Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
GIANTS HURLERS
WILL GIVE SOx
ROUGH TIME
By W. S. Farnsworth.

the heQ SoX IN inc WOTlOS
series chiefly because they
believe the pitching staff, composed
Of Wood, Collins, O'Brien, Bedient
and Hall, will prove too much for
Mathewson, Marquard and Tes- =.
reau. But will It?
In a seven game series three
pitchers, II they are in condition,
can easily carry the burden. SO
let US siBe up, from a Giant view
point, Just how New York's Big
Three may accomplish all that will
be necessary to bring a worlds title
back to the National league.
HEATHEWSON has never failed
4tA to deliver tn the pinches. True
he was beaten by the Boston club
in the tnter-city series in 1908. But
he was far from being right then.
He had been I'll in all the late sea-
son games and he played in that
series against the Red Sox purely
on his nerve.
That series gave Mstty a line
on the Boston hitters. He knows
some OF the weaknesses Of that
club and It will not be like work
ing against absolute strangers.
The big fellows arm is said to be
o. K. now, and McGraw has or
dered him under no conditions to
let out at top speed until the
worlds series, no matter II he
loses all the games he hurls until
the National league season winds
up.
Just take II from me, Mathew
son will give the Boston sluggers
an awful run for their money.
with him working 1t is then that
the Giants will be the best bet.
THE fact that Tesreau has been
beating the Cubs with regu-
larfty of late before capacity houses
proves that this young man doesn't
'go up with stage fright. Crowds
Of $4,000 have failed to shake him
twice this fall
Speaker and Gardner are the only
left-hand hitters on the Boston
team. Now. Tesreau has swell
fast ball, besides his splitter, and he
As likely to keep his smoker" so
close to the ears of the Hubbites
that they will have an awful time
connecting. For Speaker and Gard
ner he will have to rely more on
hts splitter.
J holding down the opposition OF
late to a handful of scattering hits
like he did early in the summer
does not mean anything. Reports
from New York have 1t that Nc
Graw Is holding him back so as to
have him prime October 8. The
Giants manager has yelled his
very head off at times of late when
tho Rube started to turn 'em loose.
II Is against Speaker and Gard
ner that MarQuard is likely to show
his best brand of hurting. Speaker
claims he can hit southpaw as
easily as a right handler, but l
watched him closely last season
and know that he can not. And
Gardner has always been pie for
portside slants.
TN a long series Boston would
have much the best of the
pitching argument, but in a series
where the best four out of seven
Will win the championship, 1 don't
see where the Giants staff will be
forced to take off their hats
d ERSONALLY ! think that Bos-
ton is a better balanced. faster
an-around machine than New York,
and all things being equal should
be the legitimate heir of the Ath-
letics proud title
In only one essential do / con-
cede New York better equipped
leadership.
1t IS impossible for the most de-
vout followers Of Jake Stahl 10
compare him as a tactician with
Muggsy McGraw
THE fact that the Red Sox ran
first 10 the Athletics IN this
years race with considerable ease
and that the clan OF Connie Mack
lttt lhelf well known scars uuou the
Giants in the last chanpiousblp
|. conflict haze had much 10 do with
ii lNt making ~ Boston favorite
according 10 my way Of thinking