Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-09
Pittsburg Coin May Make Giants
Choice Over Red Sox for Title

matter how loyal and game the
Bostonians may be.
If the Giants and Red Sox mAet
and both are in the same sort Of
condition that enabled them to
make such brilliant seasons rec
ords, the worlds series is bound 70
be worth while. Personally I thinL
the Red Sox tbe better of the two
teams. To my mind, they have
proved as much by going through
the whole season without one So
r1ous slump. | think that in
long race like seasons champion
ship of 1874 games the Giants would
suffer greatly by comparison. But
a worlds championship series and
154-game series are different pron.
ositions.
Batteries Will Count MosA.
Usually-other things being at
all equal-this short dash puts il
right up to the batteries. Mora
than ever will battery strength fig
ure in this falls big series. Outside
these points the teams shape up as
of about equal strength. The Red
Sox lay 1t all over the Giants in
the matter of outfield strength
Boston boasts the greatest garden
trio of the game. But New York
fully equalizes this in the infield
McGraw has an exceptionally classy
inner defense; Boston's first line IL
not brilliant.
Larry Gardner, at third. Is the
best of the lot, and there are three
or more third basemen in his own
company that are ranked higher
than the Boston man. But the in
field four of the Speed Boys cover
multitude of sins by heavy stick
work. Every one of them Is a
slugger. Heine Wagner is almost
as much of a terror as his illus
trious namesake of the Pirates
Jake Stahl is a fence buster. In
defensive speed and skill New York
undoubtedly lays it over Bostons
infield. However, the Hubs supe-
rior hitting power and the outfleld
advantages make it just about a
toss-up. l speak now of the short
series.
It's pretty nearly a question Of
pitching, then. Both teams have
wonderful catchers. Meyers, Nc
GraW's classy Indian backstOp has
nothing on Carrigan, except per
haps a shade in hitting ability. 1t
is his superior strength in the box
that should give Stahl a shade ad-
vantage at the start He has five
rafting good tossers. any one Of
whom is likely to make McGraws
best step to the limit-Joe Wood
Bedient Hall. O'Brien and Col
Inns.
Wood Has Heap of Speed.
Wood is one of the most won
derful pitchers OF the age. He
is speed marvel of the Walter
Johnson type. Bedient is another
fast ball pitcher, and a dandy, too.
Hall is a good curve ball manipu-
lator. ''Bucky" O'Brien, Just
rounding into effectiveness for the
first time this season, is one of the
greatest spitball fingers in the
big league. Ray Collins is a south
paw, and a Crackajack, too.
New York will have the time Of
its life beating any one of these
five pitchers. unless the Giant toss
ers fling shut-out ball. New York
never has seen such speed as Wood
will show. O'Brien is a better
spitball tosser than Hendrix, of the
Pirates. Collins is the best left
handler in the American league.
Against this brilliant array OF
box talent the Giants will have to
stack Mathewson. Marquard and
Tesreau. And of the three. Tes-
reau looms up as the great hope.
Strangely enough. the Red Sox fear
this green, inexperienced tOsser
more than they fear Matty or the
"Rube." Tesreau is big enough to
work every other day, if necessary
and he has just the kind of a spit
ball that the Red Sox do not rel
lsh, In fact, Boston murders most
anything but the spitball