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NgtV YORK, Sept. 27/—'With the Giants having the Nation al league pennant no near to being cinched that figure* show the Chicago Cubs have practically no show at all to challenge the Giants for tta possesion, it is now in order to speculate and figure on the respective chances of the Giants and Boston Red Sox for the world's championship. If the Giants were sure to make the showing in every game of the world s series that they did against the Pittsburg Pirates on Saturday, Manager McGraw would have a right to consider that he had the gonfalon emblematical of the base ball championship of the universe already tucked securely away in his inside vest pocket, but, unfortu nately, the Giants can not be de pended on to play steady baseball day in and day out. In fact, they have proven themselves to be in and-outers of the most erratic kind. Since around about July 4. with one or two short periods excepted, the Gtant« have played such a tan talizing. aggravating game that any of their rooters who have seen them play regularly have been lucky to keep out of the nutty or bughouse class of baseball fans Took Sensational Braces. But still while in the very thick of ths worst of their slumps they would taSte the most sudden and rroeipected braces and re-establish themselves in a lead that would dumfotrnd their rivals who were giving tbmn the closest fights Their reversals of form in Pitts burg and PhilaAelphla were two in stances When they "came back” and restored the waning confidence of their friends and supporters. It was not always either that they were able to help themselves. The Cubs, fortunately, took tum bles at unexpected times and against teams that did not look strong enough to make the Chica go battlers “crack " That they did, though, and while punctuating the uncertainty of baseball by beating the Cubs at times when the Giants were in their most dangerous predicaments, still those defeats of their closest oppo nents came when the Giants need ed such assistance the most, .uid gave them the opportunity to re vive their drooping spirits and get into their winning stride again. Big Lead Cut Down, With the Giants enjoying a lead of sixteen games around July 4, that appeared to be impossible to overcome still they drifted, drifted, drifted fmm that big handicap they had fore. d on their opponent* until they held the paltry lead of only four and a half games. They could S'-, the pennant they had counted on so confidently. and naturally so, slipping, gliding away from them, and the world's championship, with al! its big returns of money, glory anil honor, gradually ebbing else where and to other players. It is litth wonder there was dire '. i.'iiriy tn tin Giants' < amp and tin told worry on the mind id’ their >n nag- i .Io n ,1. McGraw. He kte a full well tiiat his team and himself w. uld be the laughing stock of baseball fandom the coun try over should the commanding lead they on< .• had be overcome and th- leant beaten out in the < nd. But that unfortunate contingency will not arise Couldn't Stand Hot Weather, she Giant-, as they seem inva ri bly fated in hot weather to do. imped again this -eason in the ’’ 'tsuinmi i iii -nths. They did so year 111 plating .... .... , <t IM . ’ ’ ' eb.dl. They exagger- ated the heated spells in St. Louis abnormally, and just imagined the torrid weather was too much for them to withstand, and those were the times when McGraw was wor ried the most. He was more than that. He was mad clear through, and made no bones of telling his players what he thought of them. Then more pleasant and eaay times came. The boys took a brace, and the Cubs and Pirates had their slumps. Matters took a more fa vorable turn, and the present sit uation has arrived where the Giants can not lose. On Saturday, after the Giants beat the Pirates and it was known the Cubs had been defeated twice by the Phillies. McGraw took his first good sleep for many a long night. The Giants, one and all, firmly believe they will beat out the Red Sox for the world's championship. . Two of the most