New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-14
COMMENT ON SPORTS
Steadiness the Strongest Asset
of Boston Red SoX.
HARD ROW FOR THE GIANTS
Master Mind Framed Rules for
Handling of the Worlds
Championship Series.

Other baseball games in other years
with the worlds championship hanging
| In tho balance will come and go, out
never perhaps will five games be played
In q row so full OF exciting situations
| and tense moments as those which Kept
the fans" OF two cities on edge last
| week. II is little wonder that day AFTER
i day thousands upon thousands have raVed
| and returned TO their homes keenly ex-
| hilarated. In four OF the five games the
result was in doubt until the last man In
the last inning had been retired. The
games were won and lost on plays OF the
most sensational kind. First one man and
then another stood In the breach; and
while Heinie Wagner, Joe Wood ana
Steve Yerkes, OF Boston, and Charley
Herzog. Red" Murray and Josh Devore
have stood out above their fellows be-
cause OF unusual deeds. every player on
both teams has done something 10 Keep
This team In the running.
II the Red sox finally win the highest
honors of baseball, as now seems likely
II will be due more TO their remarkable
steadiness than to any marked superiority
over the Giants. The chief fault which
|
its unevenness II was so throughout the
season and IT has been so in the present
all-important series. The players either
rise to heights that make for plays which
are as amazing as they are sensational
or sink TO depths that lead one 10 wonder
that they are called champions. Othcr-
wise, there has been little or nothing 10
choose between the opposing mines, ana
one must be partisan indeed TO ascriDe
10 one the skill. ability. courage and hght-
ing spirit which cannot be ascribed TO the
other.
The Giants are not yet beaten, but In
all probability they must defeat Joe "ood
to-day TO stem the tide. There Is chance
OF course that Stahl will save his star III
order TO have him at his best in case a
seventh game Is necessary tomorrow,
but Il would seem the part OF wisdom to
strike now when his men are full OF con-
idence and when only one game is need
ed TO ciinch the title.
John ]. McGraw. under his own sigma
turc. unjus;ly criticised big CHIEF Mcy-
ers in saying after the first game: "Bos-
ton should not have had those three runs.
/ with two out Hooper raised pop foul
which should have been easy for Meyers.
| As matter Of fact, az has been pointed
out before in The Tribune. Meyers took q
desperate chance OF serious Injury by
reaching over the netting which guards
the press stand in a bold effort to catch
a ball which was Just out Of his reach.
was directly under tho play and know
what | am talking about. Personally, /
question whether McGraw ever used the
particular words with which he was cred
tied, but the responsibility Is there and
Meyers is suffering a great injustice. One
year ago Hal Chase lost many friends by
what was considered an unfair attack on
6nodgrass and the time has come for the
National Commission to put an end for all
time TO the player-reporter. II not, the
time will come when these signed articles
will disrupt a team when harmony is
most needed and have the players fairly
flying at each others throats, II not in
reality then by the power Of the pen.
Players eligible for the worlds series
are we'll enough paid for a short seven
game series without having to reach out
for an extra 500 or 500 by selling their
names for In many cases, that is what it
amounts TO. No objection could be raised
10 leading players or managers OF other
teams than those fighting It out on the
diamond for the worlds title writing or
talking as much az they pleased. Two or
three who might be mentioned are well
qualified 10 express their opinions and the
fans" enjoy reading them, but the Ma
tional Commission should put Its foot
down on the practice OF players and man.
ayers who are actually taking part I'm the
worlds series suddenly becoming base
ball critics and baseball writer's. II would
not work half as much OF a hardship as
the rule now In force against the play
ers OF team winning the worlds cham
pionship taking part in any transforming
trips or exhibition games In the of
season.
Baseball has a wonderful hold on this
great country OF ours. The figures OF re-
ceipts and attendance prove the case.
The wonder Of them however, Is almost
lost in their constant repetition. Huge
crowds OF between IS. 900 and 1000 persons
packed and damned about a baseball dia-
mond are now accepted as a matter OF
course, when there is really anything at
stake. But TO those who stop and think
the figures are sure 10 be impressive.
Close TO 10000 persons paid all the way
from 30 cents to s. TO SEQ five games of
baseball last week, and this number ex-
pended not far short OF n half million
dollars to satisfy their lust for baseball.
OF this amount the players, clubs and
National Commission will split UP about
$4,000 No wonder baseball is accepted
as the national game
y
/ am In receipt OF number of letters
protesting against the ruling OF the Ma
tional Commission which deprives the
players OF any benefit that may accrue
from a tie game In the first four played.
These protests are made without due
thought. In point of fact, the rules for
the worlds series were framed by a mas
ter mind. The games, II is true. were In
stitllted as n benefit TO the PLAYERS but TO