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12 GKHGM COW» * TOGOT f/DITE-D W. 9 „ _ _, . . - -I ■ '■■ ' ■ ' ■-■!■■■ » I ■— . - ■■ ■■■■ ■ !■■■■■■ ■ ■■> , THE CHAMPION GIANTS LINEDUP IN THEIR BATTING ORDER _ z" * - "r" <&. ,> : * o •? ■ \ 8 / ■ p i i 'i > Xi ; * **» / T <* \! : ' '7. <5 ' ', I I J A A q I .T- I I , a .. • ; ' t ■' / <4" ■'■« ' *J* J ; fc,. V J -T~J .j - BPx IM.: «W '. WB-.J • < !:, «»* *W W . W ®*R . W . g-jt . -sX/ ■ (c) - Devoi’e. Doyle. Snodgrass. Murray. Merkle. Herzog. Meyers. Fletcher. World's Series Should Be Tremendous Struggle From Now to the Finish SMITH EXPECTS PITCHING BATTLE DE CENTURY Bx Billy Smith. i Menage,- Atlanta Ball Club.) POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK. Oct. B—-At 1 o'clock more than 25.000 victims of dementia Amer loam hod crowded into the home grounds of th» New York National league pennant winners, to wit Jwse the first giune at the world’s between the Boston Red £knr, the winners of the American league pennant, and the Giants At thM> time, one hour before fbe time for the game to begin, fhere were flocks of empty reserv ed efflitM, and tlmre were still a few peets vacant in the bleachers An east wind, blowing at the yato of twelve miles an hour, was gweeping iw the field, but the eh£U of this was tempered by a tndght sun The Anal ntsh of the day begun f*hrwtly before 1 o'clock and from that flnw on there wac a continued onward rmth of fans and fannettos that showed Hw futt capacity of the grounds —BB - 000—would be required Practice Stunts Brilliant. The Giants took the field for practice shortly after 1 o'clock, and some spec tacular stops and throws by the Giant infielders brought the enthusiastic fans to their feet wtth cheers. Wood and (''adv wen* announced as Stahl's battery selection and McGraw pktked Tesreau and Meyers The Red Sox began their practice at 1 go o'clock and evidenced possession the clearness of theft butting eyes by hammering the ball to all parts of the field and smashing several into the bleachers, while the Giant rooters let out gasps "f ’Ol s' rnd .-Mi's' When Mayor Fitzgerald, of Bouton, took his seat with the Boston delega tion he was given a warm greeting by his fellow fans from th< Hub city. -4t that tlim every square Inch in the immens. Stand rose to its feet and howled its delight Mayor Gaynor and Governor Foss, of Massachusetts were greeted with wild cheers when they arrived at 1 o 0 o’clock undet an escort of police . Mayor Fitzgerald. of Boston, wearing s Prince Albert and a silk hat was cheered a- lie walked across the held and took his scat with Mayor Guvnor and Governor Foss The crowd by this tun* was In a Cate ~f f < Izl, (I , X ’lt i nir'llt Klrm umpired behind the bat, Ev.ms nth .1111,K <>|> 11)0 |.: ( .,e. ~n,| < ) l hi i; ’dip ami Rig • t y . . op ih, f. .nt Im. . I IGll| is |HI< ||< d .< , u,. a , opening •Hew York Will Float 1912 World’s Series Banner/ Says Lynch By THOMAS J. LYNCH. 1( President of the National League.) ; < I never give up until lam beaten. The Red Sox will not be conceded (any world’s championship by me un- . ' til they have beaten the champions ’of my circuit. I have every confi- s < dence in MoGraw and in the Gi- ( ; ants. I do not say that they will ( ! win, but I hope for the best. * I think that the world's series is a \ > grand thing for baseball and noth- \ < Ing would please me more than to < )be president of the league which S annexes the greatest honors of the ) pastime. i There is more at stake this year s ) than usual, for in the matter of I {world's championships played un- ? s dew- national commission supervision j the American league and National ; ’ league stand tied in the yearly ) tests. There is too much of the element of chance in a short series of this s nature. The Giants, I believe, are ' ' better qualified to battle for baseball * J supremacy than they were a year I ( ago against the Athletics. At that >time they gave a grand account of ( themselves. They are now more ex ) pe' ienced, and unless the Red Sox are quite superior to Connie Mack’s S wonderful collection, we have a (.great chance to land the victory. CL 1 games would he the pitching battle of the century. Mathewson Tesreau and Mar guard are almost sure to work the first th’l games for the Giants Wood and -Collins ate sure to work the first two sot Boston sure a.s smh adi nice stuff can be Which isn’t so sure after all But there -a query now as to whether Stahl will send In Wood with a day’s rest for the third affair or shoot in Buck O'Brien, who Is al ways at his best in the full. This shift will <le[H‘ttd upon the outcome of the first two game*. Hard Hitting Not Looked For. From the sixteen regulars who will work In Ibis series, not count in, th" pitchers who are not cast lor everv g mu*. H would be no slit - pt’-e If tint, were less than four in the 3110 batting class at the finish. I ..co y. at t hfi < wen til .