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(Manager of Washington Team, Which Will Probably Train in Atlanta Next Spring.) WASHINGTON Sept. 28.—The Boston Red Sox, one of the . smoothest baseball ma chines ever known, Will, In my opinion, take four out of the first five games from the New York Giants In the coming world's series. Any way you look at it, Stahl's men have McGraw’s squad hacked oft the baseball map. In the box, In the field, and with the stick, the Red Sox are superior. In base running alone they do not entirely outclass their opponents, and, as I will show later, this fea ture of the game does not cut much figure In world series battles. The Giants have Just one pitcher in whom they havt sufficient con fidence to win such a series, name ly, Mathewson. The Red Sox have more confidence than any team 1 have ever come across, no matter who is in the box for them. And they sure have a staff that merits confidence. Wood, Hall, O'Brien, Bedtent and Collins are all equal to the task of facing the Giants at their best and turning them back. True, McGraw has Marquard. hut aay what you will, the Giants do not play behind him as they do with Matty. This old boy is still right up In the front rank, but he is not as strong as he was a few years ago. The constant strain of many seasons has worn away the re serve, and now, when Christy’s best offerings are humped, he can not rely on sheer speed to recover his equilibrium. Wood and the other Bosto'i stars can. and there in lies their invaluable advantage. I do not think Marquard will bother the American champions a little bit, while Tesre.au, whom I have never seen, but who, from all accounts, must be a real pitcher, has not had the experience to stand the terrific strain of such a series, though he may come through and surprise the critics. The same holds true in the case of Bedlent for the Boston team. He is a grand twirler, but "Buck" O’Brien, on the other hand, though young to the big league, has had the baseball experience to bear up against It. I expect, though, that the brunt of the pitching will fall on the shoulders of Hall and Wood. The former is a bear for work, does not know what it is to bo afraid, and is at his best in tight places The latter I consider to be equaled by only one man now pitching—Walter Johnson. It would not surprise me a little bit to see Joe Wood win three games in the first four days of the con tests. Speaker Will Hit Ball. Speaker, too, in my opinion, will be another very great stumbling for McGra H 11 hinS be the first big star player who will' live up to his previous reputation, and perhaps surpass it. ih a world’s series. Cobb and Wagner and other headliners have faded and fallen down. but. take it from me, "Spoke" will he there with bells on all the way through. He is a natural hall player, in the game for the love of it. and the bigger the crowd and the greater the excitement the bet ter he goes. When Mathewson last pitched against Boston, Speaker bumped him very hard, and in those days the Bostonian was a mere kid, just breaking in. There's no telling *hat he is likely to <fn now. Boston Garden Much the Best. As to the outfield, it is useless to compare the grand Red Sox trio wltt the Giants' gardeners. The k | ments of the game, and those three sterling wings will put a very se- vere kink in the Giants’ big repu tation for base running. I will not be surprised, either, to see Harry Hooper throw out Chief Meyers at first base on some of those hits that the Indian is ac customed to put to right field. In the infield, the advantage is all with the Red Sox. The Giants have one really classy infielder, Barry Doyle, while the rest are fair, but not real classy. On the other hand, the Stahl in ner men are all stars. Yerkes has been rather slow about coming along, but going at a pace he has been setting In the last couple of series he has worked against us, there are very few’ second sackers who have a thing on him. Stahl is a star, not a flashy play er, but a great asset at the bag, a dangerous hitter and a brainy lead er. Wagner and Gardner are stellar performers, entirely’ superior to the corresponding men on tne National league leaders. In the backstopping department the Giants are thought by many to have the edge on all the country. In the possession of Meyers. But for my part I fall to see where the Red Sox are at all weak. Either Carrigan or Cady will shape up all the way through with Meyers, and while Wilson, the other New York receiver, is a fair man, he can not be compared with Nuna maker and Thomas. FODDER FOR FANS Yesterday* s