Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-02
Figuring Out
Worlds Series
(By Hal Sheridan.)

New York, Oct. 2.-If you have any
hero medals to pin, prepare to pin
them now. In a short low days there
will be candidates for the hero prizes
1 bobbing up at the polo grounds in
New York and at Shibe park, Phila
delphia, daring the lightning to stril e
and tag them the hero of the 1918
worlds series. A series of battles
/ for the worlds championship honors
in baseball without hero would be
like q melodrama without william.
Everybody demands one, so let them
have what they want.
Everybody probably remembers
how Christy Mathewson was the
hero in defeat" of last years battles
between the Giants and the Boston
Red Sox This year New York fandom
looks to Matty to be just as much Of
hero. although they demand what
dy's mean defeat?" Frank Baker
has record that keeps him hanging
around right on the edge of the likely
hero circle for the Athletics. One slip
on the part of Giant pitcher at any
time, and crash will come Bakers
bat on the ball and a collection may
have to be made in Philadelphia to
erect a monument where the ball
lands.
AS the season is slowly wobbling
out of existence as far as the regular
league races are concerned, it now
appears that two youngsters who have
never before appeared in the grand
filings winding up baseball for the
season, may jump suddenly into the
limelight and grab off some of the
glory the old heads have pulled down.
The reference is to Al Demaree, OF
the Giants, and Shawkey, of the Ath-
letics
When the final averages are footed
up Demaree will probably find him
self leading the National League
pitchers, and this is his first year
with the Giants. Shawkey was pick 1
out Of the International league bv
Connie Mack along in August and has
been as reliable as the next one op
the Athletic pitching staff. Mack
won't have his famous pitching com
bination Of Bender, Plank and
Coombs this year. Coombs is out.
Bender and Plank can't do it all, and
as both were somewhat wabbly at
times during August and September
it may be young Shawkey who will
appear as the Giant killer.
Demaree is more of a seasoned
pitcher than Shawkey, despite the fact
that this is his first year with the
Giants. He is older, had had the BEN
eft of full season with McGraw,
and the Giant followers believe he is
more of a finished product
Unless someone pulls Frank Baker
and peels the hide off the ball while
the pitcher is figuring whether he will
hand up a fast inside or a slow one
outside, the work of the man on the
mound draws the glim from most CT
the eyes following a game.
Looking back bit it may be re-
membered that Marquard and Bedient
were the only pitchers who came
through the series last year without
defeat. Marquard won two games
and Bedient was on the winning end
of one Joe Wood stood the Giants
off long enough to win twice, but lost
another. Mathewson failed to win J
game, although he pitched some of
the best ball of his career. 1t was
while Matty was in the box that his
teammates got most Of their joy n
booting the ball around the lot.
Mathewson still holds the record,
for the greatest performance during
any worlds series. In 1905 Matty
worked against the Athletics three
times. He shut them Que every game.
He appeared against Eddie Plank in
the first game of the series and the
Giants won, 8 TO 0. In the third
game Andy Coakley was sent against
Mathewson, but "Big Six" came
through with 9 to 0 victory. IN
the fifth and deciding game Mathew
son beat Chief Bender 2 to 0.
Babe" Adams, of the Pittsburg
Pirates, became famous in 1909 when
he won all of the three games he
pitched against Detroit. Adams
games were not shut-outs, but he
jumped into fame with a whoop, as he
was practically unknown.
Leaving out the question Of the
actual playing ability of the two teams
the Athletics will enter the world s
series with slight edge of advan-
tage on the Giants, in so far as the
playing fields are concerned. The