Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-18
BOSTON PITCHERS
WILL WORRY The
NJ GRAW BUNCH
Joe Wood, Bedieat, Hall,
0'Brieu and Collins to OPP
pose Tesrau, MathewsOn and
Marquard.


Red SOX Ia the coming worlds aar.
les q local baseball exper, says.
New York r. set upon w6rld's
champlonslup' Tor thls occaalon. II
! feels the dlsEtacc Attached 10 last
fall's sorry showing against the
worlds champion. Athletes. Hesides
THIS. Mc0raw needs tle honor for hd.
vcitaing purposes fle II taking the
Giants and picked team from tho IA.
llanal leaeue on "a tour of tha world
llils winter. You may imagine how
dearly The Giants viii sell their lives
ioT the added prestige or that magic
tilc. 10 rs Incentive enough 10 make
New York ngAt "a tho last ditch. oven
y the lions share Of the spells did
not go To The victorious team. Fur.
thcrmorc. this L. year of years. FOR
0pcn u dCVOlvea tho prestige OF tao
rival major leagues This Is tho rub.
Der OF worlds championships Each
league has nov four titles 20 its credit.
and upon this fairs result rlngcs a
great deal OF ci'ic pride among the
fraternity
III the Giants and Red SOX meet
and both ara In the same sort 20 con-
dition that enabled Thorn 10 wake
such brilliant seasons rpsprds the
N,rlds series is bound 10 De- worth
''hilc. Personally / think tho Red
SoN Tho hgtt'r of tlc tel teams To
my mind ihcy haYc proved as much
by going through the whole season
without ono serious slump. think
that in r. long race Hike A seasons
champiunship ~ i5i games the Giants
would suffer greatly by conparis N
iiut a worlds chempionship sarics and
10 l54.gamc series are different psUp-
ositions
"Usuaily--othor things being az all
equal--this snort dash puts II right up
To the batteries. More Than c,er viii
battery strength Hlurc ,n this fills
bag series. Outside tho points tho
teams shape up as OF about tqual
strength. The Red soN "a Il all Iyeg
the Giants IN the matter OF oulfield
strength. Boston boasts the grua IS,
garden trio OF the gaa,s. hut Now
York iully cqua':EoE thu la tnf IN
Held McdraW nas an exceptionally
classy inner defense. Boston's Arst
limo Is not brilliant Larrf Gardner.
at third, Is tho best OF the lot, aud
hero ara three or more yhird tase-
men IN his own company 'Nat are
ranked hihcr than the Boston MAJ.
But the ipacld four " tho speed
Boys cover a multitude OF sins by
heavy .atlck work. Every one uf mem
~ slugger Holne WagH,g Is ahdust
as much Of terror as ais illustri1us
namosakG OF the Pirates Jake shhi
is fence buster In defensive speed
and skill New York undoubtedly lays
Il over Roston's inueld. However. tho
Hubs superior hitting power aud tho
outheld advantages make II just about
a toss up"
ITS pretty near question of pitch
Ing thon. Both teams have wonder
fui cntchers. Meyers. McGraw's
classy Indian bnckstop. has nothing
on Carriaan. except. perhaps a shade
In hitting ability. II is hts superior
strength In the box that should give
Stahl a shade advantage at tho start.
He has five rattling good tossars. any
ono Of whom Ia likely 10 make Me-
Grnw'a best step TO tho iimit--Joe
Wood BedIent, Hall. Oprien and
Collins. Wood In one OF the most
wonderful pitchers Of the age. lie u
a speed marvel Of tho Walter John
son type. Bedlont In another fast ball
pitcher, and dandy. too. Iiali " q
good curve bail manipulation.
Bucky O'Brlcn, Just rounding into
effectiveness Tor the first time this
season. is one Of the greatest spitball
Fingers in tho big league. Ray COL
Inns is "a southpaw ana rrackeriHck.
too.
"N.w YORK win have lhr thuc 90
IL life beating any one OF these tive
pitchers unless the Giant tOsscrs ding
shutout bah Ncw York has never
seen such speed as Wood win show
.O'Bricn is better spitbuli tOsser
than Hendrix oY the Pirates. Collins
Is the best left.hunder IA the Ameri-
can league.
Against this brilliant array Of box
talent the Giants win huvc To- stack
MathoWson, Marquurd and Tesroau.
And Of the three Tesrcuu looms up
az the great hope. Strangely enough.
the Red SoN fear this green. mex
pcrienccd tpsser more than they fear
Mutty or tho Rubc. Tosreau is BIG
enough Co work every other day II
necessary and he has iuH the kind "
o. spitbal that the Rod sox do not
relish.
"In fact. Boston murders most
anything but the spitbalL The Huh
team looks forward with pleasure %
% meeting with Mathowson. In 1909
the speed boys half massacred
Blk Six when he was az the height
OF his glory They now figure him
n old man compared 80 those days
az Marquard the Hub has no fear.
The fa'lacy that Boston Americans
prove olneh for left handlers hat
been exploded. The lineup embraces
Just two lcit.handed swatters, and
ono OF these, Tris Speaker pounds
fork hand singing harder than the
right.winged kind,
New York will have one great adj
vantag9---that Of having beon through
one worlds series campaign. This
should prove blg boon IN a battle
among youngsters on both sldos,
There have boon many instances
where "a young team outgamed a
bunch OF veterans The Athletics 70.
Cubs In 1910. IL very striking ex-
ample. But Il must be- romsu. bered
that the veteran pitchers OF Connie
Mack. who shouldorod the chief re.
sponsibiliiy agains, Chicago, carried
tho young and skittiHh players aionE