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WORLD S SERIES
DFISI3SHOULO
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McGraw's Clan and Mack's Tribe
Balance Quite Evenly in the
Early Dope Scales.
By W. J. M’Beth.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—The
Giants and the Athletics this
year should furnish one of the
most thrilling struggles of world’s se
ries history. Such a classic is good
or bad according to whether the con
testants are evenly matched. N>t
only are the Polo Grounders and the
Shlbe Park lads of about kindred
playing strength, but both have been
so erratic the latter part of the sea
son that almost anything may be ex
pected in the great clash.
There never was such a world’s se
ries as that between the Red Sox and
Giants last fall—at le&At, from the
standpoint of the spectacular. There
were a few pitchin - duels, but the
great majority of the contests were
slugging jubilees, in which one side
or the other was put to utter route.
As a rule there were no half meas
ures. Either a team was very, very
good or it was very, very bad. And
cropping out with the most inexcusa
ble “bush” league stuff on every’ han 1
came a series of plays of such ex
ceptional brilliancy as fairly knocked
the spectators off their chairs.
Went Eight Games.
This series went ght full games,
including one extra-inning tie, which
Is the very best proof of the balance
of the rivals. Boston outplayed New
York in the first half and outlucked
it in the second. But for an error in
one of the early games Boston would
probably have won in four straight
games. Finally when the gamest «iort
of a fight put New York on even
terms with the Red Sox and in a
position to win with the deciding
game, an error blew th-' title. New
York had the game bagged before
Snodgrass’ muff got the Hub in a
winning mood. Fred Merkle com
pleted the job by his failure to ro
after a little pop foul from Speaker’s
bat.
Now, during the series both Snod
grass and Merkle showed several
wonderful plays that helped to save
games at critical stages, but all this
was forgotten when their <.ults lost
the championship.
Luck Cut In.
Luck played a very important part
In the world’s series of 1912. Math
ewson, the very best pitcher on either
team so far as real work is con
cerned, didn’t win a game, while
Marquard breezed through to two
easy victories. The Giants couldn’t
get a run for “Big Six.’’ while they
simply slaughtered the Sox every time
the • Rube” took a hand. The most
wonderful catch ever shown on a ball
field was prod iced by Harry Hooper
at the psychological moment. It cut
a homer off Larry Doyle and saved a
championship to boot. Hooper might
never be able to make such another
catch. That was the ill fortune of the
Giants.
Tt is the element of uncertainty
which lends* such a charm to organ
ized baseball and the uncertain cer
tainly enhanced the last world's se
ries about tenfold. There never were
two such uncertain and erratic op
ponents in the autumn classic as the
Gotham and Hub aggregations the
day they I’ned up for the first skir
mish. Had. cither side played all sea
son after the fashion of the world’s
series it would not have finished In
the first division of its company.
Be'h Are Off Color.
Both the Hants and Athletics have
been going in rather slip-shod fashion
for a month. Were they to start the
big doings to-morrow it would be a
puzzle to dope it. The team with the
luck would win. But before the end
of another two weeks the prospective
rivals are likely to settle down to real
business. McGraw and Mack will
doubtless bring their forces to the
wire in the very best shape for a bit
ter fight. With both teams traveling
at their best paces the series should
be a hummer just as it would be a
hummer if both were at their worst.
Should either team arrive at its true
form while the other maintained the
erratic behavior that characterized
the stretch run of the pennant races
the competition in the annual classic
would very likely develop into much
of a farce.
The Giants have the greatest op
portunity imaginable to go round the
world this winter as champions of the
universe. I do not see how the Ath
letics can beat McGraw’s bunch if it
is able to get back to the form it
showed the first three months. With
out a .300 hitter McGraw went
through a disastrous slump that last
ed nearly two months. That speaks
volumes for the pitching at his com
mand.
Depends on Pitching.
Pitching is a great deal of a world’s
series argument. In this line Mc-
Graw lays it all over Connie Mack.
The crafty leader of the Athletics has
only two very much overworked vet
erans at his command—Southpaw
Eddie Piank and Indian Bender. Both
have worked to death. Mack
has a bunch of young talent which
has been very erratic all season. They
may stand up under the strain of a
world’s series ami again they may not.
