The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-06
THos. a. JOHNSON, WHO WILL
REPORT THE GAMES FOR THE
JOURNAL, HAS NOW SEEN
BOTH TEAMS WORK, AND HE
THINKS BOSTON THE SUPERIOR
BY Thos. A. Lnhnsnn

NUS -. Johnson.
new York. Get 5.-After . close
study of the Boston Red SOY ana Naw
YORK Giants in the four games 7
nave witnessed. and from my personal
knowledge Of the work of the two
teams both pro and con, together with
D study OF the work of the teams
etausticaily, l am convinced that the
boys from Boston will be the worlds
champions OF 1912.
Inc games, IN my opinion, will be
clean cut and will leave no doubts
In the minds of the supporters of the
TWO teams as to which is the better
club.
The winning Of majority of seven
games, however, does not always go
to the team which plays the most con-
sistent baseball, but this season both
teams cinched the pennant with quite
enough games to spare and had several
weeks in which to give players needing
q rest time to recuperate; ard get
those in condition who were not quite
on edge.
The Giants. to my mind, showed last
year that they were a club which
could give any team a fast sprint In
q short series and I think the Red
Sox can put on quite an extra amount
of pressure for the occasion. also, in
series of this kind.
AS to the generalship during the
games believe Stahrs baseball will
be to sacrifice the batter to en- ad
vance man on: system worked very
successfully by the Athletics In last
years worlds series, and adopted by
both the Red Sox and Athletics dur
ing the present season. McGraw viii
give, for at least couple of games,
his system a try of having thu man
on go down, batter to cover the run
ner, or runner steal or attempt to
steal.
M'GRAW GOING TT ALONE.
With teams evenly matched I be-
iieve McGraw would outgeneral Stahl
barring outside assistance of course,
bat this brings US to another point
and a very important one I think.
Frank Chance or Fred Clark would
rather see New York at the north pole
than to lend McGraw any friendly as
sistance or give him the benefit Of
their experience, observation and de-
auctions on any OF the Boston players
or their work.
On the other hand. Connie Mack,
Ty Cobb and other American league
managers and players will give Stahl
every assistance possible along the
lines above mentioned.
The spirit In the two leagues is as
widely, separated as can be imagined
Every American Lacquer on the circuit
is pulling for the Red Sox and any as
sistance they can give Stahl is Of
fered Voluntarily.
Take this sterling sportsmanship
and add it to StahPs acknowledged
ability and he has McGraw carrying
the load from the call of the umps at
200 o'clock October sth to play ball"
until the close of the series.
As Bill Phelan says: Prestige is
q great thing in baseball as In every
other walk of life The Red Sox now
are absolutely confident Not over
confident. however, that they have the
better team and will win. The defeat
of the Giants last year should help
them (Giants) as the experience they
gained should come to their ass stance
in the tight places in the games and
] think they will have to call on It
very often.
The series of 1909 between Boston
and the Giants is far from forgotten
by the first named team, and they be-
lieve they can handle Mathewson and
Marquard better now than then. If
they do. myi what a rain OF hits we
will witness
BANK ON TEsREAu.
The writer's for the press in New
York are banking strongly on Tesreau
to pull that team through, but. to my
way OF thinking the fact that they are
believing he will defeat the Sox Is an
admittance of a forlorn hope In A
series of this kind where so much de-
Ponds upon doubt A, first class. air
tight pitching.
Considering the two teams on the
seasons work from my dope sheet we
find that the eight regulars (ornitting
pitcher), on both teams up to today
are hitting .2S7. That for New York
Merlxle. Doyle and Meyers have ex-
ceeded their last years batting record
while the other five have fallen below
Il. For Boston Gardner, Wagner and
Speaker have bested their 1911 records
StahI didn't play last year. and four
of the Sox have dropped below their
1911 work.
GIANTS GOING BACK.
The Giants last year stole an aver
age Of 2.25 bases per game, this year
their average is 1.91. Boston's aver
age for 1912 is 100 per game Com
piled IN New York's average. however
are 4S bases stolen in games. 1t
must also be remembered that New
York stole quite a less percentage of
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