Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
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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 IF he's off color it's
GOOD might. 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 a total of two
hits in the first game ne pitched
after his run was broken. He's So
wabbly that his jump bah wabbies
out of the way when a batter wings
at it. Yes, he's gone So far back
that they would begin making hits
off him if they could only see the
bail when he shoots it over"
That's all right The Yankees
ere a bunch of dubs. / tell YOU
that record of Woods has put him
on the blink for the series. AsI
was going to say, in a short series
it's all in the pitching. and you've
got to 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 dav since
spring, and the way he's going now
they can never stop him. And
Mathewson is the greatest pitcher
IN the world"
Maybe he is, considerIne what
he has done IN the past But what
q man used to be able to do won't
count in deciding the baseball
championship OF the world"
All right You say Matty used
10 he the greatest Well. he's as
good today as he used to be and
the figures show IT, What do YOU
think Of that? Last year he won
- games and lost 70. This year
he has won rs and lost 13 just the
same percentage this wear he
mas had the greatest control i'm the
world. averaging less than one base
on balls 10 game, and, moreover.
he has had more games kicked
away by bad support this year than
ever before"
rs Up to the Pitchers.
The debaters are certainly right
about the importance of pitching
in short series like the great
classic. The death-dcaiing war club
Of John Franklin Baker relegated
box work to the shadows last
year. but most worlds series are
ike those which were featured by
the twirling Of Bill Deneen. Nor
decai Brown, Jack Co0mbs I'd
Walsh, Christy Mathewson and
Rabe Adams, Mathewsou is the
greatest Of all ". $. heroes He
set a mark for them all to shoot
at when he won three straight
shutout triumphs over the Athlet-
les in 1905. He had the White FL
ephants eating out OF his great
right paw He beat Eddie Plank
so in the first game trimmed Andy
Coakley 80 in the third game and
Banked the great rsdskin. chief
Bender. 20 in The fifth and degid-
ing game 81 the series
Bedient. who viii likely br
StahIs third choice IN the boN. with
Joe Wood and Ray Collins, makes
. mighty strong looking triple ALI
auce. but mighty strong" describes
New Yorks slab squad. too
There is no gainsaying the fact
that Mathewson is stil the steady.
reliable b0Xman be was or old. and
that he is pretty certain 20 pitch
a. least one brilliant game against
the SoX The best pitcher In the
world would have his hands full
opposing jeff Tesreau. and then
there Is RUDE Vanguard lt Is Far
from Impossible that tie holder ~
the worlds record for consecutive