* .iliovt I this border ’in Bak- Ban • and i.f tin Athbti.s Doyle .nd NJ. et of th. Giant- But | th. Gum p ■ ~..w Hutt M. Giaw iia? I . it iu added, is hiii e tn IHE \TLA\TA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY. OCTOBER 8. Roz. be better than It was In 1911 when ; Tesreau was absent and Marquard but a debutant. In the .s;mt* degree the Giants ) are likely to find Wood harder to ) hit than Bender was -despite the $ fact that the Indian is a wonder- ) ful worker for a scries of this sort. Collins Is rated upon a par with Plank, hut O'Brien is mor* of a < guess than Coombs. If O’Brien and J Marquard hook up it i- likely to be ' the best worked battle of the se- { t-les—or a slaughtet for the one wh . ] breaks first. Either one traveling at top form ' will be well-nigh unhittable, which i» said to be the main Idea in the I art of pitching. That Marquard- O'Brlen battle. If these two meet, will be Hie biggest gamble of the series and a thriller from the first round on to the finish or until some one detonates and fragments start strewing the spik. chopped field. Based on the pitching . 'on. -as outlined above the vies is likely to move out to sox t>n gann‘s. Giants Have Best Manager. Tile Giants’ greatest single ad v antage will lie in the < xperience and capabilities of their manager McGraw Stahl, with Wagner and Carrigan to advise him, has proved an able leader. He has shown tine discrimination in the use of his pitchers and ha- led his team to a championship over such rivals as the Athletics, who. before the season opened, were conceded the pennant. At the same time, as a manager Stahl can not be consid ered tn tile same breath with the leader of tile Giant *, McGraw undoubtedly knows as much baseball as any living man. He is a great tactician and an in spiring leader. There is no man who can s*. opportunity further off. take adv antage of it quicker or get the last ounce of i ttlciency out of his team better than the little Napoleon of baseball. Tht Giants may not hit a.- bard as th.- Rod Sox during the si ri S’ hut they will probably make mor. of their chances on the bases. For several years MtGravv's slogan lias been speed. He has gathered around him a team which is faster than any other aggregation now ; uving SOTEMIA WINS 4-MILE RACE: BREAKS RECORD 1/ »ris\ ILL! K Y Os ! N Tl . Ken ttickx endurance stak»* “f I mik >. run ai <'» i*r«’l?ill l»own« i c*<ierdrti. was won I Volemia and h w«trhi s record <»! i 7 in 4 established Ouiot el H.dk»\\*n I u.• - ■» . • itid \z" tliirc The gruelling cont*** »•* am** a "it .• »»ut .i fnt al cr lhe ' art « th th* I ’te’i < »»r a furl l ng \i lie •nd .•( the nil* MuiiHgo Ma< k led b> s»x«f.*l lenjjiliM wdh <.'olotu*l Hol | i Facts and Figures About Teams Which Play in Big Series ? FIRST BATTLE—PoIo grounds.) New York. Remaining games to al- ) > ternate between Boston and New J ; York. <| SEATING CAPACITIES New U ■York. 3'.030: Boston. 30.000 (esti-< mated’i < PREVIOUS RESULTS—I9O3. Eos- < i ton (A. L.) 5. Pittsburg (N. L.) 3; J \ 1904, no series- 1905, New York (N.J L.) 4, Philadelphia (A. L.) 1; 1906.( Chicago (A. L.) 4, Chicago (N. L.) 2: i 1907. Chicago (N. L ) 4: Detroit (A L.) 0: 1903 Chicago (N. L.) 4, A. L ) 1: 1909. Pittsburg (N. L.) 4.De- > .: troit (A. L.) 3; 1910. Philadelphia (A.> ? L.) 4. Chicago (N. L.) 1; 1911, Phila-) J delphia (A. L.) 4. New York (N. L.) ) 2. Totals—National league 25, Amer- > J ican league 22. ; PLAYERS ELIGIBLE—New York: Ames B-cker, Burns. Crandall. Doyle. > S Devore. Fletcher, Groh, Hartley, Her- I zOg McGraw. Mathewson. Marquard, v cMcCcrniick I, erk e. Meyers. Murrav, < S Robinson. Shaver. Snodgrass, Tes { ' reau. Vvilson and Wiltse. Boston: j Bail. Bedient B'adlfy. Cady, Collins. S Carrin,an. Engl». Gardner, Hall. Hon-J ■iksen Hooper. Kiug. Lewis. Nuna-$ maker. O'Brien. P.