The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-05
f. MURPHY.
mesa Of some OF the Giant hittsrs IN
that series.

ness OF some or the Giant hitters In
that series
Condition OF nendc-.
During part OF. this season Rendar
was IN great form. then he let up In
MIS- work. Some or Tn. A,nnricnn
LeaEucrs tell me he was wor, down
IRON work. and that he had lost n LOT
OF his speed. II Is certain mn, =. soon
as the pennant became :, practical car
,ainty, Mack checked his pitchers md
did not drive them hard and after his
slump Bender worked easily and seem
ed 70 work back more and moro to-
"atp .'ts Top FORM doubt whether
he VIII be AZ good in the series as he
was IN july and carly August Some
or thos" who have studied him saw
he VIII not You have an casv svs,en
OF telling. II he Is In top condition
SlaCh WIN start him In the FIRST game
ana defy McGraw 70 match him II
he 10 not AT his best Mack viii work
him against ono Of the Giants he tbtnka
VIII he easier than Aathcwson 10 boar
The Giants ought TO hit Bender n
ittIe better than they did two years
aEo--prov!ded DOYLE gets into HITTING
form. Meyers Doyle and Burns n,ao
MI MIN, ana he Will have harder work
with Shaier, but tho others will not
trouble him much II he has his sreed.
neNt 70 BENDER comes Plank This
Fellow has been the mos, consis,en,
!ett- handcr that ever pitched baseball
lie IL the only lcft-handcr who has
gone along year after year. always n
winner. and any left-handcd ti.rher
VINO wins from GOO 10 500 per cent az
his games for eight or nine ,,c.rs g.,
pitching man. In spite or the facf
that the Giants have improved in thoir
batting against lefi-nandcrs n good
let-hander ought not 10 be troubled
much by them now. They cannot hit
ioil-hamded pitching "ell enough to
win much baseball even with their
Improvement.
Flank has been in the same straits
with Bender. lie went in anc shape
for time. then slumped. and never
has returned TO his top form II snay
he that he. too. has been preparing for
the series. / think he Will beat tho
Giants once in easy style and once In
hari tight with q lot or hitting. FOR
! expect the Giants 10 tag him fairly
well IN one game.
Puzzle OF Youngsters.
The puzzle OF the youngsters ia
Mack s-more than ours. They have
done remarkable work ard have shown
q lot OF class. Houck has been tna
most consistent winner. and he joined
the general slump or the team toward
he end. letting down in lis pitching
Indeed. ne seemed TO be pitching bad
ball toward the close where Shawkey
and Brown were pitching only fair
hall
The slump or the entire Athletic
star after the championship WAS prac
tically cinched Is the big puzzle or the
dope. For instance. If Brown is A.
good ~ he looked in some OF his mid
season games. he ought to hold tho
Giants TO blanks. while. IL he is a
bad rs he looked later-it would be
suicide to start him.
There is one consolation for those
who tremble over the alleged weak
ness of the Athletic pitching stan. and
that is that Cornelius McGillicuddv
and Harry Davis (dont forget Davis.
he is quite an element in this ar
fair) are two OF tho kecnest judges
of the condition and form or pitchera
in the country, and they seldom send
out n pitcher who does not show be-
fore he goes that he is possessed OF anil
his stuff.
To sum up--the chances are that
Mathcwson Will start for New YORK.
and the order Will be Mathcwson, Mar.
guard, Demaree, Mathewson and thenE
in case OF things going wrong-De-j
maree-and, finally in the crisis-l
Mathewson For the Athletics, were 1
predicting, instead OF merely study-i
Ing, it will be Plank. Bender, Houck
Plank, Bender Houck-or. IL tha
series is in danger-Bender or planl,
again, instead of Houck
Tomorrow we Will take up the sinh
ject OF managers-under which we wiul
study the team work, the brain wor,.
and the style OF play Of the teams.