Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-03
LOCAL BALL FANS
LIKE RED SOX
CHANCES
Worlds Series Will Be Along
Next Week, and Honolulu Ex-
perts Are Beginning to Back
Their Judgment

A few days more, and the worlds
series will be on. On October the
New York Giants and Boston Red Sox
| are scheduled to meet for the first
game of what promises to be one OF
tie most exciting series IN the history
Of the national game. -"
Honolulu fans, although separated
by a good many thoul and miles OF
land and water from the theater OF
hostilities are never the less looking
forward with keen anticipation To the
tig doings. Almost everyone who fol-
lows baseball at all, has some prefer
ence as to the Notional and American
league organizations, that is lining
him up on one side or the other, and
there are a number who stand ready
20 back their bunch or their judgment
with real coin There have been sew
eral comparatively small bets put
down at even money in Honolulu dur
ins the last week, but no big wagers
have been made public. Probably
more money will show from now on.
Local experts and near experts seem
to favor the Sox, and Giants support
sers are scarce. ....-. ..., : .
StahI Did II. -.-.~ -
Since the opening of hostilities in
Fan Johnson's league this season the
showing of the Rec Sox club has been
the surprise of the year. 1t has been
admitted for some time tat the Bos-
tor club was a formidable organiza-
ton, but a lack of pitching strength
and the absence of good manager
contrived to keep it out of the len-
nant division. A change was noticed
liz their work in 1911, but the big
Transformation occurred when Jake
Stahl abandoned the bank to return to
the diamond and command the Sox.
StahPs comeback swept the team
along to victory and it started out al
a fast clip, which. many asserted It
could not keep up There will come
slump some day, was the general ten.
or of most of the observations of the
wise students, but instead the Sox have
kept speeding along through April
May, June, etc., and the slump mas
been avoided.
Aside from Joe Wood, the remark
able young box artist of the Sox, the
one player who has rendered the most
aid to the winning aggregation is iris
Speaker. The young man from HuS-
bard City has clouted the pellet
around 400 through all the months of
play, keeping right at the heels of Tg
Cobb. He has also fielded in wonder
full fashion and his general all around
work has been the backbone OF the
Sox style of play.
Strong outfield.
The 1912 pennant winners in the
American do not compare with the
winners of the two previous years, the
except in one departpUc, .le
c, tfield. In Speaker, Lewis and Hoop
er. it is acknowledged that the Bos-
ton team has the best trio OF gardeners
in either league.
The club has haG 4 quartet OF pitcn- |
PRS in Wood. Hall, O'Brien and Collins
that would be credit to any team, |
and their consistent form, particularly |
that of Wood throughout the race, has |
been discussed in all sections where |
baseball has a footing.
Man for man the Sox compare very |
favorably with their opponents from
he older body. Speaker outshines the |
players on either team and just at |
present Joe Wood seems to he the best
pitcher. OF hate he has sufferd from !
MS selfish desire to overcome Mar
guards record of nineteen wins, but
having tied the string of sixteen vic |
tories, annexed by Walter Johnson,
Wood can rest contented until the
worlds series opens. The Sox seem
o have the advantage of longer rest
han the Giants, but whether this is 2H
lnvantage or not remains to be seen.
Within a few short days our atten-
ion will be again directed to the an
lual meeting of the two pennant win
,trs. The first pages of the mainland
newspapers will be almost exclusively
eyoted to the event, and the sport
ages will carry the pers onal accounts
f the stars of the game. who are eth
r battling for glory on the field or are
iewing the battle from the grand
tend.