New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21
Master Minds of National
PaStime Will Strive for
Rubber" Series.
HONORS ARE EVEN TO DATE
Never Before Have Same Lead
ers Met Three Times-At-
tendance Figures Likely
TO Be Broken.

! lawn" McGraw marshal their warriors
On the field Of battle next month TO fight
for the baseball championship of the
United States, the world and the domin-
ions Of the solar system, as of course now
seems assured, a neat little issue OF man
agerial supremacy will be presented.
The two master minds of the game.
each an advocate of a different school.
have clashed twice before with the hon.
ors even. The New York leader, with the
great Christy Mathewson in his prime.
had a walkover in 1905, the Giants win
ming four out Of five games, every one Of
which was a shut-out The Athletics
| scored only three runs in the whole Sc
| ries.
In 1911 the pendulum swung the other
way, and while Mack's task was stiff
one the teams being forced into extra
| innings twice. he managed to capture four
OF the six games played. thanks to the
herculean blows Of Baker and the pitch
| Ing OF Bender, Plank and Coombs.
This year the same all-star casts again
appear on the diamond, with a few slight
changes. For Philadelphia Jack Coombs
| will be missing, but Harry Davis may be
back on first. owing to the injury to Nc
Innis. BrisCoe Lord has gone from the
fold, but Danny Murphy is available for
pinch hitting duty. The main force. con-
sisting of Bender. Plank. Baker. Barry.
Collins and Oldring, will answer the call,
| however.
on the New York side Mathewson is
again prepared for his fourth effort at
worlds series heroship, while Marquard.
boasting a record OF nineteen straight VIC
tories since he met the Athletics. will be
a factor Meyers, Doyle. Herzog. Fletcher,
| Snodgrass and Murray, all seasoned vet
Grams in the worlds series. are hankering
! TO begin counting the highly valued re-
ceipts.
| II is with these pawns that McGraw
and Mack will strive for the rubber
| honors. Not in the history OF the worlds
series has the same pair of managers
met three times Frank Chance won
! three pennants while at the head Of the
cubs, but his opponent was Hughie Jen-
nings in two Of the post-season affairs.
while Fielder Jones furnished the opposl-
! ton in the other. Jennings mad Fred
! Clarke TO meet after fighting his two
/ losing battles with Chance. This struggle
| for the odd championship between the
/ two veteran managers of the New York
and Philadelphia teams will be one OF the
! interesting side issues OF the interleague
warfare.
Connie Mack has a rare opportunity 70
place his name in the forefront OF man.
ayers of all time. If he can make away
with the championship this year he will
have achieved something which no other
leader ever accomplished-the winning OF
three worlds championships. Mack is at
present tied with Frank Chance in the
matter of making off with the post-sea-
son honors. Each has a record OF two
victories and one defeat
McGraw has only one victory. against
two defeats. Fred Clarke. OF Pittsburgh.
who has won four pennants in the Ma
| tonal League. captured two of his cham
pionshps before the era of the worlds
series. In two interleague affairs, one
with Boston and the other with Detroit.
he has broken even.
McGraw and Mack will enter their
fourth worlds series next month, a feat
which has fallen TO the lot OF no other
managers before. The New York leader,
by beating the Athletics. can even up his
record and make it two victories against
two defeats. and thus tie with Connie
Mack in the race for honors. II the
Philadelphia wins. however, he will have
| a mark OF three victories against one de-
feat for his rivals TO shoot at.
! 1t is safe 10 say that the series next
month will not have the thrills of the az
fair between the Red Sox and Giants las.
fall. and it is not likely TO be as we'll
played as the fight between the Athletics
and Giants in 1911. When the same two
! teams met two years ago IL was nip
and-tuck fight until the last game was
played, which ended in victory for the
Athletics by a score OF l3 10 @
Previously the games OF the worlds
series had not been up to the stand ard
| expected from the pennant winning teams
in the two big leagues. But the Athletics
and Giants set a good example in clean
cut baseball, three of the first five games
being decided by one run, while the other
two We're won by a margin of two runs.
Pitching Of the highest calibre. with
sharp hitting in the pinckes and spectacu-
lar fielding was much in evidence.
The thrills and excitement attendant
uron the meeting OF the Red Sox and
Giants last fall will not be equalled In
many years. 1t will certainly be a long
time before the big set piece of the Sc
ries, Snodgrass's mum, happens again.
But aside from this there were many
other stirring features In the first place.
the series went eight games for the first
time in history. owing 10 the eleven
inning tie on the second meeting OF the
two teams. Then there was the rally OF
the Giants after the Red Sox had won
three OF the first four games. which
brought New York up on even terms. On
top OF all this the deciding contest re-
quired ten innings to complete.
Owing to the number of games played
last fall, the figures for total attendance
and total receipts will probably not be
broken this year, although the shares OF
the players In the receipts OF the first four.
games may be larger. A steady increase
In interest has been reflected in the rec
ords for many years. and players and
owners alike are anxious to know whether
a new mark will be set this year.
The figures follow:
Year. Winner Opponent; anee eelpts