The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-16
GRIFFITH THINKS
/ RED S0x WILL WIN
Expects New York to Lose -Four
Out Of First Five
Games.

ington Senators, believes that the Bos.
ton Red Sox will win the worlds series.
He says:
"rhs Boston Red Sox, one Of the
smoothest baseball machines ever
known. will, In my opinion, take four
out Of the drst Ave games from the
New York Giants in the coming worlds
series.
ANY way you look at It. stahls men
have MoGraw's SQUAD backed OF the
baseball map. In the body, In the neld.
and with the stick. the Red Sox are SUI
perior. In base running alone they do
not entirely outclass their opponents.
and, as will show later. this feature
OF the game does not cut much dgurs
in worlds series battles.
''T1e Giants have Just one pitcher In
whom they have SUFFICIENT confidence
to win such . series. namely. Mathew
son. The Red Sox have more conf
dencs than any team ! have ever come
across, 20 matter who Is In the box
for them.
"And they sure have . star that
merits confidence. Wood. Hall. O'Brien
and Collins are all equal to the task
Of facing the Giants At their best ana
turning them back. True. McGraw has
Marquard. but. say what you will, the
Giants do not play behind him as they
do with Matty. This old boy 10 stili
right up In tho front rank. but he 10
not SO strong an he was a few years
ago.
The constant strain OF many seasons
has worn away the reserve. and now
when Christys best offerings are
bumped he cannot rely on sheer speed
to recover his equilibrium. Wood and
the other Boston stars can. and therein
lies their invaluable. advantage.
Il do not think MarQuard will beat
the champions q little bit, while
Tesreau. whom have never seen. but
who. from all accounts. must be q real
pitcher. has not had the experience
to stand the terrific strain Of such a
series. although he may come through
and surprise the critics.
1.-THE same hold: true IN the case
Of Bedlent for the Boston team. He
Is . grand twirIer. but Buck O'Brien.
on the other hand. though young to
the league, has had the baseball ex-
perience to bea: up against It. ex-
pect. though that the bruht Of the
pitching will fall on the shoulders
Of Hall and Wood. The former Is a
bear for work. does not know what
It is to be afraid and IL at his best
in tight places.
wood I consider to be equailed by
only one man now p4tching-Walter
johnson. It would not surprise me a
little Bit to see Joe Wood win three
games In the nrst four days Of the
contests.
Speaker. to my mind. will be an
other stumbling block for McGraw.
He win. 1 think. be the nrst big star
player who will live up to his previ-
Gus reputation. and perhaps surpass
It, In q worlds series.
Cobb and Hans Wagner and other
headliners have faded and fallen down.
but take 1t from me Spoke will be
there with bells on all the way
through. He Is q natural batter. in
game for the love Of it and the big
ger the crowd and the greater the ex-
element the better he goes"
Frank Chance. manager Of the Cubs.
says under his own signature that the
Giants ought to beat the Red Sox on
the pitching Of Mathewson and Tes-
reau. He adds:
If / were to bet money on any ball
game / would rather have Matty pitch
il than any man in the world He Is
unquestioaably the greatest OF all
pitchers. Other great men have come
and gone. but for years he has been
there right on the top He can al
ways be depended upon to pitch an in
telligent game. This stun about
Natty being ALI in Is bosh-
"Tesreau Is one OF the most pron!s-
ing young pitchers that have ever
seen. The strongest point in his fav-
or IL that nothing ever bothers him
After ] saw his work against US when
We were giving the Giants tough
tight, I knew that any team would
have trouble whenever 1t went against
him. He has a wonderful spitball and
speed, and his great muscular strength
is a great asset But the beauty OF his
work Is that he never gets excited and
no amount Of kidding or toshing can
A{sturh him"