New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08

Matty Certain to Win.
/ Frank Chance. of the Cubs who is in
| better position to compare the two teams
! than any other manager. declares that II
| is only a question of Marqusrd being IN
! form for the Giants 20 win.
Nobody need u worry about Mathew
/ SON" he said the other day. He is tho
| best pitcher in the world right now. and
/ facing a team that has not batted against
/ him regularly he Is practically invincibe.
| He will be just AS strong against the Attn
/ letics As he was against the Yankees last
fall. Ho will surely beat the Athletics. and
If other things break even. will twirl the
| Giants to victory in the series. Vanguard,
too. will give the Athletics a lot of trouble
IL he Is right
The Athletics nave two great twirlers
in Coombs and Bender. OF these Bender is
tho better While Coombs beat us three
games last fan, he should not have won
any of them. In the second game. in Phila-
delphia he gave us nine bases on balls. but
the luck broke 50 that we could not take
sdvantace OF it. No pitcher IN the world
can give the Giants nine bases on balls and
beat them"
Bender without Il doub, is the best
pitcher Of the Athletics. but in order to he
risht nc needs a lot Of rest His brilliant
y ork this season has been largely due 10
tho fact that he had not been worked
ereat deal IIe cannot twirl often. as was
shown IN the series last fall. when he won
the first game but vas beaten when he
went I'm AGAINST the Cubs four DAYS later.
il is doubtful whether Bender can he at his
best i'm three games even II the coming
series goes the limit Here Is where the
Giants will have the edge. Mathewson
thrives on work and can he depended upon
to pitch four games easily. as he did
against the Yankees last fan.
Coombs Hard Worker.
Coonlbs. OF the Athletics. can never get
enough work and probably will pitch as
often as no did against the Cubs, but he
| it, not the pitcher that Bender is, and his
" ork this season has not been remarkable
| Maruuard, however, II he is right, can
| stand a LOT OF work and. being the youngest
Of the four, can go 10 the mound as often
a. Matty. As for the second string men.
| the two veteran southpaws Wiltse and
/ Plank will be worthy rivals, II the recent
two-hit game which the New York twirler
/ pitched against Pittsburgh is any criterion.
while Crandall and Ames will be just about
! a match for Krause and Morgan.
/ Thomas and Lepp the two Philadelphia
4 catchers. revealed in the worlds series last
. tall that they arc not 10 be dcspised, but
| Big Chief Meyers has improved wonder
! fully during the season, and ranks as a star
| performer having the better Of either OF
the two Philadelphians In catching ability.
So far as hitting goes the Indian stands
I head and shoulders over both Of his rivals
/ If he had the speed ~ Ty Cobb the
chiefs average would he many points high
| or. Whenever he gets n frs II is as the
result of a good. clean hit He rarely beats
out safety of the infeld variety. He Ia
the one Of the FIVE leading hitters of the
| league having an average Of .32l against
! Thonas's .26S.
| The Philadelphia team houses on its rot-
! ter some stars Of exceeding brilliance, but
the Giants are not far behind. Players Of
the type Of Ty Cobb, Harry Lord, Hell
! Chase. Joe Tinker and others have happy
/ faculty in infusins into their work GER
tain amount Of personality which earns
rounds OF applause, while other men plod
along doing the same stunts" hardly no.
ticAd An observing fan" said recently
4 that Fred Merkle can make star plays with
out raising a murmur, whereas II Hal
! Chase made the same the fans would
/ howl with Joy.
New York Infield Steady.
Such is the case with the Philadelphia
/ infeld. New York cannot boast such
strong infeld 81 NoInnis Collins, Barry
| and Baker. but II can show one which Is
| ou,+e as effective and consistent in Merkle,
~, %
| he gets in the series. will come back hand-
CAPPED by an enforced absence from the
game He is q good hitting youngster.
Ills average Of .321 IS better than Merkle's
.274 but he is not so hard hitter. Mel
Their has he the experience or finish OF the
New York first haseman, who after three
wears in the big leagues has bossomed
forth into one Of the stars OF the game
NerlfIe Is a much better base runner and
a more dangerous hitter.
Eddie Collins, since the retirement Of
Evers. stands as one Of the best second
basemen. II not the best second baseman, OF
the day He holds the palm over Larry
Dov1e IN hitting at $50 to 800. but Larry
next 10 Frank Schultz. Of the Cubs, Is the
hardest slugger IN the parent league and
much heavier hitter than Collins. His ex-
ira base hits run up TO 259 20 20 for Col
Inns He is not 20 accurate fielder, but
bis errors are seldom costly. In speed and
haze running the two are on par, Larry
having stolen thirty-nine bases 10 Colinss
tbIrty-eight Collins seems TO have slowed
up considerably this year. when his eighty
one stolen bases of last year are considered.
Many consider Barry one OF the best
shortstops in the game. He undoubtedly
will have an edge on Fletcher. so far as eX-
perience is concerned, but the New York
PLAYER is a brilliant performer and as fast
AS Ughtning. Fletcher has the call in hit
ting. Barry being the weakest sticker In
the Philadelphia lineup. Fletcher has an
average of 2gg TO .268 for Barry. Baker at
third. is the hardest hitter In the Philsdel-
phia lineup and Is batting next to Col
Inns. at .325 His extra base hit total OF
.29l is better than anything New York can
show Herzog who came to New York
400 hitter. has fallen 10 2S4. but ne hits the
hall hard and has 200 bases to his credit
for l5l hits Both are brilliant and sensa-
tionaI fielders, as we'll as accurate ones
Herzog has the call in base running, with
A differed bags 20 81 for Baker.
So far as accurate fielding goes, there
is little 10 choose between the outields Of
both teams There is a margin In favor
of the Giants, who, by their youth and
sneed. cover a tremendous amount or
ground. Lord, the veteran left fielder Of
Philadelphia, has been batting at $40 as
oompared 10 .276 for Devore. But Josh has
slated 50 bases 10 10 for Lord.