The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-05

W hCh thC AiSCio anu atCS dCCt this week beginning Friday, 1t un- doubtedly will be the greatest worlds series played since the National and American League pennant winners have engaged in post season contests to determine the baseball c..ampionshil ' of the world. There is plenty of room for the dopester to get busy Tn the next favor Plttsburg and local fans are of. fering to that Pittsburg wins the first game.
 taken as 2 whole. has any great ad- vantage. True the Pirates have won the National League flag by. wider margin than the Tigers have been able to make in the American League and then, too, this year it looks as If the National League is stronger than the American League.
 Both teams lead their respective leagues in batting. eacn teams batting average being over the 260 mark, ana each team has the leading sIuGgers of its league.
 There is just one department where the Tigers seemingly have the Pirates away outclassed. Up to within ten days of the close of the season the ri gers had stolen more than loo more bases than the Pirates were able te pilfer. It may be true that the Ma ttonal League. has more good lpitchers than the American League, but it Is classiest men on bases that ever play, ed ball. Maybe Catcher Gibson will stop them and maybe not.
 the gFss ten easng n Case aes steslers am0h the National League and ten days aga he was seventh, with ultrty-three stol- en bases to his credit. fy Cobb led the stolen bases. Bush was third with for ty-six and Moriarity was fourth with
 Great Run Getters.
 Jennings will find the Pittsburg team good un-getting machine, Just as strong as Chicago. If ne stops the Pi- rates he will have to. do 1t with his and Miller wil run the sacks wild on schmidt. Stanage and the rest of the Detroit catchers. This Is one big ace in the hole for Plttsburg;, - .- the Pirate base runners. On the other hand, Gibson will make it warm for Cobb, Mcintyre. Moriarity and Bush, the fleet-footed flyers of the Tiger team.
 Then, Pittsburg has the advantage of having played against stronger teams this season: Even the most pretudiced that the pace has been faster in the National League. Chicago. New York. Cincinnati and Philadelphia have made Boston and Philadelphia did for Detroit.
 Pittsburg Is hitting .260 in the Ma ttonal League, while Detroit Is hitting .264 in the American. and up to Sep
 
 runs on 1,177 hits while Detroit's to- tai was 5s0 runs off 1.2o5 hits.
 :. Detroit Is the best base S; stealing team In either League; ths Tigers o9dleSn,ys- S,t,s burg's 156. Pttsburg shines as the star slugging club of the major leagues. The Pirates have run up the tremen-
 Clarke and his men are the best ex- tra base hitters in the game.
 From fielding standpoint the two teams stack up pretty even.
 Both teams are pretty well provlded with individual sluggers. who are like ly to break up, ball game at any old in Cobb, Crawford, Mcintyre and Jim mic Delehanty, while Wagner, Johnny Miller Tommy Leach, Gibson and Mil- son are the long hitters of the Pitts w Wagner, Leach, Byrne. Gibson and Clarke are the clever thinkers of the
 Cobb Is the smartest ball player on the Detroit team. Moriarity Is also d clever thinker and always does the right thing. Mcintyre is another rapid worker with nis head; CrawiGrd iayar R,sb aS a Cobb, Mcintyre and Moriarity will work faster than Crawford on the onense and
 Detroit will go into the series strong CT than Pittsburg in two departments of the game. Detroit has better pitching stan and a stronger outheId than Pittsburg. On the other hand, Pittsburg will show a stronger inheld and better catcher than Detroit. stronger than Detroit's inner works, whiie Detroits outfield Is about 25 per cent more valuable than the Smoke City outfit. Gibson. 1t is believed. win catch rings around the Detroit back stops.
 strength and base running. Cobb and strength and base running ability. Sam Crawford of Detroit may drive In mo. @ runs than Fred Clarke, but the Pitts burg man will steal more bases and score more runs than CcaWford. Clarke is also the better fielder Of the two
 Mcintyre has not been hitting well this year and Leach will have some thing on him. Bush will have to hold Leach safe. Johnny Miller, the Pitts burg second sacker, IS another good hitter and base runner. Detroit has one man left to give him battle George Moriarity. a pretty shifty stick CT and base runner;
 Bill Abstein, tne Pittsburg hrst base man, will outhit Tom Jones and play the bag as we'll as the former St. Louis American. Miller, the Pittsburg sec ond baseman, Is faster man than Del ehanty, who guards the second GUS ion for Detroit He covers more ground than Delehanty and will hit as vel! as of coure, Is given the edge over the youngster, Bush, the Detroit snortstop. Byrne will play third and hit as well as Moriaritv.
 Clarke will play better ball than Me- Intyre or Davy Jones in left field. Leae.1