The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-06
PENSACOLA JOURNAL SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1g1z

Collins. I figure that McGrav won't
take a chance on opening up In Boston
with Marquard, not only on account of
his last worlds series performance
but also on account of the Rube's in
consistent work since his string of VIC
tories was broken. Tesreau has pitch-
ed remarkable and invincible ball since
July IA, and since that date he has
pitched in Is games. His opponents
have made only Sc hits off him and
scored only "a runs. Isn't that going
some for first years appearance?
But notice Ray Collinss for the same
period; IS games pitched, SO hits made
by opponents and only q runs scored
off him. Collins is Jake's only left
handler and he is considered bv MANY
Of the writer's to have no equal in a
crucial game. He works smoothly and
has puzzling delivery, which makes
you think he has delivered the ball
before he turns it loose The fault I
find with Tesreau's work is that he is
wild. He has walked 76 men in %
games to Collins's 20 in IS games. In
my compilation it also shows that his
opponents have stolen more bases with
Tesreau pitching than with Collins
in the box. Collins and Tesreau both
in the games that I have seen took
things easy. think their game will
be well worth Witnessing and if Tes-
reau doesn't lose control it should be a
close decision.
Hall and Marquard
The next is between Charlie Hall
and Marquard. Hall is what I'd call a
grand cold weather pitcher. His per-
Torrance the first of the season was
nonpareil. but during the summer
months he was of very little use to
the club. Marquard is an unknown
and unguessable quantity. He might
show up wonderfully or prove a dis
NAL failure. 1t will be either one or
the other. No middle distance or
straddling the fence for him. In Wed
nesday's game, which was his final
work out, he had everything for a
couple of innings and then sky
rocketted.
Since June IL his opponents have
made more hits off him than his team
has made for him, and the Giants have
always batted well behind him. This
game Is liable to be one sided, one
way or the other If the weather is
real cool and Marquard is in good
shape, the game will be close and hard
fought. If the weather is otherwise
for Hall, the Giants will give him lots
Of trouble. It's a toss UP to me.
Second String of Pitchers.
Taking up the second string, l might
term them that Though Eddie Collins
says he has 'batted against all of the
Boston pitchers and fails to find a sec
ond string man among them) Boston
has-O' Brien, Bedient and Pape New
1,
think these men are pretty evenly
matched and any one of them is like
ly to shine. I think Bedient, on ac-
count of his speed, has first call for
Boston, and Crandall because of his
hitting ability for New York.
AS to subs, both teams are pretty
well fortified in this line, and for pinch
hitting New Workers say no one can
equal Mccormick, while Bostonians
say the same thing about Henricksen.
Mccormick is hitting .S24, while Hen
rieksen is batting .315. So you can
see they are pretty evenly matched IN
this line of offense.
Betting 10 to z.
The betting in Boston is 10 to on
the Red Sox and in New York even
money with plenty of takers. New
Workers started playing 6 to that
Matty will win the opener IL he started
and they were soon swamped with
coin. The bulk of the money, though,
won't be placed until about Saturday
or Monday.
The way the games are scheduled
it will be 250-mile trip daily for
Yours Truly while 1t lasts.f
I think have covered every point
of interest for the fans, and as ] said
in the beginning of this article, I be-
lieve that when the last man UP in the
latter half of the ninth inning is
thrown out at first base the crowd will
hail the Boston Red Sox as the worlds
champions for 1912.
Some Statistics.
The table below shows the number
of games times at bat and runs and
hits of each of the seven men.
The record for the season of the four
New York outf1eIders, including Sep
TENDER IS, is:
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