Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-12
BY w. S. Farnsworth.

NOWN in this part of the good
old L. S. nine fans out of
ten pick the Red Sox to
beat the Giants in the worlds Sc
ries. The writer will also wager his
car fare on the Boston team, but,
getting right down to cold facts
and figures, the Giants seem to
have an even break.
Those who will back the Hub
team are banking on the pitching
of Joe Wood, Buck O'Brien and
young Bedient. And in doing so
they have overlooked the fact that
not one of the trio has had the ex-
perience Of participating in a
worlds series. But let's get right
down to facts concerning the teams.
The Giants are heavier hitters
than the Red Sox and have shown
themselves better run getters. For
instance, the Giants, according to
the last figures published. which
was less than a week back, have
made 713 runs, while the Red Sox
have made but ga. At the time of
the figures the Red SoX had won
81 games against 81 for the Giants
and lost only one more game.
Giants Better on Bases.
On the bases the Giants are far
superior to any club in either
league. They have stolen 244 bases
against 1862 for the Red Sox. In the
last worlds series the Giants base
running ability did not cut much
hgure, for the simple reason that
they did not get on the paths.
Still, with their swatting ability.
the Giants ought to get a great
many more on the bags this time
than they did against Connie
Mack's tribe.
There is only one department
that the Red Sox have it on the
Giants, according to the official
records, and that is in fielding The
Giants defense has been very
shaky al times this season, and
they are tied with the lowly Bos-
ton Nationals in this department.
On the other hand, the Red Sox
are rated as second best fielders in
the American league. This may ac-
count for the fact that the Red
Sox have won more games with a
weaker hitting aggregation.
Don't for a second get the i'm
preston by this statement that the
timely hitters. They are only one
point behind the Giants in team
sWatting But the New Workers
are far ahead of them in extra base
clouts. The Giants have banged
forth wallOps for 461 extra bases
against 431 for the McAleer clan.
The Giants are far better base
runners. According to the figures
the best pilfer worker on the Bos-
ton team is Iris Speaker. He is
third in the American league. No
other Hublte is listed among the
first ten. On the other hand. the
Giants have a monopoly on the
base stealing averages in the Lynch
organization. Among the first ten
are Doyle, Snodgrass, Devore, Muir
ray, Herzog and Becker.
Pitchers Are a Problem.
Right down to here the Giants
surely appear to have a shade on
the Red SoX. So now ii is up to
the pitchers. viii the Giants be
able to hit as hard against Wood.
O'Brien and Bedient as they have
against the National leagues best
hurlers? That's question only
time alone will solve
And will the Red Sox be able to
beat Mathewson, Marquard and
Tesreau as they have Walsh. Ford.
Gregg, Johnson and Plank? May
be so and maybe not
Boston has other pitchers besides
Wood. O'Brien and Bedient who
are wonders Collins and Hall are
both bearcats when going right
on the other hand. the Giants have
no one they can rely on outside Of