Outside of the slab McGraw can
just about hold his own. Meyers and
McLean are better all-around men
than Schang and Lapp. The Phila
delphia infield has a shade on the
Giant inner works, but the Giants
have the better garden trio. When
the Giants were hitting to form they
could hold up their end In this de
partment with the slugging Mackmen.
And what McGraw lacks in hitting
power he more than’ makes up for in
sheer speed.
Will Giants Again
Break Under Severe
World Series Strain?
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Now that it
Is a certainty that the Giant* will
• represent the National League In the
coming world’s series, the fans are
wondering if McGraw’s men are going
to repeat their heart-breaking per
formances of last year by crumpling
up at every critical period of the play.
This uncertainty is doubtless one
of the things which make the national
“pest-tlme" the absorbing thing that
it la
The two men In the Giants’ camp
who had to bear the onus of respon-
sibility for last year’s upsets are Frei
Merkle, first baseman, and Fred
Snodgrass, one of the best outfield
ers in the game. It will be remem
bered that the latter muffed a fly
ball during one of the games In Bos
ton, which let in the deciding runs
for the Red Sox. In the same game,
Merkle failed to go after a pop foul
by Speaker. This lapse cost the
Giants the game.
The fact that these same men
pulled plays of Incredible brilliancy
on other occasions during the series
did not help the result in the least.
That these errors were the effect of
nervousness and anxiety to win Is
obvious, but Merkle and Snodgrass
are both seasoned veterans now and
should be able to hold themselves
under control in even the most trying
situations.
But as long as baseball is played
there will be some who will shine
beyond their wonted splendor in
world's series and there will be others
who will play far below their nor
mal standard. It is a matter of tem
perament.
Who’s ‘Bob' Emmons?
Well, Sir Thomas
Better Watch Out
By Hany C. Thomas.
BOSTON, Sept. 20.—The selection
of Robert W. Emmons, 2d, as
the managing director of the
New York syndicate to handle the
new cup boat to be built for the trial
races by Herreshoff is pleasing news
to Boston and New Englund yachts
men. This syndicate is headed by
Cornelius Vanderbilt.
“Bob’’ Emmons, as Mr. Emmons Is
familiarly known. Is a broker on
State street, of the firm of Schirmer,
Chapin & Emmons, and is one of the
most popular men who has ever han
dled a tiller rope.
Emmons has been sailing boats
since he was knee high, and ho is a
good one. Even the late “Charlie”
Barr, who put across the line more
cup winners than any other man, ad
mitted many times that when a man
sailed against Bob Emmons it made
no difference whether he was a pro
fessional or amateur skipper, he had
a fight on his hands until his boat
got the gun.
Emmons Had Avenger Built.
It was Emmons who had the big 70-
footer Avenger built to race in a
specified class in the New York Club
races some dozen years ago. The
boat didn’t fit the class after it had
been launched, but Emmons took it
out, and with some allowance he
cleaned up the fleet, took the King’s
cup and a few other choice trophies
from the staid old New York Club’s
lockers, and then sold the Avenger
to New York parties.
This boat is so good to-day that it
came along with the New York Club’s
fleet this year and made a good clean
up.
Emmons this year sailed success
fully Harry Payne Whitney's new 50-
fouter Barbara and raced all season
with nine other boats of this type,
including young Junius 8. Morgan’s
Grayling. It has been great racing
all season, with Emmons well up in
the winnings.
He Raced the Bibelot.
He took the sender boat Bibelot,
built by Herreshoff, and one of the
first of this famous designer’s, and
won with it four years ago This boat
was filially selected to go to Germany
after the Prince Henry gold cup, with
two other Massachusetts sunders, and
it won. He made such a race of this
that the Bibelot was purchased by
German yachtsmen and their later de
signs were patterned after this boat.
Mr. Emmons served on the German
and American Race Committee dur
ing the sonder boat races at Marble
head last week.
Clean-cut sportsman that he Is, he
is out after all the cups and trophies
that are offered for any race that he
goes into and with Emmons In the
race handling the long tiller or the
wheel, it alway; makes a yacht race.
