The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

part of the whole business is that
the active worknen today-Matty,
Mooks Wiltse. and Ed Plank-are
all pitchers.
Murphy Charge d'AnRirrS.
Davis is in the portfolio OF first assist
ant manager of the Athletics, while Dan
Murphy is the charge d'affaires of the
team or :hc field, having been appointed
captain last season.
Eight years necessarily brings many
changes in team, as baseball is a
hopper through which its players are
shot, separated from their best efforts
and then hurled away as chaff after this
separating process has been completed.
But within the short space OF two
years the changes have been re-
markable. the Giants in sooth being
more affected by the sweep of Father
Time than the Mackmen. Take last year
for instance The McGraw machine was
comprised of the same talent that
adorned the Giants in 1911
HerEoE VIII Re Missed.
Within one season two players have
been flung into the discard, one of these
being a notable and heroic figure of the
BATTLES last October between the Giants
and the Red SoX. Take Charley Herzos.
for instance, He shows fully that Father
Time is a vindiCtivc patriarch who has
rnerclIess scytne CIuDDed IN ms aged
fists
Herzog in 1872 WED with Mathewson in
sharing the honors accruing to the van
Cuished His work sparkled In every
game. mis- hitting. fielding and general
display of ginger and pepper making him
d marked man.
Now he graces the bench and there is
talk of shunting him to the st. Louis
Cardinals as a matter Of trading pur-
poses. Shafer. the lad who had to flee
TO the cyclone cellar to dodge the women
after his affections. has supplanted
Charlie and is playing a game that is
marvel.
DcCore with QuRkers.
Then there is Josh Devore. His hit il;
the opening game of the worlds series
in 1911 off Chief Bender gave Matty the
coening argument anO put the Giants IN
the vantage He is IOlling in the Phila-
d..Inhia roster now used occasionally for
pinch niCting purposes.
George Burns, d Recruit picked up pE
the scouts for Little Mac, came with
such 4 rush that he speedily ousted we'
Josh and made II necessary Tor McGra"
IN trade the manikin to Cincinnati li'
order that he might get Art Fromme' the
ln-and-out hurler of the Reds
one year ago if a person ventured the
assertion that in 1919 Lank Larry Nc
IAN would be catching in the world :
series ne would have been given the
a,,uine puffaw, But McGraw, with Meyers
in +ougb shape and a veteran catcher
needed went out and gathered IN the
,7isripIe of John B. Cough. and Larry Is
more than likely to catch number OF
games in the worlds series.
outfeId Has Changed.
Tho Nackmen. too, have shown
changes. In 1911 the Outfield that lurkeh
for tba flies comprised Bris Lord in left,
Rube OIdring in center. and Danny Muir
,b,- in right OF that trio but one rc-
,,1ains-Oldring. And Rube has been
switched to left In the ali-important
series StrlInk will be in center ana IL
wouldn't be triie surprising to see OLD
Dan Murphy back in right field dong
business.
His injured leg should be able TO stand
= seyen-game siege, and the veteran
might be more dependable, perhaps than
either Murphy or Jimmy Walsh.
Ira Thomas, whose work oehlno the
hat in 1910 and 1911 was no small factor
triumphs. won't be doing business TINS
season lam and Schang will be called
,,non for that labor. although II is more
-ban Drobable that Jack will do the bulk
OF the work.
jack COOmbs May Hurl-
Coombs. that sterling performer. whose
worlds series work against the Cubs and
Giants alike stamped him as one Of the
games best bets. may pitch and again
he may not II he does get in there in
his accustomed condition. then the
chances of the Mackmen loom bright and
spIendiferous If he doesn't there will
he considerable wise money going into
the betting statistics, with the Giants
the favorites
Bender and Plank are still on the job,
hut Cy Morgan has disappeared. He
went to Kansas City and is coming TO
the big show again via Cincinnati. Ot
the younger brood, Shawkey, Brown, and
Bush look the best II is doubtful II
either of these Juveniles, however. get
into actual combat unless the fray be-
comes Iopsided and Connie feels he has
no chance to win.
McInncs' Initial Appearance.
The sIOOOOo infield also presents a new
spprenIice in worlds series labors. Stuffy
MclnneS. the SndppN anu SdliSldSNuAS ,
successor of H. Davis, will get into the
royal battle for the first time. He was
a member of the 1871 team, hut during
the aIl-star series George Mulhn broke
Stuffys wrist with a fast one. Davis
played at first in 1911, and Mclnnes
should be a bigger help in the coming
series than Harry was.
Unless the Big Three-Bender, Plank.
Coombs-be on edge il would seem to a
dispassionate observer as il the Giants
would enter the historic trays favorite.
Mathewson is better than ever and
Marquard, while apparently not as good
as he proved in 1912, is no worse than he
was in 1911. Tesreau is an unknown
quantity to the Mackmen, and so Is
the startling young cartoonist. Mr..
Demaree.
However, the Macks' offensive strength
may hide any pitching defects while the
vaunted speed of the Giants was a laugh
against the Mack catchers in 1911. How
ever, il would seem to the lay mind thar
the ease with which the Giants raced
through the National League presages
that the McGrawmen form a better bali
club than two years ago.
Meanwhile the Athletics we're forced to
6ght every inch Of the way 10 throw on