The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
WHICH WILL CAPTURE
1912 WORLDS SERIES !?
New York Expert Thinks Red Sox Better Team
Showing But Hestates About Post-Season Results.
Giants He Says, Have Better nfied, Red Sox Better
OutfieId and Pitching Corps

parison. But worlds championship
series and a l54-game series are Diff
feEent propositions $3.50
Usually-other things being at all
equal-this short dash puts 1t right
UP to the batteries. More than ever
will battery strength figure in this
falls big series. Outside the points
the teams shape up as of about equal
strength. The Red Sox lay 1t all
over the Giants in the matter Of out
field strength. Boston boasts the
greatest garden trio Of the game.
But New York fully equalizes this in
the infield.
Comparing Infeids.
McGraw has an exceptionally classy
inner defense: Boston's first line liz
not brilliant. Larry Gardner, at
third. is the best OF the lot and there
are there or more third basemeu In
his own company that are ranked
higher than the Boston man. But
the infiefd four OF the Speed Boys
cover q multitude OF sins by heavy
stick work. Everyone OF one OF them
is a slugger. Heine Wagner Is al
most as much Of terror an his IL
lustrious namesake OF the Pirates.
Jake Stahl Is a fence-buster. In
defensive speed and skill New York
undoubtedly lays It over Besten,s In
field However. the Hubs superior
hitting power and the outfield advan-
tages make 1t just about q toss-up. l
speak now Of the short series.
It's pretty nearly q question. of
pitching, then Both teams have
wonderful catchers. Meyers. Nc
Graw's classy Indian backstop. has
nothing on Carrigan. except perhaps
shade in hitting ability. 1t Ii his
superior strength in the box that
should give StAhl a shade advantage
at the start. He has Ave rafting
good tossers any one OF whom is
likely to make McGraw's best step to
the nmit-IoA Wood. Redient. HALL
O'Brien and Collins. Wood Is one
of the most wonderful pitchers Of the
age. He Is speed marvel of the
Walter johnson type. Bedient Is an
Hall II = good curve ball manipula-
tor "Bucky. O.Brien, just rounding
into effectiveness for the first time
this season, il one of the greatest
spitball fingers In the big league.
Ray Collins, Is A. sSnthpaw and q
crack "a jack. too.
New York will have the time of its
life beating any one OF these five
pitchers unless the Giant tossers
fiing shut-out ball. New York never
has seen such speed A. Wood will
show. &, O'Brien Is q better spitball
-tusssr than Hendrix Of the -P!Fatss..
!. Collins IL tho best Gsft-hander In
the American league.
ToSereuu Looks Beet.
Against this brilliant array Of box
talent tho Giants Will have to stack
lMathewson, MarQuard and TeUeau.
And of the three, TeWeau looms up
as the great hope. strangely enough,
the Red fSox fear this green. mex
periencad tosser more than they Tear,
Matty or the sRube. !. fesroaa- big
enough to work every other day
necessary and he has lust. the kind
or d spftbali that the Red 0ox do not
relish. In fact. Boston murders most
anything but the spitbail Inc Hup
team looks forward with pleasure 70
q meeting with Mathewpon. In lsvS
the Speed Boys. hall massacred the
Big Six' when he was at the nei9nt
OF hia glory They now ngure MIN
an .old man" compared to those days.
OF Maruuard the Hub ha1 no rear.
The fallacy that Boston Americans
nroye cinch for left handlers mas
heen pricked. The Mne-up embraces
inst two ieft-handed swatters and one
az these, Tris Speaker, pounds FORK
hand Singing harder than the right
winged kind.
New York will heye one great ad-
vaun& e--tha& Of having been through
one worlds seriea campaign. THIS
should prove . biz boon in q battle
among youngsters on both SIDES
There have been many instances wnere
q young team out-named bunch o.
veterans. The Athletics Va the Cubs