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Even- in dication this morning is that Johnny McGraw will select Christy Mathewson, the veteran who started for him the world’s aeries in 1905 and 1911, and who opened the two post-season se ries of 1909 and 1910 against the Red Sox and Yankees, for the first game this afternoon. Jake Staid told me last night that Joe Wood will surely do the heav ing for the Boston teain So lam looking for the pitching battle of the century. Here is the National league’s lust against-the American league's pre mier. I think Wood will return the victor, but only after one of the grandest struggles in the annals of the national game The wise ones figure Wood a, finch, but McGraw his rested his old warhorse, Mathewson, since September 28—thirteen days without starting him against the foe. And Matty’s marvelous arm is going to mow down a lot of ambitious Bostonese. Every fan in New York is try ing to figure out how tile pitching burden in the series will be car ried out. Let me advance this guess on the pitching selections Smith's Pitching Dope. First game, Mathewson vs Wood. Second game. Tesreau vs. t'ollins. Third game, Marquand vs. ti'Brien By the same token Mathewson and Wood are likely to work the fourth game, with Tesreau and Col lins hooked up for the fifth. This comes from no inside tip, for Man ager McGraw has stated that lie has no advance pitching dope to give out. Rut it’s better than even money, after the developments of the past ten days, but the rival slabmen will be worked in exactly this order, or started in this order at least. How long they will last Is some thing for the box score to outline later on. Mathewson Tesreau and Mar quard are almost sure to work the first three game- in order for the Giants Wood and Collins a.r< sure to work the first two for Boston sure as such adv men stuff can be. Which isn't sure after all But there's a querv now a- to whether Stahl will send in Wood with a day's rest for the thir-i affair or shoot in Buck O’Brien, who is al ways at his best in the fid. This shift will depend upon t < outcome of the first two gam- s Hard Hitting Not Looked For. From the sixteen regular- who will work in this series, not count ing the pitchers who re not ca.-t for every game It would bo no -ur prise if ther- were less than four in the ,3'io batting class at the finish. Last year there were five above tins bord> i Im. |fak«-r. Barry and Murphy, of the Athletics; Doyle and Meyer- of tin Giant- But the Giant phi I. tig. now that Me- Gra» has Tesn au added, L sure to be better than it was m 1911. when Tesreau was absent and Marquard but a debutant. in the saint <l< i*.. t'. Giants are lik< !y t ■ fit. \\l h hit than Bendit w.,- de-]i < tie fact that th< It, n ■ ful worker for a series of this sort. Collins is rated upon i pa- with Plank, but O'Brien is mote of a guess than Coombs, if O’Brien and Marquard hook up it i- likely to be the b-st worked battle of th. se —or a slaughter for the one who Either one traveling at top form is .-.id to he -he mam ie. .., the on.. , , anil fragment,, 4 'New York Will Float 1912 World's Series Banner/ Says Lynch s ? By THOMAS J. LYNCH. (President of the National League.) > / I never give up until lam beaten. ) , The Red Sox will not be conceded J / any world's championship by me un- J 2 til they have beaten the champions ’ of my circuit. I have every confi dence in McGraw and in the Gi- ( / ants. I do not say that they will j j win, but I hope for the best. I think that the world's series is a grand thing for baseball and noth- i ■ ing would please me more than to ( be president of the league which ? y annexes the greatest honors of the < < pastime. There is more at stake this year than usual, for in the matter of ( world's championships played un- ( > der national commission supervision ,■ , the American league and National '( ■ league stand tied in the yearly j j tests. ■ j There is too much of the element i of chance in a short series of this nature. The Giants, I believe, are ** better qualified to battle for baseball 1 - supremacy than they were a year } ago