Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-25
.TY COBB TELLS HOW
TO BEAT ATHLETICS
go for Them at the Jump and
Keep on Fighting All
the Time"
KID GLOVE TACTICS
NOT SUCCESSFUL
Doubts if Mack's Team Has the
Nerve to Win Pennant-Says
Boston Team Is Game.
By Tyrus Cobb.


son why the Athletics should be regarded
just now as prospective pennant winners.
They have a substantial lead, it is true,
but three other clubs in the American
League, Detroit, Boston and New York.
being still in the fight that Philadelphia
team can be caught and passed.
Either Boston or Detroit is we'll ca
pable of catching the Mackmen. l do
not bank very heavily on the chances
of the Highlanders. Frankly. I do not
believe they are capable of sticking to
the end. But the Boston and Detroit
teams are built upon the same lines,
have the same method Of play, and it is
up either to US or to Boston to over
take the leaders and push them down
the ladder.
If Boston hopes to beat out Philadel-
phia, Donovan's team must change its
method of play when it faces the Qua
kers. Kid glove tactics will not 60.
The Athletics do not use gentle tactics
themselves. and any team that refuses
to fight these men with their own meth
DDS is not playing the game.
Must Rough It.
1 don't advocate going at the Athletics
with the spikes. 1 know I'm given credit
L
still maintain that 1 tried purposely to
put Third Baseman Baker out of the
game last season. but it is rather funny
that Baker is SO reluctant to show the
scar.
But you do need to rough it with these
men, to fight them all the time. Neither
Boston nor Detroit has quite as good a
pitching staff as Philadelphia. 1t is up to
the Tigers and Speed Boys to bat cut vic
tories use their superior speed upon the
bases, and, above all. ''outgame" them.
May Lose Their Nerve.
There is one point l believe both Bos-
ton and Detroit have it on Philadelphia.
Twice the Athletics have blown up when
they seemed to have the pennant assured
won't say that the Mackmen are yell
low" but do think that this team loses
its nerve at critical period in the race
every year.
Boston can beat this team by fighting
them every minute of the time. l see
that the series at present between Ath-
letics and Red Sox stands IL to In Ia
vor of the former, but this should not
mean anything. The scrappy fighting
game that the Red Sox always play
against us would surely down the Ath-
letics if the Sox would only go at them
right at the jump.
Most teams hold this Athletic pitching
staff in too great awe. But there is no
need for it. Let the Sox so after. them
as they did after Ed Walsh. Bill Dono-
would soon change the complexion Of af-
fairs. No pitcher is absolutely invinci-
BILE, and this is shown by the fact that
frequently the weakest hitters on team
are the ones who connect with the SUI
prior twirlers.
Fight All the Time.
Let the Red sox fight from start to fin
ish, keep it up all the time. crowd the
slam-bang. Let the Mackmen keep out
Of the way of Boston spikes II they get
In the way and are hurt it Is their own
business.
Get the Athletics goat and you will
get the lead. They cannot stand the gan.
GetpOut on the coaching lines and yeil at
them. II they cry for help rub 1t IN all
the more. Never let up. But keep after
them all the time.
that they have quit, and that they will
quit again. Keep this fact before their
minds and fight them-keep fighting
them all the time.
Red Sox Are Game.
The Red Sox are just as game as We
are This is our method Of meeting u
tough proposition. 1t should be theirs.
The Boston team does not quit. 1t is
fighter, like the Tigers. If Detroit
cannot win, we hope that the Red Sox
win They will make better fight
against the National League champions
than will the Mackmen. But tney
must keep fighting all the time. They
must bat behind their pitchers to VIM
The fielding can take care of itself.
II the Tigers do not take the flag, here
is luck for the Red Sox. Let either of
the teams win out this season and Chi
cago or any other National League win
ner will find the worlds pennant series
this fall different proposition from
u.ba before