Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11


late, for example. on the self-control
exhibited by Manager Chance and
others OF his great team. Psychologists
might dwell upon the power OF a deter
mined mind. Orators could find theme for
their eloquence on tho subject Of 1.-THE Pos
sibilities OF Purpose The results Of that
game, in fact. supply food for thought in
n dozen, a hundred. different directions,
but most OF all they show the simple truth
that the Chicago National league team is a
better ball team than the New York
Giants. And Il isn't necessary that tho
Tie Of September e. be even referred to
in this connection. Chicago had everything
against It in the crucial contests. In the
first place It had to play. off one game on
foreign grounds before a hostile crowd for
tho determination OF six months strenu-
Gus work. Chicago was greeted on the
Polo grounds with a tempest of jeers and
Kisses. II had not played for three days,
which was a decided disadvantage at this
season of the year, while New York was
in tho pink Of trim and at the height OF
q successful series Of games. Chicago had
travelled 1000 miles the night before. Wher
Il went on the field for the twenty minutes
OF practice accorded under the rules. 1t
was forced off the field after five minutes
OF such practice as the players could snatch
while pelted with Misses and pop bottles
from the spectators and obstruoted by New
York players. One Of McGraw's players,
AIcGinnity, was even sent in 20 strike
Manager Chance. in the evident hope OF
drawing him into a f~isticuff and securing
his elimination from the game. But the
hard-hesded S~cotchman from Chicago was
more man than brute and preferred secur-
ing revenge through the defeat OF the
Giants TO getting into a rough-and-tumblc
with the hoodlum who had hit him. The
New York Herald is authority for the state
ment that Chicago got tho worst of the
umpire's decisions all through the game
The Herald emphatically says that Dom
Inns hit in the first inning, on which Ten
ney scored. was obviously a foul" just as
Manager Chance contended. When the
game was over Chance and other Chicago
players were slugged. But whatever bodily
bruises the Cubs carried off the field did
not compare with the mental distress of
their vanuuished foe. New York. with
everything in its favor, had been humili-
ated and defeated by Chicago with every
thing against It. II was the most final
and decisive demonstration Of superiority
that could possibly have been made. The
great Mathewson was plttcd against the
greater Brown and the three-fingered mar
vel tiiumphed Just as he has done every
time he has met his sturdy rival for a
period of two years. In every department.
of the game Chicago outplayed New York
making tho victory complete and crush
Ing. The Cubs knew before they went to
New York the sort of treatment that
would be accorded them. Certain New
York newspapers had been busy Tor days
inflamlng minds against the Cubs and the
only wonder is that things were not moro
..s., 1-bn S,pffpaanf has hapn fire.
uuently expressed. There is enough glory
in this triumph for the entire west. not
alone Chicago. 1t was a triumph of the
greatest base ball machine ever organ
ICED over its greatest rival and the con-
querors came out Of the west.
Who is the greatest pitcher in the coun-
try? That is the question which will be an
swered with many different names. In New
York the word Mathewson will burst in
stantly from a million lips. Mn Detroit /
will be Donovan, in Boston Young, II
Washington johnson. Cleveland might b'
bold enough 10 suggest Joss and in Chi
caso walsh and Brown will have theii
champions. Nj these men are great. per
haps the greatest Each has performed
feats that are marvellous. 1t is. perhaps
not possible to determine exactly between
two great pitchers for the reason the,
are not pitching behind the same team
Walsh OF the White SoX this year pitched
in whole or in part sixty-five games, win
ming many more than he lost, a record will
few parallels. Mathewson has been New
York's mainstay. But there are thousandi
of fans who are convinced that for an iroI
heart and nerve and for a cool head anC
strong arm the like Of Miner Brown doe
not live. 1t has already been questioned
u another pitcher in the business beside
Brown could have gone into New YorI
Thursday under similar circumstances an,
beat the Giants. It is indeed doubtful.
And Manager Chance won the gam
with a two-bagger." That was the repor
OF the final Chicago-New York game tina
decided the National league pennant. l
is the story of a leader who leads. A
along the line Chance stands out in iron
Of his great Cubs and leads them on. Tn
place never gets so tight that the big cap
lain cannot take his place at the from
Every man on that team OF world heater
knows that IN Chance he has not only
good general. but q great player to follow
And that wins games. -Four times in ths
crucial contest the game before whic
New York said would stand out in bas
BAN history az the most remarkable OF a
games-tour tfmes In that game Chano
vent 70 bat and three times he made
safe hit. One OF those hits was a doubl
that sent two runs across the plate this
settled the contest and gave TO Chicag
its third successive p~ennant.
The galaxy OF great pitchers Is CROWN
larger. and the galaxy of great batter
smaller. The time has about been reache
when II f. necessary 60 lower the limit {
greatness for the batteTs. The 800 mar
IS too high. Not a dozen men in the tw
major leagues combined come up to this
ark There Is q growing belief anon
BALL players that under conditions whic
now obtain the 5000 batter Will soon b,
some a thing OF the past and that the .
nan will be p EiuSSer. This belief
passed on the wonderful development Of n
pitching sciencs. And there again is tbs
old, old problem that hug like a nightmsl
Tor so many years over the heads OF ba,
ball solons, II required years OF patiel
experiment 70 strike what seemed to I
an equation between the pitcher and n
batter ana Vow IL seems as IL the prORrei