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Show GIVE OPINIONS ON WORLD'S SERIES James A. McAlcer says- "I am confident the boys will go ahead and win the world's serioB. Aftor that they will go ahead and give Boston good baseball for four or five years to come without any changes In the ranks. "We have won this year not because the othc fellows hare gone back, buC because our boys have found themselves. them-selves. They have been coming. Thoy became 'due' and now they have ar- rived. Thoy will stay for a long time to come." Rube Marqnart saj'6: "I have not seen the Red Sox play this season, and have had no chanco to study them Basins: my observations observa-tions on the figures, I feel confident that the Giants will defeat the Sox, nnd It 16 a confidonce borno of the honest belief tbat we have the best baseball club." Ty Cobb says: "I favor Boston's chances of whining whi-ning the 1912 world's series, although I don't believe the Red Sox should command big odds In the betttns, because be-cause baseball is so uncertain that some little turn of the game 1b liable to make tho Giants win j "Boston's strength lies in their wonderful won-derful attack, backed up by some star pitchers. The floldlng of tho Red Sox Is also very strong and all statistics favor them over New York. The Giants have an exceptionally stropg team and I believe they will make a much stronger flcht than they did In the series of 1911. They will go into the 1912 series knowing the ropes better, bet-ter, and will settle down to business much quicker than they did last fall." Hugh Jennings says: "The Giants, while lacking the ability abil-ity of BoBton. may find that tho experience expe-rience In last year's series offsets Boston's Bos-ton's natural advantage. Tho finishing finish-ing polish of a gruelling sories Is hard to penetrate, and they may actually rise superior and play better ball than the Boston outfit on sheer confidence alone " |