The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-01
WEATHER Will
Affect 1ATTLES
Outcome Depends Largely
Upon How Pitchers are
Worked in Contests.

Weather conditions, which euualize
themselves during an entire season
and have but little effect on the de-
cision of a pennant race, will however,
play a mighty important part in the
coming worlds series between the
Boston. American league champions.
and the New York Giants.
Upon the kind Of weather Jupiter
l'luvius sees fit to deal out and the
manner in which Managers McGraw
and Stahl make use of their pitchers
under these conditions will depend
the outcome.
The difference of wet or dry wealth.
er. of dark or light, will NEAR a diff.
ference in the choice of pitchers. il
these two leaders do not make a mis-
take.
Only two years ago. in the worlds
series between the Athletics and Chi
cago. Manager Chance of the Cubs
series. n tossed away whatever
chance his team had when he pitched
McIntire. a fine spitball pitcher. and
the only man who had been able to
do anything with the Athletics. on a
rainy day. AS result the rain and
nj made his spitball ineffective, and
without 1t he was easy for the Ath-
letics.
In the coming clash. IL the days are
dry. Tesreau. the Giants rising young
Espitball pitcher. ought to be at his
best and effective. If the day he is
expected to work proves wet and
shelved. and this may NEAR a differ
ence tn the working Of the Giants
pitchers that will give Boston an adj
vantage,
Again. Wood will be practically un-
5eatable In dark. dreary weather be-
cause Of his wonderful speed. The
Giants will have difficulty in seeing
the ball IL the clouds hang low and
the light is bad. While both Mathew
son and Marquard have plenty Of
speed. they do not depend upon this
kind of ball to the extent Wood does.
and. Of course, will not be affected by
the dark day so greatly.
Last year a long delay and break
In the series. caused by continued
rain. gave the Athletics a great adj
vantage hat materially affected their
winning of the series.
The halt in the series gave Chief
Bender a chance to rest up and get
into shape. so that he was able to
carry off the brunt of the work. a
thing that might not have been pos
sible otherwise. because Bender has
v been able to do his best work
If too much pushed.
i Back in 1905. when the Giants won
a worlds series from the Athletics.
Mathewson got away with a game on
a rainy day owing to his great speed.
something he made more use of In
that day. He was pitted against An.
dy Coakley, who had a fine assert.
ment Of curves and but little speed
Coakley had been a big winner up, tc
tht time and the series stood at one
game each.
With the wet ball Coakley could
not control his curves and was easy
while Mathewson put on all speed and
the ball.
Weather also played an important
part in the series Of 1909. That year
the series went the limit and wa.
played through rain and snow and
pitchers Of Detroit and Pittsburgh
were put out of commission and. a:
1t turned out, a youngster. unaffected
by weather conditions-Babe Adam:
'|-won the series for Pittsburgh by hi:
mastery pitching.
1t is safe to say that the series thi.
year will. as in other years. be wor
NY Iu0 IAdAAdSC1 SAOWilS lAE OSS'
Judgment in the choice of his pitch.
ers. McGraw has three men to de-
pend upon. and has been through the
mill. Stahl has three men-Wood
Hall and Collins-but he also has 9
couple of other high-class pitchers ir
Bedient and O'Brien. If he elects te
take a chance with them. he may fal
by the wayside.
But it is safe to say that the brun,
OF the work will fall upon Mathew
son, Tesreau and Marquard for New
York. and Wood, Collins and Hall fol
Boston.