The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-07

Pitching may decide the. worlds this year. In it's pitching stain VIII 1oe Boston's greatest hope. If Rudolph. James and Tyler can silence the bats Of the Athletics as they did those of, the National League teams, the series is bound to be close. If not, with a staff of seasoned worlds series pitch CTS to abet them the slugging Mack men bid fair to duplicate the success of their three last worlds series.
 Coruparison of Bender and Rudolph.
 worlds Series Record of Bender. Year. Won Lost t.S. =. 1905 ...s-.. .s.-..-.. 1 300 1910 ..4- -k-.s. .a l ;oeO5 1911 . ..- 1el2 1000
 Fender and Rudolph are expected to do the bulk of the pitching In the worlds series. especially if the series is protracted one. Both sha ave proven their ability to produce both quality and quantity.
 IF is hard to ssdapes paSrl1ers before . short series 1t is harder when they; are in dfrarent, leagues and are facing an opposing team for the first time Therefore it would be folly to attempt. to predict which VIII do the pest sVeIk. z. In comparing the men thereS is noth-s ing to go by other tn sn tll.eir past per forznancas- ssf,
 Bender has been in four worlds seriess in fact, in every one in which the Athletics have taken part He. has participated in nine worlds series rnunes and has won six of them. a narcentaze of .o67 In addition to this, he has compiled an honorable record in the Il years he has been with the Athletics. He Is noted as g cool worker under fire and has afzS Ideal temperament for Wor1dsgs series games. He is at his bests in scrises-
 H. f-. 3<5 work tIris season Not the least part. of his wonderful record is string of i consecutive victories. He started the season poorly having the first three games recorded against him. Then he found himself and has been well nigh inv4ncsb7e svAr since. Hesis Of small build. but has g. repertory that includes everything necessary to the making of a. good big league pitcher. He has curves, 1ine change of pace speed when occasion demands and an infialtte knowIedge of the bat ters weaknessea. ae uses his head at all times and conserves his
 Comparison of Tyler and Plank.
 WorHds Series Record of Flank
 Year Won Lost PC 1 eO5 .. ;. ... .. .i.-. Q .0o0 1911 -..... i .6o0 1913 .600
 Plank and Tyler. two of the star eft-handers in the game, may oppose they do, 1t will be 8 case of youth against veteran, with the honors go- ing to the fttest.
 Youth is not always served-1n base ball Plank demonstrated this in the 1911 series, when he vanquished Rube Marquard in the second game Mar quard. despite his big league experi- ence, is also a comparative youngseter alongzide of Plank.
 Plank. in his fortieth year. is pitch ing as well, if not better, than at any time in his long career. He still re- tains enough cunning in his good left arm to win a majority of his games. Like Matty, his main stock in trade is his wisdom Of the batters and his skiIfuI application of this Knowledge. He has appeared in three worlds. ser les, taking part in six games. Of these 1aet is credited with winning two and losing four. He was beaten twice in Matty won three of the games neces- sary to win for New York The pitch ing of Bender and Coon1be fin the ser ies with the Cubs in 1910 prec1uded his taking part. He won the only game he started against the Giants in 1911 and pitched only ohe inning in the game charged against him. Coounbs Injured his groin in the fifth game and the Giants tied the score in the ninth inning. Plank pitched the tenth inning and New York scored a run and won the game Last year with Matty as his opponent in the sec ond game. he held the Giants score less for nine innings, but crumb1ed in the tenth and lost, 3-0. However, he egened the score with Mathewson in the fifth and final game, which the Athletics won, 3-1.
 T,<z pitcher for several years. but not until the Braves came to life this season did he show his true value He is Q hard man to hit when right, like Plank, using 8 deceptive sscross-fres delivery, with a good change Of pace A peculiar feature of Tyler's "cross- fire" is that it is delivered overland By this deviation from the accepted method of throwing it, he gets added speed. 4 good left handler is a hard man for the Athletics to beat, an6 Tyler may do much in the series.
 Comparison of James and Bush
 Worlds Series Record of Bush.
 Year. Won. Lost R.C 1913 .... 0 1.00t
 It is general expected that tn, pitchers in the opening game of tht
 It is generally expected that tn, pitchers in the opening game of tn worlds series will be Rudolph ant Bender. If both managers work thei pitchers according to the dope PlanI a-nd Tyler. left handlers are slated t p1rch in the second game, and lame and probably Bush in the third gam Of course the standing of the serie after the first game or the first tw, games may cause a. switch in the pro gram.
 James is certain to get in the serie iH view of his seasons work, Bush be cause of his work in the series las year, when he pitched and won on game against the Giants is likely t have the call over the other Athe1eti pitchers if 8 third man is needed t assist Bender and Plank
 James is large and well built. He i xnastodon of strength and posses good speed His curve ball has a mic