Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13

In the opening game he missed d cndhCe
for a double play which most any player
could have made. and yesterday his error
was responsible for the run which. gave
the Sex the victory. To add TO IL al
Doyle who is undoubtedly the best hitter
on the team. has failed to show anything
with the stick against the Boston twirlers.
fact which has proven the greatest
handicap
The failure of Doyle to hit up to his
sta ndard has made the Giants system or
not much reliance had been placed IN
Doyle's reputation as a hitter, the Giants
would have won more games.
The failure 10 Play the games for run
or two has been disastrous. Doyle was
neve- asked To sacrifice. though there
were several occasions when he was at
hat when ii sacrifice seemed the proper
thing In fridays game he came up III
the early inning with two on ana none
cut and Yet he hit out with the result
that the runners Were not advanced. He
did virtually the same thing III the first
inning yesterday, when Devore was
walked, yet was not advanced. and good
start failed 20 help the Giants.
of course. while Doyle was hitting at his
best il was foolish to sacrifice him, for
ne was too valuable a hitter for tnat. but
when he demonstrated that he was off his
stride in this respect d switch OF tactics
would have been wiser
If Jake S;ahl had displayed confidence in
Hugh Bedient earlier in the series, the
chances s-e that the question of which
team is entitled TO the worlds title would
long since have been settled. Bec!ent
pitched the best game Of the series today,
and yet had il not been that Collins arm
was in doubtful condition and O. Brien
was rot figured 20 have had rest enough
he would not have broken into the series
al all Bedient must be reckoned with in
tht. future. He proved himself a star to-
day and made the Giants look like one of
the worst hitting teams in either league.
Harry Mccormick. a player who aside
from his hitting is not figured good
enough TO he numbered among the regu-
lars. has eSta Dlished a remarkable record
in this series pinch hitter. On
three different occasions he has been
called upon 10 help out his team and he
has never failed. In one OF the games
he came up with one out and a man on
third. and he hit a long fly to the out
field which allowed "a run to score. Fri
day ne drove in run and came near ty-
ing the score, and today he was respon-
sibe for the only run his team secured
when he brought Merkle in from third
with a drive.
Trying TO figure out a worlds series by
comparing the players of the two con-
testing teams is once more proven a
farce The very players who were ex-
pected 10 furnish the bulk of the strength
for their respective teams in this series
haze fallen down lamentably. while the
ve-y players who We're pointed out as the
weak spot have done the effective work.
M one ever figured that Harry Hooper
would shine against the Giants, and yet
he has been the one PLAYER under Stahl
who has played more brilliantly than the
others and this is particularly true of his
hitting. YerkeS was considered another
weak member. and yet he has not only
nelded brilliantly, hut he has been one
OF the mainstays with the bat
The Giants experience is similar. Doyle
and Meyers were picked to do the bulk
of the offensive work for McGraw's men,
yet neither die anything worth while in
this respect The hOnorS went TO MUIR
ray. failure last year. and Hcrzog. a
player who is seldom mentioned when the
strength of the Giants is under discus
sion. Stahl, who did nothing brilliant
during the regular season. made Merkle
look like a truck horse in the series. He
really looked like a star compared to his
rival, and Stahi was believed to be the
weakest spot in the Red SOx lineup.
II a series like this alere is never any
telling what player will shine, and to try
To figure out the winner by making a
comparison OF the two teams is never
found to be profitable proposition. That
McGTaw's team: has not played up to its
standard there is no doubt. The Players