Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-07
CH|CAGO READY
FOR CHAMPIONS
FORMER ANGEL TO PLAY A
HEAVY PART
Windy City Has Not Had Pennant
Winning Team in Twenty Years,
and Enthusiasm Runs
Hiuh

With the winning Of both National
and American league pennants Chicago
baseball fans are working themselves
into frenzy recountng the difficulties
and downfalls which have befallen
Windy City teams for the last twenty
years past in which time the Nationals
have failed to land the rag. while the
American victories were not of a first
class order.
There was time when Chicago was
having more than her share of good
luck In the way of champion teams
that was the time when the late Mike
Kelley was doing phenomenal stunts
for the Lake City team. Since Kelley's
time there was nothing doing in the
pennant line until your Uncle Charley
Murphy, Cincinnati man. followed the
advice of Frank Chance, a player, and
landed the money
Jim Hart's failure to win a pennant
for this team was one of the principal
reasons why he gave up the game at
the time he did.
Cincinnati Reds We're Great
In 80 Cincinnati went wild over their
team that won from all corners and
were real champions. That's about
thirty-seven years ago. and Cincinnati
has worked ever since 1882 to land a
major league pennant this year hav-
ing the highest priced manager in the
game to work out the problem. but
there is nothing doing and Cincy is just
assfar off as ever.
When it was predicted last spring
that Hanlon had no chance with the
men selected for the task several
scribes said:
Just wait until this fall and Hanlon
will have the laugh" Nothing doing
in the laugh line, boys, this fall for
Sir Edward. Cincinnati has been
twenty-five years in major league ball,
with a record of 1921 victories to 1881
defeats. failing to break even by about
five games year.
Cincinnati was a member of the
National league in 1876, the first year
of the organization. and started off
with the tail-end honors, winning but
nine games out of sixty-five played.
The next year Cincinnati won seven
teen games out of seventy-two played
before being expelled for non-payment
of dues. In 81 the Cincinnati club was
expelled for violating the baseball law
about selling liquor on the grounds.
Chicago Has Fast Season
In the Chicago Nationals Charles
Murphy has look-in for the big money
for two or three years at least.
Nothing has ever taken place in
baseball more pronounced than the
beating Chicago gave New York this
season when they won fifteen out of
the twenty-five games played. and Chi
cago showed up best right on the
polo grounds.
This means that Messrs. Brush and
McGraw must revamp the Giants and
practically build up a new team before
they can hope to hold the Chicago out
fit. who have the New York boys sized
up to a fraction. 1t took Frank G.
Selee to lower the colors of the great
Baltimore team, led by Hanlon in '97,
and nine years later a Seelee lieuten-
ant, Frank Chance turned the trick on
John McGraw, a graduate of the Han
Ion school.
1t was a case of clean-cut ball play
ing beating out the win-tie-or- wrangle
element in both cases, and a fine thing
for the game this season. as it was in
'97, when the whole country applauded
the Boston victories over the Orioles.
II the Chicago teams come togther
one is sure to witness the cleanest kind
two fast fieldings teams and one fine
hitting team in the Nationals.
It will be unfortunate if Comisky
boys have to face their clever rivals
with a badly broken up team. Isbell
would be missed more than any of the
other players, while Tannehill displayed
qualities this season that no
other third baseman surpasses.
Pat Dougherty May Shine
In the east Sullivan is looked upon as
the prince of catchers when it comes to
inside work and knack of killing base
Pat Dougherty is more than
likely to put on one of his good streaks
during the post series. He is the only
of either team who has tasted
a world series. and when out to the
test was a prime factor in the result,
they met Pittsburg.
Boston's first victory was by score
of to 0, the score of the final game,
Dineen pitching both games, and in the
first game Dougherty made two home
runs, the first the longest hit ever made
by left-handed batsman at the Amer
lean grounds in this city.
Dougherty can look like the worst
player in the business one game and the
next game look like the king of the
profession. Left-hand pitchers will
bother the Cubs most. and the Socks
have pair of good ones, when right,
which will offset somewhat the batting
advantage Of Charley Murphy's boys.