The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-03
ALEX PICKS GIANTS
Great Pitcher Believes New
Ycrk's Great Attack Will
F.! Win Series
BY JAMES w. GANTZ.
(spo1ting Editor, the Philadel-
phia Press.

(spo1ting Editor, the Philadel-
phia Press.)
Grover Cleveland Alexander,
the king Of the pitchers -who
still retains his throne, peeping
through the pcriscope into the
future sees victory ahead for the
New York Giants over the Chi
,ago White Sox in baseball's clas-
sic.
Here's a pitcher, the modern
king Of 'em all, willing to admit
THAT pitching alone will not win
the series. Quite the contrary,
Alex the Great dcduces triumph
ahead for New York because bats
welded by the Giants will be far
more productive in the art Of run
getting.
What! Eddie Cicotte, Reb
Russell, Williams, Faber and Dan
forth will make the Giants think
they arc swinging toothpicks
when they go up there to take a
crack at the ball? Where do you
get that stuff? Now, it may be
SO that the Chicago pitching will
throw a monkeywrcnch into the
the New York artillery, but |
have reasons to think otherwise.
'Do l think the Giants are a
great scoring machine? Look at
my record against them! | won
game from them in our last ser
les; that's all this year. It's be-
You'd me to explain why they've
bumped me so hard.
"When McCarty is catching
and Sallee pitching, you have to
face nine men, anyone OF whom
might break up the old ball game
with long drive.
GIVE heard it said that the
Giants throw away chances to
score by playing the hit-and-run
for flock OF runs. That s not so.
The Giants can sacrifice as we'll as
hit-and-run and | look for them to
continually mix 'em up against
the White SoX. NEW YORK is
THE GREATEST ONE-1NNING
SCORING TEAM | EVER FAC
ED.
$50 much for the offensive Of
the Giants. Now the pitching.
There are two men in the Chi
cago lineup whose bats must be
hushed up-Eddie Collins and Joe
jackson. | look for McGraw to
pin his faith in lcfthanders, for
once Collins and jackson are sill
enced the biggest danger has been
removed. Fredic Schupp, the bril-
liant left handler, might shine
against Chicago, but | favor Slim
Sallee.
''It wouldn't surprise me to see
McGraw shoot left-handcrs, Sallcc
and Schupp, at the White Sox in
the first two games. Either could
come back after a short rest, but
it wouldn't be absolutely neces.
sary for there is Perritt. a right
handler. who will give the Sox a
lot Of trouble.
Il have been hearing a lot
about Cicottc's shine ball. He
might not have such a thing: it
might just be fccler. Anyhow,
if he has q shine ball working he
certainly will have to be at his
very best to pitch it past that
hard-hitting club.
"The Giants arc not a ball club
that might be considered a mark
for lcft-hand pitching. They
have a batting order well halanc-
ed with both types Of hitters, a
strong infcld with Fletcher and
Hcrzog, a great combination
around second, a pitching staff
strong in handlers,
good catchcrs and a smart out
field. There had been some talk
of Hcrzog being sick. look for
him to play an important part. :
81 do not expect the Giants to
have a walk.over, but they have
all three things necessary to win,
hitting. pitching and fielding.
with cool heads under fire. ,