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RED SOX WILL BEAT Cl ANTS, SAYS GRIFFITH
By (’lark Griffith.
(Manager of Washington Team,
Which Will Probably Train in
Atlants Next Spring.)
T-S -y ASHINGTi IN Sept. 2'. The
Boston 1. ,i Sox. one of the
■moot nt -1 t aseball ma -
chines ever known, will, in my
opinion, take foui out of ihe first
five games from the New York
Giants in the coming «<irl..'> >.t •<.
Any way you look .it it. St;tiil’s
men have McGraw's s> pisi i hacked
off the baseball map.
In the box, in tin field, and vith
the stick, the Red Sox ate sttp-ior.
tn base running alone tin ■ do not
entirely outclass their opponents,
and. ns I will show ’ater. this fea
ture of the game does not cut much
figure world series battles.
The Giants have Just one pitcher
In whom thex have sufficient con
fidence to win such a series, name
ly, Mathewson. The Red Sox have
more confidence than any team I
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, Redlent and Collins are
all equal to the task of facing the
Giants at their hist and turning
them back.
True. McGraw has Marquard. but
say what you wilt, the Giants do
nnt play behind him as the) 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
yea: s ago.
The constant strain of many
seasons ha.® worn awax the ro
serxe. and now. when Christy's
best offerings are bump, d, he can
not rely on she, r sp, ,d to recox er
his equilibrium Wood and the
other Boston stars can. and tin re
n lies their invaluable advantage.
1 do not* think Marquard will
bother the Aim'icati champions a
little bit. while Tesreau. whom I
have never seen, but xx ho, from all
accounts, must be a real pitcher,
has not had the experience to
wand the terrific strain of such a
seties. though he max come tlirougu
and s trprise tr.e critics
The same holds true in the case
of Bedient for the Boston team. He
is a grand twirler, but "Ruck"
1 ' Brian. on the othet hand,
though young to the big league, has
had the baseball experienc. to be.tr
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 he afraid, and is
at his beat 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
tn see Joe Wood win three games
In the first four days of the con
tests.
Speaker Will Hit Ball.
Speaker, too. in my opinion, xx ill
be another very great stumbling
block for McGraw He will, | thint.
be the first big star player who xx ill
live up to hts previous eputation,
and perhaps surpass it. tn a world’s
series.
• obb and Wagner and other
headliners have faded and fallen
down. but. take ft from me, ’ Spoke’’
will he there with bells on all the
way through He is a natural ball
Player, in the game for the love of
it. and the bigger the crowd and
the greater the excitement the bet
ter lip goew.
When Mathewson last pitched
against Boston. Speaker bump- I
him very hard, and in tlt.ee days
the Bostonian was a liter, kid. Just
breaking in, There’s no telling
hat he is likely to ao now
Boston Garden Much the Best.
A» to the outfield, it | s useless
to compare the grand Red Sox trio
®ith the < Hants' gardeners. The
Boston bunch will make th. Nexx
Yorkers look .-heap „|| . epart
ments ..f the g.-,mr and tho-e thro,
sterling wings will put a very sc-
tere 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
I hone hits that the Indian is ac
customed to put to right Held
In the infield, the advantage is
all with the Red Sox. The Giants
have one really classy infielder,
Larry Doyle, while the rest are fair,
but not real classy.
tin the other hand, the Stahl in
ner men are all stats Yeikts has
been rather slow about coming
along, but going at a pace he has
been netting in the last couple of
series he has worked against its,
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 ami a brainy lead
er.
Wagner and Gardner are stellar
performers, entirely superior to the
wort esponding men on the National
league leaders.
In the backstopping department
the Giants are thought by many to
have the edge on nil the country,
In the possession of Meyers. But
for my part I fail to see where the
Red Sox are at all weak.
Either Carrigan or Cady will
shape up all lite way through with
Meyers, and while Wilson, the other
New York receiver, is a fair man,
he can not he compared with Nuna
m.iker and Thomas.
FODDER FOR FANS '
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' esterdax’s nineteen - inning battle was
a hard one for Eddie Plank to lose. He
<»utpitched Groome and Johnson two to «
one.
♦ ♦ *
Hecruit Packard pitched swell ball for
the U» ds against the Cubs in the first
game <d a double-header. He downed the
Chicago bunch 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 whh three on in the first
inning netted the Boston team about all
their tallies
* • •
The Neps sure gave the Tigers a fine
trouncing. 16 to S Cleveland madi 21
hits, securing four of ’em in four
times at bat.
