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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
'Mathewson and Tesreau to
Win for Giants, Says Doom

It seems to be the general opinion
OF the American league managers that
the Red SoX will walk away with the
worlds series this fall. This is blu,
natural l presume. and likewise nat
ural for the National league managers
to predict success for the Giants. OF
course, l have not had the pleasure OF
viewing the Red SoN since spring, and
l can only judge of them from the re-
ports I read in the newspapers. But
l believe a fairly good idea of their
playing strength and ability can be
gathered from this source.
But l have seen the Giants play a
great many games. and l believe the
New York club this season is Il vast
~ improved team e the Nc
Graw led against the Athletics last
fall. With the experience they have
gained this season. as we'll as in the
last worlds series. 1 look for the foxy
McGraw to lead his boys to victory
over the Boston Red SoX.
! Going through an entire season
, without a break is a remarkable rec
ord, and I must say the Red Sox look
like a formidable foe for the Giants.
But there are many things that enter
into a short series of four out of sew
en- games that may turn the tide of
battle. Old Dame Fortune "a smile
brightly down on the Giants; then.
again, the whimsical old dame may
turn her beams on the Red Sox.
Whichever mood she is in will un-
questionably decide the issue.
Pitching will undoubtedly have
much to do with the winning of the
series. In this I believe the Giants
Wood. Ray Collins and the balance of
the SoX's pitching staff look awfully
good in the American league. but don't
overlook the fact that the great Math-
ewson is still the steady, old reliable
boxman he was of old. Despite the
fact that he has not had the great sue
cess of former years, he is still Win
ming games, and his presence on the
team has a wonderfully good effect on
the whole club. Matty will just about
step to the rubber, as he has in the
past. and pitch n of his brilliant
! games against the SoX. And no one
best club in the world will find it a
hard matter to beat him. The entire
New York club has the utmost conf
dence in the big fellow and will work
hard for him. Let Matty win the first
game and follow in the third and the
American league followers may not be
so free with their s to 5 wagers.
Next to aMthewson. there is big jeff
Tesreau. the spitball artist. Should
! Tesreau oppose Joe Wood l believe the
famous Red Sox twirler will find his
hands full. l never saw a better pitch
ed game than the n Tesreau recently
pitched against us when he was credit
ed officially with a no-hit game. In
his next start, after that memorable
game, Big JEFF pitched a three-hit
game in New York. He has made an
enviable record this season. He is
possessed Of wonderful strength and
could. II necessary. pitch every other
day for McGraw. Then there is Rube
Marquard. I believe the Rube is a
triae unsteady and may not be effec-
tive against the Red Sox. On the 9TH
er hand, he may come back with a
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
SCALPING IS DAN
GEROUS IN BOSTON

There is considerable talk among
Yale graduates interested in football,
and this Is the principal athletic in
terest in university circles at the
present time. that Captain Jesse
Spalding of the eleven will offer him.
self as a sacrifice in the development
of a quarterback. Yale lost through
graduation Arthur Howe. a very ex-
perienced and successful quarterback,
and there ia no one to take his place.
There has been talk Of Cornell and
freshmen eleven last year.
Both Of these men are fast and are
good backs. but there is an opinion
among football men that they would
be considerably more valuable in
some other position than quarterback.
Give LOTUS Trial.
After them there is Lotus, and
LOTUS will be given an opportunity to
show what he can do, before he is put
out of the running for the position.
LOTUS is light. but plucky and rather
heady. He ran last years crippled
freshman team In such good style that
he showed 1t the superior of Harvard
and Princeton and its record was due
principally. to his good work combin-
ed with the strength and speed of
Castles and Cornell.
1t will be rather peculiar II spald-
ing plays quarterback. but his admir-
ers point out various qualifications to
show that he would make a good one.
Last fall was his first one on the var
sity gridiron. The year before he was
i'll through the fall and did not go
out. He was an ordinary player at
the start Of the season, but develop
ed very rapidly and was the best half
back at the finish.
Is Ideal Leader.
His qualities Of leadership won him
the election as captain over the brill
liant all-American star. Boemeisler.
He is N Of the headiest back field
players that Yale has had. and has
never been known to become excited
while playing. He Is a first class tao
tician o nthe gridiron and a great
man at diagnosing plays. so in this
respect he would make a good quar-
terback. There is not IN objection
at Yale that there used to be against
a quarterback captain. Spalding could
be spared as a halfback IL necessary
because Of the ability and promise of
Dick Baker. Dave Dunn. Holiday
Philbin. Walter Camp. Castles, Cor
nell and Markle. all Of whom will be
candidates for half and fullback po-
sitions. So hat it is expected that
when the season starts Captain Spald-
ing will have stepped into the breach
and undertaken to fill the only i'm
portant vacancy in the team.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
GREAT GAME EACH TUNE.

