Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-28
BY J. ED GRILLo.

Though Hughey Jennings is probably
we'll qualified to express an opinion or
the outcome of the worlds series be
tween the Athletics and Giants, he ad-
nits that he is unable to pick the win
ner. Conceding that Connie Mack has
the better balanced team. he does not
believe that this fact assures success in
a contest such as the worlds series, anc
he says that nothing that may happen
will surprise him.
When the games are over it will prob
ably be found that Christy Mathewson
is still great pitcher" said he. Il look
for him to prove most troublesome man
for the Athletics to beat, and yet a
team which hits like the Athletics is apt
TO beat any pitcher In my Judgment
Mack must figure on beating Mathewson
/ hardly expect any trouble from any
But Matty is always great in those i'm
portant games. He may not be as good
as he was a few years ago. but his head
is still there, and that is more valuable
against Il team like the Athletics than
all the speed and curves.
Il am fearful of Mack's pitching staff
If Bender works one game at the outset
he will need at least four days rest To
come back good. He has reached that
stage where he can't repeat without a
whole lot of rest. Coonlbs can do a lot
of work. but if you will look over his
games You will find that he has been hit
hard this year. though he has won a
lot of them. To my notion, Eddie
Plank stands the best chance to beat
the Giants. Barring very few games
he has been hit but little this year, and
q good left-hander is sure to be success
full against the Giants.
''On the bases the Giants have the better
of it. Devorc. Doyle, Merkle. Murray and
Fletcher good base runners. There
are no better. while Mack can only boast
of one, Eddie Collins. OF course, these
players have to get on the bases in order
to make good, but then they are not apt
TO he kept off every day. To my notion
il is the hardest series of recent years to
pick the winner. incidentally all attend
ance records will be broken. l am sure
urday, October IA, and I'll make the pre-
diction now that the first days receipts
will be in the neighborhood of $4,000
Insisting that. George Mullin pitches
against the Athletics more on the order
the league. Hughey Jennings and Bill
Donovan yesterday persuaded Manager
McAleer to take the Detroit star as one
of the pitchers on the All-Star team.
Mullln mas beaten the champions r0ul
out of five this season and Jennings fig
ures that it will be the. greatest kind of
practice for Mack's men to face him.
Mathewson will use that slow curve a
good deal against the Athletics and it is
this same ball and change of pace which
has made Mullin successful agains. the
Athletics" said Jennings. II figure that
it will be the best kind of practice 70,
the Athletics to face Mullin in the All.
Star series. for he works similarly tc
Matty. McAleer after securing MulliT
notified Russell Ford that he will not be
needed by the All-Stars.
Barring accident Ty Cobb will take
part in but seven more championship
games this season. After the three re.
naming games here. three in Cleveland
and one in Detroit Ty will quit the team
and get ready for the All-Star series
Manager McAleer obtained permission
from Jennings yesterday to allow Cobb
to remain away from the closing series
play in the All-Star's first game al New
ark Sunday a week. Cobb hopes to have
his batting average well enough boosted
by that time to make it impossible fol
Joe Jackson to catch him. Lord. Walsh
Sullivan and White of the Chicago team
will also drop out of the closing serie:
in order TO be with the All-Stars.
Carl Cushions performance yesterda
was not as COED as his showing agains
Chicago a few days ago. The big fellow
lacked control and yet but for the five
consecutive hits in the seventh inning hi
did I good enough work to win. TIL.
Tigers are very much impressed with the