The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-08
WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP
THE ALLUUING PRIZE
Greatest Crowds in History
of Baseball Will Wit.
ness Games.

VIII the Detroit champions dupli-
cate the feat Of tile Chicago White
Sox and defeat the National league
leaders in the warfare for the worlds
pennant?
That is the question that is occupy
ing first place in the minds of the dia-
mond fans. Last year the general
opinion was that the White Sox
woulis fall before the nrowess of the
Cubsl The dope went wrong as It
very oten does What win be the
outcome of the battles OF the diamond
this week?
Differences of opinion maze base
ball the interesting game that It u.s.,
and there is wide diversity of
opinion on the result of the worlds
series. Many things enter into base
ball game and luck is an important
factor especially in so short a series.
Eliminating these various conditions
that NAV make or mar the chances of
one or the other club. all looking the
two teams over man for man. Chica-
go's team seems to have a slight ad-
vantage, as Is shown in the following
points:
The inheld Of the Chicago club is
superior to that Of the Detroit club.
I'm the outfleld Detroit has the ad-
vantage
For catchers Chicago is head and
shoulders In advance.
The pitching stan or the West
siders. is. If anything, superior TO
jennings bunch OF twirlers.
AS a base running club Chicago
looks faster
II takes more than the pitchers. the
catchers, the fielding or batting to
win a worlds championship, or any
other game OF bah whore the teams
are evenly matched There must be
team work, perfect harmony any unity
of action among the players, together
with sufficient stick work. good pitch
ing. steady fielding and clever base
running.
The TWO Teams Compared
Taking the players man by man.
and comparing Them in their various
positions. show the following.
At first base viii be Chance and
Rossman The leader Is regarded
as the equal OF any first baseman in
the omtry from a fielding standpoint
With the stick he is superior 30 Ross
man, especially as a pinch hitter
On the bases the Cub leader will be
far and way a head of the Tiger first
baseman
At the second base will be Eyers
and Schaefer Eyers is king at second
base from fielding standpoint
though Schaefer is a fast fielder him
sell With the stick Evers VIII beat
Germany" for the Tiger is weak
batter. though when he does manage
TO connect be hits hard Both are
fast base runners.
AT shortstop viii be Tinker and
O'eary Both are sensational flelders.
but OLeary IS poor batter and
Tinker ought 10 ont hit him On bases
OLeary is faster man than the
Cub.
AZ third base will be Steinfeldt and
Couehlin Both are fine felders.
Coughlin is faster on his feet than the
Cub. but Will not cover much more
territory. The Tiger CAPTAIN viii go
10 first faster than "Steiny' on in
field hits. but the Cub is a harder
hitter On bases Goughlin has the
edge.
In the left field viii be SheckarG
and Davy Jones These men are
nearly evenly matched. both being
strong on Judging ny balls and on
holding them With the stick neither
is especially strong On bases both
are heady and fast
In center field will be Slagle and
Crawford Detroith as the edge here,