• * •
Jennings used one of his recruits.
Wheatly, on the mound, and gave the
youngster his till. Hughey let him stick
out the slaughter from start to finish.
V * «•
The Browns seems to have secured a
corking young t wirier in Wellman He
has shown fine work in the games he has
pitched for St Louis.
» » •
Thu fag end of the season shows Marty
O'Toole. Pittsburg's $22,500 hurler, going
like atornado If lie had been gaolng all
season like he is now the Pirates might
have won the National league bunting
* * ♦
<’harle> Ebbets has been blocked in his
CALLAWAY AND SMITH IN
WASHINGTON FOR PLAYERS
WASHINGTON, D. Sept. 28
President F'rank E. Callaway and Man
ager Billy Smith, of the Atlanta Base
ball association, arrived here this morn
ing They are the guests of Manager ■
t’lark Griffith, of the local American
league team, and will endeavor to se
cure some talent for the Crackers of
IDl.'i
Griffith and his team returned home
today and opened up a series with Bos
ton
There are several pPtmi.-ing young
sters on both lite Boston and Washing
ton teams that Smith has a lino on, and
by tonight they may lie Crackers.
The d" al for Joe Agler Is the first
one that will probably In closed.
YOUNG SAYLOR AN EASY
WINNER OVER PHILLIPS
. GAYToN <>Hlt>, Sept 28 Young
iSa\ or of Indianapolis, proved an easy
omm-rov. Joe Pli.liips of Providence.
R 1 ■ In thep twelve-round bout In e
" ,sl t lgl’t. Siylor fought a cool and
craft' fight and outpointed Phillips
at all stag. -
in the s. mi-windup Jo. Hartman. <.f
• cs-’and. gained tL» <D« <»\ci '
Freddie Ap'.rew -of M waukev. after
1. ght rounds of fast fighting. '
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) YEWS. SATURDAY. 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 batting, 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
any 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 less 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 not 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 1 have said several
times already, they ought to have
no bother coming through, in easy
style, and copping out in the first
fi v e da y s
scheme to purchase the Newark Interna
tional league t’ranchise Joe McGinntty
claims that the club owes him SB,OOO on a
note After Ebbet s prive had been a<-
cepted McGinnlty flashed this note and the
Brooklyn magnate refused to take it up.
• • •
Fred Clarke hits refused to let Byrne
and O'Toole go witli t’mpire Rigler's
picked team to Cuba The Pirate man
ager declares that the risk of injuhy on
such a trip is too dangerous.
• * •
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 vs on.
« * ■
Wichita and Sioux City set a new record
n run-getting in the Western league a
tew days ago Wichita scored 2k runs
and Sioux City an even dozen.
• • •
Before night a report from Washington
is due Dial Joe Agler has been ofticialb
sold' back to the ('rackets. Billy Smith
and President Gallaway arrived in the
capital this morning.
* • •
\ 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 evet v bit
as good as his 1911 champions.
SOLDIERS AT LOCAL FORT
PROVE CLEVER ATHLETES
Etithustasm and a good crowd mark
ed the field day exerclsea held at Fort
Mil'luison yesterday morning. Pri
vates Franz and Campbell won the 10*.
and the 220-yard dashes, respectively
Tlie results of tile five competitit.
events were as follows:
lofl-Yard Dasti Franz, first. Camp
bell. second: Stewart, third. Time,
11 1-5 seconds
Dog Tent Pitching Contest Compa
ny H. first; Company !•’. second; Com
pany N, third Time, 5 minutes and 4(1
aei< mdH.
220 Yard Dash Campbell, first; Bo
no, second; Reem. third Time. 27 sec
onds
Wall Staling Contest t'mnpany I.
train, first. Company K second, anti
Company 1., third. Time, 22 2-5 sec
ond s.
Tug of Wat \\ naj br the Third bat
talion in seven minutes
s-ARANGING BIG GAME.
<’t>Ll’Mßl’S GA. Sept. 2v R \\
Ear tifi. id, i epr. s. ntmg Met i er" unive -
sity. ami G R Yaugltn, representing
Vuburn, art- in Columbus arranging for
lie annua football game between these
two college* w hi. h w m be playt<l in
Columbus Octobet 5. Efforts are being
operate special Cains from
N'tbu’n and Macon to bring th* stu-
I lent »>.• !. rrf those institutions hme on
that date to witness the game.
