Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-07
Closing Act of 1913 Baseball
Drama Opens at N. Y, Today.

! ming for several weeks. The rival man
ayers will send their strongest cembina-
lions into battle and fight until the very
end for the slightest vantage The
Giants will have the benefit of playing
the opener tomorrow afternoon OH the
home grounds and before some i00D
spectators. the great majority of whom
will be roofing for the New York club $
success A victory will send the clubs To-
Philadelphia with McGraw and his play
ers confident in the margin gained.
whereas should the Athletics win, the
edge will be with them in the second
game since on a familiar field and with
the fans at their back the conditions
will all favor the American League
champions
Mack's Twiring Staff.
When all is said and done. ii appears
to resolve itself into question as to-
whether the Philadelphia twirlers can
hold the Giants hatters in check while
the Athletics are collecting a reasonable
number of hits off the New York box
men If they can, another worlds cham
pionship should be within the reach Of
the Athletics, but Connie Mack's t@ifling
staff if not what il was two years ago,
when the Giants were defeated four
games out OF six. On the other hand.
MeGraw has strengthened his artillery
in that Mathewson, Marquard, Tesereau,
Demaree, Crandall and Fromme form a
more formidable combination than Ben
der, Plank. Brown shawkey. push and
Houck To gain the greatest advantage
in this respect will require some shrewd
sil1fy E..fi "a
Graw and Mack, especially in the game
of tomorrow afternoon.
Men at McGraw's Disposal.
McGraw has the choice of either Ma
thewson Marquard. The former isl
the greatest money pitcher baseball ever
saw, and is cool and crafty under any
and all conditions Consequently it'll
would appear logical TO hold him for the
opening game at Philadelphia, Wednes
day. when hostile crowds will have little
effect upon him and pitch Marquard to-
morrow under the favorable cireum- |
stances of home field and fans Yet
Mathewson has reached the age where
he cannot pitch every other day and
MeGraw may decide to give him the in
itial workout, in order to have him avail |
able for the third fourth game, fig
uring that Marquard, with his additional
years of experience. can hold his form
even in Shibe Park before 10000 bowling
Athletic rooters.
Connie Mack in his first string pitchers, |
Bender and Plank, has pair of tried |
and true twirlers TO whom World s |
Series and thousands of spectators are
nothing new. Only the lack of cunning
in their delivery can diseoneert them. |
but, like Mathewson, neither can stand
the strain of frequent comebaeks, with |
out reasonable periods of rest. 1t is, |
therefore quite likely that Mack will
nominate Bender for the boxwork to-
morrow just as MeGraw may select
Mathewson, for both these pitchers lead
their respective stans in al1-reund abil- |
ty and must be used as frequently as
possible during the short series in which
the worlds championship is decided. |
This being the ease the stage setting |
will be similar to that of the opening |
game of the 1911 series. when Bender |
and Mathewson opposed each other in !
the initial game at the Polo Grounds on
October IA, the Giants winning 2 to l be-
fore a gathering of 3S.2sl spectators
In other respects the lineup will not
vary to any great extent from the way
the teams took the field in that MEM
orable battle two years ago. The lineup
should be about as follows:
New York. |
McInnis, 1b ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Merkles
collins, 2b ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Doyles
Baker, Sd ............3b . Herzoee
Barry, So ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Fletcher
E. Murphy, ri ............,....rf. Murrays
strunk, Of .............. eff Snoderasse
'oioiiis, III .'..t.-. ................1. BnfhS |