He is and always has been an all
round athlete. While at Harvard he
was one of the best football ends
ever over at Cambridge and was also
a crack tennis and ball player.
He Is a member of the Eastern
Yacht Club of Boston and the New
York Yacht Club. He will have much
to do with the plans of the new cup
boat that will try for the honor of de
fending the American Cup from Sir
Thomas Lipton.
TTEARST’S AT’NDAY AMERICAN, ATI/ANTA, GA.. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1913
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Ranked Second
FT. WAYNE. IND., Sept. 20.—A
unique record In minor league cir
cles. in so far as attendances are
concerned, was made during the past
season in the Central League, accord
ing to a report made by President
Heilbroner to-day. Evansville, which
labored along with a tall-ender
throughout the summer, ranked sec
ond in point of attendance for the
year.
Grand Rapids, with a champion
ship club, outdrew all others, while
following Evansville came Ft. Wayne,
Dayton, Springfield and Terre Haute.
W. Hoppe to Play-
French Champion
An International billiard match'be
tween William F. Hoppe and Firmin
Casslgnol, to take place In Paris this
autumn, practically is assured. Be
cause the American champion had
played in academies in Paris the po
lice administration of that city last
spring refused to grant permission
to him to play in the French metrop
olis.
Now, It Is said the authorities have
modified their attitude toward Hoppe
to the extent he will be permitted to
engage in matches in Paris. He will
not, however, be allowed to play in
an academy. On!}’ citizens of France
may play in academies.
With the pro
motion of
Agler, Bill
Smith is
confronted
by the problem
of rounding out
the Cracker
infield of 1914
with a good
first sacker.
There are sev
eral clever
young candi
dates for the
job, but it is
quite possible
that Bill may
prefer the
experienced
and useful
Frank Manush
at station No. 1
in place of
experimenting
with the young
idea. Frank is
a corking good
utility man.
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Wizard's Twist Puts
Brown Star in Shape
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.—Earl Hamil
ton. the Browns’ clever and winning
southpaw, Is home from a visit to
Bonesetter Reese, the Youngstown
wizard, and reports himself ready to
pitch.
Earl had a kink in hls left elbow
since he hurt It in New York, four
weeks ago, but Bonesetter, by one
twist of the wrist put the ailing whip
in shape. Hamilton says he's ready
to work again.
“It took Reese about five minutes
to treat me,” declared Hamilton, and
while 1 though he had broken my
arm, I realize now that he ironed out
the sore spots. He gave my arm a
twist that I though would tear it
from my shoulder. Then he told me
to go home and work. I’m ready.”
Britt and Nelson Meet for the Fifth Time
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But as Friends, and Talk Over Old Fiqhts
THE NATIONAL GAME
By THOMASNUNAN
IT’S a pleasant occupation, sitting out there In the sun
Where the baseball teams are playing and the fans declaim for fun,j
Where in recreation thousands steal an hour or two from care
And with vocal exercises verbalize the open air. j
It's a pleasant occupation, sitting out there on the stand
When the foemen's strongest batter comes up confident and bland
And the home-team’s favored twirler tricks him, fools him, strikes him out. (
With the grandstand and the bleachers In a wild, applauding shout.
It’s a pleasant occupation, sitting there as said before.
When the game Is all but ended and the home team ties the score
And a lucky batsman singles, gets to second, steals to third,
Where a sacrifice assists him. Then what shouting may be heard!
It's a pleasant occupation, watching thus throughout the game—
Yes, and even though the visitors the triumphs often claim!
All the sport Is In the playing, so that when the game Is done
Tls the people, not the players, who the benefits have won.
Irwin Gets Speed for the Yanks
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Chance Owes Scout Much Credit
By Sam Crane.
SCOUT ARTHUR IRWIN, of the
Yankees, deserves no end of
credit for securing for Manager
Chance a bunch of speed boys, who
will not only sprint around the bases
with runs enough to pull the Yanks
out of last place this season, but,
wnat is of much more momentous
consequence, will enable the Chance
aggregation to be right In the Ameri
can League race next year as first-
Health Department
Opposes Spitball
WILMINGTON, DEL., Sept. 20.
