Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-16
How the Worlds Series Fooled
the Wise People.
COULDN'T SEE THE SOx
Facing the Best Pitchers Made Them
"Hitless Wonders"
CHICAGO QUIETING DOWN
New Worlds Record in Running Race
at Belmont Park-Big Foot Ball
Teams at Practice-Goif.
COULDN'T SEE THE SOX
CHICAGO

With the worlds series of base ball games
out of the way, the experts and fans Will
settle back to a calm discussion of the great
contests. and from present indications the
battles will be fruitful topics of conversa-
ton all winter.
Ii is doubtful If a team, since the exist
ence of organized base ball. had been so
universally picked to win as the Chicago
Nationals From Boston to st. Louis, in
both the American and National League
cities. the base ball writers insisted upon
placing the Cubs first and the Sox nowhere,
to use a racing phrase. In those cities
where both teams played, critics like Morse,
Crane. FogeI, Phelan and Lanigan not only
selected the Chicago Nationals to win, but
insisted that the series would be walk
over and that the Sox would be lucky to
win one game. One man would say that
"the peerless pitching force of the Cubs
would turn the trick, another would say
'the hitess wonders would be weak at
the bat as to be Swamped," while another
lamented the fact that the Sox We're not in
frst-class condition so as to make the con-
tests Interesting. Mind you. these express
sions came from writers who had wiinesseI
games day after day throughout the seas on,
and they certainly should have been able
to tell tirst-class ball players if any one
The result of the series last year between
the Athletics and Giants doubtless led to
the biased expressions, the writers losing
sight of the fact that the Quakers We're car
ried along solely by their pitchers. An
other point between the two clubs were
their Intellectual and physical makeup.
Last year Harry Davis, Monte Cross, Sey-
bold Schreck and Plank were talking
about being defeated before the first game
was played while the White SoX to a man
could nothing but victory ahead, not
withstanding that the team, a whole,
was not in any better shape than the Ath
letics a year ago. Imagine one of the
QuakerS insisting upon playing the games
after his nose had been broken, as did little
Hahn 1t was this spirit that won out. and
nothing else. 1t nerved the pitchers up to
men of steel and the players behind them
appeared as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aside
their dizziness in fielding and welding the
bat in way to cause CONSERVATION in
the ranks of the opposition.
Americans Strongest.
The Star has always maintained that the
American League is much the stronger
organization of the two. and from the way
the White Sox had to play for the premier
ship of that body substantiates that belief.
Many were led to pick the Cubs simply on
account of the easy manner in which they
won in their race, without stopping to con-
slider the class of contenders from which
they won It, SO far the National League
race of 1906 was concerned, it was the case
of stake horse up against two good selling
platers and bunch of skates. From the
list of last July the only real point to decide
was the place money. The easy manner in
which the Cubs won led many to believe
that they We're better than they really
were. and conversely, the SoX were under
estimated because of the tough shedding
which they experienced in capturing the
American League pepnant.
The one big point where the 'dopsters''
went wrong was on the consistency OF the
White Sox. a point never lost sight of by
close followers of the horse-racing game.
From 1900 until the present time the Sox
has had but one bad season, and since
Fielder Jones has had charge of the team
they have always been factors in the pen
nant races.
1t their inside ball and superior brain
work on the diamond that made the Sox
the envied orga nzati of the American
League and the other managers appeared to
take especial delight in throwing them
down. This opposition demonstrated con-
ciusiVely their pusnastic makeup and in
stead OF weakening under the continuous
fire of facing the best pitchers in the coun-
try they played their best. Their reputa-
ton of "htless wonders" developed through
this opposition. OF the seventy-odd games
played away from home by the Sox the past
season, how many times We're they I'D
against weak twirlers? At the outside, not
over dozen, and the same thing applies to
their games at home. Under those condi-
lions how could they become sluggers?
Here in Washington we have seen the local
pitchers weaken toward the end of the
game and If any one thought for a minute
that the White Sox couldn't hit the ball they
should have seen them then.
The fact of the matter is that the White
Sox have all along been strong in the field
and strong at the bat every man on the
team being of that sort who could WALTON
the ball II given half chance. This chance
developed in the worlds series and they
were quick as usual grasping the oppor-
tunity.
While the entire team Is deserving Of the
greatest praise, not only for winning the
American League pennant and the worlds
championship as well, the chief honors I'M
Qouotedly belong to Manager Fielder
Jones. He kept the boys going all the time
maintained harmony, got them working
their heads off for him and under these cons
ditions there was simply nothing to 1t but
victory The White Sox won three cham
pionships. worlds, league and city, and
they deserved IT.