The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-18
Ray Collins May Upset
Dope in Worlds Series

caught the field before the bunch had
turned the first quarter. He will make
Marquard move like a crowd of hicks
at the whistle Of the come-on man.
Good judges of twirling, such as the
Athletic fellows who have plugged
along in two worlds series and got the
lions share of the easy mazuma, say
that Collins ought to have a record
such as this at least:
w. L. PC.
Collins 2 o 1000
And it wouldn't surprise the same
fellows to see Collins clean up three
victories in case that Woods falls down
in the trace. and 1t is up to the lanky
lobber from Vermont to come through
with the merchandise.
Wood Will Open.
Wood will probably open against
Matty. Right here at the start the
fans will see some battle, as hot as the
sidelines down around the sulphur
belt. You a imagine that wise old
Christopher Mathewson is a pretty
tough opponent at the start Of the
series.
It is almost. a cinch that he can lick
any team facing him for the first time.
He showed it against the Athletics,
for last years Mackmen did not look
anything like the portraits of the Con-
nucks of 1905.
So Matty. If he runs true to form,
ought to make the Red Sox eat from
in with a but. What's Sir Josephus
Wood going to do meanwhile? Wood
today has the best repertoire Of any
twirler in either league.
His fast ball has a hop on it like
a ten-foot toad. his curves are as daz-
cling of Gabys Des Lys. while he has
cultivated a slow ball that is just
about as fast as twenty minutes in
Yonkers.~ With. this stuff the Kansas
curver is q. pretty husky proposition
to hand to the Giants for a starter
to face.
So the first game ought to be a mat
ter Of the break in luck; that is. of
course, II both Matty and Wood are
Keeling along in usual form. If the
Sox get the smile from the old dame
then there will be so much crepe on
the Great Blight Way.
On the other hand, If fortune hands
all her choicest giggles to the Joynts,
then there will be so much crepe on
the sacred cod that the ancient fish
will look like Lombard street at 11:l5
p. m.
'Tesreau is the one gent who will
Keep IOAy MT. MCAIeer guessing all
the way through. This big bunch of
:boxman seems to be the find of the
year. If somebody doesn't shake a
table d'hote bill of fare in front of
him. big jeff ought to make some
trouble.
Tesreau Will Have Fight.
But again, Wood and Collins, either
one of whom will probably oppose the
bar hunter from the Ozarks. ought to
be able to fill their hands and outdraw.
jeff If he shows the least sign Of fall
tering on the raise.
Now. there's another thing that you
cannot kick aside. The Red SOx will
have the benefit of the information
and. advice of the Athletic pitchers as
to exactly the sor of ball to hurl
Giantward.
Coombs. Bender and Plank know
every wrinkle of the McGrawmen's
weakness; what they can hit and what
they couldn't hit with a cricket bat.
This means a lot to Wood. Collins and
the Boston twirlers. On the other
hand the Red SoX have stacked against
no National league teams except the
Phils. and that was in the. spring
time when there is nothing strenuous
adding.
McGraw probably has his scouts
watching them now, but the lads with
the red upholstery above their hooks
have a distinct advantage. And they
a hit. too.