The evening world., 1913-10-13
Connie Mack's club
More Powerful Than
That of the Giants of
1905 or the CUBS of 1907
and I9O8-Eddie Collins
Best Player in Game.
Bv BOzen,an Bllger.


~ ACH player Of the Champion
r. Athletics will receive
- check for S3.2ls92 tonight
or tomorrow.
Each player Of the defeated Giants
will receive = check for $2.l62,92
tonight
That difference In money Just
about marks the difference In play
Ing strength Of the two clubs.
The Worlds Series Of 1913 has
proved. after all. that baseball does
run to form. II has long been .
hobby with John McGrew that base
ball figures never lie and are pretty
accurate guides ~ to results. There
have been few exceptions. such
as the case OF tho White Sox against
the Cubs In 1905, but this time the
dgures did not vary a dot. The
Athletics had the better club. accord
ing to all figures. and won In that
proportion.
Ths worries Series just sndsd has
also proved that the Athletics are
the best pteos Of baseball machiu-
ssy that Was ever assembled. Their
nachins 10 more powerful than that
Of the Giants Of 1905 or che Cubs
Of 1907 ana %. Aside from the
old Daltimors Orioles, which the
modern day fan does not remember
vsry veil, the old Giants and the
old oubs are generally referred 70
% the last word In baseball psrfso-
eou. Dus neither Of them were ~
powerful ~ are the Athlstaos TO-
aAy.
: counis lGsak has the best base.
hall club ever put togstshr. They
have . defense that can check any
HAD Of hitting strength ana they
: have DR. ytng force that no modern
pitching has been able to stop.
II the Athletics should win the pen
!, nant next season, which they likel
! will. they will also win the world
series, II Is hardly possible that an
manager can build "A scoring machin
between now and then that can sto
= them. The Athletics are mostly youn
y men and will not wear out for severa
years. Two OF their best pitchers Ar
o growing old. but Connie Mack has
crop OF youngsters coming on that vi
be Just MS good.
TO BF REGRETTED THAT GIANT
WERE CRIPPLED.
II Is TO ne regretted that tho Giant
wero crippled In this series, Not ths
II would have changed the result IN III
least. bu, II would have made the 81
periority OF the Athletics all tho MOI
impressive Connie Mack himself M.
he would havo preferred 10 have see
the Giants on tho fe.1 with every ounC
" Of thsir strength.
II 10 true that the Athletics, In a
J. dition 10 their wonderful hitting. ~
the ben"ht OF several breaks In Il
- game bot II would be silly to call tho
70 "brcaks' lard !uck for the Giant
OF Wheu hLl club cracks on the dcfo
siye II IL not necessarily hard luck.
!s because II is weaker in that depur
- ment. II was hard luck for Mathews,
that Merkle should have made that mi
play that gave the Athletics the wl
ming rams Saturday, but, rcmcmh,
Mcrkle is just as much OF tho team
Matty--one-nint 70 paraphrase (
? line about the weak Link in the cha
the strength OF baseball machine G
. | better We measured II, It's weakest &C
II Perfect play cannot be counted up
. / in baseball. We don't often see H. I
proportionate lack OF perfection Is wi
l makes the difference In the teams, \
instance. II would be easy to point {
|, that but for mlsplays behind Mathe
/ son Saturday he would have pitched
1.shutout game. Al the SanS time