Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-04
BASEBALL RACING

! H RIDAY afternoon at Pittsburg the
fans of Piratetown will assemble
Il to witness the opening game OF
the worlds championship series be-
tween Fred Clarke's team and the De-
troit Tigers, winners, respectively, of
the National and American league
pennants. This year, for the first
time in a long period, stretching over
three years of big league play, neither
of the Chicago teams will play for the
championship. Chasing Detroit as
western team. in which division the
Tigers properly belong, the struggle is
a contest between the west and the
east. Pittsburg is highly favored by
the thousands who have followed the
fortunes of Clarke's superb machine
throughout the season, and the rest
the eastern team has had since the
strenuous flag finish was obvlated by
the long lead gained by the champions
has caused the hopes of the smoky
city fans to rise to the highest pltch
On the other hand, Detroit has eased
up in the last three days, and the big
stars of the team have been resting
preparatory to a savage attack on Ihe
Clarke men next Friday. Six games
will be played, as follows Friday,
October s, at Pittsburg; Saturday, Oc-
tober 9. at Pittsburg; Monday, OCTOBER
IL, at Detroit; Tuesday, october u at
Detroit; Wednesday, October IL, at
Pittsburg: Thursday, october IA, at
Detroit In case it becomes necessary
to play the seventh game the city IN
which it is played will be Determined
by the commission, as is provided FOR
by rule six and the time designated by
supplemental rule No. A.
This is Pittsburg's great opportunity
and they will make the most OF II.
Every Pirate fan will turn out and
veil himself hoarse; every player will
be cared for like a thoroughbred; cap
tain, manager, owner and RANDOM
will unite in an effort to wrest the
worlds baseball honors from a west
ern team. Here is what a Pennsyl-
vania hopeful argues himself into the
worlds championship in advance as
follows:
Pittsburg has the greatest out
field in the National league. Clarke,
Leach and Wilson have retired al
most $50 more batters than any
other trio. This alone denotes
great defensive strength. Clarke
and Leach get more flies than any
Wilson Is the only right fielder
who has average two putouts a
game. on top of this, the three
nail many a drive that would go
for two and three bases in any
other outfield.
This boy Wilson in right may be
compared to Ty Cobb. He is
great hitter, base runner and field
er, and his throwing eXcels that of
The Peach.
Here's another little thing denot-
ing the strength of Pittsburg: OF
the first fourteen pitchers in the
National league, seven are Pirates.
The greatest backstop in the game
today is George Gibson, who, un-
less injured, will catch all the
games in the worlds series.
The batting strength of the Pitts
burg team lies in the ability of the
players to hit right or left-handed
pitchers with equal ease. But two
of the team bat left-handed, and
of these Fred Clarke is the best
left-hander against a southpaw
pitcher in the business. Pittsburg
excels in extra base hitting.
In Wilson, Miller, Byrne, Clarke
and Wagner the Pirates have a
quintet of base runners who rank
well up. When it comes to the finer
points of the game, the team is
there strong. Fred Clarke has his
men drilled in every artifice known
to baseball They play the hit
and-run with a nicely appreciated
by the student. They work the
delayed steal to the confusion of
backstOpS They steal third as