The Washington herald., 1912-10-18

the shouting. The Giants won the
next two games, and forced Boston
to fight for their lives. The rest is
history.
Boston won, Of course, but was the Red
Sox the better team? II % what did
they have on the Giantss
Tho Red Sox helded better than the
New Yorkers and in the final game were
more lucky, but were outbatted. out
generated, and many claim outgamed.
The writer believes that Boston has the
better club. all things considered. 1ust
n Shade that's all. Stahfs men played
below their true form. This Is only one
opinion, however. others in the Capital
doubtless think differently.
Now for another argument, or rather
. statement.
The Nationals could have made q bet
ter showing and beaten the Giants more
decisfvely than the Red Sox. for two
perfectly good reasons: One IL Johnson
and the other Groom.
Walter johnson would have pitched
three games against McGraw's team ana
won them all, because he ID a better
twirier than Joe Wood. and 1t is also
very probable that Walter would have
been given Just as good support as was
accorded Smoky Joe.
A curve ball pitcher like Groom would
have the Giants at his mercy. Boston
has no such finger. neither have the
Red Sox any such base runners as Milan
and Moeller, while Gandn and Laporte
mikht possibly drive in q few runs.
Grifr could ask for nothing better than
to win the American League champion
sl1ip next season and have for his op-
ponents the New York Giants.
Virtually every American League base
ball writer present at the late lamented
worlds series agreed that Washington,
with johnson and Groom could have pol
ished OF the mighty Giants, in more
decisive and satisfactory manner than
did the Boston Red Sox.
Germany Schaefer and Nick Altrock.
the Nationals comedians, are rehearsine
in earnest for their vaudeville act and
open up In a Brooklyn theater Saturday.
playing two shows.
Herman and Nick will pull OF their
coaching stunts that gained them 90
much notoriety this summer. and the
act from start to finish IL a scream.
1t is expected that this pair Of fun
makers will appear at one of the WASH
ington show houses early In November.
Walter johnson, the Nationals great
pitcher. who attended the worlds series
as a player-writer, and whose opinions
were written by q newspaper man and
syndicated to q dozen various dailies,
walked from the Back Bay railroad sta
tion to the Copley Square Hotel In Bos-
ton bright and early Wednesday morn
ing, after a weary journey in the sleeper
and hailed a newsboy.
Give me paper, son." cried the
great twirler. and turning to some Of the
boys, Walter added, let me see II
have been quoted correctlyr'
Asked later what he thought of the
baseball writer's. and II he didn't believe
they earned their money. johnson re-
Piled: "Yes. they work hard enough. but
they have no license to say anything
about . ball players drinking. for most
of the reporters whom have met seem
to be hitting 400 in the booze league"
Harsh words these. Walter.
The sensational story going the rounds
to the effect that a fist fight occurred in
the dressing room of the New York club
house after the Monday game in New
York between Joe Wood and Buck
O'Brien may or may not be true.
Tho Washington Herald refused to
print the yarn for the reason that II
could not be verified. The writer dropped
in on the Red Sox players in the Boston
clubhouse Wednesday noon and discov-
cred Wood and O'Brien playing cards at
the same table with two other members
of Stahrs club.
The story of the fight was Indignantly
denied. but then ball players are clan
nish and know how to suppress news
when they want to. The alteration be-
tween Wood and O'Brien, II there was
one. could not have been serious, for the
two were apparently the best of friends
when the writer called.
When Jim McAleer and Robert McRoy
purchased half the stock In the Boston
Club last winter. McAleer invested "a
his share $4,000. He has been lucky
enough In one short season to get all
this back and then some.
The Boston Club owners share Of the
series Just closed was about 050.000. and
1t is claimed that q like amount repre-
sented the profits during the American
League season Of 1s12 This means that
the worlds champions are exactly 500.
00e to the good.
Jim McAleer is . lucky guy!
When 1t comes to signing up his play