The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-14

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about the worlds series with any
great degree Of certainty, IL Is .
generally accepted fact among the
experts that New York and Phila-
delphis will fight it out again
this fall, as they did i'm 1905 and
1911.
Both the Giants and Athletics
seem to have gone to the front to
stay, and there is little chance of
their being headed. OF peculiar
interest Is the fact that Joe Nc
Ginnity. now managing the Ia
coma club, was one of the heroes
Of that 1905 session, when the
Gial is gave the Athletics enc of
the worst beatings any team has
ever suffered in a similar series,
taxing four out of the five games.
A peculiar feature of this series
was the fact that every game was
q shutout.
OF course, as all of the older
fans will remember, Mathewson
was the real star of the series, as
he won three games, all of them
shutouts. McGinnity TOOK a 1 to
o battle, pitching against Bender,
but lost his second start, 8 to 0,
but this was no fault of his as
the runs were caused by thrown
ball hitting Shreckongost in the
back when he was hiking for the
plate.
Joe saw all Of the worlds Sc
ries games last year which were
played at New York, and doesn't
hesitate to say that the Giants
should have beaten the Red Sox
II the breaks had favored them
to any extent.
Knowing both of the probable
contenders for this years title as
he does, the veteran is a little
slow to express an opinion on the
probable outcome.
Perhaps this is due as much to
the warm spot in his heart for the
Giants as anything else, but it is
not hard to see from Interpreting
between the lines that he really
figures the Athletics to be the
better balanced team of the two.
III Connie MACK pitchers hold
up he is going to give those Giants
an awful battle" said McGinnity
yesterday. "but I see that he is
using two or more in the majority
OF games that he wins.
"The Giants Will probably have
it on him in this respect, but they
are not an all star combination
by any means, as far as the rest of
the team is concerned.
Myers and Doyle are the only
two really first-class men on the
team. think Shafer is overrat-
ed. Herzog is a flashy player
but not overly steady. while every-
one knows what Merkle is. Snod-
grass is fairly good ball player.
but Murray is only fairly good
player, while Burns. who is taxi
Ing Devore's place, I know moth
ing about.
1.-THE 1905 team we had was
not bunch of stars, outside of a
few Of them. But such men as
Bresnahan. Gilbert, Dahlen, Dew
lin. Seymour and others were
nervy, brainy men, and never
knew when they were beaten.
Philadelphia probably has
more real stars than the present
day Giants. in such men as Baker.
Barry. Collins. Plank, Bender
and this new catcher Schang. But
in these short contests 1t ia nerve
which counts as much as any
thing else, and the Giants are
long on that qualification. They
have to be to get along under the
McGraw regime.
'T'Il never forget the remark
RUDE Waddell made to me Just
before the series started. was
standing talking to him and start
ed strfnging the eccentric south
paw regarding the beating we
were going to hand the Athletics
YES. know you are going TO
beat us, Joe,' he mournfully re-
piled. I don't think we will win
a single game. You know am In
no shape to pitch and there are
none of the other fellows who can
stop you
II went back and told Monte
Cross that, and the Athletics near
ly mobbed the Rube for showing
the white feather before the Sc
rfes began.
"Yss. IT'S great to get into one
OF those series. from n financial