Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
TWO CHICAGO TEAMS
COMPARED FOR CITY LEADERS

Side team. who has proven to be one OF the
base ball sensations OF the year. viii almost
certainly be used In a couple OF games. and
Manager Chance is also counting on Wei
mer to do his share of the work Who the
other National League pitchers win be will
probably nos be known until the games
begin. Wicker has been doing phenomenal
work and Brown has been pitching In great
form. Lundgrens wide. sweeping curves
are puzzling 10 some teams. but he has not
been used much this year.
Jones will have White, Altrock and Smith
to depend upon. all OF whom have been in
rare form and are known to be topnotchers.
Owen has not been pitching up to his usual
form lately. but has time to round to be-
fore the series begins.
III the fans were to have their way,
which. OF course. they Will not, they would
probably match Smith against Reulbach.
both OF whom are right handlers and both
possessed OF world OF speed and grand
assortment of curves. Both have done SEN
sationai work this year. The spectators
would also like to see weimer matched
against Altrock White. Buttons
Briggs and Roy Patterson would probably
bring out a battle not so sparkling as some
OF these Others. perhaps. but one in which
crafty generalship would play a bigger part
than speed, curves and control Walsh on
posed to Pfefrer would bring out n nice
night, but II is not probable that Chance
will use the big University of Illinois man
unless some new angle should come up as
Pfefier Is sadly in need OF experience.
Fielding Contrasts.
Comparison of the teams. position for po-
siton. brings out few points wherein the
claim OF superiority can be made for either.
The claim is made for Catcher King that
he has no superior In either league. but
Sullivan Is also a hign-grade catcher al
though he does not HIT well as the west
slider. Mcfarland has been hitting better
than O'Neil but he is not the hard worker
behind the bat or the thrower that the
cub is.
Capt Chance and "Jiggs" Donohue Will
be the opposing first basemen. Chance has
a big lead over the south slider in batting
and base running, but is three points be-
hind him In fielding. Eyers and Dundon, at
second, are two widely different styles OF
players. In fielding, Dundon has a big lead
over Johnny. but the latter has an equally
big lead in batting and base running
Joe Tinker cannot be called the equal OF
George Davis In the playing of the short
stop position. although he covers more
ground. George. besides his veteran ex-
perience. is a better hitter a better fielder
and better thrower Tinker undoubtedly
excels in base running. Tannehll al
though he covers the third sack better than
weak In batting and base running In which
he falls far below DR.. Casey. the Cubs'
third baseman. Both are hard workers.
In the outfeld the Cubs have the advan-
tage in the average table by a wide margin
Maloney has better batting and better
fielding average than either Green or Gala
han and has stolen forty-nine bases in the
course of the season. Schulte's averages
are much better than those OF Holmes.
Jones has slight advantage over Slagie
In helding but Is far below him in batting.
As far as records go. Hoffman and Isbell
the two utility men, are on comparatively
even terms in fielding. but the South Slider
has the better batting record.