The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-04
(By Gordon Mackav.,

NAoSnoysy
Next Tuesday on the patch OF
realty that sits at the hook Of Coo
gan's bluff some $4,000 shriekinR,
yeliing pastime p%aranoiacs will watch
a couple OF baseball clubs buckle down
to the task Of kicking the slaves out
OF each other. 1t will be the opening
battle Of the worlds series, which is
always some opening and then some
more.
These rival legions that will en-
deavor to snatch the cuticle and the
lions share of kale from each other
comprise Mr.. McGraw's bull moose
brigade Of New York. and Mr.. Jaco-
pin Stahl's Red Sox literary cusses
from the land Of the indigestible bean.
swap the coin of the realm for the
little slabs Of printers ink to get into
the patio. the rest Of the nation viii
give 7. R.. Taft and Wilson q rest
while they below. bawl and bet about
the outcome.
Who's the winner.
That's the question that about
n~inety,nine million Americans will
talk about. leaving the other three OF
Tour millions who don't know any
thing about U great national fracas
to their fate. Perhaps no two teams
nave ever horned into a post-season
dispute for baseballs classic. that
ever ran neck and neck on the books
OF Old Colonel Dope.
The Giants kicked in with their lar
cen on the grand old rag with a
standing in the p. c. column Of 500.
while the lads whose calves are in.
cased in red isle. clinched the pen.
nant in MI. Johnson's league with a
percentage OF .692. which is running
on pretty even keel for both teams
Evenly Matched.
Take q peek into the dope sheet.
At this date 1t stands to reason that
baseballers. looking at 1t by and
large. as they a near Fenway park
Starting with the backstoppine
bunch and once more there seen,
maskmen. members in both teams,
that. will adorn the box score. THAT
large and unwieldy chunk Of aborigin-
al avoirdupois. Juan Tories Meyers,
Ing from the world painters.
He proved by his artistic array OF
clouts and catches against the Mack
ians that he was all wool and fully
thirty inches to each yard. He IL
there with the productive punch. II
ne runs anywhere. near true to form.
ne VII! prove Just as much Of a cop
p~er:colored Koh!noor as last year
Young Wilson. who second-strings
to the redskin. is a nimble young
catcher. But Mr.. McGraw will rely
on the warrior to work in all the
games and he will permit Juan to
Seek his tepee and rest UP for the
SERIES.
When you ride along the shore line
n reach Boston you find a couple
OF celebrities battling with bravadc
behind the plate there. To start, there
is the Laird Of Lewiston. Sir Gull.
laume Ca:rigan. Bill certainly has the
whang. and a hit the ball like q
white hope. He Is a splendid man fer.
ntnst the platter. blocks the plate like
the Merrimac bottled up Cervera. mas
a great head and is some catcher. on
the score Of the two vets neither team
mas an advantage-it Is one-half OF
one and fifty per CEN Of the other.
Ancnt the Infelds.
Romping around the infelds, and II
looks like a little advantage for the
lads from the neighborhood from the
great lane Of light.
corralled in the first paddock, are
splendid sackers. Garland Jacobus is
some hatsman. but a funny lad with
the brassie. He either floats the bail
out Of the canyon or bangs the air
In a s. o. stampede.
Merkle. on the other hand, is q
stellar sackman. He is on the lob
from the first moment he slips his
dteits into the gauntlet until the last
eink has expired at the finish. Merkie
hits we'll. he is fast. and he uses his
noodle On the general proposition
these two guardians Of the plate, with
Merkle having any edge there NAV
be. ~
Larry DOYLE. at second. has Steph-