The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-10-10
By Crantland Rice.


BY this time you may have In.
halel the harry Inference OF
what mean by dynamite IN
Msek's batting order" meaning
EDDIE Collins and Franklin Bak-
or.
The wonderful work OF Math-
ewson might curb them on one
brief afternoon. but the largely
ttupendous bulk OF their bat
ting eye caused We several
week ago 10 pronounce the
Maekmen ''the most dangerous
ball club that ever waded Into
abort series"
You can take your AnHons, Burk-
etts. keelers. DelchantyH. Lnjoies.
Waguers. your Cobbs and Jackhona.
take their team and compile their
batting flesh into one massive lump.
and then know AZ the finish that the
games never produced such n snowy
batting pair an MRck's two amazing
wielders OF the glazed and tempered
ash.
Plenty OF Proof
This may stand as n broad aaRer.
ton. but 10 those who rise and say
we are wrong. we hereby fire n
broadside OF succulent stRtictics 20
show exactly where we stand
We are not dealing In opinions.
but with cold. clRmmy and pallid
proof. arrayed In n cluster of facts
Frank Baker now IL IN hia third
worlds series.
lie has faced the best pitching
the Cubs and Giants had 60 offer
pennant winning pitching oonsid
cred above par.
In these three Year,, out OF 50
trips 10 the plate. he has torn
of 25 hits, an average OF exact.
iy .s2I.
In the same period Collins
has been TO bat 81 times and
delivered q hits. an AVERAGE
Of .io8. Let this sink In for a
moment az you ponder the
why's and wherefores.
Yes They had torn thing,
apart In 1910 and 1911. Now" came
the whisper. they ara To be stop
ped nj last McGrRw has tho great
est pitching staff in tn. game"
Look ~ the Figures
What ball club can nhow three
better twiriers than Maihewaon
harquard and Tcsrcau on n year,
work. But with all they have had
and well supported. how abrup,ly
In this season hay. Baker and Col
lins been hauled up, Exactly a,
follows:
Baker, three games. batting
average $50: Collins. .5ss.
In rs trips 10 the plate they
nave harvested a flock Of -
hits, for a combined AVERAGE OF
800. They have scored seven
runs, driven In over seven
rore-more than half a. many
runs as the entire Giant lineup
has been able 10 gather In ali
three games. Outside OF this
they have been stopped. check
ed. eurbed and dispersed. Also
ehoked and throttled. To cay
nothing OF halted and subdued.
hathewson alone stopped him be
cause bis wall OF physical stuff also
carried n master brain. MRrquars
fell and Tesreau was slaughtered
not because either was SHY OF the
stuff. but because they were unable
10 outguess the Mackmen.
Here you have n cican.eyed. free
swinging club that can murde,
speed and curves. II Il once get,
act with a toe-hold
Tesreau never looked 10 have
greater speed. his curves cracked
sharply, and he failed TO issue q
pass.
Ford Picked Bush
Sunday morning at the PennsyI
vanfa station ! bumped into Rus.
Ford. az the Yankee slabman wa,
waiting to board an outbound YES
Thule for his Minnesota home.
Which youngster will Macl
use?' We quorled. Bush, Brown OF
Shawkey7"
Bush, almost 10 certainty.
said Ford tie IL one of the grea
young pitchers In baseball II,
has stuff. speed and control. bu
above all. he is n cool kid and
game one, and the sort that vii
work "a easily and az we'll in n bis
series as In an exhibition game
when he works the Giants will
have all they can carry"
We caught bigger earful Their,
than we knew about ut the time