Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-12
ATHLETICS WILL NOT HEED
GIANT COACtIERS' REPARTEE
Mack Confident That His Players Cannot
Be Ratified by McGraw's Men
Brush to Insist Upon Order.

fallen into the hands of spectators who
do not ply their trade outdoors. Some of
these persons are advertising tickets for
sale. but there seems to be no way to
seats are sold by the time the gates open
Saturday morning, 1t is said, there will
be nearly 10000 admissions on sale then,
including a quarter Of that number to the
grandstand The fire department will see
| that the aisles are not occupied and that
the wooden bleachers in the Outfield are
not Overcrowded. AS soon as the seating
capacity in that stand has been exhaust
ed it is said that the sale Of tickets will
be stopped. There is practically no dan
ger Of fire in the grandstand. as the only
wooden things in 1t are the seats. But
an extra force OF men to man fire ex-
tinguisherS, water buckets and hose will
be on duty in all the stands. In short,
President Brush and Secretary Gray are
making arrangements for perfect man.
agement. There can be no trouble IL the
crowd remains patient while filing
| through the numerous turnstiles.
Some critics" have handed out the
dope that Marquard will prove effective
against the Athletics because they are
weak against left-hand pitchers. Well.
1t was never noticed that any of
the American League managers saved up
their left-handers to use against the Ath-
letics. And when they did stick one in
they usually had to replace him before
the game was over. Except when Lapp
is catching, or Plank is pitching, there are
but two left-hand hitters on the team,
Collins and Baker. and both Of these men
eat left-hand pitching alive. The White
Sox seldom take a chance on using Doc
White against the Athletics, Collins was
the least effective of the Boston pitchers
against them. the Athletics have usually
bumped Vaughn Of the Yankees all over
the lot and handed Dolly Gray Of WASH
ington the same desc, and about the only
Crnrrf hYN in, Ia too -
has proved. effective against the Athletics
is Vean Gregg of Cleveland. Pooh, pooh
for that southpaw dope. it's up to Math-
ewSOn. .-..-.. r. - -. .......
Following the big four Of the opposing
teams. the Athletics have Plank. Krause
and Morgan. while the Giants show
Ames, CrandaIl and W3ltse. This reserve
footing, though on this seasons form the
Athletics probably have a slight edge
here in the possession Of Plank, owing to
the Giants wen known weakness against
is now pitching. Plank will likely figure
in the series, and there is a chance Of
Ed Eddie t Jun jumping into the i,nelisht as a
forces, may be rated as about equal in
strength, the. main factor that initiates
against the New York entries is the more
formidable force of hitters they will be
called upon to race. AS pitching ef-
fectiveness is measured solely by the
amount of effective Hitting performed by
the opposing team, the known superior
hitting qualities of the Athletics over the
Giants place the preponderance of the
pitching strength on the side of the Attn
letics. In other words, it will take better
pitching to stop the hitting Of the Ath-
letics than it will to stop the Giants, and
with the ability of the opposing hurlers
equal. the Giant pitchers will go into the
coming struggle laboring under a handi-
cap.
the series will be decided on the compar-
alive effectiveness of the pitchers against
the opposing hitters. you'd better get
down bet on the Athletics to cop. Not
because their pitchers are weaker, but
because their hitters are better