Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-23
LITTLE INSIDE BALL
 IN WORLDS SERIES.
Managers and Players Fear to Take Chances in Short Series-Mathewson and Bedient Stars of Giants-Red Sex Clash.

Inside ball is all bunk in short series Baseball dope usually counts for little
 or nothing. Such statements may seem rather strange at first reading. If you
 attended the recent worlds series you would regard them as perfectly fitting and proper, says Umpire Billy Evans. Like all other big series, the 1912 clash furnished it's surprises and dis appointments. After delving deeply into the dope, and carefully scanning all the averages available, certain
 players were picked as the shining lights, others were labeled as only
 mediocre, while some were pointed out
 as being away below championship
 class. Very few of the athletes played true to form. Many of the stars failed to deliver, while number of the play CTS rated as only mediocre stood out as the brilliant performers in the baseball classic
 ''The great Mathewson is all in,while Marquard will not be able to go the route" were opinions freely expressed
 prior to the start of the series. When
 McGraw failed to start Matty in the opening game, as has always been his custom, it was believed the inside dope
 on the Old Master was correct. Yet no player in the series stood out so prominently as the wonderful Mathew son. Although he failed to win sin gle game in three starts, suffering two defeats and a tie, his pitching per formance was easily the feature. On the other hand, the much abused MT. Marquard came through with two vic tories in two starts. No one will deny that his ? to 1 victory over Buck O'Brien at Boston was a brilliant eff
 fort.
 Who thought before. the start of the
 series that Hugh Bedient, Boston's kid pitcher would prove the savior of the Red Sox? No one gave this youngster any rating to speak of before the teams met. While not belittling his ability, it was feared his inexperience would keep Stahl from starting him in game. Unexpected happenings made it necessary that Manager Stahl call upon the youthful recruit. Twice he was pitted against the peerless Matty. enough in itself to take the heart cut of even the seasoned veteran. Not once did Bedient waver under the handi- cap, but came through with two grand ly pitched games. Bedient must go down in baseball history as the real surprise and big star of the Giants Red Sox clash.
 | Then there was Steve Yerkes. Harry Hooper, Cady, Herzog, and few oth
 CTS, who, while 1OOKe0 upon as mighty
 valuable men, were not picked by the
 critics to cut up, yet each one of these
 players uncorked a brand of ball that
 70 star in the country could have bet
 tered. All of which merely goes to
 ;now that baseball dope, or inside in
 cormation, Is a mighty poor thing to
 bank on in ball game. Which all
 ways brings me back to what Jack
 Sheridan would say. when someone
 insisted on asking his opinion of the
 lfternoon's game: "If the home team
 s unable to hit the visiting teams
 aitcher, and therefore unable to get
 ny runs, they are very liable to lose.
 In any event, the team that makes the
 most number of runs is positively sure
 to win" Jack always delighted in
 making that speech to some such thing
 chap who believed the umpire might 1 give him some real information.
 People usually expect too much of the teams in the worlds series. Since both must be pennant winners in their respective leagues to get the right to 1 play for the big title, fandom expects them to play airtight ball, to do every thing as it should be done, to be con stantly pulling some trick from the tbook of inside baseball Anticipating such things, the fans are usually doom 1 ed to keen disappointment The world series games are like any other game, only sometimes a little worse.
 l It is questionable if ever a more ex- scihnS game Eas played than the 6, tc