nineteen-inning battle was a hard one for Eddie Plank to lose. He outpitched Gtoome and Johnson two to one. * * * Recruit Packard pitched swell ball for the Reds against the Cubs tn the first game of a double-header. He downed the Chicago hunch 10 to 3. • • • Kirby, one of the Giant's new pitchers, after a bad start, pitched swell ball against the Doves yesterday. A home run by Houser with three on in the first inning netted the Boston team about all their tallies. * ♦ • The Naps sure gave the Tigers a fine trounchig 1H to 5. Cleveland made 21 hits. I>ajoie securing four of ’em in four times at bat. • ♦ » Jennings used one of his recruits. Wheatly. on the mound, and gave the youngster his fill. Hughey let him stick out the slaughter from start to finish. • w • The Browns seems to have secured a corking young fwirlcr in Wellman. He has shown tine work in the games he has pitched for St. Louis. « • « The fag end of the season shows Marty 1 '’Toole. Pittsburg’s $22,500 hurler. going like atornado. If he had been gaolng all season like be is now the Pirates might have won the National league bunting Charley Ebbets has been blocked in his CALLAWAY AND SMITH IN WASHINGTON FOR PLAYERS WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. 28. Pri sid-nt Frank E. Callaway ami Man ager Billy Smith, of the Atlanta Base ball association, arrived here this morn ing. They are the guests of Manager Clark Griffith, of the local American league team, and will endeavor to se cure some talent tor the Crackers of 1913. Griffith and Jtis team returned home today and opened up a series with Bos ton. There are sev. ral promising young sters on both the Boston and Washing ton trams that Smith has a line on. and by tonight they may be Crackers. The deal for Joe Agler is the first one that will probably be closed. YOUNG SAYLOR AN EASY WINNER OVER PHILLIPS I'NVTi'N 'Hilo. Sept. 28.—Young Saylor, of Indiana polls, proved an easv winner over Jo. Phillips, of Providence. R I . in their twelve-round bout here last > ight. Saylor fought a cool and crafty fie t and outpointed Phillips at all stages. In the semi-windup Jo. Hartman, of . leveland, gained the decision over Freddie Andrews, of Milwaukee after eight rounds of fast fighting. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS. SAITIKDAT, SEPTEMBER 28. 1912. Base running, as I said earlier, cuts very little figure in champion ship contests, for the very simple reason that when a man gets on bases he is not willing to take any risks. In hatting, too, you have to hand the palm to the American leaguers. Not a man on the team, pitchers included, but is likely to break up ajiy game, at any time, against any kind of pitching. The Giants have a few danger ous hitters, but not an entire team of fatality bangers, and as they will be up against superior pitch ing, it's mighty hard to see just how they can wiggle through to a victory. The Red Sox, as a whole, are a more nervy bunch than the Giants and much loss likely to be discour aged by a lead held against them in the first part of the game. The team is made up of brainier players, who do hot need to look to one man for their every plan or play. The Giants depend upon McGraw, primarily, and all the way through. The Red Sox depend upon Stahl, more or less, but each man is for himself a board of strategy’ when time and place call for brilliant in dividual effort. ■Wherefore, as I have said several times already, they ought to have no bother coming through, in easy style, and copping out in the first five days. scheme to purchase the Newark Interna tional league franchise. Joe McGinnity claims that the club owes him SB,OOO on a note. After Ebbet’s prlve had been ac cepted McGinnity flashed this note and the Brooklyn magnate refused to take it up • • • Fred Clarke has refused to let Byrne and O'Toole go with Umpire Rigier’s picked team to Cuba. The Pirate man ager declares that the risk of injuhy on such a trip Is too dangerous. • e • Washington appears to have a strangle hold on second place in the American league. • • • Houston, pennant winners in the Texas league, have just finished a post-season series with Beaumont, Lexas league tail enders, and Beaumont won. • * « Wichita and Sioux Citv set a new record in run-gettfng in the Western league a few days ago. Wichita scored 26 runs and Sioux City an even dozen. • • • Before night a report from Washington is due that Joe Agler has been officially "sold” back to the Crackers. Billy Smith and President Callaway arrived in the capital this morning • * • A Detroit scribe says the Boston team this season is not in the same class with the Athletics of last year Connie Mack, however, claims the Red Sox are every bit as good as his 1911 champions. SOLDIERS AT LOCAL FORT PROVE CLEVER ATHLETES Enthusiasm and a good crowd mark ed the field day exercises held at Fort McPherson yesterday morning. Pri vates Franz and Campbell won the 10* and the 220-yard dashes, respectively The results of the five competitit. events were as follows: H'O-Yard Dash—Franz, first; Camp bell. second; Stewart, third. Time, 11 4-5 seconds. Dog Tent Pitching Contest—Compa ny 11. first: Cotnixiny F. second; Com pany N, third. Time, 5 minutes and 40 seconds. 