I 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 TeMreatis better—that’s our
guess.
rhe Red Sox pin their faith on you,
And we acknowledge that you’re
good,
But let us see you put it through.
Come on. Joe Wood!
SENATORS CAPTURE
A 19 INNING BATTLE
FROM MACK’S MEN
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28.—Wash
ington and Philadelphia, in battling for
second place, broke the major league
record for this season when they played
IS Innings hero yesterday, the former
winning. 5 to 4.
I he visitors scored four runs in the
first two innings on five hits, two bat
ter.' 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. Poster 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 tilled and one out, the home team
scored on. an out. Four hits and an er.
ror in the ninth enabled Philadelphia
to tie the score.
Johnson, who took Groom's place it
the tentli inning, was hit harder that;
Plank, but brilliant fielding, especially
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 ease 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 am 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 next season. The sin
gle system, to mj notion, is a matter of
poor economy."
"One matter that I 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 sat
ing on the road by every team will
more than offset the slight cost of the
extra club house, not to mention the
added convenience for the players ”
M'GOORTY AND GIBBONS SIGN.
NEW Yt'RK. Sept 28.—Announce
ment was made through the Garden
Athletic i lub todav that Eddie MeGnor
ty. of ushko-h. has signed up to meet
Mike Gibbons of St Paul, for , ten
round bout Thursday night, Novem
ber 7.
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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.
AH 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 Sox 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 Arg False.
It’s all right to have a favorite.
And it’s all right to believe that
your favorite will win. And it’s
also all tight 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
OF 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 he
given tlie 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
tlie initial work of his young players
but he sai l 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 sot
the Giants, and, although the game was
c: tidal 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 »
shut-out.
Demaree reported to tlie Giants on
September 4. a week too late to be
eligible for the world’s championship
series Tesreau is being groomed par
ticularly for "spitball" pitching against
the Red Sox. and Mathewson and Mar
quard probably will each have a chance
t<» start one of the Big gamp?.
CHAS. EBBETS HAS NEW
SCHEME FOR DRAFTING
NEW YGRK, Sept. 28. A new meth
od of drafting baseball players for class
AA leagues will be recommended to the
national commission at its next regu
lar meeting bv President C. H. Eb
betts of the Brooklyn club. Hr 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 players, who
fail to graduate into fast companv
Ebbetts’ plan is as follows:
"Let the American league, for in
stance, take the odd numbers 1 3 5
etc., for each club, while tlie National'
league dubs are numbered 2. 4 6 etc •
assign these numbers according to the
order in which the teams finish
alive numtier 15 and number is, the I
tail-end class, first chance at all p,av- !
ers subject to draft. Thus each teal 1
will haw an excellent chance to secure
desirable talent, and will not be com
pelled to take players that are not'
really needed "
BURNS DEFEATS GOKUON
VINITA. OKLA. Sept 28.
Burns, of Indianapolis, won a nopula
decision nv.'t Bart Gordon. '*f Rartels
d i". 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,
I he Big Race
Here is the up-to-the-minute dope
on how the “Big Five” batters of the
American league are hitting:
PLAYERS. A.B. H Av
"ck’son .".".".:: ts s?
SHAKER 561 Ji: S
rm?ixic 417 148 - 355
GOLLINS 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.
(’OLI’MBUS. OHIO, Sept. 28.—One
of the fastest pacers in the world. The
Eel, 2:02 1-4 owned bv F. \V. Ent’e
kin. of Travistock, Ontario, died here
from an attack of lung fever. He had
been entered in the championship pac
ing stake at the Grand Circuit races
here.
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would the Red Sox have triumphed
had Coombs been right when air
tight pitching was needed? And
on top of that, would the men
Stahl have fin'shed 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 the
Red Sox should be the favorites.
Until you can satisfy yourself of
that point you have no reason f>r
making the lads from Boston the
favorites In the W’agering.
To further prove that the Red
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 mote 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 worlTA
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 leagut
club, has accepted the challenge of
President Murphy, of the Chicago Na
tionals, for a series of games to decide
the baseball championship of Chlcagn-
Details will be arranged today.
"Were al! medicines as meritorious
as Chamberlain's Colic, cholera and
Diarrhoea R‘medy the world would D<
much better off and the percentage nl
suffering greatly decreased," writes
' Indsav Scott, of Temple. Ind F"'
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September 16, 1912.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
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12 o’clock noon, Tuesdav, October 15.
1912. W. H. BRUCE. Secretary.
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