prominent among them—Mathewson and Meyers— have come out with tlrntr own sign ed statements in The New York American that the Giants will win, but it will be because John McGraw knows more baseball than Jake Stahl, and it la on that account that I feel free to express my opin ion that the Giants will beat out the Red Sox. Giants’ Machine Better. Individually, I do not think the Giants are tn anv wav superior to the Red Sox, but when team work is to be considered, and the com ing world's series surely will bo di verted from individualism to a question of unification, I firmly be lieve for the two teams are evenly enough matched otherwise to war rant that belief, then is tho time McGraw and his Giants will flash, and flash winningly. That the <iiants failed to play winning ball ih but two games last week does not figure deeply with me, The Red Sox have had their little slump of late, too. but I have never yet witnessed a world's championship series in which both contenders did not arise to the im portance of the occasion. They are always primed to it. The Giants can be depended on, and with Tesreau to offset Wood and Mathewson and Marquard to assist "Big Jeff," things look pret ty smooth to me. Montgomery Franchise Is for Sale: Billikens May Go to Little Rock MOSTOOMBRV. AI.A.. Sept. 11. The Montgomery basehall franchise in the Southern league is for sale, ac cording to a statement of Owner Rich-' ard Tillis, following the breaking off of negotiations foi a guarantee fund by the Montgomery Business Men's league The league had raised the necessary guarantee to keep baseball in Mont gomery for tho next three years, but Mr. Tillis and directors of the league could not agree on the contract which was to be signed by both parties. Mr Tillis refused, during tile past summer, an offer for the franchise from , Little Rock He declined to say wheth er he would accept this offer if it was made again WOLGAST TO BATTLE IN ’FRISCO ON TURKEY DAY SAX I’ltAX'i IS>'< >. S. |t. 27. .lames '• offroth is smiling and happy today i lie lias a telegram Hom Toni Jones, i manager of Lightweight Champion Ad ■""least. saying tin- Cadillac lad. will ; journey i. s,n I'r.im i-eo thitt>,. on | I hank-gn . ng day * All r lailiti-tnriiii I f<> tl ' ■-i ■ eted but ■ ithei Willie IL., m . , I- 1Ilk; . Hurns •will b« -ent a- Un. ■ tin titli holdvi. TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.FRTDAY. SEPTEMBER 2/. >3iz. Pittsburg Manager Believes McGraw's Team Will Beat Red Sox FRED CLARKE TELLS WHY GIANTS WILL WIN SERIES By Fred Clarke. (Manager Pittsburg Pirates.) PITTSBURG, Sept. 27.—1 think the Giants will win the world's series, but maybe it is only a hunch that I have. I think the series will come down to a question of managers, and that will mean that the manager who knows the most baseball and gets the best team work out of hie play ers will yeunk down the persim mons, and McGraw is that man ager. Any one ga me of baseball is hard to dope out beforehand, and a se ries of seven games is even more difficult. A team is either going bad or good. When one is bad, the best batter on the team can not seem to be able to even hit a long fly that will send in a runner from third when the run would win the game. At other times, when the same team is going good, there is no pitcher who can fool the same batter no matter how great a piteh . er he may be. The changes, too, from good to bad or vice versa comes like a flash, and there Is no explanation for It. It is simply baseball, and will be an unexplained feature of the game ns long as it exists. 