220-Yard Dash—Campbell, first; Bo on, second; Reem, third. Time, 27 sec onds. Wall Scaling Contest—Company E team, first; Company K, second, ami Company L, third. Time, 22 2-5 sec onds. Tug of War- Won by the Third bat talion in seven minutes ARRANGING BIG GAME. COI.I'MBI’S. GA. Sept. 28. —R. W. Edenfield, repr. -• ntfng Mercer univer sity, and G. R Vaughn, representing Auburn, are In Columbus arranging for the annual football game between those two coll.ges which will be played in Columbus October 5. Efforts are being madt to i>p<-rate special trains from Auburn ami Macon to bring the stu dent body of those institutions here on that date to witness the game. Giants' Call to Wood By WILLIAM F. KIRK. Come on, Joe Wood. Show us your wares, And don’t forget to bring them all, For speed alone gains you no throne — The Giants love that old fast ball. Whatever goes into the air Must fall again—remember that; And all the speed that is your creed May meet a heavy Giant bat. Don’t think we do not know your worth; Don't think we sneer at your success. Os men like you there is a dearth. But Tesreau’s better—that’s our guess. The Red Sox pin their faith on you, And we acknowledge that you’re gfood, But let us see you put it through. Come on, Joe Wood! SENATORS CAPTURE A 19-INNING BATTLE FROM MACK’S MEN PFITI.ADEI.PHIA, Sept. 28.—Wash- Ington and Philadelphia, in battling for second place, broke the major league record for thia season when they played 19 innings here yesterday, the former winning. 5 to 4. The visitors scored four runs in the first two innings on five hits, two bat tery and fielding errors and a fielder’s choice. After that Plank held them to no runs and six hits for sixteen suc cessive innings. In the nineteen Williams received a base on balls and Johnson beat out a bunt. Williams was forced at third on Moeller's grounder. Foster forced Moeller at second. Barry to Collins. In trying for a double play, Collins threw wild and Johnson scored the winning run. Groom pitched the first nine innings for Washington. Twice with the bases filled scoring was prevented by double plays, and in the seventh, with the bases filled and one out, the home team scored on an out. Four hits and an er. ror in the ninth enabled Philadelphis to tie the score. Johnson, who took Groom's place io the tenth inning, was hit harder than Plank, but brilliant fielding, especial!, by Foster and Mcßride, prevented anj scoring. Plank, a veteran of twelve seasons, out-twirled both of his younger oppo nents, the majority of Washington’s runs being due to misplays. LOOKOUT PRESIDENT HAS GOOD IDEAS FOR LEAGUE NEXT YEAR CHATTANOOGA. TENN., Sept. 28. President O. B. Andrews, of the local baseball club, will go on record at the fall meeting as supporting the present salary and player limits. He desires, however, that the salary be graded. In other words, if only fifteen men ar« carried he is of the opinion that S2OO should be subtracted from the total salary limit of that club. His idea is to prevent ambitious managers from sacrificing quantity for quality and thus rendering the final determination of the pennant winner largely a matter of luck. This is ever the case when clubs at tempt to go through a season upon an inadequate number of men. “If this provision is included,” says President Andrews. "I am of the opinion that the present player and salary limits are all right." “1 a’m heartily in favor of the double umpiring system," states the local pres, ident. “and I will do all in my power to have it retained'fiext season. The sin gle systtAn. to my notion, is a matter of poor economy.” "One matter that 1 intend to insist upon." says President Andrews, "Is a provision to force all the home clubs to provide club houses for the visiting teams. I believe that his change would be to the mutual benefit of all in volved. It will be found that the sav ing on the road by every team will more than offset the slight cost of the extra club house, not to mention th« added.convenience for the players.” M’GOORTY AND GIBBONS SIGN. NEW YORK. Sept. 28.