kindred skin disease. A P er condition of the skin exists as long as the blood is normal, but when it conies contaminated with humors and acids its supply of nutritive pr°P e t'es is greatly lessened and it becomes a sharp, acrid fluid which disea- 1 ’ (sSs) being irritated with acid humors and impurities, is nourished ami “/L. v by a plentiful supply of rich, pure blood. Book on Skin Diseases and an, medical advice free. £//£ S p Ecjnc ATLANTA, GA. GIANTS’ ROOTERS FEAR BOSTON'S OUTFIELD H ERE ? a ? tOry by a Bo ”o* scr.be who has traveled w ,th the Boston team all seasnn but who is now with the New York G.ants for the remainder o f Z season to get a line on the M? Graw clan. In this story, a Z' having -watched the Giants' out" field in action, he states that th. New York trio does not comp, ’ with the Hub outfit coni P’r« By Paul H. Shannon VTEW YORK, Sept. - 19 .._ wi ;, 1e New Yor k fans are raving over the work of Giant Jeff ’’esreau, and banking mightilv the ability of Doyle and Chief M 4” ers to see the Giants through, enthusiasm dies quickly away wh ' they come to consider the outfield that McGraw will be forcpd ™ pend upon in the coming contest for a world s championship. Even the prejudiced Polo groun . contingent-a following which can see no pitcher but “Mattv"-n 0 eader but McGraw and no team but the National league champion, —are forced to admit that as f ar as the outfields are concerned the Red Sox are unquestionably the stronger. As far as fielding goes, compari sons are odious, for New Yorkers. The strongest factor in the Giants' outer garden is "Red" Murray who bears the unenviable reputation of failing to make a single safe hit in the world's series last tall. Murray is far and awa\ th., best outfielder that the Giants ■ an glton But can any one think of compar ing him with Speaker? What Figures Show. Murray is hitting the ball fairlv 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- j nera 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 hilter. what chance ( has the New 'yrker 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 fielder 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 fata! weakness. Next to Murray in point of a l 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 Lewi' He is one of the fastest men oi 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 ti , 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 York man rests right here, however Lewis has a batting average .278, or 12 points more than it Giant. Besides, he hits in clean-up position for the Red Sox. and it goes without saying that has hit in a very appreciable num ber more runs. And in the 11 field well, Snodgrass shines oi when coming in for a fly ball is very fast and his speed i' one department apparently f nishes his sole excuse for being a big leagfuer outfielder. And as for Hooper —well, he “ so far ahead of either Devon Becker that it is a waste of space to make a comparison. instead of preserving the natural health and j of the skin. The eruptions may be ? °Z n over and inflammation reduced by the apP ,ILa ‘ ; “ of washes, cosmetics, salves, etc., but no skin a . tion can ever be permanently 7 cured in this y I only pure blood can make healthy skin. , cures Skin Diseases of every kind by ne ” tra ?L,,' the acids and removing the humors from the “ S. S. S. builds the circulation up to its ’'l”. ', 0 strength, increases its nutritive powers and ! its purity in every wav. Then the skin 'T" 1 / 11 j