against the Athletics. At that ) time they gave a grand account of '> > themselves. They aro now more ex- '> 5 perienced, and unless the Red Sox j ?are quite superior to Connie Mack’s > ? wonderful collection, we have a i great chance to land the victory. start strewing the spike-chopped field. Based on the pitching alone-—as outlined above the. series is likely • to move out to seven games. Giants Have Best Manager. The Giants' greatest single ad vantage will lie itt the experience and capabilities of their manager McGraw. Stahl, with Wigner and Carrigan to advise him, has proved an able leader. He lias shown fine discrimination in the use of his pitchers and has led his team to a championship over such * rivals as the Athletics, who, before tile season opened, were conceded the pennant. At the same time, as a ipanager Stahl can not be consid ered in tin same breath with the leader of the Giants. 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 see opportunity further off, take advantage of it quicker or get Hie last ounce of efficiency out of Ids team better than the little Napoleon of baseball. The Giants may not hit as hard as the Red Sox during the series, but they will probably make more of their chances on tin bases. For several yeais McGraw s slogan lias been speed H< has gathered around him a ti im which is faster than any other aggregation now playing th< game. It will he the Polo grounders' object to get on the basis in any way they can. That Is where they expect to win the series, If they do win it. I- Speaker. Lewis and Hooper Wire merely opposed by Murray, St grass ami Devore in the out fi. there would be no question of sup< riority St eaket is one of the grandest -.•1.- that < ver played the am! Lewis is the man of all hms '-..it the Bostonese desire to sc come to th. plate when the ire .towded with waiting runners H c >[>. r contributes a w onderful arm it tit ■ fielding ability to this remark.!'> •> trio. \s a matter of fact, all three of them can throw, play a ground bail Ilk. an infielder and cover n immense amount of 1 territory in th. outfield Sp* akt r ha- tile m s: natural ■ - -- - I - - - ■ , T . - - —n -j -' -.W«.r ’- ' - THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1912. ability of the three, and Hoooper and Lewis the better sense of w here to play for batters. Giant Outfield Strong. Murray ig as good an outfielder as Hooper, and, as many critics have pointed out, Snodgrass and Devore will be augmented by Becker, Burns, McCormick, Cran dall and Wilson in time of need. Snodgrass himself is a greatly im proved outfielder. He can not class with Speaker, but neither can any one else unless it's Ty Cobb or Joe Jackson. At the same time Snodgrass is a steady, de pendable man in the field, with a fair arm, and afler that he is al ways liable to break up a game with one of those terrific drives that he pulls down the third base line. Both Infields Strong. The Inner line of defense of the two teams is fairly well matched. Merkle and Stahl, who are both rangy players, aro men of some what the same type. Either of them is apt at any moment to lift the hall into the stands. At second the Giants have the most valuable man on their team in their captain, Larry Doyle. Lar ry outclasses Yerkes In practical ly every department of the game. He will outbat him by close to 109 points a.i<i will cover more ground in the field. It is upon Doyle and Moyers that much of the Giants’ offense hinges. Wagner Is very highly praised by American league critics. They claim that he is the best shortstop, with the exception of Honus, in the game today. He covers a lot of ground and blocks a runner off the base in a most efficient manner. He is also said to be a wonder at putting the ball on a man who is trying to steal. Boston looks to Wagner to out class Fletcher, but they may be disappointed. Fletcher can cover a world of ground and lias a won derful pair of hands. As far as their batting figures go, the two men are almost on a par, and they ar. l both dangerous In a pinch. Wagner is supposed to. be about the best "Inside ball" player on the Boston team