Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-03
BY j. ED GRILLO.

Just how much better Connie Mack con-
sders his present team compared with the
one which the Giants defeated in the
worlds series of 1905 can be gained from
a statement he made here Monday. when
| he said that the champions OF 1905 could
not have won a series from the present
Wash .ngton team.
The willy manager Of he Athletics
seems to be under the impression that
much of the confidence which the Giants
| express as to the outcome of the coming
series is based on the easy manner in
which they disposed of the Athletics six
years ago He believes that the New
Workers. consider his present team s
strength on the showing made by the one
in 1905. and it is in this that he expects
them to make their greatest mistake.
When the present American League
champions are sized up and compared
with the team of six years ago one really
wonders how in the world that team ever
| managed to win a pennant.
There were Lave Cross. Monte Cross,
Murphy and Davis on the infield, and
when this quartet is compared with
Baker, Marry. Collins and McInnes the
| contrast is great that it does not
| seem that they could possibly have been
in the same organization. 1t is the
changes that have been made in the in
| field that have made the greatest diff
| ference in the Athletics
From comb nation which at its best
was only ordinary, Mack has built up
one which compares favoribly with any
ever known to base ball, and on this fact
does he base the prediction that the
Athletics will prove much more formi-
I dable in the games with the Giants than
the followers of the New York team an
| ticipate.
That racing is still one of the most
popular sports of Washingtonians was
| evidenced by the splendid attendance at
the opening day al Laurel yesterday,
though the weather conditions prevailing
We're most unfavorable. Though the track
at Laurel is really only half finished, there
are reasons for believing that this course
viii eventually become one of the most
popular in this section. Not only is the
plant more accessible than was either
Benning or Pimlico, but when the work
on it is all completed it will be more
comfortable than was either of the 9TH
erS. The present meeting is bound to be
a success. The L beral purses have brought
the best horses in training to Laurel, and
the meeting has all the earmarks of being
conducted along real metropolitan lines.
If rest and proper condition abount to
Anything the Giants and Athletics should
go into the worlds series ready to put up
the best games of their career. With both
pennants practically decided. Mack and
McGraw have nothing more to do than to
keep their players on edge and this can
be accomplished by carefully handling the
pitchers and resting those players who
have weakened under the strain and con-
tinuing to work those who prosper when
kept busy.
Ball players differ in this respect as do
race horses. Some require a lot of work
to have them perform at their best, while
others need but little. II is, of course,
but natural that the two managers of the
championship teams will give most of
their attention to their pitchers. for on
these will the burden of the struggle rest.
Pitchers will via the worlds series and
the team which can present the most
formidable staff will be the winner
Though Harry Davis has persistentiy
denied that he has signed or agreed to
sign with the Cleveland club. the fact that
Stovall is trying to locate himself with
some other club. and the we'll authenti-
Gated report that Davis has signed a
three-year contract to manage the Mans
will not down. When Stovall was here
last he made it very plain that he was
through so far as the management of the
Cleveland team was concerned. He even
complained of being treated unfriendly by