1 Giants Not Hitting. The Giants have not been hit ting for some time, but I figure they will be about due to get into their batting stride by the time to play the worlds series arrives. If they do, then they will hit any pitcher the Red Sox put up against them. On the other hand, the Red Sox have been batting heavily all sea son with hardly a slump. They are. by all the past history of the game—well, let us say automatical ly to let down in their hitting. There is n psychological time for one club or another to start a world's series, and if that time is struck exactly right the team lucky enough to get that break is prac tically unbeatable. Why, two years ago. if Charley Murphy had called off games a week ahead, as he was pressed to do, so that the Cubs could -iinve started the world's se ries a week earlier, the Cubs would have beaten out the Ath letics, for the Cubs would have been just primed for the battle But in one short week they changed from good to bad. while the Athletics, by not having the championship of their own league to worry about, were both physical ly and mentally better prepared. I look for the Giants to be ex actly fit and ready for the coming series, while the Red Sox will not be as much on eijge. The latter, by all baseball precedent, are due for a slump. Red Sox Due For a Tumble. This may appear as if supersti tion figured in my dope, but 1 don't think so. for I have never gone through a season when any team did not have a tumble, and the Red Sox have been going too smoothly all this season to es ea pe. If both the Giants and Red Sox happen to be going bad, though, then is the time that superior man agement will count the most and best. Any team that is going good does not require much, if any . man agement or head w ork display . The y breaks do the winning work, but it is always the time when teams are going bail that a good team shows that it is good, as paradoxi cal ns that may seem It is in the rocky days that the manager who knows the most baseball will show ft. But with an even break, in my opinion, it will be McGraw's bet ter know ledg* of the game, the sys tem of team work he has instilled in his- players, that will pul! him out wkwMar over Managei Stahl. Man-to-Man Comparison of Title Rivals In the following table the New York and Boston players are compared, man for man. on the unofficial figures up to and including games, the New York player being named first In each case: M . Fielding Batting G. P.O. A E. AV. AB. R H AV Merkle, first base 115 1028 58 29 .973 410 71 126 307 Stahl, first base 67 655 32 9 . 987 280 30 82 '293 Doyie, second base 112 274 300 42 .932 485 95 165 340 Yerkes, second base 109 175 279 20 .958 449 67 125 ’278 Fletcher, shortstop 106 207 353 48 .921 359 55 93 259 Wagner, shortstop .(...128 302 343 51 .927 466 68 125 .268 Gardner, third base 130 148 280 24 .946 431 69 113 262 Herzog, third base 123 139 271 32 .929 481 78 153 .318 Meyers, catcher 112 537 94 18 .972 351 59 120 342 Carrigan, catcher 80 378 94 15 .969 241 26 63 Devore, left field 80 114 16 15 .897 296 58 72 243 Becker, left field 108 212 21 10 .959 382 64 103 270 Lewis, left field 131 259 18 11 .962 500 71 135 .270 Snodgrass, center field .100 207 20 15 .938 465 86 120 258 Speaker, center field ..131 331 35 17 .956 512 118 * 198 .387 Murray, right fieldl23 328 14 10 .972 487 73 133 273 Hooper, right field 125 297 20 9 .972 512 86 134 New York 3555 1656 269 .951 4478 756 1254 280 Boston ... 3622 1688 231 .958 4466 694 1236 *276 LONG HITS BY CLUBS. 28. 38. H.R. T.B. E.B. AV New York 208 80 44 1754 500 932 Boston 232 72 25 1687 431 .878 "GIANTS RESTING; HAVE" WON NATIONALPENNANT NEW YORK. Sept. 27.—With the pennant theirs, the Giants have started to rest up for the world’s series with the Red Sox. Manager McGraw an nounced today that from now on he would give the new men a chance to display their wares. The veterans will be worked just enough to keep them on edge for the cham pionship struggle which starts Oc tober 8. The Giants clinched the pennant when they won both ends of a double-header from the Boston team here yesterday afternoon. And it was Al Demaree, former Mobile hurler, who won the last game for the home team. The youngster, therefore, is carrying the title of "pennant winner” to day. And he is a hero with the veterans, too. for his sterling per formance. He not only beat Bos ton. but shut them out. 4 to 0, al- ■ - | FODDER FOR FANS Al Pemaree sure got awav to a flying start with the Giants. If Al could only develop a free swing he would be a bear cat. • • • Ty Cobb's fast work on the bases in one inning yesterday upset the entire (’leve