Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-07

' i Worlds Series tournaments twice be-
 fore and each has a title won at the | expense of the other Consequently the contest which begins tomorrow
 is the third and rubber series. In al-
 dition the two clubs appear to be
 evenly matched in playing strength to a degree net usually found Sn 1 Worlds Series eontenders. So closely do the teams compare as 3 whole that
 it is generally conceded among play
 CTS and experts that baseball luck
 and breaks will figure to m Ensaal
 degree in the deciding of the cham pionship this autumn.
 A comparison of the players posi-
 ton by position. sculd appear to favor the Athletics. for 90 far as fielding and batting figures for this a majority of the Maekmen are and previous seasons are available shown stronger than the Giants. Not since the present system of Worlds
 Series play was started in 1903 has
 either league succeeded in winning more than three straight series. Dur ing the first three seasons of play the American and National league repre- sentatives alternated in winning the
 championship title. Beginning in 1907 the National League captured the honor three years in succession. The American League, represented by Philadelphia and Boston. dupli cated this feat by winning in 1910, 1911. 1912. To win again this season
 the Atheletics will have to break the interleague record.
 Laying aside the element of luck and comparing the two,clubs. position
 by position the Giants are found to be stronger in the pitching and
 catching department, considering the
 staffs as a whole while the Athletics have the, margin of strength on the ir- field Little if any advsntage can be
 said 10 exist so far as the outfeld is
 concerned, This leaves the batting
 and the base running of the rival clubs as assets that must figure large l ly in the ultimate results. Here
 again the companion appears to show
 close to an even break. The Phila- delphia players considered as team
 are better hitters, while on the bases 1 the New York representatives are, from a collective standpoint, faster and more frequent base steaIers.
 | When all is said and done. it ap.
 pears to resolve itself into a question
 as to whether the Philadelphia twill.
 CTS can hold the Giants batters in l cheek while the Athletics are collect ing a reasonable number of hits of | the New York boxmen. if they can. another worlds championship should be within the reach of the Athletics, but Connie Mack's twirling staff is
 not what itwas two years ago when i the Giants were defeated four games out Of six. On the other hand, Me Graw has strengthened his artillery | in that Mthewson, Marquard, Tese,
 reau. Demaree, Crandeli and From
 mer form a more formidable combina- ! ton than Bender, Plank, Brown, ! Shawkey Bush and Houck To gain [ the greatest advantage in this Iis'
 spect will require son.e shrewd ma
 noeuvering on the part of both Me Graw and Mack, especially in the game of tomorrow afternoon.
 McGraw has the choice of either
 Nathewson or Marquard. The former
 is the greatest money pitcher baseball | ever saw, and is cool end crafty un' der any and all conditions. Conse ayluent it would appear logical to hold him for the opening game at Phil | delphia, Wednesday, when hostile | crowds will have little effect upon him and pitch Marquard tomorrovi under the facoraDle circumstances oi ! home field and fans. Yet Mathewson i has reached the age where lie cannot pitch every other day and McGTaw may decide to give him the initial workout. in order to have him avail able for the third or fourth game ] figuring that Marqusrd with his ad' ditionaI years Of experience, can hold his form even in Shibe Park be
 fore 30.o00 bowling Athletics roOters Connie Mack on his first string
 pitchers Bender and Plank, has a
 pair of tried and trsle tWiriers to
 whom Worlds Series and taousanrs
 of spectators are nothing new Only the lack of cunning in their delivery Matthewson, neither can stand the E-strain of frequent comebaeks without reasonable periods of rest It is there l fore quite likely that Mack will nom. mate Bender for the boxwork toInor
 row just as McGraw may select Mar
 hewson, for both these pitchers lead
 their respective staifs in all-arount
 ability and must be used as frequently
 as possible during the short series
 In which. the worlds championship ii
 decided. The lineup should be about
 as follows:
 Philadelphia Position New Yort
 McInnis ... ...ab ... .tMerkle
 sColhns ... ..2d .. @Doyle
 sBaker ... -.. Sd ..... .@fierzog
 aBarry ... ss..... Fletcher
 E. Murphy .rf eMurray
 strunk ... ....ef..... sSnodgrass *Oidring ... ...if ..... .Rurns
 SchanE . ..c. eMeyers