Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-06

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This bromidiom calls
the debating club TO order on the
street corner in the office Of any
place where men can pause for a
moment. The affirmative grabs off
a generous allotment of time for
the opening argument and leads off
with, for instance, this harangue
They're all taking Sox just like
they all talked Jeffries. And the
Giants are going TO surprise them,
Just like Johnson did And I'll tell
you why Joe Wood is Boston's
one best bet. II he's off color It's
good night. Sox! Now, listen. You
know what winning nineteen
straight did to Marquard. And
Joe Wood has just finished the
American leagues record run.
Well the nervous strain has got
him so wabbly that
SO wabbly that the Yankees
hammered him for total Of two
hits in the first game he pitched
after his run was broken. He's so
wabbly that his jump ball wabbles
out Of the way when a batter wings
at 1t. Yes, he's gone 40 far back
that they would begin making hits
off him if they could only see the
ball when he shoots 1t over"
That's all right The Yankees
are bunch OF dubs. l tell you
that record of Woods has put him
on the blink for the series. AS I
was going to say, in a short series
It's all in the pitching and you've
got 10 have men you can depend
upon, The Giants can depend on
Mathewson and Tesreau. Tesreau
Is the sensation OF this season. He
has got better every day since
spring. and the way he's going now
they can never stop him. And
hathewson is the greatest pitcher
in the world"
Maybe he is, considering what
he has done in the past. But what
a man used to be able to do won't
count in deciding the baseball
Championship of the world"
"All right You say Matty used
90 be the greatest. Well, he's as
good today as he used TO be and
The figures show 1t. What do YOU
think OF that? Last year he won
"a games and lost -. This wear
he has won 26 and lost l3-iust the
same peroentage-aud this year he
has had the greatest control in the
world, averaging less than one base
on bale TO q game, and, moreover
he has had more games kicked
away by bad support this year than
ever before"
It's Up to the Pitchers.
The debaters are certainly right
about the importance of pitching
in a short series Ike the great
classic. The death dealing war club
Of John Franklin Baker relegated
box work to the shadows last
year but most worlds series are
like those which were featured by
the twirling OF BIZ Deueeu. Nor
deCai Brown. Jack Coombs Ee
Walsh, Christy Mathewsou and
Babe Adams. Mathewsou is the
greatest Of all W. $. heroes He
set mark for them all to shoot
at when he won three straight
shutout triumphs over the AthIet-
les in 1905. He had the White 81
ephants eating out Of his great
right paw. He beat Eddie Plank
30 IN the first game. trimmed ANDY
Coakley 90 in the third game and
BANKED the great redskin. Chief
Bender, 20 in the fifth and decid
ing game Of the series
Bedient. who viii likely be
Stains third choice in The box. with
Joe Wood and Ray Collins. makes
mighty strong looking triple ALI
ance, but mighty strong" describes
New York's slab squad, too
There is no gainsayjng the fact
that Mathewson is stil the steady.
reliable bosnian he Was Of old. ana
hat he Is pretty certain TO pitch
al least one brilliant game against
the SoN The best pitcher i'm the
world would have his hands tuu
opposing JEFF Tesreau. and then
there is RUDE MarQuard tt is far
from impossible that the holder ~
the worlds record for consecutive