The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
IN MAJOR LEAGUES

Duffy Lewis. the Boston Red Sox outfielder, hasn't a great deal of re- spect for the Giants, it. seems. He is quoted as saying that the Red Sox hope and pray the Giants win the Ma tional League pennant, because they figure McGraw's outfit one they can beat without half trying
 In picking his own team to win the worlds series, if they play the Giants for the championship of all the uni- verse and way stations, Lewis says that Matty is all in and that Mar quard ruined himself making his rec ord run of nineteen straight. His predictions, it must be admitted, how ever, were made while the Giants were in the rhroes of their losing streak and before Matty, Marquard and Tes- reau had had their whirls at the Pi- rates.
 The Red Sox have ball club that looks good enough right nig to make all kinds of trouble for any team that could be pitted against them, even for an "all-star' aggregation that had been drilled and compaigned together for longer than any picked team ever was.
 Tn Lewis. forecast, however, he re- fers to the Giants as .tone- pitcher team, and that one an old-timer who has lost his grip. He evidently figures .Matty- is the only. McGraw finger wor- thy of any serious consideration at all He may be right, of course. There is almost always a chance that every just now it looks as though Mar quard were back in the full swing of his stride, and as though Jeff Tes- reau could not possibly be prevented from making a wonderful record for himself.
 Then, too, there is this to figure: The Red Sox, though far and away the best club in the American League this year, is not as strong as the Ath- letics of 1911 They have a wonder full outfield and cracking good pitch Ing staff, but the team is not the wonderful all-around defensive and of fensive machine that Mack's outfit was a year ago.
 In 1911 Connie Mack had ball club that could have stood comparison with any that ever was organized. Yet it took two of the most unexpected home runs that ever were made to give that wonderful aggregation a mighty hard experienced bunch that ever won a big league pennant.
 McGraw's team is conceded on all hands to be fully 40, per cent. strong CT than it was last season, there are few, even in Boston, who will claim that Stahls club Is within B per cent. in general all-around effectiveness of Mack's champions. Whats the ans wer?
 Roger Bresnahan seems to be work ing his Cardinals into some sort of shape. The .erstwhile,g wrecking crew licked the everlasting tar out of the Giants, toyed with.lthe Dodgers bit later and. is now engaged in putting the Phillies through their paces. James Delehanty, second basernan of the Detroit Americans, has been re- leased to the Sacramento Club of the Pacific Coast League. He is expect ed to leave for the West in a few days.
 A deal by which the Tanks come in to possession of a new player was put through Saturday. Del Paddock, who has been infieIding for the Dubuque club of the Three League, after re- ceiving a trial with the. Chicago White Sox, was purchased by Farrell the end of last week and will report to the Hilltop immediately.
 The Athletics may gain a little on the Red Sox before going West the latter part of the week. Mack has only the Browns to contend with, while Stal1l has the Maps on his visit ing list the fore part of the week