South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-29
CAN THE GIANT
TWIRLERS HOLD
MACK s SLUGGERS
Present Dope Indicates New
York BOxmen Have Edge on
Athletics Unless Youngsters
Come Through With Rush.


OF 1913 VIII have passed into history.
Inc past week saw the pennant
contests In both National and Ameri-
can leagues settled beyond dispute
ana arrangements for the big series
between the Eew York Nationals and
the philadelphia Americans for the
title duly made and promulgated by
the National commission. Accord
ingly the real crucial" series Of the
year will open az the Polo grounds.
New York, on Tuesday, oct Z. and be
fought out there and at Shibe park
Philadelphia, until the winning OF
TOUR games gives either the Giants or
the Athletics the right 10 inscribe the
legend World Champions. 1913" on
the clubs banner.
The Giants were a good bit slower
in clinching the flag honors i'm their
league than were the Athletics in
theirs. Fer this the perslstency of
the Phillies on the one hand and the
cave-in of Cleveland on the other.
were largely responsible. The Mack
mems final and finishing blow was
struck last Monday at Philadelphia
when the Detroit Tigers were artistic
ally blanke6 in both games OF dOu-
BILE header The Phillies hung onto
the Giants coat tails the week through
and only succumbed 10 the inevitable
on Saturday when the BOstOn's won
their third game Of a seven game Sc
ries and thereby made il impossible
for DOoin's men to win out even
should McGraw's earnest but just now
weak hitting workers lose all their
remaining games.
InglOriously. the Giants lost on the
day the pennant was won, but il was
none the less effectively won. the Gil
ants third successive pennant. and the
seventh in the clubs history The
Athletics triumph gave them their
fifth championship flag.
Struggle Co BE Hot.
The coming struggle between the
two teams, representing the last word
IS baseball ability, as tested by the
long grind of a seasons campaign,
bids fair TO be one of the most inter
esting yet in the series OF contests for
WOrld laurels. The personnel of the
two teams is not greatly changed from
that OF two years ago when the Ath-
letics got the better of the series by
four games to two. Experts generally
figure a decrease in defensive strength
DS the Mackmen. chiefly through the
loss of Jack COombs and a cores
nOndtng gain by the Giants through
the addition of TecTeau and Demaree
10 the box staff. while MathewsOn
and Marquard still remain to counter
Bender and Plank. This leaves out
Of the reckoning however the large
group OF Philadelphia colt pitchers,
come through with a brilliant per
Torrance and possibly turn out To be
the star of the series.
Recent performances by the two
clubs Of course do not indicate what
they may do in the coming encounter
IL is interesting TO note however. that
while the Athletics have effectively
worked out OF the batting slump
which affected their pennant chances
at one time. and are now vigorously
belabOring the ball in old time style
the Giants have not shown a cores
ponding return TO the hitting form
that produces runs when they are
needed Last week, for instance, Nc
Graw's averaged only . ID runs to
the game while the MaCkmen were
amassing an average of nearly seven.
Conservation of pitching talent has
already been begun by the Athletics
emmy leader. He gave his veterans a
.<oOd rest last week, Bender not
showing once on the mound, and
Plank only for a few innings, in one
game MCGraw had to play out his
Mathewson. Marquard and Tesreau
came through with sterling perform
ances. Demaree was less successful.
All of the quartet doubtless will be
given just enough work the coming
seven days TO keep in condition for
With a week of the season remain
ing several contests for position in
each major league remains TO be set
tied. Chicago in the Nationals still
has a chance TO overhaul Philadel-
phia. but the outlook for the cubs
finishing above third is not as bright
as il was a week ago. The Pirates
are settled in fourth place.
Senators Second.
In the American league Washing
ton after being beaten in a series by
the Browns took vengeance on the
New York $ winning three straight at
the Polo grounds and thereby getting
a hold on second place as the Cleve-
lands continued their slide and lost
three games out of four. Boston and
Chicago stood practically stationary
and the fourth place contest is still
IN open one.
The batting duel between Ty Cobb
and Joe Jackson was watched with
interest during the week. The Cleve-
lander needed a bunch of hits TO oV-
ercOme the lead in points that Cobb
had over him but II was Cobb and
not jackson who got the prize coll
lection Tyrus officially went 10 bat
twenty times during the week and hit
safely in twelve instances for an aV-
erage of 500. Jackson on the other
hand had a poor week OF II for~him.
hitting safely only four times IN II
times up. an average of but .2S6.
In the National there is a pretty
fight between Daubert and Cravath
for leadership among the regulars.
Uaubert having slight advantage
when the latest unofficial averages
We're compiled.
The record in each league OF games
played. won and lost. with runs. hits
and errors and men left on bases
follows.