—Announce ment was made through the Garden Athletic club today that Eddie McGoor ty. of Oshkosh, has signed up to meet Mike Gibbons of st Paul, for a ten round bout Thursday night, Novem ber 7. Even Money Should Prevail on Giants-Red Sox Seven-Game Fight ODDS ON WORLD’S SERIES STRUGGLE ARE FALSE By Bill Bailey. ARE they preparing to pull one of the biggest betting coups in the history of baseball in New York this fall? Early stories from the home of the Giants indicate as much. Be cause they sure are quoting false odds at this stage of the game. You read the stories that come from Gotham and they tell you that the Red’ Sox are the favorites in the world’s championship games. All well and good. You know that Jake Stahl has a pretty likely bunch of young ball players and you stand for that. But when they tell you that the odds are length ening and that the Red Sok will be 2 to 1 favorites before the first game is played you have a right to call a halt. Because the series never was played In which either contestant was a 2 to 1 favorite. Odds Are False. It’s all right t<x have a favorite. And it's all right to believe that your favorite will win. And it’s also all right to back your favorite to the extent of offering $5 of your money to win $4 of the other fel low’s. But it doesn’t make any dif ference how strong your favorite seems and how weak the other fel lows appear when it comes to wagering real money your pride is never a 2 to 1 shot. Certainly not In a series that calls for four out of seven games. If the Red Sox were playing the Braves Stahl's men would not be 2 to 1 favorites. If the Giants were contesting with the Yanks they would not be 2 to 1 favorites. If the winners of the American McGRAW PRAISES WORK OP PITCHER AL DEMAREE NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Manager Mc- Graw. of the New York Giants, is grooming his men for the world series with the Boston Americans. With the pennant race won, the recruits will be given the brunt of the work for the remainder of the season's play, while the veterans rest in relays, playing just enough to keep in good condition. It is seldom that McGraw discusses the initial work of his. young players, but he said today the debut of Al Dem. aree. the Southern league star, in the box against Boston Thursday was the finest work he had seen done by a newcomer in twenty years of baseball. It was Demaree's first appearance fol the Giants, and, although the game was crucial to the extent that winning it meant clinching the pennant, the youngster had almost perfect control He struck out nine men. allowed seven hits, two of which were scratches, gave only one base on balls, and scored s shut-out. Demaree reported to the Giants on September 4, a week too late to be eligible for the world’s championship series Tesreau is being groomed par ticularly for "spltball" pitching against the Red Sox. and Mathewson and Mar quard probably will each have a chance to start one of the big games. CHAS. EBBETS HAS NEW SCHEME FOR DRAFTING NEM YORK. Sept. 28.—A new meth od of drafting baseball players for class A A leagues will be recommended to the national commission at its next regu lar meeting by President C. H. Eb betts. of the Brooklyn club. He de clares that the present “grab bag" plan Is unfair alike to the weak major league clubs, which need new material, and to the good minor league plavers, who fail to graduate into fast company Ebbetts’ plan is as follows: "Let the American league, for in stance, take the odd numbers 13 5 etc., for each club, while the National league clubs are numbered 2, 4 6 etc • assign these numbers according to the order in which the teams finish. • "Give number 15 and number 16 the tail-end class, first chance at all plav ors subject tn draft. Thus each tea# will have an excellent chance to secure desirable talent, and will not be com pelled to take players that are not really needed." BURNS DEFEATS GORDON VINITA OKLA . Sept. 28.