The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
MAJORITY FAVOR
GIANTS IN SERIES
Fans in General Confident
That McGrawites Are
Due to Take Pennant

tional league, the only possible con.
tenders Tor the championship. owe
New York, which is still five and one.
half games in the lead for the pen
nant, the remaining W games Of the
series waited yesterday IN the SEIZED.
ule.
smarting under the halt given their
attempt to wrest the league title from
Chicago the New York players rested
with the avowed intention OF defeating
the foe today and Sunday. Players Of
both teams appreciated the rest. how.
ever. as al were somewhat stir be-
cause OF the wetting they suffered in
Thursdays game. which ended in a
heavy. rain storm nearly the entire
nine innings being played in q driz.
cling rain.
It is not planned to use Mathewson
IN the New York box again before the
end OF h season as his help will be
needed. 1t Is said, following his defeat
Thursday by Cole. New York can
still lose seven of its fourteen remain
ing games and win the pennant. even
II Chicago wins all it's nine games.
seven Of New York's remaining games
VIII be with Brooklyn and Manager
McGraw has said he expected to win at
least five of these contests.
Series Loom Up.
throughout h country there Is IN.
p~recedented interest being manifested
In the baseball struggle. A majority
Of the non-partisan fans are very well
pleased that in all probability the big
contest will be between the forces Of
Mack and McGraw and It is freely pre-.
dicted that not only from a financial
STANDPOINT. but from an artistic stand.
point the series will prove the great
est in the history Of the king Of sports,
Inc that each and every game will
prove a thrilling battle between we'll
matched foes.
Connie Mack has an aggregation of
able young hustlers who play the
game from start to finish and never
overlook q bet. There is a total alb
sence of individualism in their style
Of play and not a man on the team
Is prone to pull a bonehead stunt
whether his team is safely in the lead,
hopelessly In the e or whether the
conntct ts q neck and neck struggle.
AL Of which proves the great general
ship OF the astute manager of the
Athletics for the men in his charge are
with few exceptions lads In their early
twenties.
Not the Cubs This Year.
the American league premiers are
equally able in defensive as we'll as
offensive play and their in1eld Is a
marvel OF speed and s%teadiness. The
outf1eld guardians never fail to hold
up their end and cover q vast amount
of territory. Against opponents Of
been powers and 1t is a matter of his.
tory that they had it easy trimming
the Chicago Cubs last fall.
However. they will be confronted
BY an entirely different proposition
when they stack up against the Giants.
It 10 going to prove the supreme test
for Comics Kids and II they come
YShPAS10h with ANyln~ nA1ASo <IASy u,,e>0,,
must be given credit for being the
worlds champion team in fact as
well as by title.
Last year when the Athletics hum
bled the Cubs 1t was claimed that the
best team in the National league had
not been pitted against the Johnsonian
representatives and then the untimely
injury to Johnnie Evers weakened
Chicago considerably.
No Excuses.
This year. provided the Giants keep
going and have non of their stars
crippled during the balance of the Ma
tional league season. the parent or
ganization sympathizers will have no
call for excuse making II the worlds
ent title holders. No other team in
the old league is so we'll fitted for a
short series Of games as the Giants,
and on close figuring McGraw's men
seem to have a shade the better of
conditions.
There should be six games between
the teams with the Giants coming out
victorious in the required four. Mat.
hewson and Marquard, the great
pitchers who brought the Giants to the
front in the National league race. will
have to bear the brunt of the worlds
series battles and they qualify in all
particulars. They will be opposed to
q team which boasts Of a versatile at
tack, but they should prove equal to
the occasion. One thing certain. how
ever. is that they will not be able to
let up ever a trifle at any stage of the
game, for the Athletics have a habit
of rallying when least expected and
are to be numbered among the pluki-
est Of teams.
The Mack Pitchers.
Against Marquard and Mathcwson
the American league champions will
send Bender, Coombs and either PLANK
or Morgan. Bender will be in shape
for the series and will be Mack's best
trump card. The Indian is a grand
moundsman who mixes in a hne droF