Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-24
Luck Against Matty.

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Luck Against Matty.
Christy Mathewson never pitched
more sensational ball in all his life
than he showed the Hub last october.
Three winning games were all booted
away. / didn't have near the stuff
that the old veteran showed, but ]
got away without extending myself
Somehow the boys stood up well be-
hind me- They slugged the Boston
pitchers and clinched the battle be-
fore they had been fairly started.
Assuming that the Athletics and
Giants meet again in a couple Of
weeks for the highest honors in base
ball I wish TO state right here that
we will have a much better chance Of
winning than we had two years ago.
That goes for me, even II Connie
Mack could boast the same strength
now as then. He was lucky to trim
us in 1911.
Every contest was a battle from
start to finish. save the last one We
cracked wide ooen then. think be-
cause the Athletics-which was that
year numbering bunch Of swatters
enjoyed one of those rare days on
which all pitching looked easy to
them. Nobody could have held them
Al NAAtAh OllNo luNN EOl SldIltu
l intimated above that the Athletics
had some luck to beat US Eliminat-
ing Bakers home runs, we would
have taken their measure a great
deal easier than Boston stopped US
last fall. Though we won only two
out of six games we gave a much
better account Of ourselves than we
did against the Boston boys.
We should be able to play much
better this fall than we played last.
for, believe me, we were so terribly
eff form that we would not have
finished in the first division had we
shown no better speed all year.
George Burns has added great
strength to our outfield. What applies
to Strunk in worlds series experience
goes also for Burns. But Murray and
Snodgrass are both seasoned men who
have had the benefit of two former
trials. Snodgrass had a lot OF tough
luck last year. Murray was the SEN
sation of the 1912 classic after falling
down badly against the Athletics.
McGraw's Batteries Best.
think our greatest strength lies
IN the batteries at McGraw's com
mand. In this department we over
shadow Connie Mack. We outrank
quality. Chief Meyers and Larry Nc
Lean form > catching team that for
all-round merit will at least match
the very best pair OF backstops that
Mack can start. I mean in handling
pitchers. throwing, holding up run
ners and hitting our pitchers lay II
all over those Of the Athletics.
We have four experienced tossers
to two for Connie Mack. Mathewson,
Tesreau. Fromme and myself will all
be in shape when the big blow-O
arrives. I eliminate Demaree-one Of
the very best pitchers that ever
erasped a baseball-from these calcu-
lations I stand ready to stack him
up against Shawkey, Bush or Brown
any day.
Demaree is one of the wisest and
coolest hoNmen | ever saw. He may
cut big figure in the post-season
games ! give the veterans prefer
ence simply because it IS the custom
for managers to bank on tried men in
such important engagements.
Render and Plank have been away
off form throughout the past two
months Mack has had to work them
70 death Clinching the remnant In
1911 they had the pennant cinched
weeks before the end Of the season
and were able to rest up.
Granting that Bender and Plank
should be as effective now as In the
fall of 1911. I still would contend that
we had an edge on the Athletics FOR
the worlds highest honors Of base
ball