The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
viii Be Covered by State jour
nal on Day OF Game.
Mere Interest Than Ever At
taehod to Championship.
DETROIT HAS CHANCE
New Tigsl. Infield Has Strength
cned jennings Combination.
BothTeams Excel Their Leagues
i'm Nearly Every Department.

Who viii win the worlds basebah
championship?
This Is a question which is today
uppermost in the minds Of all Ameri-
cans. who follow the great national
American pastime. The first battle
will be fought in Pfttsburg tomorrow
with the Pittsburg National League
champions and the Detroit American
League leaders. The biggest attendance
IN the history OF the game is expected
for the big event. The indications Ia
vor a close hard fight in the series
and it would occasion no surprise IN
sporting circles. should the fun seven
games be required to settle the contro-
:rersy.
The State Journal is going to tell you
RlI about the big games. A full &C
count of the game, which will be rur-
a1ished by experts right from the new
FORBES field and the Detroit park Will
he published in the State Journal, every
play being wired direct to the State
journal office as soon as 1t Is made.
And the State Journal Will give you
O full and complete story of every
game on the same day on which 1t is
played, II hours before a morning
paper can hope to cover it. Within Is
minutes after the close of each game
4he State Journal will be fresh from
the press with a full and complete
story Of the game. being sold on the
street by the newsboys and delivered
10y carriers to nearly every rome IN
she citv.
Dopesters Do Not Agree.
The dopesters do not agree as to the
result of the series this season. In
former contests the Detroit Tigers have
been easily annihilated by the chicago
Cubs, and have not even given their
hackers a good run for the money rms
wear the Tigers are an uncertain guam
tity.
The team which will represent De-
froit in the worlds series this season
Us a much stronger baseball machine
than the one which twice allowed the
championship to go to Chicago. Hughey
Jennings has prof1ted by past expert
ence and has strengthened the weak
places. complete new inf1eld, which
can field and hit better. will represent
the Tigers this year. Tom Jones at
first is a far better fielder than Claude
Rossman ever was, and his fielding
will more than offset Rossman's SUI
periority with the stick. At second.
Delehanty is a better hitter than Schae-
fer, and almost as good fielder. Bush
is a marvel at short and is ahead OF
OLeary in both hitting and fielding.
At third Moriarity is much stronger
than Coughlin. who was slipping fast
last season.
The outfield, which is the best hitting
and fielding trio in either of the big
leagues is the same as that of last
season-Davy Jones. Wahoo Sam
Crawford and Tvrus Cobb.
Teams Well Matched.
In comparison with the Pirates, the
chances for the Tigers look fairly
bright. Both teams are well matched,
and a hard battle for supremacy can
be expected. Pittsburg in the National
League leads in practically every de-
partment, while the same can be said
of Detroit in relation to the American
League.
In Leach, the Pirates have the lead
ing run getter of the National League,
this worthy athlete having registered
at the home plate 121 times during the
season which closes today. In Honus
Wagner, the Pirates have the leading
batter of the parent league. In owen
Bush, the fast young shortstop, the
Detroiters have the leading run getter
In the American League, and in the
well known Tyrus Cobb. they have the
leading hitter. In base running Cobb
makes anything in the National League
look tired. His record for the past sea-
son is IS bases. Bescher, of the Gin
cinnati team, leads the National League
base thieves by a record of only "a,
which by contrast shows Cobbs superb
GRITTY.
Detroit is generally given a slight
yhade in the comparison of the pitch
hg staff. In Mullin. the leading pitch