The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-18

BOSTON WILL take FOUR
OUT OF FIVE GAMES FROM
THE GIANTS, SAYS GRIFF
Washington Manager Thinks
That Joe Wood May Win
Three Of Them
Sox EXCEL EVERYWHERE
in Pitching, Fielding and Hit
ting They Have Giants
Backed Away
Sox EXCEL EVERYWHERE
BY CLARK GRIFFITH,

Present Manaoer OF Washington
Americans and former manager
Cincinnati Reds.
The Boston Red Sox, one OF the
tsmoothest baseball machines ever
known, will. In my opinion, take four
out OF the FIRST ave games from the
New York Giants In the coming
worlds series.
ANY way you look at It, Stahrs men
have McGraw's squad backed on the
baseball map.
In the box. In the field and with the
stick, the Red Sox are superior. In
base running alone they do not entire
ly outclass their opponents, and. as
win show later. this feature OF the
game does not cut much ngure IN
world series battles.
The Giants have Just one pitcher IL
whom they have SUFFICIENT confidence
to win such a series, namely Mathew
CON. The Red Sox have more conn
dence than any team have ever come
across, no matter who IL In the box
for them.
And they sure have q stan that
merits confidence. Wood. Hall, O'Bri-
en-, Bedient and Collins are all equal
70 the task of facing the Giants at
their best and turning them back.
True, McGraw has Marquard. but
say what you will. the Giants do not
play behind him az they do with Mat
". This old boy IL still right up In
the front rank, but he In not az strong
as he was few years ago.
The constant strain OF many sea
sons has worn away the reserve, and
now, when Christy's 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 ad-
vantage.
I do not think Marquard will bother
the American champions little bit,
while Tesreau, whom have never
must be real pitcher. has not had
the experience to stand the terrific
strain OF such q series, though he
may come through and surprise the
critics.
The same holds true in the case OF
Bedient for the Boston team. He Ia a
grand twirier, but Buck" o'Brien, on
the other hand. though young to the
big league. has had the baseball en-
perience to bear up against II,
I expect, though. that the brunt or
the pitching will fall on the shoulders
OF Hall and Wood The former In a
bear for work. does not know what
II n to be afraid. and is at his best In
tight places.
The latter I consider 10 be equaled
By only one man now pitching-Wal-
ter Johnson. II would not surprise
me q little BIT 20. see Joe Wood win
three gains In the first four days or
tho contests.
Speaker, too, In my opinion, will be
another very great stumbling block
for McGraw. He will. think, be the
first big star player who will live up
to his previous reputation, and per
haps surpass II, In q worlds series.
Cobb and Wagner and other head
liners, have faded and fallen down,
but take II from me Spoke will be
I there with bells on all the way
through. He 10 a natural ball player,
IN the game for the love OF Il, and the
bigger the crowd and the greater the
settlement, the better he goes.
When Mathewson last pitched
against Boston, Speaker bumped him
very hard, and IN those days the Bos-
tonian was mere kid, Just breaking
In. There's no telling what he's like
" to do now.
Az to the outneld. it's useless to