The Board of Health at a meeting
here discussed the spitball, as used
In baseball, and If a resolution pre
sented Is adopted, It will prevent the
use of the spltter In games '•played
here. The spitball was attacke on the
ground that It undermines tiie health
of the players In games where it is
used.
Dr. H. W. Briggs, Frank C. Sporka
and George C. Hutton, all members
of the Health Board, drew up the res
olution. which Is an amendment to an
ordinance passed in 1905.
If passed, it will seriously affect
the pitching staff of the local Trl-
State team, this year’s champions, as
three or four pitchers are spitbail
twirlers.
division contenders, with good pros
pects of being one, two, three.
This 1r a broad assertion to make
about a club that has trailed along in
last place all this season, and with
small hopes of bettering Its lowly
standing In the near future, until
Scout Irwin had made hls most prom
ising and now famous raid through
the minor leagues. But the Impres
sive work done hy Maisel, Gllhooley
and Holden In the Yankees’ last three
games fully warrants the assertion.
And in Outfielder Whiteman, re
cently of the Houston club, of the
Texas League, the Yankees have an
other speed marvel who will size up
with the above trio fully as speedy, if
not more so. Whiteman reported to
Manager Chance at the Polo Grounds
on Saturday, and will be put In the
regular line-up to-day.
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\I7HTTEMAN has been the sensation
of the Texas League as a run
getter for several seasons. He is a
batter with an average of about .340
fnr this season, and has been a con
sistent performer around that high
average during his baseball career.
He stole 55 bases this Beason, and
was considered the best all-round
player nn the Houston team that won
th** Texas League championship for
four years. He Is sure to be a most
valuable addition to the Yankees.
Scout Irwin’s success In capturing
so many speedy men this vear Is
really remarkable, considering the
constant complaints of scout” of
other big league clubs that there was
a complete dearth of minor league
talent Rut. undismayed by all the
discouraging reports. Irwin,
instructions from President Farrell,
started on hi* scouting trip, deter
mined to take plenty of time in his
search to get the sort of players
Chance desired, on no haphazzard
but by long and thorough In
vestigation.
Irwlng sprung hls f!r.*t
when he secured Maisel from the
Baltimore club, of the International
League. Manager Dunn endeavored
to palm nff a player named Cooper on
Irwin; but Maisel was the only one
wanted, and there were many nego
tiations before the player was landed,
and even then It was necessary for
Connie Mack to give a good word and
a nod of consent before the deal was
consummated.
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THERE whs a big price paid be
sides the delivery to Dunn of two
players. In fart, the price staggered
Manager Chance, who had been so
long accustomed to Charley Murphy’s
economical dllatorlness that he feared
Frank Farrell would reject the real.
Rut the liberal president merely ask
ed: “Do you want Maisel? If you dn
get him, and don’t mind the expense.”
This has been Farrell’s plan all
through the negotiations Irwin has
made for new players Ami in the
face of an unsuccessful season, from
a playing standpoint, Farrell’s lib
erality in dispensing money for new
men is all the more marked. The
future will show, though, how thor
oughly wise the president has been in
hls policy.
After the Maisel deal Irwin went
down to Texas, unearthed Williams
(who has made good,, looked over the
field thoroughly, made deals for fu
ture deliveries, secured Whiteman,
and left the Texas League somewhat
devoid of promising talent. Scout
Howard Ear! went through Texas aft
er Irwin and found It dry as a chip.
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t ATER Gllhooley and Holden were
secured and others yet to show,
and on the annual draft In Cincin
nati this week Farrell may be lucky
enough to draw’ some more promises.
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Famous Old Lightweight Champions
Tell Each Other About the Differ
ent Punches They Used in Their
Four Hard Struggles in the Ring.
By Sol Plex.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—Remember
James Edward Britt, of San
Francisco, and Oscar Matthew
Battling Nelson, of Hegewlsch, when
they were two of the greatest light
weight# this country ever turned out?
Yes? It was only ten years or so ago
at that. Well, what do you suppose
they did last week? We’ll tell you.