With the 1912 baseball season wan
ing. the football warrior is already
catching the y and being the topic
spoken about by followers of out-of-
door sports. All over the country
football aggregations. both collegiate
and high school. are working to beat
the old band to get their respective
elevens In the best possible condition
as the present a gridiron sched-
ule commences earlier than in former
years. Although Coach Andy Smith.
out at Penn. states that he is greatly
handicapped by the fact that he must
put together an entirely new line, he
predicts a winning eleven for the
Red and Blue institution against the
college teams on the Penn schedule.
Al Sharpe. who is coaching Cornell.
1t being his first year at collegiate
training. however. is reported to
have already picked an eleven. and
thinks that the big Red team will
sweep the Quakers off their feet.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
SPALD|NG MAY
Be YALE QUARTER
Lack of Material May Cause
Coaches to Shift Captain
From Halfback.

Now comes the usual talk about the
tickets for the worlds series. Is there
going to be another scandal connect
ed with the dispensation Of the paste.
boards this season?
An official announcement had not
been made of the rules and regula-
lions of the national commission gov
erntng the sale of tickets for the
worlds series, but from gossip heard
IN e York 1t is going to be q diff
ficult matter for outsiders to gel any
tickets.
The %contending clubs and the COM
mission, it is reported, are going to
exert all Of their influence upon be-
half Of the patrons OF the game in
New York and Boston and supply
their wants first. To accomplish this
1t may be necessary for them to re.
strict n number Of tickets to be al
lotted to major and minor league
magnates.
Heretofore out-of-town patrons
nave been seeking their home club
owners n urging them to get tickets.
ana the aggregate sold in this way has
been large. Now it is said that the
commission intends to limit the num-
Der given to each club owner. others
than those connected with the con.
tending teams. to the actual number
OF his personal party.
The Boston American league team
has asked its patrons to keep their
rain checks and send them in with
their orders for the worlds series.
The purpose Of this scheme is to serve
the regular goers first. 1t is not
known yet whether the national COM
mission intends to have entire charge
OF the sale Of worlds series tickets or
whether 1t will insist that the con
tending clubs assume this RESPONSE
bility.
The laws in Boston. while not so
severe as those in Philadelphia, make
ticket scalping more dangerous in Bos-
ton than in New York, where the pup
lie still submits to this form of high
way robbery every day in the year,
and never squeals until the worlds Sc
ries arrives.
New York pays a big bonus for its
theater tickets, its fight tickets and its
football tickets; but when the very
same agents demand similar premi-
ums for baseball New York throws a
mt. n wants to call out the national
guard. The announcement of the
rules for the 1912 games will be await
ed with interest. and it is probable
that many Philadelphians who have
been attending the fall games every
year will be disappointed this time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
SPEED MAY WIN
FOR GIANT T0SSERS
Strange But There is Lack of
Interest in the Coming
Worlds Series.