Gardner Tops Herzog. Larry Gardner at third is one of the most dangerous batters on the Boston team, and probably will outhit Herzog. The Giants' third baseman, however, usually inserts his hits at the time and place where they will do the most good. Herzog has been playing a won derful game in the field and if the Boston man outshines hint there the crown ..f king c.f third base men will be his without an argu ment. One of H. rzog's main values to the Giants is his aggressiveness. He Is alway s there fighting and en couraging his team to tight. If it were not for Herzog the New York infield would be a quiet aggrega tion. Batting Averages of Contending Teams in World’s Series GIANTS. RED SOX. Name- MB R. H SB S TV Position. Name AB. R. H. S.B. S.H. I’.C. Merkle 472 St 142 . 9 .301 First Base ..Stahl 322 40 97 12 14 .301 I'oyle 98 t?x tt .122. . Second Base. ...Yerkes nlfi 73 129 6 27 .250 41:1 >1 113 13 15 .271 Shortstop Wagner 500 74 137 20 13 '274 He ■- lb 12 31 14 !t>4 Third RaseGardner. .. 511 87 152 24 17 317 S' .if " ix 49 21 •: . . I’tllityßall 181 22 40 11 6 .221 Gtoh 18 8 11 4 0 22'.' . I'tllityKrug 39 6 12 2 3 .308 I’tility Engle 167 32 38 13 7 .228 Devore <lB t.; X 4 26 7 264 LeftfieldLewis 573 84 161 9 28 281 Snodgrass :a | ■.•■» 39 IS .'i' ..CenterfieldSpeaker 571 136 218 53 8 .382 Murrax .'''>o >■; 147 33 17 267 Rightfield.,Hooper 585 97 144 27 21 "246 M>‘" tek '4 12 1 0 .316 I’tllityHenrickson. 55 20 17 0 2 309 Beckir t'". 67 TOO 28 8 262VttlityBradley ... 136 16 25 3 6 183 Burns M 11 13 7 0 ,265...'.1’t11ity Meyers .17: 6" 126 8 6 339 .CatcherCarrigan ... 264 34 69 9 8 261 Wilson 1: 17 34 2 4 277 CatcherCadyl2B it 36 0 7 .274 Hartlev 2'.' 3 8 2 0 276 Catcher Nunamaker. 103 15 25 2 3 243 Catcher •Thomas.. M th'.ion 10 ' 11 30 2 3 275PitcherWood 124 16 36 0 6 .290 Marquard '3 "it 2 8 208 Pitcher. Hall 74 10 20 0 3 270 Tesreau 8" 1 12 0 2 150PitcherBedient 73 11 14 0 6 .192 .'«n» - ■' 6 v i 1 .190.. . Pitcher Collins 61 8 10 n 4 '164 ''randall ' 0 2 .91 Pitcher O'Brien 93 4 13 0 4 141 Wiltse 4.' 5 15 1 '2 .333 Pitcher Pape TEAM BATTING TEAM BATTING If H SB SH PC C, AR R BH S.B. S.H PC SIS IT"'' 2'5 135 278 152 5006 793 1384 186 190 .276 ' ' is I Is 'X eatchet. who s . gibb ins not participated in enough games to receive official rating These averages include all games played up to October 4 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. STARTING TIME—2 o’clock! East > ern time), 1 o’clock (Atlanta time). UMPIRES—Evans and O'Loughlin ? (American), Klem and Rigler (Na j tional). '' SEATING CAPACITIES —New S York, 38,000; Boston, 30,000 (esti- J mated). PREVIOUS RESULTS—I9O3, Bos- < ton (A. L.) 5, Pittsburg (N. L.) 3; \ 1904, no series; 1905, New York (N. < L.) 4, Philadelphia (A. L.) 1; 190', ? Chicago (A. L.) 4, Chicago (N. L.) 2; ( 1907, Chicago (N. L.) 4: Detroit (A. L.) 0; 1908, Chicago (N. L.) 4, Detroit I A. L.) 1; 1909, Pittsburg (N. L.) 4,De- troit (A. L.) 3; 1910, Philadelphia (A. L.) 4, Chicago (N. L.) 1; 1911, Phila delphia (A. L.) 4, New York (N. L.) 2. Totals—National league 25, Amer ) ican league 22. PLAYERS ELIGIBLE—New York: Ames, Becker, Burns, Crandall, Doyle, ? Devore. Fletcher, Groh, Hartley, Her ? z°g, McGraw, Mathewson. Marquard, McCormick, Merkle, Meyers, Murray, ; Robinson, Shafer, Snodgrass, Tes j reau, Wilson and Wiltse, Boston: Ball, Bedient, Bradley, Cady, Collins, j Carrigan, Engle, Gardner, Hall, Hen ( riksen, Hooper, Krug, Lewis, Nuna maker, O'Brien, Papa, Stahl, Speaker, Thomas, Wagner, Wood and Yerkes. ) THE BOSTON RED SOX—Excel /in team fielding, handling more (chances with fewer errors: possess the greatest individual batter of either dub; own the best individual pitcher of the two teams: have the ) best individual base stealer; boast a !> vastly supe ior outfield; have better J> second string pitchers; Own much S superior shortstop and third base- S man. THE NEW YORK GIANTS—Lead j rivals as a team in batting; out ( classed Red Sox, as a team, in base <! stealing; have the edge, as a team, < in extra base hitting: have a big bat ( ting advantage in catching depart i; ment: have attacking, but not de ( fensive superiority at first and sec , ond bases; have the world's greatest ' team manager; have the advantage j of experience in world's series. 