Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-01
ACE AND YOUTH
TRADE MARKON
MACK HURLERS
This Time McGraw Appears to
Have Big Shade in Number
and Condition.
.Bv O. B. Keller.

.round in advance of a
WORLDS Series. it is just about as
..s.- ~ splash around a bit as to quit
...ua.g and guggle.
Ais. II IS just about as safe.
NE realize most convincingly that
-,--.-s appearing in this unpreten-
.-rs -proofreader, please
.-- ,.e- by-that nothing printed in
mis- column. if you have to spell it
-.. way will be taken with any
.a..a. gravity by anybody.
Bg, then nobody takes anything
d. sa.emnly in the way of Worlds
Series dope by anybody else.
He is too busy shooting his own
s7ecia brand of Hop.
So ne get an even break there
80 having got into the eddy, let
\ rs splash about a bit and en-
+ov ourselves.
come on in, the vat
Y0g know.
WELL. let's see-lets see.
W Yesterday we had il all ar
s~eor that the Giants we're going
. ink The Athletics because they
.eg Gants1 had a better pitching
start than they (the AthletiCs) had,
and r short series the pitchers
were popularity supposed to do most
at f.a heavy work
Hn very well.
NOW let's just skin over the cards
y again. looking closely at the
edges only, after the fashion of the
Nayfate VINO wishes some Old
Hands TO think he is a Wise Guy.
Here We 60. with the 1-2-3 bust
ness again But it does seem to
SORT of clear up the situation to tick
off the points with some figures
Looks busnesslike. And then you
know how it is with a box score.
You get the Real Dope there.
DON'T Tho White Elephants,
with all tn etalk of a stonewall
nfnH and smuggling, trimmed the
Giants in 1911 MAINLY BY AIR
TIGHT PITCHING. Look it up in
The book In only ONE GAME did
the Singing materialize.
Point BENDER, Plank and
COMBS did that air-tight pitching
Point 3-Coombs no longer is a
factor
Point Plank. the Grand Old
Man is nearing the limit even Of his
wonderful powers. This is far from
being something for a sportsman to
eIoar over any more than the case
Of COMBS But it is a matter for
cold figuring in picking winner,
Point And there you are.
THAT is to say. instead OF the
feared and respected rotation Of
Bender and Coombs and Plank. Con-
ME Mack this season can only pre-
sent an array like Bender and Plank
and HouCk, or Bender and Plank and
Shawkey.
Houck and Shawkey may come
through. or one of them may. Cal
Brown may do it,
Bur Houck isn't Coomhs, and
SnaWNey isn't Coombs and Brown
isn't the famous Iron Man.
r ENDER and Plank are older than
u in 1911
So is Matty? Yes-but no older
man Bender. and not as old as
Plank. the Grand Old Man. And
Mattv's peculiarly easy style of
Mtnaing has preserved his arm in
better shape than that Of Bender,
whose Jerking delivery has once and
again made long periods Of rest nee
eSsary. even during a drought
season.
Point 6.-Matty looks as good as in
1911. Bender and Plank not so good;
'"ombs-but every good sportsman
Joins the lament that the Iron Man
is broken.
w HIGH bring us to Maruuard and
Tesreau and Demaree. az con-
IRA stad with Houck and Shawkey
and Brown.
THE latter trio are youngsters.
never under fire in a worlds Sc
,res
That doesn't exactly let them out.
'ar Youngsters have been known to
Ties We offer in evidence Messrs.
ne Adams and Hugh Redient
But certainly the yOungster badge
Taa@u't add TO their DrOsDcCts of