The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-30
WHICH ARE STRONGER,
GIANTS OR RED SOX?
Boston's Staff Of Pitchers IL
of More Even
Strength.
NEW YORK LEADS IN HITTING
Many Points in Doubt Will Be
Settled During Worlds
Series.

Especial to The Times Dispatchl
New York. September 2s.-Whsn the
Giants rise to the occasion. a. they
have done several times this season.
when they play the best baseball that
10 In them. they play . game strong
enough TO put them on oven terms
with the strongest rival thar can De
pitted against them. Presumably the
strongest rivals that can be put against
them this year are the Boston He'd
Sox. the new American League cham
piona There always II . strong spirit
Of the corps in q pennant- winning
team and the Giants have fully ~
much of It as the Red Sox, though
the season has shown plainly that they
haven't been AZ steady ~ the Amer
lean League standardbearers.
Yet. WORLDS series games are . bit
beyond the realm Of the ordinary. ana
q superior steadiness Of the Bostons
does not mean necessarily that they
will have II In the WORLDS Sertes.
II there u any advantage In hAv.
ing gone through q worlds series. the
Giants have II. They are seasoned 20
such contests and tests. whereas the
Red sox are not.
q great deal 40 . team Of hard httters.
but the latest percentages OF the Bos-
ton team show that the team average
IL q few points less than that Of the
Giants. Batting suggests pitching. ana
of the concrete factors In the playing
OF q worlds series this II the most
important. To use . common phrase
the play revolves around the pitch.
Ing.
Taking the New Yoxle and Boston
pitching stats in their entirety. there
il little doubt that tho Boston STAN
ID Of more even strength. better stan
as a whole. Tesreau and Aathewson
vs.. Wood and Collins. that is the way
il is believed the pitchers will do
battle These are the ones likely to
shoulder the bulk OF the work. though
/. would be no surprise II McGraw
should have Marquard In pretty good
shape for the series. But II the other
two are effective. they are sufficient.
With Wood and Collins. Tesreau and
Mathewson on the firing line II looks
a. IL the batters would md II more
than ordinarily difficult TO get on.
To stop base running there must be
pitchers who can watch the base run
ners. catchers who can throw. and bat
terry men who can outguess the base
runners. The Boston pitchers are well
schooled and clever at holding men
close to the station. but none better
than Mathewson- AZ . mechanical
catcher Meyers. judging from the work
OF the two. Is better than Carrigan-
The strong and wen-bslaacfd out
field Of the Bostons 10 one OF the
Things that influence Judges in pick
ing the Red Sox - the stronger team
With Speaker. Lewis and Hooper. there
10 no doubt Of the superiority OF the
Boston outheld They cover more
ground on fly balls than Devore. Becker.
Snodgrass and Murray. Also they ara
bit better on ground balls.
There's one thing about the Giants.
they haven't played ~ good q game AZ
they did last year. certainly not A.
consistently. They aren't playing al
good q game as at this time last year.
AZ q probable Offset to this, II may
be asked. Are the ped Sox as good
as the Athletics were last year? II Ii
| hard to see wherein they are. The
burden Of proof. 20 far ~ that Ques-
ton Is concerned. In on them