The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-22
|DR[D's SERIES
DEPENDS UPON
CLUBS LUCK
..,-tic. and Giants Are Very Close
i nstshsd and Whoever Has
re Hor.sshoe win Cop the
Coming Event.
.ton wasn't Helped By Defeat In
struggIs For First Division
o,Brien Free With Passes.

.#I/ be between thc = Aa,,0Oa,
f<ack and the Giants OF MS.s'
-1~~~- will be as fine an exniDi,lo. div.
4 n ~ .tuck baseball as there II
g. ~ many seasons past, ina y WI
4 r-<f,nr proposition that 10 rign.
-t1l "a no sure thing about tnis
IinIe.a ALI the dope that ma.
"a -<,red away Is tipped over by Dac
n hss been accurately inquired . .nr'
"a. vii be three great Dig Lnc.o a,
~. probable series. The fnliauer
4 ,nsrican league baseball team
E. I. 4 cre hig one. the New YORK IA
<.eshall team, another, ano
t.,-snoo az sport al over the
tssrd mex. win be the third.
* 4 ~onf,ict will be pitchers pat
n ssChief' Bender RECEIVERS IN a.h e
.-.te hIs services valuable: MAIL
- the man who pitched three
4 f. 4 '.,,t rames against these same
+ +. .<sc. An tie worlds series IN isVe'
4 ( Srsr.uard. the 1910 lemon whom
- hung ON TO and who 10 max.
{ ,.<-,..If known as an honestinJun'
q ~ dIe nhenom. will be the men
50 tart the argument Tor tr Sa s
I. az. the only pitcher to win games
a <8e Athletics In that same series
Wathewson starred In, ano
.--.r. last years hero, with MS
80 ~orld's series victories, VIII be
<Hief elabmen for the champions.
e ..I6.r these main squeezes the
. 4 I.<ic9 have ON their reserve list
80 Kranea. Danforth and Morgan.
.1< now Plank and Morgan ieau
-.-n1s IL the pitchers percentage
.|..-nn. INIT Coombs win probably De
,.ore service TO the Athletics II
s. 80 An 4 pinch than the other men.
q vork hae to back up their two
a e. Nth Wiltse. Ames and Crandall.
.-o ian,t deal Of choice between
IS &afferies OF the two contestants.
<..f when II CONES to facing the
Ems. the Giant hurlers win have q
.,.h proposition, according to the
I|sficians, than viii the Athletics.
<& Mackmen are hitting better than
4. Giants. man for man and team
|.Insf team. Az q club they rank
|<ond n their league for general bat
4 4 and lead the siuggers. but, on the
1.r hand. the Athletics aren't plug
@1 1rninst maryeIs like Matthewson
.* 1[arouard all the time and when
W stack I'D against the Real Thing,
1apita1 letters. there may be q
r1c Guardians OF the bases for the
|&/1<Icr are going to have q few
MS az nervous strain during the
||es. Tor the Giants have o bunch
bold and dasins thiefs when It
nee % purloinine sacks. Some
||1n a. the Giants are In the ten who
the National league IN basesteal-
Thaf's wonderful record. Be
~ Eddie Collins, there isn't q base
&1|or ranking with the first ten OF the
erIcan league on the Philadelphia
.ek year the Athletics won because
"a Cub pitchers were weak and they
Nd b fnsilIade Of hits that drove In
1@ hat the Cubs couldn't reach.
1@n was the only Cub pitcher who
ma stop the Athletics effectively,
on the other hand, at no time
|1 the Athletic pitchers keep the
Ecoroloss. In fact in every game
the fIrst OF the series, Chances
n scored enough TO win any ordin-
/ tight game, such az saay be en-
NED IN the coming SEXES.
would seem. then, that the Ath-
pitchers must keep the wonder
111estealing Giants from getting
hold on the first bag or they are
likely TO threaten the plate In q
short time.
- the same time, the task up 70
2iant twirlers Is TO make those
ling Athletics pop around here
f. here. and occasionally breeze, for
|&ey ever get started pounding the
here. IT, going to be lobsided very
oally II looks that the one best
NJ the series IL that pure, unadul-
@Itd. Wiley-inspected luck 10 going
~ the biggest factor I'm deciding
&eriee, and that the betting fra
1'<y can sit up nights to figure out
@cpo where TO place It's coin ana
Ia 10 wrong.
@1 defeat OF Boston by the Tigers
|@<day. didn't help much IN the
.<rIe the Red Sox are making 20
@1( 81 the second division. While
''o pitched uniformly good bah,
work Of O'Brien, who pitched for
lon. was watched with more inter
He u the young fellow who made
@ebuf IN the big league short
1&o By winning from the Ath-