La Junta tribune., 1912-09-21
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=. A. Mckinney.

In less than three weeks the an.
nlal clash for the worlds champion
ship will take place. and following
the custom of the last few years.
the winners Of the flag In the Amer
lean will once more bring home the
bacon Tn. followers OF the effe,e
National League are already getting
out their alibis aud dusting them off
wondering which one TO use this
time Perhaps they will tell us AZ.
ter IT Is all over tha, Ma,ty had
to sit up with one OF his sick grand
children and didn't get enough sleep
Or perhaps they will say that Nc
Gra~ lost his voice early In the ser
les and couldn't cess In his old time
form You know In the National
League III. mos, fluent singl.-handcd
cuss-r grabs the flag each year. Me
Graw took II In 1905. then Hnsk
Chance took II for three years IN
succession. 1906. 1907 and 1905 Fred
Clarke got 1t by fluke In 1909 and
Chance came back in 1910 Last
year McGraw sprung some new Ian.
suag. that got Chances goat and he
got the flag This year he also
had some new stuff and again he
cops the rag, but Chance ls in sec.
ond place. Even now Mugsy is prac-
tising up some new cuss words for
the Red Sor He was going to
use the same old stuff that be us.
I'd In the last Worlds Series. bu,
George Cohan has fixed up some
brand new stuff never used before on
any stage and guaranteed to get
the goat Of any pitcher and any um-
pire. II the Giants could only play
ball as well as their boss could swear
there wouldn't be a thing TO II
The great trouble with the Giants
u that they are a one man team.
The one man who IL practically
the whCle team is McGraW. With
out him they are second division
team. Outside of Mathewsou and
Doyle they have no baseball brains
Look at the rest of the bunch-Mar-
guard. Meyers. Merkle, Murray. Dth.
farther you go tn. vors. II GETS
Fletcher. Deyore. Snodgrass and Her.
1og. There isn't enough baseball
gray matter In tn. whole bunch To
make a good meal for a sick mos.
quito. They are good mechanical
players. but when II comes to think.
ing fas,-fooey'. II McGraw didn I
think for them they would never see
the first division. They simply are
not there. They are the class OF
their ieagu. because they have tn.
best manager In the league,
The Boston team ou,elssses the
New Norks In several departments
Of the game Their ou,field is prob. |
ably the best In either league. and |
their infield probably has II ON Nc. |
GraS's quart tie, Carrigan and Cady |
are a classier pair OF backstors than |
Meyers and his sid.kick,r Wilson. |
bu, IN short series like this II is /
the pitching that counts and that is |
where the American L.ayu. Champs |
have Il on the McGravi,.s Speed |
on the bases Is all right after you 1
get on first. but you cannot steal sec.
ond until you get 20 tn. initial sack |
And II you can't hit the other fel. |
lows pitching you won't re, on very 1
often The result Of N. big series
depends entirely on the batting and |
pitching Its Maihewson. Marquard |
and T"sr'au against Joe Wood. Ray /
Collins Hall ard Beiient. Jake /
stahl has the classisst bunch o.; /
Fingers In captivity 4 year aro
the Giants bsttei .iT5 against the
Athletic ga and that tells the |
tale Of IN. series American i.saxu.
pitching II too much for III. Nation l
al Lfagucrr Chsnc. will tell you N
you ask him. The White sol bca,
the Cubs four straight year ago.
you will remember They can, hi;
that classy pitching That Vas tn.
trouble last year and they will hA,.
the same difficulty this time Poor
Rcd Murray didn't get a hi, off the
Athletic pitch r. In tn. sis xames
last trip He had to ~.ar cotton
In hi. ears IN. last few games 20
keep from hearing what McGra~ ~as
saving about him. The whole team
mad. Only thirty three hits In the
six games. or an average Of nv. and
on.-half hits q ram~ DO you blame
NcSraw FOR swearing risht out loud
~hcr. everybody could hear him: 4
don, carr who has the moving pic
fure pri,ilsss huf I would Ike IN