The Washington times., 1906-10-11
CUBS CAN HIT, SOX CAN'T;
THERE IS YOUR ANSWER
Inside Baseball of Nationals, Combined With Slugging
Ability Promises Badly for American League.
Hard Task of Pitchers.

THAT a good little man can beat a big
dub, but that no good little man can
beat a good big man, is Uulsm that
applfes not only to the prizering, but
TO other lines OF sport, and II seems To
be the answer to the baseball question
In Chicago which is now engaging the
attention of the fans all over the coun-
try.
The Cubs went in yesterday and beat
the sox To a pulp by TO /, outplaying
them IN every department. The soN
have nailed the flag in the American
I. .eague by remarkable inside work, but
thew cannot hit The Cubs have turn
ed the same trick I'm the National
League by inside work almost as good
as that of the Sox and in addition have
been hitting hard all the season.
Batting Tells Tale.
Granted that two teams are nearly
evenly balanced in teamwork, speed,
baserunnings, etc. and one is batting
exceptionally well while the other can
not bat enough to keep itself warm
then the one delivering the goods with
the stick Is the one which will eventu-
we may expect In Chicago.
Yesterday the Cubs used every one or
the brainy devices which have made
the Sox famous. took advantage OF
every opportunity as well as the old
Baltimore team could have done, mixed
up their swats, bunts, and sacrinces,
ran the bases I'm a daring manner-and
hit the ball hard. The SoX tried hard,
were always on the job, got one run
but could not plant the ball safely.
There YOU have what IS in baseball. as
compared with boxing. the difference
between q good little man and good
big man. us the ability with the vii
low that tells the tale. and although
the Cubs could do little with Atrock IN
the onaning game. It IS almost a sure
her tbat such a sturdy aggregation or
sl,rqgars will make more hits than the
Sox before the series is Ihlhs O- 'iio
past.
Sox Small Hope.
The only hope Of the sox is that their
Ditchers. by phenomenal twlrllns' "l'l
be able to hold down their opponents
10 practically nothing. This, Of course
4 POSSIBLE. but not probable, and the
i,7icatfons are that the Cubs have the
horter of II on the slab. Altrock won
bf- first game for the Sox, but in thaI
.,,+ss+ there was a large element OF
1.,cl, and the Cubs made as many hlIs
.s the winners. Yesterday WhlJe anu
owen two of the cleverest OF u'e 80
,,it.rars were hammered unmercItuiiy.
Eddie Walsh has not had a cIahoe , e.
b,r Eddie will be the busy boy II '0
/ Gets away with his spitbaH deIiEeis
, win an,- unusual success win the 'ieI
r,oroatar toying with the 50-uesiee
mark. If he hopes 70 win ne must "a
low the Cubs not more than ihIee VI
four safeties.
Altrocl is hard as nails and as he was
in grand shape in the first contest ne
NAV be called upon 20 do half or more
Of the boxwork for the SoX, ana mere
boping he will deliver the goods.
Following is Charley Dryden.s story
of Yesterdays game as told IN TINS
mornings Philadelphia North American ;
Bv CHARLES DRYDEN.
CHICAGO. oct. I0.-Over IN the stock
lords district. where gentle deeds and
wells are rare. the Cubs dragged the
sox around their own killing beds and
slaughtered them TO a finish Score, Z
/ To J.
I In the course of one night the West
3 Side crew switched from hitless wonders
/ to demon sIuggers, and this change OF
heart tells most of the sad story
/ surrounded by another 1900 bunch OF
coId-storage ladies and gentlemen ana
quite a lot of policemen, the losers OF
the first game showed the SoN how the
national pastime should be exploited
E. Reubach. the bankers son, choKed
them of with two hits and one smoke
less run. Neither of the hits figured IN
me lone tally. which was due 10 un-
toward circumstances.
Reulbach Lacked Control.
The big German lacked control. which
is one of his weH-known ecceutricities.
One pass. a wild pitch and Tinker S
tumble landed the smokeless tally in the
fifth. Tinker's display was the only
error. All the rest of il was tight and
strenuous. They had the SoX gasping-
Two pitchers went over the high jumps
before the hurdling Cubs. who plugged
them for ten hits. DR.. White was taAeI
back to the warming pan at the END OF
the third, after his neighbOrs ndd col
Z lected four runs and as many hits.
The air was too keen for the doctor,
who looked like a pallid icicle before he
cut .the nrst ball Then lsDel nlled
the doctors mind with dismal fOrebOd-
ings by a bum chuck to second in the
second round. The Cubs rushed three
taIlies across, though they should have
had none, and all the natural heat de
parted from Whites system.
War Hero Routed.
with the doctor done for. Jones un-
yelled his war hero-the one who walk
ed up san Juan Hin with Roosevelt and
feu down on the other side.
He is Mr.. Owen, a good pitcher and
all that. but the Cubs feared him not.
They kept right on biting the some
times elusive sphere and stealing bases.
I regardless of how often Sullivan slam
med the ball.
Having once found the place, Chance
and his men mounted the merry-g
round and rode 1t to death. Steinfeldt
4,11r his mates into the doing His moor