-p"ddle Burns, of Indianapolis, won a popula decision over Bart Gordon, of Bartels vllle. Okla., in a fifteen-round bout here. league were stacked against the tail-enders of the National they would not be 2 to 1 favorites. If the winners of the National league pennant were sent against the fel lows who finished eighth in the American league they would not be a good 2 to 1 bet. In a series of seven games no major league team is ever a 2 to 1 favorite when stacked against another major league team. Think that over. It’S a fact. Even Money Suitable Wager. Even money should prevail in this series between the Giants and the Red Sox. The fellows who like the Boston crew against the New Yorkers immediately point to the fact that the Giants had a lot of difficulty in winning the pennant. Perish the thought. They had nothing of the sort. They won the pennant last year" by seven and one-half games. Today they have a longer lead. They are having no greater trouble this year than they had last. The fact of the matter Is that you simply have for gotten that the Cubs were in the race until almost the last moment last year. Then the fellow who likes the Red Sox says that the fact that Stahl’s men defeated the Athletics when the Giants could not, proves that the Red Sox form a better team than the one which licked the Giants in the world’s championship games of 1911. It proves nothing of the sort. The way you have to figure that proposition is in this way: Would the Red Sox have beaten the Ath letics if Bender had been as good this year as he was last? Also, The Big Race Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on how the "Big Five” batters of the American league are hitting: „ P q L * YERS ’ AB. H. Av. COBB 542 222 410 JACKSON 551 216 391 SHAKER 561 21 * LAJOIE 417 148 355 COLLINS 508 171 337 Ty Cobb secured two hits in four times up yesterday, Jackson was up three times and connected for safe swats each time. Speaker didn’t play. Lajoie had a big day; was up four times and banged out as many hits. Collins went to bat seven times and three times he hit safely. FAST PACER IS DEAD. COLUMBUS, OHIO, Sept. 28.—One of the fastest pacers in the world, The Eel, 2:02 1-4. owned by F. \V. Entre kin, of Travistock, Ontario, died her from an attack of lung fever. He had been entered in the championship pac ing stake at the Grand Circuit races here. Money x\nywhere You May Be The convenience and comfort you experi ence when you carry your travel-money in the orm or our Travelers Checks will amply com pensate you for supplying yourself with them. i3'^ le^\- are cas hahle in any country in the 'Y or ’ You have no trouble about identifica nl J * °* U < Z annot I° 3e your money even if you should misplace your check. All forms of foreign and domestic ex change are supplied by our Exchange Depart ment. Letters of credit issued. Fourth National Bank would the Red Sox have triumphed had Coombs been right when air tight pitching was needed? Ami on top of that, would the men of Stahl have finished on top if both Bender and Coombs had been right at the same time? If you believe that the fellow? from Boston would have won de spite Bender and Coombs in good shape, all well and good. Then you have a basis for arguing that th« Red Sox should be the favorites I ntil you can satisfy yourself ol! that point you have no reason f r making the lads from Boston the favorites in the wageiing. To further preve that the Ren Sox should be the favorites you may cite the fact that Christy Mathewson is not the pitcher that he was last year and that the same holds good for Marquard Which may and may not hold good. Math ewson. with a rest, will probably be able to twirl some mighty good ball in the world s series. Don’t ever get the impression that he is all in. He isn’t. Marquard may not be the twirler that he was one year ago today. It will be remembered that he was going his fastest clip during the latter part of the 1911 season. But the Giants have a man in Tes reau who is more than likely to make up for any deficiency dis played by the southpaw. Giants in Big Fight Before. Then the Giants have the advan tage of having been in a world's series and that counts for a whole lot. It will come nearer being an every-day occurrence for the Giants than it will be for the Red Sox. That counts. WHITE SOX ACCEPT DEFI OF CUBS FOR CITY SERIES CHICAGO. Sept. 28.-—President Co miskey, of the Chicago American league club, has accepted the challenge of President Murphy, of the Chicago Na tionals, for a series of games to decide the baseball championship of Chicago Details will be arranged today. « "Were all medicines as meritorious as Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the world would be much better off and the percentage of suffering greatly decreased,” write; Lindsay Scott, of Temple, Ind. Pot sale by all dealers. (Advt.) NOTICE. September 16, 1912. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Atlanta and West Point Rail road Company will be held at the office of the company, room 9 in In At lanta Terminal Station, Atlanta. Ga.. at 12 o'clock noon, Tuesday, October 15, 1912. W. H. BRUCE, Secretary. (Advertisement.)