Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05
.FourOut of Fivefor Mack MONTY
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Series Should End Next Saturday

whereas the Giants have by far ~
best mound corps in the NationeI
League. and consequently facSJ
pitching that was weaker than ~
National League average. Frarl,
Chance. now manager of the Va
I KEGS, ought to be in better positIS,
to know the relative strength OF tbs
| two leagues than anyone else, bainS
fresh from the Cubs, and he saws tba,
the American League pitchers OF the
present time are quite a bit strongsr
than those of the National.
Thus the Athletics have the hst.sr
batting and the Giants the better
pitching. Some contend that these
| two elements will equalize one an
other. There is this factor. though
the Giants have mauled the tar out n
poor pitchers. but have been stunned
by good twirling, whereas the Atb-
| letics have whaled the stars Of tho
American League at almost the same
same point that the fair pitching M
the Athletics will curb the fair bs--
ting of the Giants, the other deparr
ments of play will have to be looked
to for the answer In fielding tho
Giants are somewhat steadier than
| they were last year, when they threw
| away the series with the Red Sox. NJ
in 1911, when the Mackmen trouncea
them. But they are far from being In
the class Of the Quakers in this re-
spect.
The Jack McInnis Of to-day excels
the Harry Davis Of 1911 at first base.
| Eddie Collins. at second, is better
than he was two years ago, and the
same may be said of Frank Baker at
| third, while Jack Barry, at shortstop,
is about the same as ever The out
field OF the Athletics is far betteY
from a defensive standpoint than Il
used to be, with Eddie Murphy In the
place of Briscoe Lord. George Burns
is a better man than was Devore in
the Giant garden, and with Red Muir
ray and Fred Snodgrass in the other
places the New Workers get about an
even break in the y-chasing depart
ment But the McInnis, Collins. Bar
~, Baker combination in the infeld
has quite an advantage over Fred
Merkle, Larry Doyle, Arthur Fletcher
and, at third base. either Arthur Sha-
fer or Charley Herzog. Doyle nuns
| Collins a close race at second base,
but the others are outclassed. Be-
| hind the bat Wallie Schang, of the
Athletics, ought to about hold his
own with the veteran Chief Meyers.
IN base running there is little su.
L periority either way. The Giants
speed around a trifie better as gen
eral thing but the Athletics have a
| knack Of doing undreamed-O things
| just at the moment when they count
most. Take, for instance, their dou-
| Bile squeeze play. No other team in
the history Of baseball ever has sCorel
| two men on a bunt, one Of them
I - nol
while the batter is being thrown outII
or maybe even, as happened once this
season, beating the throw to first II
| this play is worked against the
Giants successfully, II Is safe bet
| that McGraw goes crazy, but thers
will be little chance for such esca-
pades with all hands as vigilant as
| they will be.
Generalship will cut figure as !!
always does. But there is no telling
who is going to pull the most bones
and vice versa.
A last brief summary Of what IS
looked for by yours truly: The Ath..
letics should outbat the Giants In all
games in which Bender and PLANK
pitch, and should outf1eld them all tao
way. If Plank and Bender pitch four
| games of the first five, the series
should end Saturday
II the Giants should win the one
battle in which we expect a young"
ster to hurl for the Mackmen and also
| should be fortunate enough to WIN
one Of those against Plank or Ben
der and the series lasts until the fol-
| lowing Monday, back with Bender
and If she goes until Tuesday, then
( Plank for his third start. But our re-.
| buttal is that it should be four OK
! the first FIVE for the Athletics.