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Show 7. I Local Baseball Oracles Pick Giants to Win Championship By John J. McCloskey. nnHIvRE Is nothing In the world like long experience. When Boston and New York begin the world's series on tho Polo grounds tomorrow, two teams of almost equal playing strength and Individual ability will be pitted against each other, hut the Giants have the experience and will surely win. This series depends almost entirely on the work of the pitchers, and McGraw Mc-Graw will clioosc his men more wisely wise-ly and will win finally. 1 look to see Mathewson open for New York and Wood for Boston. Beside Be-side having everything a pitcher should havs Mathewson Is the greatest pitching general that every played, and he will scare Joe Wood info a blowup and the Giauts will never let up on him. Long experience and science will beat youth and skill In a crucial contest ovnry time If Tresreau should start things for Xew York, even then the game will go to tlie Giauts, because Tesreau Is as good as Wood and will bo playing on hla homo grounds. -mv By Dick Cooley. & np 1 IIS most Interesting of world'iSjj; series will be a battle between managers and pitchers. Mugay Mc-jJ" Graw Is thn best and wisest general mj, the game ever saw. and I couldn't betfc,' against him. Boston has a wondftrful; combination of youth and strength and deserves all credit, hut when they bump up agalnHt McGraw they.g. will hear things that they navorap dreamed of, and I will miss my guesBK If they don't got stage fright. mL1 If Matty Is in good health ho 'K win. I have known him all his llf.;gt and I know that ho Is tho bardcitJBJ man In the business In a tight Plnch,ijji because of hi marvelous gencralsh P)j-Ho P)j-Ho will enter th game with the "'t" uatlon fully sized up. while Wood WU,C bo excited and very much prone stage fright. , t,2iV I should not be surprised If BucKri'i O'Brien simply will set things on Hmy. He has been In the background con-aJ slderably of late, but ho Is the banl-R est-man the Giants will have to conTn tend with. Ho Is a wonder, and I c"?, Imagine nothing better than to tmr ness a battle between O'Brien anaI big Tesreau. . , . Summing It all up, U looks to m like two evenly ma'rhed teams vruaj, rhe greatest leader In the world at tMiMw. head of one. This is McGraW.Jind tnBEr Giants should win. ' 91 |