There does not seem to be the usual
interest in the worlds series this sea-
son as in former years. although there
is no reason in the world why there
should not be. The Giants nave a
strong aggregation of ball tossers. and
a pitching staff that looks better ev-
cry day out. With Mathewson in
form. Tesreau going like a house
aflre n MarQuard steadying down
considerably. McGraw should not
worry over the coming series. To be
sure. the Red Sox are equally as
game. and with a pitching staff tina,
is every bit as strong, If not stronger,
than the Giants. There is only one
department of the game in which the
Giants excel, and that is on the bases.
Speed may count for a great deal in
the short series, and the New York
ers are certainly possessed of a great
amount Of speed.
1t was thought last season when the
Giants met Connie Mack's strong az
gregation of champions that the speed
Of the Giants would carry them
through to victry, but 1t didn't. There
were many reasons for this. Ira
Thomas was the main one, but aside
from Thomas the New Workers were
not successful in getting On the bases.
II McGraw's boys can get on the
bases in the coming series with tho
Sox they will certainly make things
interesting for Catcher Carrigan.
The Red Sox are a wonderfully
we'll balanced team. possessing few
Individual stars. but a team that will
go we'll together. every man working
for the benefit of the whole club. 1t
is such a club that wins champion
ships. On the other hand. the Giants
are little behind them in this respect.
Every man on the McGraw machine
is a part and parcel Of the main
wheel. and the little Napoleon directs
the moves Of his men to accomplish
the n and set purpose, not permit
ting any n of his men to star in
dividually. except as one mans abil-
ity outciasses that Of his clubmate.
With such men as Merkle. Doyle,
Murray and Herzog, who play the
game from the inside behind him,
McGraw a get the most out of the
rest Of the players. and. while some
Of the others may not measure up to
the standard of those mentioned, they
fit into the wheel perfectly and make
M composite whole that looks like
an awfully wood team to a man up
a tree.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24

rest and show his early season form
against them. If Marquard pitches
against h SoN as he did against the
National league clubs when he was
making that wonderful record Of nine
teen straight. he will jast about walk
the Rube, Crandall. Ames or Wiltse.
A1athewson and Tesreau. with both in
shape, could win Il worlds series be-
tween them.
In the 1911 worlds series it did
look as If the Giants We're badly
frightened. and certain it is they did
not play the game they were capable
of playing. They could never win Il
National league pennant playing the
way they did in h big series. Such
men as Murray, who didn't get a hit
during the entire series. played poor
ball, n McGraw was more or less
~disguested with the bunch. This sea-
son. however. l look for a change. The
youths under McGraw's control should
profit by their past experience. They
are older men today. They have gone
through another season, and for the
most part of it has been an easy sea-
son for them. True. the Cubs threat
ened them for a while in August. but
it only spurred the New Workers to
better efforts and they gradually drew
away from the Chicago boys.
1t is unlikely they will be affected
with stage fright this year, and when
the Giants get hitting that old pill they
certainly can hit. Mix these hits with
their unusually fast work IN the bas-
es and McGraw's brains and you have
a club that will show up mighty we'll
alongside the Red Sox.
l expect to see a battle Of wits
Jake Stahl against John j. McGraw.
And in this 1 expect to see the little
Napoleon come out on top. McGraw
can move his men around he ball dia-
mond just like a checker player moves
his ben on the board. His men re-
spect n superior judgment Of Nc.
Graw. They know he is right 80 times
out of 100. Another thing, McGraw is
well fixed as to utility men. He has
pinch hitters who can hit. and sub
me who can run. He can change
his team at n time during the pro-
gress of the game without in the least
weakening it. On the contrary. should
Devore. Snodgrass. HerZog or in fact,
most my of the team show a weak
ness at bat or in the field. McGraw can
rush a sub into action, and it is ten to
one that sub will show fight and
strengthen the team. This Is one of
and 1 look to see the foxy boy change
hts team to suit the occasion.
Luck. as l have said before. will
probably play an important part in
the big series. Nc one will deny that
the Giants have played in all kinds Of
luck this season. If the luck still
sticks to them and deserts the Red
SoX there is no question as to the out. {.
come Of the series.
With both teams. however, getting
an even split in the luck. and the OUT
come of the series decided purely on
the merits of the two clubs, I also look
to see the Giants win, for I believe
their pitchers will arise to the occa-
sion and pitch them into victory, as
sisted by the bats of Larry Doyle, Red
Murray. Chief Meyers, etc.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
JOE MADE JEFF GO.

According to some interesting dope
which has just leaked out Of Boston,
one Big Jefferson Tesreau owes his
prominence to a remark made by Joe
Wood. the star slab-artist Of the Red
Sox twirling staff. The Boston pitch
er remarked that the Red Sox were
not afraid of "Matty" or "Rube" and
that McGraw would have to produce
something better to take the big Sc
ries. "Tesreau!" yelled all the bugs
doomed as the next twisted to show
that Boston is afraid of Tesreau, and
some alleged dope produced to show
that Stahls men cannot hit spit-ball
pitchers. OF the four men who have
troubled the Red Sox most-Johnson.
Plank. Walsh and Gregg-only Walsh
Is a spitballer. Next to Walsh as a
moist sphere artist stands Russell
Ford. and he has not been hard for
the Red Sox.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
CUB VICTORY?

