The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
Manhattan Picks Giants.

Prpphesying Is always dangerous bust :
~ IN base ball, but II I were compelled
. 1ick winner OF the worlds series, my
-r'rt would fall on the Giants, In the
|r ane on the bases McGraw's men have
ou the Athletics.
The apparent superiority or the Amer
ID leaguers al the bat is simply In line
|||b The general apparent batting SUI
<Fiuriiy OF the American over the Ma
rnel league and | cannot but believe
ID real. With Matbewson. Marqusrd
q Ames all going well. 7 shall he sur
ted " tho Athletics make as good a
'osing NJ the bat az do the Giants
plnst Bender, Coombs and Plank.
\ has been years since New York had
penuant winner. and The Giants new
NJ will be taxed 10 It's capacity AT
|fry game played here. When II Is un-
.-stood that the new park will seal
|pe0. II can be seen what capacity
<ans. New Workers go TO cheer IA
rites 10 victory. In Philadelphia. fans
70 boost It's team in its work OF
f-rercnge
II is hardly possible n series between
n fTo teams VIII be terminated as
Icklv as was the series between the
'pietics and Cubs last season. The
nletics caught the Cubs when the great
bring machine of 19oT-s-a was broken.
sv York has collection OF base run
't Giants have six men who are classed
nong the leading base runners In the
0 league, and " they ever start hitting
. Philadelphia pitchers the game will
pse INTO a scoring bee.
StovalI Is Golfer.
George S,ovail. manager OF the Maps,
'es that royal and pristine game OF
". He declares that there is nothing
t'er to keep a ball player I'm first class
rdiiion. Every chance George gets he
out welding tho brsssey. the midiron
the puttie. and is said TO be getting
rie an expert IN this line. As soon as
nval hit Dayton. o., Monday. when the
nps PLAYED an exhibition game there
liked out 10 the Country club and
syed an eighteen hole match before
nch time. There arc several other
Z eamc. Charley Dooins Quakers have
hsn liking 10 IL since training at
uehurst last spring.
Ihe Cubs seem TO have the faculty OF
''tlopinE or catching great cstchers.
amy King in his day was king or
sm all and today Archer has no SUI
Nor. Archer is a plague 10 base run
y. When Chance and Hoffman played
" ~ was the same story. The y. l..
/! himself marvelcd as he felt the sting
I hs glove and noticed the innocent AT
tn1e OF his unperturbed backstop.
nmy Archer Is not n mighty batsnan,
Y he can hit In 4 pinch aud he isn't
Lald 10 swing. It's his wonderful wrist.
sulck eye and a heavy weight think
sspine that gives him his stellar berth
lhs Cub team.
sack when Archer PLAYED on the De-
eH lean this same ability provoked
4nsser Hugh Jennings, who tried 10
'.nii INTO Jimmy's hratn n few laws ~
3sics and the perfect use OF the body
rnough "E-Yah" presented a whole
n.sT Of indisputahlA proof 10 the skep-
~ cstchcr. which decisiveIy insinuated
et there was n heap more power IN
~ arm than In his wrist, Jimmy
.tsed 10 differ which. IL ls ruinored
.Buffslo
=, ,n,,cDer endeavors preceding HE base
y aebut were not hurdened with the
,.H fortune that later attended those
~ tne mentioned turning point. Had
~ neen for the existence ~ the At
',t manager he might still have been
psseoall feathsrweight. Luck and
-scs. which, however. have nothing to