The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-29
Stdhl Is Just as Capable
Leader as John McGrdW
From Showing Made by Red Sox This Season it Is
Evident that ]. Garland Is Competent
as Big League Manager

/ other thing McGraw will want to work
Tesreau as often as possible in the Sc
| ries. and he Is the kind Of pitcher, they
tell me, who can come back with only
| one day OF rest. Now. by starting him
in the FIRST battle, II he proves effective.
McGraw will get just that many more
| games out OF him.
The Red. Sox believe that they can
beat Mathewson. They beat him in
1903 in the post-season series. and not
many of the hltters are afraid of him.
think that he is going to be hard
| for them TO win from because he is d
great man to carry the money, and he
will work his head on in a big series
| like that one. / never saw anybody
pitch better ball than Mathewson show
eo against the athletics in that frst
game at the Polo Grounds in the worlds
| series last fall Chief" Bender never
had SO much-was never better. yet they
| beat him Boobies behind him do not
bother Matty because he, is the master
workman in there pitching to win. with
| nothing on his mind but victory. Math-
| sDn is going to be no cinch for the
Red Sox.
Wood May Face Mathewson.
But they think that they can beat him,
and Stahl is liable TO start Wood against
| Matfewson in the second game In Bos-
ton. thus giving the young pitcher more
confidence In his home surroundings and
| better opportunity TO win. The one
chance that the Giants will have to beat
Wood is on his lack of control, and I'll
admit that McGraw is a bad man against
a pitcher who is Inclined to be wild lie
may aggravate Wood into losing his grip,
but don't think so, for Stahl has been
tipped OFF to this style of attack, and
withstand any attempt TO cause him to
ascend.
So far in these articles I have made
only passing references to the rival in
fields. II is hard to compare one man to
another before a big series because of its
breyity. 1t is difficult 10 say Just what
any one man is going to do under the
strain However. taking the Boston in
field as unit, consider it better than
the Giants inner works II is more even
and certain in its motions. There are two
star infielders on the Red Sox, and only
one man sticks his head prominently
above the rest in the Giants infield.
Gardner and Wagner are two of the
best infielders in the league. Both have
played remarkable ball all season, and
both have displayed that consistent form
which does not presage slump in the
worlds series. Wagner is a wonder for
covering ground. and he is a good pinch
hitter. I believe that he delivers with
men on bases as often as any player on
the team. Gardner is a man who has
impressed me only lately. More than half
OF the season had passed before I real
lied that he was one OF the most valua-
BILE men on the club. Up. to that time I
had been regarding Speaker and Wagner
as the two big assets. Now l include
Gardner. He is almost as dangerous a
hitter as Speaker against Tighthand
pitchers. and he is a sure fielder. Yerkss
is a good ball player, but the Giants
have the edge on the Red SoX here.
believe that Larry" Doyle is a better
man.
Doyle Valuable Player.
To my mind Doyle is the most valuable
player that McGraw has on his club.
He has a great temperament for ball
player He is aggressive, undistUrbed
by errors, fighting, always playing, and
peppery. He may make two errors.
and then a great stop. l don't mean to
say that he is liable to. but If he should
rake two errors, he would go after the
next ball just as hard. Bodies take
none of the fight out of him. The size
Of the series makes no difference TO
Larry" He is always playing his game.
And he Is one of the best natural hItters
that l ever saw. l am still of the same
mind that Doyle is the most valuable
player that McGraw has.
Fletcher is uncertain and apparently
nervous in a big series or, rather. he act
ed that way last year. II l were a
hacker of the Giants. every time that I
saw a ball hit at Fletcher in a pinch
in the worlds series, know that goose
flesh would come out all over me. He