Died-in-the-wool fans in Chicago
are gleefully predicting a Cub victory
in the intraurban contest with the
White Sox. The bugs base their pre-
diction on the successful outcome of
the operation on Manager Chance and
the reinstatement Of Frank Shuttle,
suspended early In the month on &C
count Of failure to live UP to the tenn
perance clause in his contract. Fan
atics declare with Chance on his feet
and Schultz back in the game again
the wavering Cubs will pick up and
finish the a in whirlwind style.
The only cloud on the fans horizon is
the Punishment of Johnny Evers dur
ing the game with the Giants the 9TH
er day. and many believe President
Lynch will can" the Trojan for the
rest of the season al the result Of his
latest run-in with an umpire.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
? . .
, SPORTING MAXIMS RETOLD.

The wisdom Of the guess depends
largely on subsequent events.
Many a lifelong fight has won ntoh-
ing but the name Of a buuhead.
1t must be a bad trade when both
ends a boast Of the advantage: one
end must be grossly deceived or
neither has cause to rejoice.
Respect the rules of all other games
lest o besmirch your own; irregu.
larity in one may be used as applying
refectively to all.
The reputation Of being unlucky ia
the surest portent Of failure.
Contending for the principle Of it Is
looking for the best Of 1t.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24

SAeo was .. an omCe OF n
Law. For this unbecoming conduct
Jennings was fined s25. but President
Navin did not pay it.
Baseball players are counted among
the most superstitious in any class of
sport. Each has some like or dislike.
Below is given a partial list:
Ty Cobb always swings three bats
as he walks to the plate. The fact
that n bat is SO much lighter after
holding three Is a truth. aside from
the superstition.
Nap Lajoie always draws a line in
the dirt Of the batter's box before fac
ing the pitcher. He will not face the
pitcher without this preliminary.
/ Barney Petty must throw a curve
ball just before starting to pitch. His
last to the catcher when warming up
between innings always is a curve.
Rube Oldring insists on a little
mascot Of the Athletics standing in a
certain place when at bat.
Before delivering the ball Russell
Ford of the Highlanders adjusts his
cap.
After receiving the ball from the
catcher Coombs usually juggles 1t sew.
Bill onova dislikes to strike out
the first runner. He believes it is the
f~orerunner of bad luck.
Pocket billiards and baseball have
been associated through a game in.
vented by Jerome Keorgh, former
pocket billiard champion. Keogh calls
the new contest baseball pool. but it
Is in no way connected with the gam
bling game. In this game the PLAYERS
can make squeeze plays. home runs
and other features which comprise
the national pastime. A player ia al
lowed to try combinations as in CON
tinuous pool, but the combination must
be called.
Life insurance companies regard
umptring as big risks. There is a case
on record in South Norfolk, Conn.
where an umpire was refused insur-
ance. "Rudd" Held, umpire in the
Connecticut league. discovered that hc
was an undesirable risk. He found
that his employment was ranked with
tina nof an aviator as a dangerous call
Ing. Held tried nerly every company
in the country. and finally succeeded
IN placing his insurance with an east
ern company. which said 1t would take
a long chance.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
RECORD TO EQUAL.
Johnny McGraw Has Something t
vEO~l, 100

Johnny McGraw Has Something to
Work for.
Winning the National league pen
nant this year with his Giants, Johnny
McGraw will equal the late Frank q.
Selee's enviable record Of managing
hve National league champions. In
the old days Harry Wright led six
championship teams for Boston and
Pop Arson managed five winners in
Chicago in the sos. In getting this
years National league title McGraw
also breaks away from Frank Chance
and Frank Clarke. His two rivals
have won four flags. Clarke winning in
1901. 1902. 1903 and 1909. with
Chance in 1906, 1907. 1908 and 1910.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
CHALLENGE FOR Koss1cK.
Wahpeton Boxer Says He Can Be
M00Hhead Roy

Wahpet0n Boxer Says He Can Beat
Moorhead Boy.
Fargo, Sept. 24.-Tom O'Hara of
Wahpeton who was in the city yester-
day issued a challenge to Leo Kossick
for a bout of any length at any time,
any place.
o'Hara says that he can beat the
Moorhead boy and do it in record
time. He declares that for two win
tiers he was boxing instructor in the
Reliance Athletic club at Oakland,
Cal, and he says that he knows the
boxing game to a fare-you-weli.
He weighs much less than Kossick
but says the matter Of weight need
not enter into the discussion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
WORTHY OF III.

