Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-14
Chicago Cubs Entitled to
Credit for Winning Easily.
EXPERIENCE WINS OUT
Tigers, Dazzled by Importance of
Contest, Overplayed Themselves.
LITTLE MONEY STAKED HERE
Preparing for PimHco Meet-Hard
Foot Ball Games This Week.
Races at Belmont Park.
EXPERIENCE WINS OUT
LITTLE MONEY sTAKED HERE

Chief interest last week in the sporting
world conferred in the series of baseball
games between the Chicago Cubs and the
Detroit Tigers to decide the world cham
pioEship. Chicago was naturally the IA
vorlte but Detroit had many supporters on
the strength of its wonderful, game fin
ish In the American League race. But
"sameness' does not always win games,
unless the opposing teams are very evenly
matched And such was not the case this
time Chicago won because 1t had much
the better team. Now that the base ball
season is over the fans will have some
thing to talk about until the early spring
when the base ball clubs will begin prep
arstions for the season of 1903. Foot ball
now holds forth the premier outdoor
game The gridiron season is now well
under way. with the big teams working
diligently to perfect the forward pass, the
on-sde kick and other plays made posi-
bls under the revised foot ball rules
There was nothing startling In any OF
Saturdays games. This week VIII find
the big teams meeting opponents more
lay of their best efforts.
o. golf last week was the women's ma
tioual championship at the Midlothian
Country Club. Chicago, in which Miss
Margaret Curtis defeated her sister. Miss
Harriet Curtis. the champion. in the final
round Jerome d. 1ravers. the national
champion. kept up his good work by win
ming the invitation tournament on the
links Of the MoEtclair Golf Club. This
week the intercollegiate golf Champion
snip will be decided. Thoroughbred racing
tfr,lNea ut y limo .rl-
II being the final meeting of the season at
this course. There will be considerable in
tereSt In the result OF the lawn tennis
match this week between the West Side
Lawn Tennis Club and the New York
Lawn Tennis Club to decide the cham
plonship of the Metropolitan League. With
the exception of racing and foot BAH the
outdoor sporting season IS nearly over.
The Chicago Cubs are the cha mpions of
tie base ball world. and they established
their ella i'm to the title without the least
semblaICe of a tuke. But tie Detroit
Tigers are not without honor. for they
were game to the last and a game loser
sports. Incidentally. as a balm to their
disappointment. the Tigers have $1,000 to
divide among themselves for playing in
i've games. AS general rule, some
excuse for defeat can be offered. This
time Chicago's victory was so cican-cut
that bubble would be useless as well as
ont Of place. The better team won.
Chance has one of the finest, if not the
finest base ball machines ever put to-
grther II worked without friction all
the sea son and right through tie series
u determine the worlds championship.
There was never q slip or break of which
Detroit could take advantage. Hughey
Jennings. as great a base ball general as
h. proved himself. was forced TO admit
that his team p.tted against a
stronger organization. President Ban
Johnson OF the American League said
after the series: we were fairly beaten
by the Chicago team. They played better
ball OF course. we Of the American
League are disappointed" Then he added
that the long strain under which the
Tigers worked undoubtedly told on them.
certain that had conditions been otherwise
Chicago would have won the champion
ship Just the same. although the Tigers
might have Won one or two games of
the series. There is enough honor. how
ever for both victor and loser
One feature of the series was that the
star batters did not show up so promi
neutly as was to be expected. Craw-
ford and Cobb did not make as many
hits as their records for the season would
seern TO Justify. poorer hitter was the
hero just as has been the case in former
post series. In 1905 Billy Gilbert carried
was the big man with the stick for the
Chicago Americans. And this time Ross
man was the star slugger.
II is doubtful whether there was such
a small sum OF money lost on the world s
championship in this city since its In
ceptiun. The performance Of the Detroits
here on their last visit took all the life
out of the supporters OF the American
League team. and what little money was
wageTed was bet simply out of sentiment.
The Chicago Nationals had gone through
a hruising experience with the White Sox
only a year ago. got the rough edges
knocked off and were ready for the
Tigers This experience alone made the
Tigers look weak. and the Cuos left no
chance go by whereby they could show
up the Detroit players. A different story
would have probably been told with the
White Sox ON the firing line against the
Cubs but the veterans couldn't last the
route and the Tigers had to be offered up
as sacrifice. Their ia no doubt but
that the better club won out. and all We
can do is to take our medicine and wait
for next year.
Charley Hickman arrived in Washington
last Thursday. and after three games
with .h,. Trinity team this week will take
q trip to Cuba with the White Sex under
the management OF George Davis. Hick-
man is in grand shape after his season
work and hopes tn be a member or the
Whit. SoX again next year. "HIck Wit
messed the first games in Chicago between
the Detr0its and the Chicago Cubs, and
fed IN dismay. as he rs stanch sup
porter Of the American League and didn't
itLa D., see the Tigers treated so hdrShly.