The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-01-25
WORLDS CHAMPS
BEST In HISTORY
CHICAGO CUBS FAsrEsr BASE.
BALL TEAM EVER ORGANIZED,
SAY CRITICS.
CHANCE A GREAT GENERAL
Important Series PINNED with Great
Foresight by Captain - Pitcher
Brown Held In Rsserve-praiss for
Catcher kIIns-AbsoIute Integrity
Of National Pastims Shown.

0r0Wn Veto IN NeoeTv0-Vf1oeo TOT
Catcher kIIns-AbsoIute Integrity
Of National PastIms Shown.
Another worlds championship base
ball series has gone into history and
another club has picked up the high
est honors known to the sport. Now
the fans are busy around the warm
fires. figuring 1t out, balancing up the
play and discussing the strength of
the contenders.
From the mere fact that the Cubs
won the series without the loss of a
single game. a feat never before per-
formed In baseball, it is safe to say
that the National pennant winners OF
one big league never outclassed the
pennant winners of another SO far as
the Cubs outclassed the Tigers. The
score does not indicate the difference
between the clubs. From the time
Chances men tied up the score in the
ninth inning of the first game tho
series looked to belong to the Nation
ais.
From that time on 1t was merely =
procession. the Cubs having the con-
ndence, speed and intelligence to keep
their opponents guessing all the time.
Jennings and his men thought Dono-
van was unbeatable. They thought
they could go through the series in
the same slam-bang style with which
they won the American league PEN
nant and stampede the Cubs right
away. The fact that Chances men
had the courage to tie up the score
in the ninth and then ta,e the agrees
sive, proved to nobody more clearly
than to the Tigers that the Cubs could
not be stampeded, and psychologically.
the series was decided right there.
Chance had planned this series with
the foresight of a great general. He
realized that last year he made a mis-
take in using Brown. his star pitcher,
In the first game. Brown was beaten,
and Chance had nothing in reserve.
In addition, the defeat OF Brown In
the first game affected the Cubs very
much as the failure of Donovan to win
affected the Tigers.
II these games showed one thing
more than another 1t is that pitchers
are not everything to . club. Good
pitchers are necessary. of course. but
good opposing batsmen can spoil their
records and poor catching can ruin
the good work Of any pitcher. No
pitcher is 30 good that he can keep
men of the bases. except in very rare
intervals. and when they steal ~ soon
as they get ON the bags runs are sure
to follow. Detroit's catchers were In
very poor form. Probably they were
not playing their usual game, as Jen-
nings says, but at no time and under
no conditions do they class with Killing.
whose work was revelation to the
American league fans.
John was steady and brilliant. He
did the right thing at the right time,
and he was the big factor in the Sc
ries. His work counted for more than
that of any of Chances pitchers, with
the possible exception of Brown.
Mullin pitched 4 wonderful game,
but he could not win the battle un-
aided and that Ia almost what he
was called upon to do.
The games demonstrated the abso-
Lutte integrity Of the national pastime.
II the clubs had wanted to turn the
series into money-making PROPOSE
ton. Chance could have used q poor
pitcher against Detroit Saturday and
lost the game, which would then have
necessitated a game at Chicago on
Sunday. This would have netted the
club owners in the neighborhood of
$50. 900 at the least. Perhaps 1t ii
fortunate for the game that the re-
suits were as they were.
Persons who always are crying
fraud would have had a chance to cry
fraud again. AS 1t is. all Of the SCOT
ers are ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The club
owners made practically nothing out
of the games. President Yawkey, of
the Detroit club. made his players a
present of all he made, and President
Murphy, of the Cubs, gave his men
over $1,000.
In the matter of umpiring. too. the
games showed high degree Of
sportsmanship and honesty. 1t hap
pened that most Of Umpire Jack Sher-
idan's close decisions were given
against the American league club.
while Umpire O'Day gave some costly
decisions against the Cubs. His deci.
sion that slagle was out at the plate
in Tuesdays game because thrown
ball in the tenth inning hit Steinfeldt
cost the Cubs the game. Slagle would
have been safe II there had been NO
interference. and O'Day could have
given Chicago the run without receiv-
ing any great amount Of honest criti-
cism.