White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-15

the Athletics have done in the Am
erican.
Without as many heavy hitters, as
many 800 hitters, in their ranks as
the Athletics have, the Giants never
theless have shown considerable
ability to get together with the bal
in n inning, to concentrate their
batting fire in one inning, to rally
and bunch hits. They present a
group of batsmen who work in uni
son we'll enough to derive as much
from their powess as the Athletics
do from theirs, whatever may be the
respective batting strength of the
| two groups.
No team in the rational League
has been as quick at taking advantage
of openings given by opponents as
the Giants. Their success or failure
will depend in a measure on how we'll
they can apply that ability to the
Athletics, how far the Athletics
pitches and fielders can go toward
stopping them, and by the same to-
ken how well the Giants can oppose
the same Athletics along the same
lines. With two resourceful teams
is promises to be a rousing duel and
no worlds series has brought to
gether two gamer teams.
1t wouldn't be surprising at the
start of the series if the Giants were
more nervous than the C~onniemacks.
The later nave beer through the fire
of a worlds series and the Giants
have not. But once nervous excite
ment is worn off there are men who
are all the cooler and steadier, and
the of the Giants won't
be the of fear. Further
more their experience in the city
series last fall should serve them in
good stead. Mental attitude will be
no negligible factor at any time dur
ing the series.
Unless something interviews this
week McGraw will have brought his
team up to the scratch in condition
to make the BEST fight of which it is
capable. With a weeks rest there
will be no ~staleness, and the time will
not have Deer long enough for any
body to become soft. While the New
Yorks are polishing up with schedul-
ed games this week the Athletics will
be putting on the finishing touches
with McAleer's All Stars, these games
being arranged principally for that
purpose. Pitchers will be nursed
along this week to bring them to q
razor edge.
Mathewson, Marquard, Ames,
Wiltse and Crandall on the one side
and Coombs, Bender. Plank, Krause,
and Morgan on the other. That's
the situation in the box. For the
last two or three weeks Mathewson
has been in tiptop form. 1t is idle
to speculate on whether he will be
as effective against the Athletics as
he raj in 1905, for in 1905 the Ath-
letics were a different team. This
can be said, M~athewson in a short
series always has been ~invincible. He
makes it a point to know what oppos-
ing betters like and don't like and he
backs up his physical skill with head
work, which is one of his best quail
fications.
Were it known that Marquard
would supplement his exceptional
manual skill. his speed and curves
he has good curve, contrary opinion
Observation-Disclosures the cool, cal
culating and unruffled mental at
tributes of Mathewsun New York's
CHANGERS would be all the roster. To
put it in homely phraseology, if the
Rube is right he'll increase New
York's chances materially. In
Philadelphia they rate Coombs and
Bender an Offset to Mathewson and
Vanguard, with either more depend
able than Vanguard. A feature of
Coombs' pitching is that no matter
how hard he is hit he can tighten III
like a drumhead when the situation
Is critical. He is a slrong, seasoned
pitcher. The Indian, Bender, is a
speedy, courageous boxman. Apropos
of him, somebody asked what fast
highlander the Giants ever could
hit. Well, they have hit Earl Moore,
and he has speed.
Ames, Wiltse and Crandall have
all been doing we'll of late, and in
case it is necessary to call on any of
them the New Yorks look to be as
well equipped for so-called second
string men as the enemy. Nobody
has more on the ball han Ames, and
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