The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-05
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hitters this season. Demarce ia n
smart pitcher and willing student
AS long ago as five years urged the
Chicago club to take him for trial,
after watching him lose game In the
spring practice season. He looked u
good pitcher then. lie was long
time reaching the TOP, eaA when lie
arrived he was ripe He pitched like
an old head tho first time he was
, dropped on 10 the slab have ex-
ahmed all his games OF this season
ana cannot ind that any style or bat
ter has been able 10 hit him consist
emily. no matte, how good those bat
ters are II they hit him once. he
STONED them tho next time In the
GOODNESS his own teammates and hose
who have batted against him viii
vouch for him.
Picks Dcmnrec as Star.
l expect Demarec TO pitch the low
medal score OF the series. and predict
one victory for him unless one OF the
Athletic pitchers scores n shut.out in
the same game. which IS hardly pts b.
ably. He VIII be pitching against a
! harder team Of battcrs than he over
has faced. and one which does not
permit a pitcher to let up for min
ute.
Tesreau is rather disappointment
He ought to be. but has not lived up
TO specifications this year. Just what
Is wrong is hard 10 tell. but his curve
appears to have toned down and his
speed has lost some OF its keenness.
He Is the type of pitcher that ought
to give the Athletics more trouble than
any OF the othcrs--and it is almost as
unfortunate McC \; l.;
fellow seems off condition as II la to
Mack to lose the services Of Jack
Coombs IF Tesreau gets into action
no Is likely TO give good account
Of himself, but his showing on the
season has not been such as to arouse
any confidence In him as n world's
series pitcher.
There Is man on the Giant staff
who might DO the rejected stone that
became the corner. and that is Fromme
He liz an odd pitcher When he ia Just
right. any team that hits him Mt all
is lucky. and he is just the type to
stop the Mnckmen Unfortunately for
him and the Giants. he Is just right
only at rare intervals, and no one can
tell when he is going to have an at
tack of the rights, so 1t Is hardly
probable he Will get In the series at
all, excepting 10 finish up in case of
an unexpected slaughter of one of the
stars
Against this aggregation there is
Bender, the Indian. who has been. with
Plank. the mainstay Of the Athletics
for so many successful years. Bender
is the best one-game pitcher in the
world. and has been for years They
may have their Washes and Johnsons
and all the Others but tell Bender he
| Is to work on n certain day in an i'm
| portant game and he Will be there,
and to beat him tho other team has to
score shut-out. He is not a strong
man, and every game takes something
out of him. so that no comes back
| with less than he had before. Those
who saw him beat the Giants two
years ago scarcely realized that he
pitched better ball In the game no
lost than In tho ones he won. and that
In the final game no was taking it easy
and brcczing over his fast ono as IL
toying with the Giants.
Bender has tho Indian memory. II
you saved the scores on pitched balls
two years ago you can tell exactly how
he pitched to tho Giants who were on
the team then-and watch him do tho
Same thing to them this fall. Bender
himsolf was surprised ut tho weak