BY way Of rewarding Jake stahl.
manager Of the Red sox. for his sue
cess in bringing the 1912 pennant to
the city Of culture. Boston fans have
started a subscription to purchase an
automobile to be presented to the non
ular leader. Already a considerable
sum OF money has been promised, and
no trouble is anticipated in Rettins
enough to buy a handsome car. The
presentation will be one Of the fea-
lures OF the worlds series games in
Boston, 1t Is said.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
BANKS ON RAY.
Collins to Be Fully as Effective a
Wood.

Eddie Collins. star of the Athletics,
Is banking on Pitcher Ray Collins. of
the Boston Red Sox, to be fully as ef-
fective as Joe Wood against the
Giants. Eddie is a great admirer of
Pitcher Collins. who has won every
game he has started against the Ath-
letics this season. collins is not the
pitcher that Gregg is" says Ed. but
he a beat Is more often than Wood
can" Plank was very effective
against the Giants last fall, and the
Boston southpaw has a good chance
to be the hero of the series Of 1912.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
(By Keene Gardiner.l

Wy 4ACSA0 odIOlllOIs
In a recent New York-C Cincinnati
contest Beals Becker of New York
was called out by the umpire. The
decision nettled him and he refused
to o off second base. The teams
changed position with his out, but still
Beals stuck to the bag. A Cincinnati
batter went to the plate with Becker
still on the keystone base. Finally
Larry Doyle. the Giants second base
man. walked up and said: Breeze.
old pal. l play here"
Becker moved.
Stand up to your plate like a man."
shouted a. fan when Larry Mclean.
the elongated Cincinnati catcher.
lodged a fastbal l in a recent Chicago
game. II would If it were supper
time" responded the Larry person
just before he lambasted a slashing
double to left.
Harry Wolverton, leader Of the
trailing Highlanders. once remarked:
"Ty Cobb is worth 500, 900 to any
team in either major league. Put
100000 on one side and Ty Cobb on
the other and I'd take Ty Cobb. He's
worth more than several major league
teams that / might mention-but I
won't"
The word ''bonehead" has been as
ISOLATED with baseball almost since its
origin, but the original "bonehead''
was not discovered until recently in
Pittsburg. The following tells the
story:
After being shot three times in the
head by two men who held him up on
a lonely road in Moon Run and robbed
him of a watch and IS John YAM
mick. a semi-professional ball player.
suffered from three scalp wounds.
caused by the pellets of lead when
they flattened against his skull. The
hospital surgeons declared Yammick
had the original 'bonehead.'"
When the headlines of a Chicago
paper showed "Hughey Jennings fined:
threatens B. Johnson" the fans sur
missed that onther baseball squabble
between the head Of the American
league and the Tigers was about to
start. When said fans read into the
meat of the story they discovered diff
ferently. Hughey Jennings in this case
was a negro expressman who was ar
rested on a charge Of disorderly con-
duct. The person whom he threat
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
American Assn.

Brewers and MiIlers Close Season.
Milwaukee. Sept. 24.-In a wild
game. Milwaukee and Minneapolis
closed the eason yesterday, the
9 to 8. Heavy hitting. especially by
the visitors. featured the play, Allen
and Delehanty leading the assault.
- r. H. e.
Milwaukee 8 ~ 6
Minneapolis 8 l6 2
Nicholson. Marier and Barr; Com
stock. Waddell and Smith. Ten in
nings.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24

So far as we have observed no ont
is patient enough to drink beer
through a straw.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24

Selecting the better of two ~ood
things is a mere matter of whim.
1t doesn't require much of a fro,.
to pass muster standing still.
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Dodgers Down Cards.

Dodgers Down Cards.
Brooklyn. Sept. 24.-Knetzer was
almost helpless. Drizzling rain con
tinued through the game. Ginner was
taken out Of the box in the fifth in
ming. when he hit Knetzer with a
pitched ball and a found for five
singles. n run being scored off Steel
was due to errors.