The Washington herald., 1906-10-08

In another day the third battle for
worlds honors in baseball will be on. and
a merry conflict it's going to be- The
Cubs have had such an easy thing of it
in winning the National League pennant,
and are In such fine fettle. they believe
the White Sox viii be the easiest kind Of
adversaries. Fielder Jones tribe has
Travelled over a rocky road this year, sur
mounting all kinds of obstacles. and they
are confident that the task OF winning
Ban Johnson's flag, though hard and try
ing. has not untitled them for the still
more arduoUs ordeal of fighting for the
emblem Of worlds superiors.
Impartial students Of both leagues pick
the National League club as the prospec-
tive winners, and there is every reason to
believe that they will land the big fiag.
Jones athletes had to fight to the very
end Of the season to land the coveted
American League title. This required
more energy and vitality than the team
could spare, and stiI be fit for the Cruel
ing test in the post-season games. Last
/ year the Athletics had such a battle as
the White Sox They were not pro-
.
season closed. Then they collapsed.
/ Their vitality seemed to be sapped; the
club was all in Such a pitiful spectacle
as they presented in the world series
against the Giants no one would care TO
/ witness again.
ii is said the White SOx Will ind them
selves equally unable TO perform the task
before them. but the conditions are hard
/ ~ the same, and there is something to be
said of the comparative merits OF the
players Of each team.
SOx As Run-Getters.
/ The White Sox make more runs of a
/ few hits than any club that ever
breathed the atmosphere Of the game
/ Give them a base on balls or make any
/ sort of misplay that VIII give Jones
men life and the chances are they
viii come all the way around 10 haunt
/ their opponents But the cubs say
their pitchers are so nearly perfect IN
their delivery and their feldeTs are SO
nearly infalible that the White SOX must
depend upon batting 10 put them on the
paths And hitting IS something the
. White SOx do not crow about When
. they find q soft spot In their adverse
RES pitching STAFF they rattle on their
/ share of hits, but they will ind no weak
. ness in the Cub battery line. a more
perfect stan of box artists than the
Cubs presented this season could hardly
b. found. They were equal 20 any occa-
sion. and made a long campaign an easy
one.
it is said the White Sox viii fatten out
the Cubs because the latter have only
one Icft-nauder, while the Sox have ,wo
. star soutIpaws In Dr. White and Nick
AlJrock with very capable right-hand-
ers 10 call upon in emergencies. With
White and Altrock in their best form
they would undoubtedly be stumbling
blocks Tor the Cubs. but the Cub pitchers
/ must be reckoned with, too. They have
[ moved down greater batsmeu than 5he
[ White Slx and If the ScX had 10 depend
I upon batting 10 keep themselves warm
/ they would freeze on the slab. Those
1 who have seen both teams play this
year viii admit that the Cubs have the
I strongest pitching corps and should win
the series.
The White Sox are famous for their
sprintins qualities. II Is the fastest base
running team in the American League
IT is hard 10 stop COmiSkey's men when
they get on the lines. but the Cubs say
that johnny King viii do Ii. If Catch
or King cannot stop base sJealers, who
cam lie is considered the best catcher
I'm the world and Yet there is Billy Sui
livan. Without him the Sox would
go n0underiug down the line among some
of their fellows. 1t was said Of Louis
Criger that ne would turn back every
Pirate in the post-season games f0uI
years ago and yet the Pirates stole
bases about as they pleased Still Cri-
ser was "a great catcher and could peg
20 the bases better than any one. Klius
may find his troubles in heading off ths
White Sox in their quest for stolen bases
Well Balanced in Fielding.
Both are wonderful fielding teams pnd
| after the individuals are compared there
isn't "a lot Of difference. after all OF
course, one would choose Capt. Chanc,
in preference to Jiggs Donahue for frs
base, both In hitting and fielding. AnJ
vet Donahue IS no SLOUGH. Johnny Ever,
is better at second base than either Is
bell or Dmdon, and he will make NOR,
music with the bat. Tinker will eat up q;
many intended base hits as George Da1.
az shoraeld, and probably pole a,
many through safe territory, but Davis
noodle" is worth several like Tinker E
! And maybe a good noodle" don't &c
j something i'm baseball.
: The White Sox would never be factor.
= ia the race without Davis IL Lee Tan
/ nehlll the White SOx have the fines
| fielding third basemau in any league
/ but when mention is made Of his fieldinl
| all is said. Steinfeldt is capable of get
ting about everything that comes hi.
| way, and sometimes he goes a long WAY
| out of his way TO get things He is
! greater third baseman to-day than h,
/ ever was at Cincinnati. As a batsman
/ be has the third sackmen all beaten
| / Therefore, he is a dOubly useful player.
| Pat Dougherty, in left field, is an er
/ ratio performer. When going well he 4
/ a great run-getter for his club, but th'
moment things break badly Tor Pat h,
| becomes utterly worthless to his team.
II It must be said Of him, though, tha
! the White SOx did not get into thei
| stride until DOugherty joined Jones
/ forces, when the club looked like tn,
) poorest in the cluster of eight. ChoOsin;
: between Dougherty and Jimmy Sheck
ard, one could not overlook the latter
who has always been highly regarded al
a fielder and who has never played bet