The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-22
Up THE
COMING WORLD
SERIES BATTLE

The following, concerning the COM
ing worlds series battle between the
Giants and the Athletics wal written
by w. j. Macbeth, a famous New
York sport writer for The Minneapolis
Tribune: -
The Giants and Athletics this year
should furnish n OF the most thrill
ing struggles of worlds series history.
| Such a classic Is good or bad accord
ing to whether the contestants are
| evenly matched. Not only are the Polo
~grounders and the Shibe park lads OF
about kindred playing strength but
both nave been So erratic The latter
part of the season that almost any
thlng may DE expected in the great
CLASH.
There never was such q worlds SER
les as that between the Red Sox and
Giants last fall, at least from the
standpoint of the spectacular. There
were a few pitching duels but the
great majority of the contests were
smuggling jubilees in which one side or
the other was put to utter route. AS
q rule there were no half measures.
Either a team was very,very good or
it was very, very bad. And cropping
opt with the most ~inexcusable "bush"
league stuff on every hand came q
series of plays of such exceptional
brilliancy al fairly knocked the
spectators off their chairs.
This series went eight full games,
| including one extra inning tie, which
is the very best proof of the balance
Of the rivals. Boston outplayed New
York in the first half and outlucked
it in the second. But for an error in
one of the early games Boston would
probably have won In four straight
games. Finally when the gamest sort
of a fight put New York on even terms
with the Red Sox and in a position to
win with the deciding game an error
blew the title. New York had the
game bagged before ~Snodgrass' muff
put the, Hub in a winning mood. Fred
Merkle completed the job by his
from Speakers bat. Now during the
| series both Snodgrass and Merkle
showed several wonderful plays that
helped to save games at critical stages
but all this was forgotten when their
faults lost the championship.
Luck played a very important part
in the worlds series in 1912. Mathew
son, the very best pitcher On either
team so far as real work is concerned
didn't win a game while Vanguard
hreezed through to two easy victories.
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big Six while they simply slaughter
ed the Sox every time the "Rube'' took
a hand. The most wonderful catch
ever shown on a ball field was pro-
duced by Harry Hooper at the psyche
logical moment. 1t cut a homer off
Larry Doyle and saved a champion
ship to boot. Hooper might never be
able to make such another catch. That
was the i'll fortune of the Giants.
It is the element of uncertainty
which lends such a charm to organic
ed baseball and the uncertain certain
~ enhanced the last worlds series
about ten fold. There never were two
| such uncertain and erratic opponents
in the autumn classic as the Gotham
| and Hub aggregations the day they
lined UP for the first skirmish. Had
either side played all eason after the
fashion of the worlds series it would
not have finished in the first division
of its company.
Both the Giants and Athletics have
been going In rather slip-shod fashion
for a month. Were they 10 start the
big doings tomorrow 1t would be q
puzzle to dope 1t. The team with the
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