The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-08
TIGERS AND CUBS
 START GRIND TO-DAY Detroit Opens Series With Chi cago on Latter's Home
 Grounds. COMP OF PLAYERS Cubs Have Better Catchers and Infielders-Tigers' 0ut-'
 felders Outshine.
COMPARISON OF PLAYERS

To-day opens the struggle between Detroit, the American league champion and Chicago, the National league champions, for the worlds champion ship. The game will be played at Chicago. It is expected that "Wild Bill" Donovan will face Mordicai Brown in this opening game. If in form Donovan ought to win his game
 but if the slightest advantage is of fered, Brown will quickly take it. The comparison of the players of the two teams follows;
 Detroit American league team;
 Schmidt, catcher-Is a good, reliable
 backstop, but not as strong as Kling
 in any particular; Payne, catcher Is a heavy receiver and a bit more accur-
 ate in throwing to bases than Schmidt;
 Donovan, pitcher-Has terrific speed
 and great curves. Is twlrling star bal and Is match for Mordecai, Brown or any one else. Is also a good hitter:
 Mullin, pitcher-Has immense speed
 and mixes a spitball with his other
 foolers to excellent advantage. Can pitch every day if necessary and is best balling pitcher in business Kill Han, pitcher-Is left handler, has lots
 of nerve and good with men on bases E first pitched for Jennings to win twen- 1 ty games; Siever-Has a deceptive
 left hand delivery, known as slow ball
 pitcher; Rossman, first base Not
 Manager Chances equal, except on a target to throw at; Schaefer, second
 baseman-Not brilliant, but steady and covers wide area Liable to break ur
 game with long hit at any moment;
 O'Leary, shortstop-A same player and can field and throw as we'll as the next
 one. Is little better than Tinker; Coughil, third baseman--Is capable in
 every way as good fielder. Has fac
 ulty of slipping in hits when needed;
 Jones, left flelder-Deserves decision over rival, Sheckard. Leads league in run getting; Crawford, center fielder Is considered best hitter in business
 Has it on Slagel every day; Cobb right f1elder-Has been sensation of season in many ways. Great throw CT, remarkable base stealer. He and Crawford are most dangerous pair oi hitters in either league. Outclasses Schulte.
 Chicago National league team Kling, Kidnapping of Cubs smoothly running machine. Wonder
 behind bat, deadly thrower and a dangerous hitter; Brown, pitcher leading pitcher for Cubs. Is a puzzle and has perfect control; Overall, pitch. er-Has varied delivery, good curves and tremendous speed; Reutbach, pit cher-An uncertain quantity, a hard
 proposition when good hit has been CT.
 ratic; Lundgren, pitcher-Typica colo
 weather pitcher; Pfeister, pitcher
 Has not performed well this season
 poor fielder; Moran, pitcher-A great help to Cubs as reliable backstop and timely hitter; Chance, manager ana first baseman-A great hustling leader
 a great ball player in every depart.
 ment and daring player; Evers, sec
 ond baseman-Most brilliant of Cubs stars at fielding game, a dangerous | hitter; Tinker, ,shortstop-Can cover g
 vast territory, not a great hitter but | very trick on bases; Steinfeldt, third
 baseman-A wise fielder good at hand. ling bunts. Great throwing arm. ! long( clean up hitter; Sheekard, Jeff
 fielder-A crafty player and resource.
 full. Has a wonderful throwing arm, | Slagle, center flelder-A clever base
 man, but rather weak in throwing fac.
 ulty; Schulte, right flelder--A good
 sticker, covers position gracefully, f1elt
 well and throws well
 Hugh A. Jennings, manager of the ri gers, says the following:
 q really don't see how the Cubs will | beat us. Every oneof our players is strong in a baseball sense and uses 1 judgment. They stick together ant | fight all the time. That's what won fol | us, and 1 count on that to pull the worlds title for us. Our team is wei | balanced, and has nerve and grit, tive | essentials for ball team to possess. Ii | is true that our pitchers have been worked hard to win the Dennant in the | American league, but believe that all | of them will give a good account oi | themselves when they buck up against l Han, who has a sore arm, But ever | that may wear away by Inc time the series starts, We realize that the Cubs are hard bunch to beat, and that they are top-notchers. We are not over con | fdent, but are after victory, if possi. ble."
 Frank L. Chance. captain and man. 1 ager of the Cubs, says: Naturally expect to see the Cubs win. They arc all in the best of condition and are ready for the fight of thelr lives. They realize that Detroit is a hard proposi. | tion. know that the Tigers art strong, very strong, but I think thai our team is stronger as a team. 1hl; | is oneof the main reasons why I think we will win the worlds title. The left. handed pitcher proposition Is not wor- | ryine us any We have defeated a loi i of them this year. We will go into tho fight for victory, but are not overcon. i fdent We have had the benefit of the experience of going through a worlds | series last year.
 Harry c. Pulliam, nresident of tht l National league, saysy
 T am looking forward to a most in- teresting contest in the series of games | to be played for the championship o1