Mr. Britt, actor, did a vaudeville turn
at McVicker’s. Mr. Nelnon helped hls
sister can fruit In their Hegewlsch
kitchen mornings and afternoons. In
the evenings he came downtown
to applaud when hl# once hated ring
rival told a good story from behind
the footlights. They are friends to
day, even as they were when punch
ing each other with might and main
In battles that meant fame and for
tune.
Britt dropped In to see us the other
afternoon. James Edward Is graying
about the temples now, but the old
fighting spirit Is still there. Hls eyes
snapped as he talked over the good
old ring days. He’s a smart chap. He
has been abroad often, dresses in the
height of fashion and none who does
not know him takes him for the fa
mous coast lightweight of a decade
ago. We asked him why he did not
look up hls old friend, the Battler, and
James immediately got buvy on the
telephone.
They met in The Examiner office by
appointment, talked over their four
battles (they traveled 63 rounds in
all), and posed for some Interesting
pictures. They are still a pair of
pretty tough fellows and no doubt
there are lightweights trying to get to
the front to-day whom either of them
can trim In jig time.
Old-Time Rivals Converse.
Their conversation while posing for
the camera man was Interesting In
deed.
When they shook hands and the
cameras clicked, Britt remarked:
“But, we’ve done this same thlnj
often before for the picture men, but
never with citizens' clothes on Four
’imes we tried it, I believe Remem
ber our last ten-round fight at Ix>s
Angeles, eight years ago when we
posed before the scrap? You asked
me to change places with you and
I wondered If you were trying to get
the goat of a veteran like me I
asked you about It and you Bald you
wanted to get your ear away from
the camera. Then I consented to the
switch.”
“Yes," said the durable one, “but
It won’t make any difference to-day.
Both ears are on the half shell now
and you may stand anywhere you
please.”
Britt and Nelson went twenty
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rounds In their first fight In Ran
Francisco and James was given the
decision. Nelson, under Billy No
lan's management, stopped Britt In
eighteen rounds on thetr recond start
at Colma. In the third bout, in San
Francisco, Britt won the decision aft
er twenty rounds. The last time they
stepped ten rounds wltkout a de
cision at Los Angeleg, and Nelson
was given the popular verdict. Britt
could not make weight In the South
ern California climate.
“Beefsteak Punch” Talked About.
Britt reminded Nelson of how sl-k
the Battler got in the third bettie,
after which the Battler claimed a
beefsteak upset him. But admitted
he got a licking that time, and Britt
offered to Illustrate the “beefsteak
punch” for us. It Is nothing more
than a good left hook, a delivery at
which Britt was an ad**”*.
Then James Edward showed how
the Battler used to whale him In
the clinches, using both hands and
his head at the same time, and tho
Dane displayed the blow with which
he offset the "beefsteak left” in their
final combat, a right to the stomach
which started with Jim’s left.
They w< re h pair of great ring
men in their heydey. They botn
fought Joe Gans, Terry McGovern,
Young Corbett and the best In the
land at the time. They will go down
Into history as two of our moat fa
mous lightweights. Britt was recog
nized as white champion until Nel
son beat him Ht Colma, and Nelson
afterward won the world’s champion
ship from Gans.
Neither one of the.a cared much for
Gana. Tn their third battle, which
was not long after Gans won
Nelson nn a foul at Goldfield Ganb
sat near Britt’s corner and was
coaching the cnast star. Britt was
winning, he knew how to fight Nel
son, and he did not want Gana to
get any of the credit
Gans Squelched by Both.
When Nelson heard Gans shouting
advice to Britt ne ducked Into a
clinch In the Britt corner and yelled
at the colored man:
“After 1 get through whipping this
dudo you climb in here and I will
trim you, too.”
Then Britt turned on Gans:
"1 know how to fight this fellow.
Mind your own business.”
So Gans got It from both sfdps,
even though trying to help Britt.
Nelson and Britt are both pros
perous. They are two boxers who
became smart financially before they
quit tho game. Neither will ever need
a benefit.
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for this dreadful disease. Many
have been cured Furthermore, the
United States Government has
adopted this wonderful remedy.
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