The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-06

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terms at the bat. Wagner has stolen
more bases than Fletcher and scored
more runs also. On fielding their po
sitions they can't be mentioned to-
gether. Wagner has it all over the
kid. Charlie reminds me as much of
Hans at short as does Hans himself
Fletcher hasn't reached his zenith yet
and Wagner seems to be at the top OF
form this season. Wagner covers far
more territory than Fletcher and is
surer on those daisy cutters that are
surely to be sent through the infield
at a minute clip. Fletcher
showed in and out form in the series
last fall, but I think the experience
will benefit him a whole lot this series.
Give the place to Wagner on my list.
Gardner and Herzog next Larry
Gardner outfits Herzy so points or
more. Herzog has pilfered more bases
and Gardner has the call on scoring
runs. AS safe and sure felders they
are about evenly matched, Gardner
covering the more ground of the two.
like Herzog's work very much-noth-
ing spectacular about him and he's
hard worker. Boston would miss
Gardner more though IL he Is unable
to break into the series, as he is the
slashing type of slugger with three
bases labelled on his drives He's also
their third left-handed batter and
from what have seen of Engle this
year 1t would be a hard loss for
Larry's team If he is kept out of the
big games. I pick him to be the star,
or big noise, of the series and natural
ly give him preference over Herzog on
this position.
Coming down TO the back stop work
I expect Carrigan to do the best part
of Boston's catching and Cady the ball
ance. Cady being Smokey Joe's'' regu-
lar backstop.
On mechanical ability think Meyers
will best these two. Bill Carrigan is
the brainiest man of the three, though
Cady has done some excellent work
lately and may surprise us all. Cady
is better thrower than Carrigan and
study Of my dope sheet shows Mey-
ers has the best record, having less
bases stolen on him per game than
either Carrigan or Cady. Meyers of
course Is the heavier sticker with
Cady trailing around $50. Somehow
expect Wilson to break into the series
as a surprise. His work of late GER
tainly bears watching and think he
will handle Tesreau's pitching as Mey-
ers is not stuck on receiving a spit
baller's delivery. On all around work
I think Meyers is entitled to the posi-
ton as best of the bunch.
Cannot See O'Erien.
We next take up the men on whom
the victory or loss of the series de-
Ponds upon, namely. the pitchers. I
believe the men who will be selected
to twirl for Stahl will be Wood, Collins
and Hail. Yes, Hall, critics to the
contrary notwithstanding. can't see
O'Brien. who has beer selected by the
pen pushers to match Tesreau. Hall is
strictly cold weather man and Sea
Lion Charlie" in my opinion, is the
logical man to follow Ray Collins.
McGraw's selection will most proba-
bly, be Mathewson, Tesreau and Mar
guard.
The percentage of victories Of the
three Boston pitchers is .764, thirty
seven points better than the Athletics
three pitchers in last years perform
ance.
New York's three pitchers per-
centage this year is .705. A very high
AoNAh6 AOA DOllI lccuiS WITH bOSIOn
leading by SO points. I'll consider the
ed in the series.
Wood and Mathewson.
Wood and Mathewson first I don't
think there is any doubt but that
Wood will start for the Red Sox and
I Mathewson, with the rest he has had,
should get the call over the inexperi-
enced Tesreau or doubtful Marquard.
Mathewson, next to Bender. is one of
the best one game pitchers in the
country. though two games should be
his limit in this series. He has never
yet lost his first game in any series
after the close of a season. This per-
Torrance alone (Which Is remarkable
against the Athletics in two openers,
Boston and the New York Yankees)
should entitle him to the honor OF
opening the series of 1912.
A glance at the dope sheets shows
opponents of Wood have scored SO runs
and made 22S hits on him, as COM
pared with ia runs and 307 hits off
Mathewson. Matty has the best con-
troll, contributing 43 bases on balls to
IS for Wood. Twenty bases have been
stolen with Matty in the box and 81
bases with Wood pitching Wood is
on a fine edge, as his best game
shows. do not think the New York
team has ever been up against the
class Of pitching, smoke and curves
that he he will exhibit. Jack Coombs
had the Giants baffled last year and
Smoky joe exeels him even when
Jack is at his best. Wood is primed
to pitch every other dayFif necessary
and should be in fne condition on his
second and third start.
The old reliable Matty is far from
being a has-been and he will use
everything he's got. even IL it makes
him unfit to go back against them.
The opener should be a thriller and a
2 to 1 game should be the result. BY
the way. Wood has pitched ten shut
out games this season, so the average
is with him for a possible shut-out
victory.
Tesreau and Collins.
Next in line viii be Tesreau and