New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
NO CHANCE FOR GIANTS
That Is What Griffith Thinks in
Picking the Red Sox.
PREDICTS SHORT SERIES
Manager Of the Cubs Has a
Different Opinion, and
Praises Matty.

Clark Grltlth. manager OF the Wash
ington Senator's believes that the Boston
Red sox will win the worlds series He
says:
1.-THE Boston Red sor. one OF the
smoothest baseball machines ever known.
viii, in my opinion tako four out Of the
first FIVE games from the New York
Giants in the coming worlds series.
ANY way YOU look at It Stahrs men
have McGraw's squad backed OF the
baseball map. In the body. in tho field,
and with the stic, the Red Sox are supe-
rior. In base running alone they do not
entirely outclass their opponents, and. as
u VIII show later this feature OF tho
game does not cut much figure in worlds
series battles.
The Giants have Just one pitcher In
whom they have sufficient confidence 10
win such a series, namely Mathewson.
The Red SoX have more confidence than
any team ! have ever come across. no
matter who Is In tho box for them
And they sure have a staff that merits
confidence. Wood, Hall. O'Brien and Col
Inns are all equal 10 the task OF facing
the Giants at their best and turning them
back. True, McGraw has Msrquard. but.
say what you will. tho Giants do not play
behind him as they do with Matty. This
old boy is still right up I'm the front rank.
but he il not go strong as he was q few
years ago.
THE constant strain Of many seasons
has worn away the reserve and now when
Chrsty'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
advantage
81 do not think Marquard will beat the
champions little bit. while Tesreau.
whom I have never seen. but who. from
all accounts must be n real pitcher has
not had the experience to stand the ter
rife strain Of such series, although he
may come through and surprise the crit
les.
The same holds true in the case Of
Bedieut for the Boston team. He is a
grand twirler but Buck o. Brien. on the
other hand. though young 10 the league.
has had the baseball experience to bear
up against it. l expect, though that the
brunt OF the pitching will fail on the
shoulders Of Hall and Wood. The former
f. bear for work, does not know what
IL is to be afraid and IS at MS best in
tight places.
Wood ] consider 10 be equalled by only
one man now pitching-Walter Johnson.
It would not surprise me a little bit 10 see
Joe Wood win three games In the first
four days OF the contests.
Speaker. 10 my mind. will be another
stumbling block for McGraw. He will,
| think be the first big star player who will
live up TO his previous reputation, and
perhaps surpass It, In a worlds series
cobb and Hans Wagner and other
headliners have faded and fallen down,
/ but take II from me Spoke will be there
with bells on all the way through. He is
natural Latter. in game for the love OF
| II and the bigger the crowd and the great
er the excitement the better he goes"
Frank Chance, manager OF the Cubs,
says under his own signature that the
Giants ought TO beat the Red Sox on the
! pitching of Mathswson and Tesreau. He
adds:
! II ] were - set money on any ball
| game ] we@S rather have Matty pitch
| II than s./ man I'm the world. He is
I unquesye.,ably the greatest OF all pitch
/ ers. Other great men have come and
| gone, but for years he has been there
| right at the top. lie can always be de-
| pended upon to pitch an intelligent game
| This stuff about Matty being Fall In" is
| bosh.
| Tesreau is one Of the most promising
| young pitchers that | have ever seen
nothing ever bothers him. After | saw
| his work against MS when VS. were giving
the Giants tough fight. knew that any
| team would have trouble whenever il
| went against him. lie has a wonderful
| spitbal and speed, and his great muscular
strength Is valuable asset. But the
beauty of his work Is that he never gets
| excited and no amount Of kidding or JOSH