The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-04
Red Sox Have Edge
AS Compared to
New York Giants
Boston Ought to Be on Long End of the
Discussion When Last Big
Game is Over

en- Yerkes hanging on the ropes ana
impiofing for assistance. Not. that
ierkes Is not a pretty capable Jour.
newman. but Doyle is a happy-faced
The captain showed against tn.
Mackmen that he was the one mem-
Der Of the Giants regular list who
played true to form and resernhle6
a real pastimer. 80.
Larry a whack the old elobule
with gusto. He covers plenty Of
ground he is fast. Outside Of hit
ne doesn't amount to much.
Yerkes was placed AZ the n,,a.o.t
TINS season and he has om along
IN a pretty neat manner. He hits
talriy We'll. and he covers ground in
good shape. but Laughing Larry has
the edge. q
Wnen o take a squint at short,
shoppers you have to raise the kellies
to the Red Sox chap-Heinie WAC
ner. Just at the present penning
there isn't a ging drawing down the
ducats that has anything on tho
Dutchman. -" ~
He is a wonderful fielder. cover,nr
the shortpatch like the dew: has an
arm that is made Of iron. and hits
enough to keep the moths from nut.
ting holes in his average.
1t Is the work of Wagner this sea.
son ina mas been Of the factors
IN Keeping the sox d%ogtrottine at the
head of the . column. ''
fieinle 10 there strongly with the
inside stuff. and he is always milling
something. He has Fletcher faded.
W. at the ellcorner I'm strong for
Larry gardner against Charlie Her
zog. No player that ever ratified
around the hot sack has improved in
such a short time as the B%ostonian
from a mediocre member Of the thru
oasing brethren he has hoped ahead.
until now he doesn't have to ~sajaan,
to n of them.
stops that are wonderful he make.
1ook as easy as a hunked hick to a
nEst class con man; he can hit, he ia
e &c ana ne plays h game from the
of. '"e Lille 70 troe
sox Has outAeld.
Herzos is a eood all-around
member Of the national pastimers:
amalsamated association. but he
ooesnt measure up to the standard
OF MI. g. Charlie car be relied on to
aenoer a frst class addition to the
fast 80, o. me w. s; Of 1912; he is
ground to make a bulwark at third.
When It comes to the redoubtable
tr!os that %bobulate around the edges
Of the ball orchard. the palm roes
with a leap to. the Boston bunch.
speaker. Lewis and Hooper, by ON
NOR consent. have anything in tn.
american league beaten straight
across the plank.
speaRer IS the most brilliant Of the
trio. But his f1ankers are no paste
diamonds themselves. None Of that
! crew a a weakness. They can hit
the pill. they ear field. they have the
three de luxe throwing arms. are fast
on n bases and are all over the
visible g~reensward.
Devore. s%nodgrass and Murray
shouid be pretty neat pieces Of me
chanism themselves. But none Of
them shone like the Orloff diamond
the last worlds series. Murray didn't
get close enough to a hit in that me-
morable u to bow to the bali. The
others. too. are only commonplace in
their work.
It may be that with the strain eased
on these boys by the Giants winning
the pennant now they will have
time to get down to racing trim and
sparkle like a quart OF bubble water.
But. even If they should play up tn
the real stride. it does not seem as if
they could measure up to the threa,
Rostonese.
Peering at the batting order OUT
side OF the pitching fraternity. and it
would seem as If on form the Red
Sox were a trifle stronger and ought
to be on the long end Of the discus
sion when the last game is over.
But the Giants were the favorites
last year n they were denied ami
creased till they looked like a batter
rontinuad ~ go. -