Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-30


championship. you ALL" as the
Southerners say, have the winner III
your sleeve. If there is anyone who
is quite sure of this fact, wish he
would give it to me. 1 have been
going over the National League
course and the American League
course for sometime without reaching
any positive conclusion, yet others,
apparently, haven't been so unfortu-
nate, for 1 can hear every little while
some extra-wise ALEC" telling his
less intelligent neighbor how the
"Giants will beat the Athletics" OF
how the Athletics will beat the
Giants" On occasions, now and then,
1t is really pathetic to near the
boastful rawlings of some brainless
wonders handing out the dope-the
winner-on the worlds series. IT'S
well enough to hazard a guess;
to attempt, by deduction, to produce
the most likely winner, but when you
come right out with a bold front and
say, Here it is for you" one feels
like giving the wiseacres either a
slap on the ear or else all credit for
their temerity.
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To anyone who is not "off his troll
ley," the series between the McGraw-
ties and the Mackmen should be a
rip-snorter and so tight a fit that
neither is likely to have a thing to
crow about when the games are over.
In one way it looks like the Giants.
From another angle you can see
where the Athletics have the better
chance. Yet, after you get through
figuring, through doping, some fellow
who has trusted his luck to Tipping
coin, calling heads for the Giants
and tails for the Athletics, or vice.
versa, as the case may be, will come
along and give you the winner "for q
moral certainty" He may not be
able to tell you why, or have any
essential reason, but he may be right
in the end, whereas the poor expert
who has toiled and juggled and bat
tied with figures, conditions, the luck
of the game and the elements, will
lead you right up to slaughter-right
up to the loser.
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To get the worlds series winner is
one thing. How to get 1t is another
thing. Those who simply pick one OIL
the other team because he happens
to favor this or that club, may bt
content, but the experts would never
be satisfied to reach their conclusions
in that manner. They must know
and they must feel sufficiently certain
to their hearts content in order to
make their selections. 1t isn't any
out-an-out guess with them. They
wouldn't have it that way. You car
guess the winner, IL you like, and
you may land on the winner, of you're
lucky, but the student will produce
his conclusions in his own way and
he will rest assured that even in de-
feat he will have worked for results
not leisurely played with the game
of chance.
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As between the Giants and the Ath.
letics, you might make a stab ant
be right. There are only two tc
choose between. Surely you ought t.
get the right one. Yet as certain as
fate, just about as many will bt
wrong as will be right. Sentiment will
cut wide swath in the selections
for New Workers. will pull for the
Giants and Philadelphians will pull
for the Athletics. So far the Giants
appear to be in the most favor, but
the Athletics are not friendless by
any means. We shall see what we
shall see later on.
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With a pennant-winning club tC
back him, John J. McGraw has openly
defled the National Commission an6
declares the players should pay
no attention to the orders forbiddine
them to sign their names to stories
dealing with the worlds series. Be.
sides, McGraw, who is in Boston, says
that he is going to do all the writing
he wants to and that no such thing
as a National Commission will stor
him. Well. McGraw has been tanned
before and he has gotten away with
some very bare-faced breaks in the
past. He may get by with his --latest
and if he does he will
make the commission look like joke
wagon.
McGraw seems to thrive on disturb.
ances. He picks a fight anywhere ant
1t doesn't seem to worry him. He 1:
beaten now and then-both in argu.
ments and with the f1sts-but h,
back again and breaks out in Q
new spot. In declaring himself In
the present controversy in regard t
ball players acting as reporters fol
McGraw will please som.
of the scribes and he will offend
others. AS far as John himself i.
concerned, it is a case of self-protec
ton very strong. McGraw, for the
simple use of his name attached Il
stories written by a regular fellow
receives a pretty fair weekly stipend
AS far as the real newspaper man i!
there should be no fear a.
all. In the worlds series the bal
player may have his name printed il
bold-faced type at the head of tn,
leading articles on the games, but HI
isn't fooling anybody who is wortf
faalinn By thia Tina Loo th.