-ce Stahl, Speaker,/ ? Thon : . Wagner. Wood and Yerkes. | I’l2 WORK CF PITCHERS. GiANTS. > { Name V/. L. P. C. { j Tesreau 18 7 .720) { Marquard .. . . 26 11 .705! < Crandall .12 6 .6:7) ’ Mathewson 23 12 .6 7 J S Wiltse 9 6 .600 ’ J Ames 10 6 . 625 i RED SOX. ; ; Name. w. u. P C. { Wood 34 5 .872) v Hall 17 8 .680< Pape 2 1 .667; ? 8-dient 16 9 .640 < i Collins 15 9 .625 O'Brien 18 12 .600 { >c<tuid and third, ten !ciu,t}'is be 1 i. the leader. Loftus, on .'lat’iiucr .V* , ipi»arently was trying to ’(■strain ’... liieiuu. but at the end of the ( »>n<l :"!lt Manager Mack had increased h l«ad ;<« twenty lengths, and ’Sotemia had nu»\a d ini ' second place .l< ( iv ‘\ Martin, on Sotemia. then began « M.ii .u • r almost closed the big gap between the two i , . s at the end of the third mile Manage’- Mae!; led by only on° length. Sotemia caught him at the first turn aim dr< w away :-i< ariily until at the finish th* mare wa< fifteen lengths ahead JIMMY LAVENDER WILL WORK IN CITY SERIES t'l !!<’\ti* >. Oct x The announcement •’ I. uni) Lavende- again-t “Big LM" W ills!’ u iirst g nt of the cits series siaroH .in immense croud to the White Son ball grounds on the south side, earl' ■”• *■'' i s a spitter against a spitter. the ta»’s say. ami the other members of ■ .i’l’s Lave f.*.|ed into Hit back 41' at « L'arlx indication, pointed to a ciou. ■ ".H.nao when th* game Is called P‘h • '•?•>!< has »h< cit\ been -o ai.'i'cd . \t r a • *nte-i for the cit\ • ! amptonship This is due latgeh to the • ■'; 1 . o r< Ii: cm» * ’ f Manager I'rank •’’lanut . of the Cubs and because the ♦ an•- air a> e\t*r.li mate a»d as tlie.v *vt r havt !- . l Tb< brttit gis iua\>, with the I ho> a blight fax orhe Men and Women Stand in Line All Night io Get Tickets to Polo Grounds STUPENDOUS CROWD TURNS OUT FOR FIRST SAME By AV. S. Farnsworth. (Sporting Editor of The Georgian.) N-KW YORK. Oct. X. Tills crowd at the Polo Grounds today was something to write home to the folks a+iout. Say, it was a stunner. I don’t know what the official count will be. but it was a jam. a mob. an army of howl ing, shrieking baseball fanatics — the wildest crowd, perhaps, that ever assembled for a diamond con test. At noon there were over IS.Doo persons within the walls and the early rush had the police so busy that for the nonce they complete ly forgot the Becker-Rosenthal case. When the gates were thown open at 8 o’clock. 10.00" perfectly sane persons who had suffered a long cold night from encampment around the park made a wild rush for the ticket sellers’ windows. The police soon whipped them back into line —a line one mile long of grim ly tenacious but weary- fans. As soon as the purchasers sep arated themselves from the prop er price of their ducat, they Hied into the stands. They came well supplied with overcoats, blankets and eats Two hundred women were in the line when th** tin-can studded sid< of Coogan's Bluff was first outlined in the grey of a chilly October morn Borton Inva’ids O. K. The various Invalids of the Bos ton team all recovered in time for the opening of the series. Larry Gardner's finger lias entirely recovered from it.- recent indisposition. This is the diget that has moved the betting odds baek- ASHEVILLE HAS MANAGER. BUT ISN'T IN A LEAGU ASHKVILLE, Oct. 8. Thomas Slouch, well known in o as il manager of the Greenville . am of tl ''‘.’•■’ilia league, I.as been* by tl management of the local baseball club officiate at the helm here next sea&o The deal has just' been closed by Seen iar\ anti Treasurer Thomas M l>i.< k»*t who returned to Asheville yesterday fro the South Carolina city, where he held consultation with stouch. The latter w pay a visit to Asheville within a sho turn’ and become acquainted with the ei thusiasts. He will keep his exes trimm* during the coming winter months f likely talent and will report for duty he ’th days before the opening <»f the seas* of whatever league in which Ashexil hiipn* ns t<» hold a membership Secure the most competent help in t lines Hiroi’gli the “Help Wanted at Situatlci - Wanted columns of Tl <;»'<’gian Tb» best l«it> btai.*abl*' •hi.- < tx and -.:i ■ outidh .s <an be had I HblliL’.c-L I>rv.