The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-05
MATHEWSON TALKS
OF THE CHANGES OF
GIANTS AND PIRATES
SAYS REAL TEST WILL
COME WHEN WEST
GOES EAST.
With Wagner Back in Game,
He Figures Pirates Will Be
the Team to Beat.
BY CHRISTY MATHEWSON
OF the New York Giants.

PHILADELPHIA. May 4.-Now
comes the real test for the Giants,
when the western teams in the Ma
tional league journey east this week
Tor their first intersectional series.
The stiffest contenders for the pen.
nant are bound to come from the
west. in the Pittsburgh and Chicago
clubs. After all the four western
teams have made their eastern visit
there may be something to tell about
the finish OF the race.
Outside OF the Giants. Chicago and
Pittsburgh will find little opposition
In the east. except possibly in Phila-
delphia. Boston and Brooklyn will be
weak kneed against the charging
Cubs and plunging Pirates, and il
will be an excellent chance for one
OF these two clubs IN open up a lead.
Evers has shot out ahead with his
team in grand style. but as soon as
he drills into the east IT is going TO
be question OF pitchers with him.
Inc Cubs have been hitting the ball
very hard so far this season. harder
than any club in the league. but they
nave not met any finished pitching.
ne Pirates. who have a collection OF
tWirlers that look very good on paper.
: have not received any effective box
work. all the men being off form. This
Is practically the stiffest pitching the
Cubs have encountered. The Chicago
batters have easily dubbed their way
Ihrough The pitchers on the Cincin-
natl and st. Louis clubs.
but when the Cubs hit the east
they will meet able pitchers in both
New York and Philadelphia. with one
man. Nap Rucker. delivering a good
game in Brooklyn. The pitchers on
both the Giants and Phillies are mucn
further advanced in their work than
fWnTIaTE hn -.
McGraw has six pitchers in good con-
dition now. while the Philadelphia
stan is In tiptop form. The batting
averages OF the Cubs are liable 10
shrivel up little bit when the stick
ers meet up with some real twiri-
ing.
Look AT the thing from the Other
angle. None of the Chicago twirlers
mas shown phenomenal form so far.
For long time this season nor one
OF them had finished an entire game.
hut the team has been winning on its
robust sticking ability. pounding out
victories by big scores. Now. "
Evers' pitchers do not Improve and
The Cubs meet good twirling in the
east. they are liable to strike a S<mp
which may tumble them off their
perch. II they do slump. the pitching
stan VIII be the cause of their down
Different at Pittsburgh
The case of Pittsburgh is slightly
diHerenj from that OF Chicago, but the
outcome OF the impending eastern
tTip VIII have large amount OF infu-
ence on the Pirates chances Clarke
has an excellent pitching stan No
one denies that. but IL Is like a power
ful engine which Is running on only
"a cylinder or two and not firing very
strong on these. The twlrlers are
all out Of shape. Hendrix started
The other day and could not find the
plate Adams went in and was no
better Pittsburgh is a club that
VIII come like a house afire along in
July or August. but IL conditions
slowly. What Clarke needs most
IContinued on Par. r.nA