1912 WORK OF PITCHERS. GIANTS. ( Name. W. L. P. C. t Tesreaulß 7 .720 ' Marquard 26 11 .705 ) Crandall 12 6 .667 ; Mathewson 23 12 .617 ) Wiltse 9 6 . 600 Ameslo 6. 625 RED SOX. Name. W. L. P. C. ; Wood 34 5 .872 \ Hall 17 8 .680 Pape2 1 .667 Bedient 16 9 .640 Collins 15 9 .625 i O'Brienlß 12 .600 Men and Women Stand in Line All Night to Get Tickets to Polo Grounds STUPENDOUS CROWD TURNS OUT FOR FIRST GAME By W. S. Farnsworth. (Sporting Editor of The Georgian.) NEW YORK, Oct. B—Forty - five thousand rabid baseball fans will have jammed their way into the massive stands at the Polo Grounds by 2 o’clock this after noon when the umpire-in-chlef will send the Giants and Red Sox off on their journey for the world’s ti tle. At noon there were over 18.000 persons within the walls and the early rush has 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, 10,000 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 filed into the stands. They came well supplied with overcoats, blankets and eats. Two hundred women were in the line when the tin-can studded side of Coogan’s Bluff was first outlined in the grey of a chilly October mom. Both teams enter into the strug gle today confident of being re turned the winner. The Red Sox, resting and waiting the gong in Brotton Hall hotel, well outside the bug belt, announce that they are in good shape. Boston Invalids O. K. Larry Gardner will play third base this afternoon. His finger has entirely recovered from its recent indisposition. This Is the dlget that has moved the betting odds back ward and forward. Wagner 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. Daffy Lewis and Charley' Hall are suffering from slight colds, but all this hospital stuff is not serious enough to alter the speculative market, which is now quoted at 10 to 8 on the Beantown Brigade. The Giants, every man primed for the hardest kind of a battle, are suffering from no other injuries than a scratched big toe, the men tion of which aids Chief Meyers in getting the cushions when he slams the old pellet on the nose. And the general state of the delivery of Mr. Richard de Mar quis is causing Doctor McGraw some worry. The Pitching Slant. In considering the merits of any two teams It is natural to turn Johnson Predicts Long Series, With Red Sox Victors ' By BYRON BANCROFT JOHNSON ? (President of the American League.) S The American league will main s tain its supremacy in organized j baseball. I have no doubt about J this. Boston is the greatest bunch of £ champions that ever won the pen jt nant in my circuit. The team which i Jake Stahl commands is capable, < game and consistent. No team ever s showed such marked consistency j during a ful campaign. < Ido not underestimate the strength j of the National league champions. -J 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 < of the Athletics of 1911. < In a short series pitching usu- < ally cuts a great figure and no bet- < ter pitching staff can be found any ( where ih the country than the ? corps commanded by Mr. Stahl. Joe Wood should offset the great Chris (ty Mathewson. Eliminating these > two, Boston has all the advantage. ? I would not be at all surprised ? 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 > baseball. " first to their strength on the mound. Before going into any comparisons of the Giants’ and Red Sox’s pitch ers, let us look over the twirlers who have already beaten Boston this year. Stahl’s men have lost 47 games during the season. Os these Wash ington won 10. Philadelphia 7, Chi cago 6. Cleveland 11, Detroit 6, St. Louis 5 and New York 2. For the Senators, Johnson has beaten the Red Sox three times, Groom three times, Hughes twice and Cashion and Akers once apiece. Johnson presented them with one of their few shutouts and he 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 bat tle. As far as the Chicago White Sox are concerned, Walsh has been the bete noire of the men from Boston. The 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. Benz 