Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-02
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

Any one trying TO inquire OIL "Hdl I>uoo
Marauard of the Giants will accomplish
against the Athletics in the worio
series is very apt to find himself consider
ably out of line.
For the past month Or so Marquard
has not been a consistent performer Tn
til he pitched the shut-out game against
the Cubs yesterday he had to be taken
out of five OF the last seven games he
worked in, and naturally the impression
became prevalent that the sensational
southpaw was going back. But all the
were upset by his showing
Yesterday and he will again be figured
as having a chance to bowl the Athletics
over
If Mathewson and Marquard are in
good form the Athletics are going to
have hard time of it, for it seems
to be the general opinion among base
ball men that Bender is the only one
of Mack's pitchers who Will go well
against the National League champions
For some reason or other Coombs is not
figured to stand much of a chance The
fact. that he is usually hit hard and wins
his games only because his teammates
hit harder than their opponents does not
make him an ideal proposition for the
big contests, for it is figured that the
Giants will have alright pitching in most
of the games.
There does not seem to be any doubt
that the Detroit club has fortified itself
against losing Hughey Jennings by re-
tanning Bill Donovan, who would UNI
doubtedly succeed the Tigers present
leader should he give up his position. The
Cleveland club wanted Donovan to man
and made good cash offer for the
veteran pitcher which. however, was
turned down. Not that it was figured
Donovan was too valuable man as a
pitcher to let go. but because President
Navin figures on making him the man
ager should the day ever come when
Huehey Jennings will go elsewhere.
Nothing that ever happened In base
ball 50 far as Washington is concerned
would prove as popular move as to
have Jennings come here as a stockhOlder
and manager 1t would make the
team a drawing card on the road even if
it did not show marked Improvement
in it's standing right from the outset of
Jennings regime. Incidentally 1t would
give the club a Woodworking, intelligent
manager, who would be sure to bring the
team up in the race within few years.
But, of course. 1t does seem improbable
that the Detroit club would part with
Jennings even If it should prove to his
advantage to come here. Ball clubs
are seldom known to sacrifice anything
to help a rival.
Just how the committee of newspaper
men which has in charge the giving of
an automobile to the player who during
the present season has proven the most
valuable to his team, is going to get
away from making Ty Cobb the recip-
lent is hard to understand. Cobb. who
leads in everything. cannot possibly be
grounds that he won an automobile last
year. That auto was given to the best
batter. but this years conditions are
entirely different, for it is to go to the
player proving himself of the greatest
value to his team. That undoubtedly is
Cobb, the greatest ball player the game
has ever produced.
A writer on the ST. Louis Post Dispatch
sizes the situation UP just about right in
the following:
There is not today a man among you
who would conscientiously offer any
other opinion than that Ty Cobb is the
best base ball player in the world and
the most valued to his team. He is
there with the church bells in every de-
partment of the game, defense as Well
as Offense. None is in his class 1ndivid-
ually.
And as for handing the title to a
reasonable, for a pitcher is nothing but
a defensive man. There isn't one in
fifty that is worth 80 cents except just
to hand up the balls to the batter.
LAS defense is only half the game. and
negative quality in winning, even
though a pitcher were perfect in that
respect, he would lack enough attacking
value to cost him consideration against
men Of the all-round worth of Cobb, Col
Tins, Wagner ct al.
Now let's toss all the statistics in the
fire and express our belief-and it Is
every one's-that Cobb gets the auto!"
No sort of combination of figures is
apt to give one correct line on the
outcome of the worlds series. With
the aid of a lead pencil it may be fig
ured which team apparently. has an
advantage, and yet when the real
clash comes it may upset these calcu-
lations.
Pitching records are almost useless
so far as discovering what a man will
do in an important worlds series goes.
1t will be found that five OF the Mack