The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-12
CRAYA|T|'H may Be B :.
AWARDED AN AUTO
New York Scribe Says Gavy
and Joe Jackson Look
Like Winners.

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two most Industrious individuals now
playing baseball?.
h pair Of famous diamond ath-
letes will be officially. rated as. the
most valuable performers for<the sea.
son OF. 1913?
What two men have succeeded, BY
dtn of their own hustling,, in making
their teams formidable in the PEN
nant races? -. :.
:. These questions. will. soon be an.
swered. and It is not difficult to guess
what two players will ride off the field
IN the prize automobiles Just previous
ries.
Last year the coveted prizes we're
captured by members of" teams that
battied for the worlds championship
iris Speaker and Larry Doyle. And
they deserved those honors, though
some CRITICS thought other. players
were more valuable to their teams
than. iris and Larry. E -.
Dark Horses Expected.
While h Giants and Athletics, who
VIII battle for the big plum next rat.
can boast Of many star players, 1t h
almost = certain that the. automobile
winners will not :be- found on either
team. but on the teams that waved
the best losing fight for, the pennant.-
philadelphia in. the National and
Cleveland in the. American. -.
When the votes are counted-lt Is
practically certain. hat-"Gavy" era
yath. h great slugger. Of the Phillies.
and Joe Jackson, the demon clubber
Of the Maps. will be Unanimously
elected to. make the. mods of accept
ance and to attend. the worlds series
as guests of Hugh Chalmers, donor Of
the cars. -.
Furthermore. it is predicted that
there Will be fewer dissenting votes
tina 9 was known in this contest.
Usually there Is a scattering" vote
for the lesser stars. but this year
everybody seems to agree that Jack
son and Cravath are the two most i'm.
portant individuals. among the play
ers and that their batting has done
more to keep their teams up In the
running Or pitching. Of. any. member
OF n Giants and Athletics.
remnants are Won by steadiness in
team work and good pitching. The
Athletics are an evenly balanced
team. Iney couple good pitching with
hard hitting and win. The Giants
are lot SO coompactly welded and
Their pitchers have held them up
across some slumps in hitting and Nc
Graw has managed them to the limit
OF their powers.
The cases. Of Jackson and crayatn
are Inherent. For the first three
months Of the season the Philiies
factor was the pitching Of Alexander
M Seaton. Back Of this came the
hitting, Of cravath.- His home runs
and triples won many Of those close
games Without good pitching Cra-
vath's hits would have been wasted.
"Gavy" is still mauling the pill as
he did IN the first months Of the cam
fighting for a lost cause. When Alex
ander and seaton became overworked
and ceased to hold their opponentsst to
one or two runs or a shuout, Cra-
vath's hits did not win. SO many
games.
Cravath Did Great Work.
Cravath. as much as anybody, is.re-
sponsible for the Phillies- hanging
close to the Giants nearly all season.
HIS ! record is remarkable because he
n day in May when he acted asa
pinch hitter n beat the Giants by
making a home run off Mathewson in
the ninth inning.
Up to that time Cravath was only a
pinch hitter. He is not a great out
i.eiuet'- put sui ne can go get en-"
He became a regular the day. he
smote Matty and has been hitting ex-
tra-base hits ever since. But now
that the Quaker pitchers are being
combed for vas quantities Of runs.
Cravath's long hits are not doing h
can much good. -.
jackson has been ClevelanJ's main
reliance and Manager. Birmingham's
big. reason for claiming the pennant.
Had h Maps been blessed with
steady pitching. early. in the season
as the Phillies were-thex might now
be neck n neck with the Athletics.
They are, coming strong, but not
strong enough to win. For one reason
they are unable to make a ~sIstained
squirt. ~Falkenberg, who was haijed
as a wonder early in the season. has
disappointed Cleveland fans and re-
Gently waivers were asked on him.
has slugged his way con-
sistentiy through the season and. to
the top Of the American league roll. Of
honor. He is a.faster man than era
vath, n the Quaker cannot compare
with him as a fielder, thrower, or base
runner
A m%ollycoddle is one whose firta.
are Of the fans and postage stamp
varieties. -
Men: who are-always talking about
balmy -breezes are either poets or real
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