land team. Ty got all the way around on three bunched errors. Boston needs only one more victory to establish a new American league record for games won. • • * For the second time within a week Van- Pyke. tlie Red Sox’s recruit from the New England league, failed to make good The Yankees slaughtered his delivery yes terday. • • • ♦ Garrison finishes were the proper thing yesterday. Red Sox beat Yankees in final inning bj grabbing eight runs. Cincinnati made ten runs in final spasm against the Cubs, but the Reds were found one run sh\ even then of a victory, as the Cubs won out in their half • • • Jimmy I.a vernier was the box the Reds started the 10-run bombardment on. Miller, of the Phillies, sure had his ash | well oiled yesterday in the double-header with the Dodgers. He made a total of 7 hits in two games. Two triples and a double were included. ... Ragon, of Brooklyn, pulled a John An derson yesterday. He tried to steal sec ond when that base was occupied by a runner • • • Frank Chance is in “good” with Char ley .Murphy now The Cub manager called his boss a liar yesterday In reply to a statement that the Chicago team has been losing on account of drinking • • • Murph' .s a s»»re loser Kill player can work for him and g < * Xie beat their is in him is a conundrum. • • • Klawitter Oh’iiih G-ant pit- her, dratted u-Xfoit from the Pacific Vuuit lowing only seven scattered hits. New York and Chicago each have nine games to play before October 6, the official ending of the season. Chicago could win all of its games and New York lose all without dis placing the Giant# The standing with the pennant clinched by New York is as fol lows: Clubs. W. l. pc New York 99 44 .693 Chicagoß9 54 .622 Plttsbug .. .. ..88 56 .611 It is an interesting fact that with New York clinching the pennant, its percentage of games won in the National league is .693. compared w ith the Boston percentage it® the American league to date of .692, showing that the two clubs have won a very even race. In tlie second game Demace is sued only one pass and fanned nine men. In two innifigs the visitors opened on him with an extra base hit. but could not score. wants tn give up hurling and become a shortstop. • • • Boston fans have presented Heinie Wagner with a loving cup. Mike Poniin has taken up Christian he'ence. Says it cured his actress wife. .Mabel H.te. when medicine failed St Louis scribes panned Erank Laporte until Stovall sold him to Washington. And now that Laporte is slugging the nill to a standstill, the Mound City- scribes are after Stovall for letting him go. • ♦ • Tris Speaker’s slump in batting is caus ing a heap of worry in Boston. Predict however, that lie will tind his eve bv Oc tober 8. He never failed yet in a pinch. L . most of us. Eddie Collins savs the Red Sox will win because their pitchers are better than the Giants. Pitcher rowers in a semi-pro game at Helena. Mont , fanned 25 men in nine in nings the other day. and then lost the Ki 'T‘‘ • to ' T he ‘-•atcher who worked with I owers made 20 putouts. 3assists and . 1 errors. 1 Says Hal Chase: "Giants will be easy for Red sox. Wood will beat any pitcher McGraw' sends to the box. Speaker will hit all of the Giants’ pitchers. Marquard especially hard. The Reds have secured Packard from Columbus. This boy pitched the Ameri can association team to 25 victories and only 7 defeats. Clark Griffith thinks that the weather m Washington is too hot to permit a team to do its best work. To circumvent i the thermometer. Griff might transfer all August dates at the capital to W’inm peg Jimmy Archer recently chased a foul at the Polo grounds A blatant fan called out. I’ve goi it.’ "Well, take it. ” W a« Archer's rejoinder The fan didn’t how ever, tor the ball almost beatied him Hub Catchers Killed Off Two of Every Five Would-Be Pilferers THE New York Giants, the Na tional league's entrants for the world's series to be staged next month, have stolen more bases this year than any otiher team in the senior organization and their followers expect that when they get into their important bat tles with the Red Sox. they will be able to pilfer quite a few sacks on Carrigan and his associates on the Boston catching staff. The adher ents of the Red Sox just as nat urally figure that Carrigan, Cady et al. will be able to keep McGraw's band of speedy athletes from run ning wild on the paths. Time will tell which set of fans is right. The figures show that when the Boston and New York clubs played a post series in 1909, the New Yorkers filched eleven hassocks in five games and the Bos ton catchers threw out four men. Bill Carrigan caught three of these contests and it was he who flagged the four McGrawites, Pat Donohue not making a throw that stopped anyone. Kept Runners Down Close. In the American league this year the Speed Boys' opponents atiave not been stealing with great fre quency on Carrigan, Cady. Nuna maker and Thomas. In the first five months of the season the Bos tonians’ adversaries pilfered 157 bases. Chicago getting 30, Washing ton 24. Philadelphia 23. New York 22, Detroit 21, St. Louis 20 and Cleveland 17. While the Speed Boys’ rivals were acquiring this number of larcenies, 105 more or less fleet pastimers were being kill ed off in endeavoring to steal. Thus Carrigan, Cady and the other two receivers have thrown out two of every five men who have endeavor ed to do the Raffles act. ( arrigan has had 88 bases stolen on him and‘his good right arm has cut down 65 men. Young Cady. Joe Wood's battery mate, has done even better than Carrigan, who may or may not receive some votes for the Chalmers ear this year. Cady has permitted 24 steals and has refused to stand for 21 thefts. Leslie Nunamaker has cut down 23 Be a Doer YDU must have a strong body to do things. Many lag behind and lose the race when the goal is in sight, because some vital organ failed at the crucial moment. . Q erms get into your system through impure air, drinking water, etc. They exhaust vital organs, sap your strength, and breed most diseases. DR. KING’S I Royal Germetuer I Known as the Germ Destroyer Goes with your blood through the remotest parts of your body, destroying germs, relieving tired organs, and giving back strength to the whole system. It makes you live. GERMETUER is recommended for Indigestion, I Rheumatism, Catarrh, LaGrippe, Blood Poison, Nerv °us debility, etc. It is harmless and pleasant in action, its effects are permanent. It’s for you. for sale by all leading druggists, or ELLIS-LILLYBECK DRUG CO. MEMPHIS. TENN. I men who tried to steal base- end is charged with having allow,, steals. Young Thomas. n ,,'. likely- to be given a chance in the series, has flagged fine men i and hi.s throws have ben beaten eight times. Prom the subjoined list of p | av . i ers who have been thrown out bv tlie Boston catchers tins season, fans may make up their own minds as to whether or not the Giants will be likely to run bases at will on Carrigan. ( ady or Nunamaker. Victims of Carrigan, Chicago—Rath. 3; Lord, th Weav er. 2; Zeider, 2: Bodie, L Matti, k. 1; Collins, 1; l-'ourniet. 1. Mi in tyre, 1. New York—Zinn. 2; Dolan, 1, Hartzell, 1; Sterrett, 1. Detroit—Cobb, 2: Jones, 1; Craw ford, 2; Baumann. 2. Bush, 1. Ln!- ahanty, 1; Vitt, 1; Louden. 1. He.. 1; McDermott, 1. Philadelphia—Strunk, I). Mjir phy, 2, Oldring, 2; Collins, 1. Lord, 1; Barry, 1. St. Louis—Austin. 3, Shotten. .1, Pratt. 1; Williams. 1. Jantzen. I. Washington ! '|x mi. 2; Morgan, 1: Gandil, 1: Foster, 1. Cleveland—Lajoie. 1; Ryan, 1; Jackson, 1; Ball. L Griggs. 1. Victims of Cady, Chicago—Lord. 1: Callahan. 1; Bodie, 1; Rath, 1. New York—Chase, 1. Surrett, 1. Detroit —Cobb, 1; Delehanty. 1; Louden, 1; Jones. 1. St. Louis—Kutina. 2; Stovall. 11 Austin. 1; Stephens. 1 l.ajorte, 1. Washington Koster. 1. Mcßride, 1; Shanks, 1. Cleveland—Jackson, L Griggs. 1. Victims of Nunamaker. I Chicago—Rath, 1: Zeider, 1; Lord, I; Weaver, 1. New York—Gardner. 1. i're>-. 1 Philadelphia—Mclnnes, 2; ''"l -lins. 2: Baker, I. Washington—Moeller, 2; Milan. 1 1 : Mcßride. 1 : Knight. L Running ham, 1. <'leveland—Ball, 1: Birmingham. 1; Peckinpaugh. L Butcher, 1 Victims of Thomas. St. Louis—Pratt. 1; Shotien. li Hogan, 1. Washington Morin. 1.