The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-03
CLOSE RUBS
IN WORLDS SERIES
Betting Is at Even Money,
Except Where Local
Pride Governs.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Opinion regard
ing the outcome OF the worlds series ap
pears to be unusually divided this year.
Prominent baseball players and writer's
are predicting very close series Of
games with low scores predominating. All
speak OF the luck or break OF the game
being an important factor in the ultimate
winning Of the championship.
The same situation has developed in
the betting. Outside OF the home cities
OF the two competing clubs the wagering
Is at even money; In Philadelphia the
New York team and here local supporters
are quoting odds Of 10 to Q on the Giants
TO defeat the American league represent
atives.
Expressions OF opinion on the part Of
the managers and players of other clubs
are beginning to be heard hero with the
gathering OF the advance guard for the
those who are favoring the Athletics are
Frank Chance, Napoleon Lajoie. Clark
Griffith and Umpire Billy Evans. Some
Of those who are naming the Giants as
Johnny Evers, Fred Clarke and Ty Cobb.
Hughey Jennings and Bill Dahlen have
stated that the teams are so evenly
matched that the outcome OF the series
Is toss-up with luck playing a leading
part.
A consensus among thirty OF tho lead
Ing baseball writer's OF the big league cir
cults shows that Eighteen favor the
Giants to win against nine for the Ath-
letics and three frankly undecided. AL
most without exception. however. thoy
the series OF 1918 will be very evenly
contested and that the slightest break IN
the luck OF the game Will swing the
champonship one way OF another;
The chief advantage accorded the
Giants Is their strength In the pitching
department. The Athletic adherents con-
cede this point but contend that the su-
peror batting ability of the Philadelphia
club will more than offset this advantage.
Manager McGraw had all his worlds
series regulars, aside from Fred Snod-
grass, the center fielder. who Is suffering
from Charley horse" In action today.
and In addition put Mathewson and Mar
guard through their PAGES Larry Doyle,
team captain and second sacker, whose
shoulder has been lame since he was hurt
In an automobile accident last week. got
into the harness In the second game of
the double header with Philadelphia.
Doyle failed 10 show all his wonted spry-
pected that he will have limbered up suf-
fieiently by next Tuesday to play his
usual game.
1t was counted significant by some.
however TINT McGraw did not put Larry
in with the rest of the regulars In the
first game. when Shafer played second
and. Herzog third. The combination
But Shafer was back at third at the
start of the later encounter and worked
while In that position with Fletcher.
Doyle and Merkle-the infeld that all
along has been expected to man the inner
defense for the Giants In the battle with
the Athletics.
1t was In The first encounter that Math-
ewson and Marquard one or the other Of
whom Is likely to twirl the opening
worlds series game. We're tried out. MAT
ty' possibly has been in better form this
year. but In the four innings he worked
the heavy hitting Phillies were able to
score but once and would not have
counted then had not Shafer made a bad
throw to first on Masee. who later crossed
the plate on Luderus's double.
Marquard had fine speed and control IN
the FIVE innings he pitched. and tho only
run scored. for which his pitching was
responsible. was that In the sixth wheu
Lobert tr!pled and counted on Masee's
sacrifice ny TO Jim Thorpe. II was
Thorpes mum OF nm easy fly In the eighth
that was responsible for the Phlllies' third
run OF the game
with another double header tomorrow
McGraw will havo plenty OF opportunity
to tune up his other boXmen. Tesreau
and Demaree are expected to show In
these games. The little manager was en-
couraged by tho lively assault his regu-
lars made on Chalmers today, the Giants
hitting being hard and opportme.