Show GIANTS LOOK LIKE SURE WINNERS 4 ze 4 Z 4 44 4 i 4 2 54 ee fr fr MATTY IN SHAPE SAYS RUNYON DV BY Dl DA DAMON lN EW Oct 13 13 Tomorrow U is THAT day Theories b fade aie sp sye en we are now lon confronted by hy a N NJ condition The Ilie If Il ifs KO go to discard IM ard by b nightfall tl the first Cut battle of the be orld's orld series ere wilL wil ill lime bc been beD n Moue one ODe will sill il sou ou Similarly some soles IOle one will nUl lout lost Six brief In days N have n not changed ed the of he tue situation OJ gia r viewed lc from this uncle angle It I still looks look the Giants on 00 the chin strap Johnny McGraw end and the bIg biff tonn bos bol appear to hn c tb the sImile from manager to mascot It I may my turn out to be Ul IOU greatest greanes series ever evor contested but If It one Is wrong one m may as aswell well wel be wrong and ad there thero I Is no apparent reason why the Giants if It they win at all 11 should not win O easily a as to cause CRuse the Athletics admirers to wonder how 0 they ever figured them a n chance On theother tho the otH other r hand if It the tho New York club loses losos It I may be In the same samo dolorous fashion Mathewson looks like the probable pitching selection for tor tomorrow afternoon unless it I should be a dark cool day In that event Mar or Leon Ames the Ames the latter a an outside outside out out- side ld chance will chance chance wll will likely be chosen Marquard would appear the best bet of ot course There Thero I la Is no question queston about condition Tho The big blonde has hns been Careful carefully preparing himself About I Marquard there is fit alwa always g the tho problem of or control if hu ho has that be lie will wi be un unbeatable I The Athletics camp has been productive of bear stories for or some somo days past paL Besides several of ot the other players laer are arc said to have various ailments These stories have hail had no effect on the od odds S Thc They still MUl favor tavor the tho Giants a a bit bi ery E single member of or the tho McGraw club Is In tho the very bm best condition They he will wil have hav no nu lu excuses on that score Lan Larry Do Doyle's Doyles leg ankle I Is not lOot as S strong as it I might be be but the thc crowd will vill wil probably see SOC nu no flU Indication of the weak ness nes when the game little captain takes the field Celd Klem and n. the National league umpires and Connol Connolly and the tho American league representative have received their instructions from tho the national slon sion and know exactly what Is expected of ot them Th There Thero r I seems cems t to be an Impression that there is a difference In the construction of ot the tho American and National base base- ball hut but A. A r G. G SpaldIng and A. A J. J J Reach heads of ot the companies companies com corn panics which produce the tho official cork corle center balls bails bals for tor tho the two leagues ues Issued a statement tonight to the effect that hat the tho balls bals are made according to the same sanIe specifications exact exactly ex ex- act The Tue balls which will be used In this series will wil bo be exact duplicates of those thoe us used in the world series Berles of ot 1910 Manager McGraw of or the Giants was as silent as over ever tonight on the probable outcome of ot the thc series but those close to the little manager believe that down in his hI heart he is conti confident dent of ot winning Rumors from the Athletics camp are that the Philadelphia philadelphia Philadel philadel- elphia el- el phia phia players real really tear fear McGraw more than they do o the Giants themselves They appreciate his versatility McGraw makes It I n n. point never ne to offer predictions but he lie re reIterated reIterated reiterated re- re iterated the statement that his men are in good shape and he lie believes es bele the they will wil give a goo good account of ot themselves The Tho header double against Brooklyn gave absolutely no flO noline line lne on the tho Ol Giants it I looked af at times as if the local club was hardly trying which ma may or at may not have havo been bEen duo to the fact fael that Athletic scouts were reported to bo be in the grand Irand stand The players appeared appeared to be bo merely taking an exorcise galop gallop Mathewson hs not looked tho the Athletics over as was WS anticipated anticipated an an- and neither has an any other representative o of the Gant Giants McGraw himself a as has been Leen repeatedly stat stated prefers getting lila his first look at them when the they take e tho the fit Id feld and sizing up their play first hand hanL Tho The scene cene is therefore set for tor the hand struggle with both teams comparatively Ignorant of ot the others other's style Old ball bal players seem inclined to to the tile belief that the pitching will 1 determine the thc Issue and anU that being true the Giants on the beat of or the argument to begin with |