|i|i4' Iht <o ig HisWa: Ad pug*y Johnson Predicts Long Series, With Red Sox Victors B BYRON BANCROFT JOHNSON ? S (President of the American League.) f The American league will main- ( ) tain its supremacy in organized J ) baseball. I have no doubt about j ) this. Boston is the greatest bunch of J ) champions that ever won the pen- ) ' nant in my circuit. The team which v. ) Jake Stahl commands is capable, < ) game and consistent. No team ever j ) showed such marked consistency < > during a fu! campaign. v Ido not underestimate the strength < j of the National league champions. ( S New York has a fine team, but I ( ' do not think it is any stronger than*? ) a year ago. On the other hand, I ( ; think that Boston today is the equal J \ of the Athletics of 1911. ( In a short series pitching usu- ? ' ally cuts a. great figure and no bet- I j ter pitching staff can be found any- j . where in the country than the ? j corps commanded by Mr. Stahl. Joe ? , Wood should offset the great Chris- j ity Mathewson. Eliminating these ) J two, Boston has all the advantage. [ I would not be at all surprised S ij to see a long series, but as I said ? ( in my opening sentence. I have no > ( doubt that the American league will ) ’’ maintain its supremacy in organized > j J baseball, i ward and forward. Wagnei had a nail torn from the middle finger of his right money getter in the last game the Red Sox played in Philadelphia. The wound has been carefully tapped and Heine will be out there scooping in the hot ones right through th se ries. Daffy Lewis and ('barley Hall are suffering from slight colds, hut all 1 this hospital stuff was not serious enough to alter the speculative market, which was quoted at 10 to 8 on the Beantown Brigade. The Pitching Slant. In considering the merits of any two teams it is natural to turn tii st to their strength "it the mound. Before going into any comparisons of tin Giants' and R> <1 Sox's piteh , ers, let us look over the twlrlers i who have alreadv beaten Boston this year Stahl's iiqn have lost IT games during ti’< season <lf th*-se Wash -1 ington won io. Philadelphia 7, <‘hi eagn »i Cleveland II Detroit 6. St. Loins and New York 2 Forth" S* nators, John-on lias beaten tile fled Sox llirei time-. Groom tint, times, Hughe- twice and Cashion and Akers once apiece. Johnson presented them vdth on" of their few shutouts and be and Hughes on separate occasions held them to three hits. Plank, of the Athletics, has won four games from Stahl’s men. Coombs Is another man who allowed the warriors from the Hub but three hits in one tat tle. As far as the Chicago White 8o» are concerned, Walsh has been tho bete noire of the men from Boston. Tlte big spit bailer has defeated them on five occasions. Once he shut them out. 2 to 0, allowing them but two safeties. On another occa sion. he gave them three hits. Bens won the other game for the White Sox. Almost all the Cleveland pitchers have given the Red Sox trouble. Gregg won from them four times. Kahler. Baskette and Blanding each twice and Steen once. On Septem ber 17. Blanding gave them but two hits and on September 18. Baskette beat them 6 to 0. Dubuc won three games for the Tigers, Willett two and Lake on" against Boston. Lake was the man who broke Joe Wood’s great win ning streak. For St. Louis Baumgardner beat the men from the Hub twice and Hamilton, Allison and Howell eech handed them one defeat. Ford and McConnell are the only Highlanders who were able to take a game from the Champions In summing up this list it is fairly evident that the best left handers and spit-bailers have given the Red Sox trouble. For instance, out of their 47 .defeats almost one fourth have been administered by southpaws and an additional one sixth by spitball pitchers. In Tesreau they will meet a u”“ r of the moist ball who is second none.. The Big Bear has been the sensation of the National league season. Cool and confident. wi”> great speed, a curve and a splt" r that darts away like a frightene’i bird, he will be a tough proposH’ n for the enemy to solve. On- Te-ieau's best points is that u further he goes the better he g* c His weakness is that he is Im 1 ' to be wild in the early stag's the battle. Mathewson scarcely need- " merit. A veteran of many ha ' fought fir Ids. and one of the g’" est money pitchers in the w<*rld " is absolutely sure to twirl a k 1 game, whether he wins or lose" Their* is no assemblage I"'-"’ enough I" shake his nerve an" batter skillful enough to 11 from ’ Rix Six'' whatever bn " ”« weakness hr* mn> have. Joe W ood of I lie R< d S' ' considered by many the ino-' 'i ■ g< rou. boxman In the big i f -'* '*'* tO<i«4 v