Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-12
WHAT PITCHER IS
TO Be MASTER
Of SERIES?
Worlds Championship Games
May Bring Surprises, But It
Looks Like Wood, Mar
guard or Tesrau.

VIII Joe wood JOIN the throng -
pitching immortals this next october.
or viii u bc Muruuard or Tcsruu' or
will Mathowson return 20 where he
stood Ia 1882 pr, then again. will IL
Doe Collins, liall or Bicdouto
With few exceptions. save in the
days of the Cub mastery. when All
looked alike. each passing world SER
les has shown its one phenomenon OF
peg who held complete mastery over
the field.
In 1905 Il was Mathewson. with an
untouched record of three successive
shutouts. I'm 1895 Il was Welsh. ably
assisted by Altrock and white. In
1903 u was Babe Adams, with three
victories over the rampant Tigerincs;
1910 h was Coombs with three wins
against the cubs And last s,uson u
was chief Bender. who led the rug
gcd assault upon tho Giants ana bore
them back
Undoubtedly of all the lot. Joe
Wood holds the hest chance 10 crowd
into the world series hall OF fame.
Wood has all the elements of a great
world series pitcher. He has the cX-
perience OF more than one tough seat
| son--and above all he carries the
stuff lir has hut ono matter 10
answer, and this is his ability to work
three games in week qua stand mp
| as MathWsnn. Cuomhg ana Bender
did bcfo's, him. Vrherc-Win ~ netid ~
| mo- doubt about his first battle. lio
viii be far and away the toughest
man the Giants have had To beat all
year provided. OF course, the Giants
/ s..F a..
month McGraw's team has met no
pitcher iu his class among the right
hand crew Richi. has beaten the
leaders with his houdoo spell. but
| Lurid Lou never saw the day when h.
could pitch with joe Wood. Hendrix
ana Camnitz have been two other
Giant pests. but neither stands ne X
ana neck with the Red Sox whlrl-
wind ON strict form the Giants have
their work cut ont tn earn as many
az two runs of wood any time no
| starts. lie has everything which
makes siahman look TO be worth
while-and notch Of two more when
Il comes TO the test.
Wood also knows what Il means Ca
grapple with the best In the game
ANY man who has stood upon the fir-
ing line with I'd Walsh and Johnson
can face no stronger opponents in tho
game and the support behind him,
both a-ficld and NJ hat Mathewsou
and Bender last fan lost two Of their
best pitched contests, ana In 1906
when Miner Brown was considered
lnyincihle. the weak batting SoX beat
him 2-l. They couldn't hit Brown t0
any extent hut they hit him one run
harder than the cubs hit Altrock
Wood at his best may catch Mat
~ ~ his best; Marquard on one OF
his brilliant days, or Tesreau, with
his best control. lf this happens ths
game belongs 10 anybody ana one
run Is likely 90 break IL zap. Tn,
Giants have three entries In this shot
for the pitching target Of the october
championship. but no one of the
three now looms as formidable az
I Wood
Up 10 date Ban Johnson HASN'T dts.
covered any flaws in Woods winning
record, but the season still has d
month 90 go. and Ban Is just gettlnl
warmed up Co the job. Ills ruins
against Walter johnson brought 81
one OF the big laughs ut the year
A. the rate things are going the Of
ten predicted Red SoN slump viii nov
arrive about the 23rd OF December, oi
by January ~. az the latest.