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 one 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 each 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 h ft handers and spit-ballers have given the Red Sox trouble For instance, out of their 47 defeats almost one fourth have been administered by southnaws and an additional one • sixtn by spitbull pitchers. In Tesreau they will meet a user of the moist ball who Is second to none. The Big Bear has been the sensation of the National league season. Cool and confident, with great speed, a curve and a spitter that darts away like a frightened bird, he will be a tough proposition for the enemy to solve. One of Tesreau’s best points is that the further he. goes the better he gets. His weakness is that he is inclined to be wild in the early stages of the battle. Mathewson scarcely needs com ment. A veteran of many hard fought fields, and one of the great est money pitchers in the world, he is absolutely sure to twirl a good gt»/ne, whether he wins or loses. There is no assemblage large enough to shake his nerve and no batter skillful enough to conceal from “Bix Six" whatever batting weakness he may have. Joe Wood, of the Red Sox, is considered by many the most dan gerous boxman in the big leagues today. He has terrific speed and breaks his fast ball close by the batter's chin, where it is hardest to hit. In addition to his “smoke,” he has a low curve which darts away from the batter at an in credible angle. Wood is also pos sessed of a great slow ball and the brains to "mix ’em up,” as the players say. He. like Tesreau, is p. little inclined to be wild. Collins, who will probably be Wood’s running mate in the series, is a reliable left-hander with a sweeping curve, a good crossfire ball and fine control. McGraw’s third pitcher will be Rube Marquard. Early in the sea son Marquard blazed like a comet across the baseball sky, but later fell into an almost unaccountable slump, from which he appears to be just recovering. The last game the Rube pitched showed promise of his old-time form. For Boston, either Hall or O'Brien will probably be third choice. Hall is the more depend able pitcher of the two. and O'Brien the more brilliant. Crandall will certainly get into some of the games, either as a pinch hitter or relief pitcher. His great work in the world’s series last year is still remembered by the fans, Ames, Wiltse and Bedient will hardly appear, unless it is to fin ish out some of the battles. SOTEMIA WINS 4-MILE RACE: BREAKS RECORD LOT’ISVILLE, KY„ Oct. B.—The Ken tucky endurance stake of 4 miles, ria at Churchill Downs yesterday, was « by Sotemia and a world's record 7:10 4-5 established. Colonel Hollow, was second and Azo third. The gruelling contest became a strum' put affair soon after the start, with f ■ field spread over a furlong. At end of the first mile, Manager led by several lengths, with Colonel H loway second and Sotemia third, t.- lengths behind the leader. Loftus. Manager Mack, apparently was tri ing restrain his mount, but at the end of ' second mile Manager Mack had ineri his lead to twenty lengths, and had moved Into second place. Jockey Martin, on Sotemia. then beg' his race, and with Manager Mack tit ' almost closed the big gap between first two horses, until at the end > third mile Manager Mack led by only length Sotemia caught him at the ' ' turn and drew away steadily until at finish the mare was fifteen lengths a! ■ ■ JIMMY LAVENDER WILL WORK IN CITY SERIES CHICAGO. Oct. B—The announcer:f ' of Jimmy Lavender against "Big >< Walsh in the first game of the city started an immense crowd to the U Sox ball grounds, on the-south side. > >' today. it s a spitter against a st'.''' the fans say. and the other membet the teams have faded into the I ‘ ground. Early indications pointed ■ crowd of 30,1)00 when the game is . a ■ Never Ix-fore has ths citj I"' aroused over a contest forth- c; championship. This is due large!' i xpei ted retirement of Manager t ' Chance, of the t’ubs. and Inca -■ t<' - h re m evei have been The betting is heavy, wit! Sox a slight favorite