The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-10-10
TY. COBB VS..
HONUS WAGNER
TWO BIG NOISES ARE SEEN IN
ACTION WHEN TIGERS AND PI-
RATES CLASH IN WORLDS
SERIES.

worlds championship and the sec
ond time Pittsburg has contested for
the blue ribbon Of baseball
Pittsburg won the National League
championship in 1903 and was beaten
by the Boston Americans for the
worlds championship. Five members
Of the present Pittsburg team wore
Pirate uniforms when Jimmy Collins's
Boston Americans beat Pittsburg for
the worlds championship in 1903,
namely, Fred Clarke, Sam Lever,
Deacon" Philippe, Hans Wagner and
Tommy Leach.
The Chicago National League team
has defeated Detroit twice for the
worlds championship.
Chances Cubs sWamped the Detroit
Tigers in 1907 and also duplicated the
trick last fall. The Cubs won three
National League pennants in a row
and lost one worlds championship
series 90 the Chicago White Sox in
1906.
Since the American and National
leagues have been battling for the
worlds championship In baseball the
National League has won three out Of
FIVE clashes. The Chicago Cubs wal
loped Detroit twice and the New York
Nationals defeated the Philadelphia
Americans IN 1905.
No series was played in 1904. The
Boston Americans beat PittsbUrg in
1903, the first year the two oTganiza-
tions clashed, and the Cubs won two
worlds championships from Detroit in
1907 and 1908.
Great Sticking Team.
PittSbUrg has a great sticking
team. The Pirates have slugged their
way tc the top OF the heap in the
National League. Detroit is also
strong with the stick. It will be a
case Of dog eat dog when the two
teams meet.
Chicago swamped Detroit in 1907
and 1908 by great pitching and won
deTful base running. PittSbUrg has
some clever base runners, but the
club has no such pitchers as Chicago
had when the Tigers went down be-
fore the Cubs.
The strength and backbone of the
Pittsburg club is centered in three
men-FTed Clarke, Hans Wagner and
Tommy Leach. This great trio was
also the foundation Of the Pittsburg
team that Boston beat in 1903.
Wagner is the greatest ball player
in the game. He has never had an
equal. AS a batsman, he has led the
National League for years, and there
never was a man in modern ball that
could run the bases better than the
Flying DUtchman.
Wagner covers short for Pittsburg
In this position he has no superior
The men who work alongside of Wag-
ner have easy sailing. The big Ger
man takes over half the throws to
second base, and also handles about
40 per cent of the throws to third
base.
Base runners who would bump an
ordinary man keep away from Wag-
ner. Just watch him work with Mill
er, the Pittsburg second sacker. and
Byrne, the Pirate third baseman. Both
are small men They generally let
Wagner handle the ball at their re-
speotive bags when a daring runner
tries to steal. Wagner Is in a class
by himself for this kind Of work.
The game never produced his equal
Tor taking throws and putting the ball
on the runner.
A Great Left Fielder.
F.. Fred Clarke, the Pittsburg manager
and captain is the best left fielder in
the game, a daring base runner and a
grand hitter. Leach plays center field
for the Pirates. He's a regular clean
up hitter and a splendid man on the
bases. These threee men are the bull
waTk Of the Ptttsburg team. They
furnish the brains Of the club and
take the initiative in everything.
Wagner runs the infield and coaches
the pitchers and catcher. while Clarke
and Leach direct the work of the out
field.
Another valuable member of the
Pittsburg team is Gibson, who has
caught every championship game for.
the team this season. Gibson is a big,
rugged fellow, with a splendid throw
ing arm He is also a good hitter and
has coached his pitchers admirably.
The pitching staff Of the Pittsburgs
is headed by Victor Willis and How
ard Camnitz. These two men with
Leifield, Adams and Maddox, have
pitched the club to the front in the
National League. Willis is the best
man Of the outfit He's a big right
handler, with great speed and splen-
did control. Willis is a veteran, and
was the star pitcher OF the Boston
Nationals for several years before
joining the Pittsburg team Many
have questioned Willis's gameness,
but his record is a most brilliant one
and Detroit viii find him a hard nut
to crack
Howard Camnitz. another right
handler, who has pitched grand bali
TOT PlJJSDuTS THIS season, IS young
steT, comparatively speaking. This is
his third season with Pittsburg.
While both Camnitz and Willis are
unquesttonably great pitchers, neither
can be elassed with MatthewsOn,
Reulbach or Mordicai Brown for
gameness under fire.
Pittsburg Pitching Corps.
Right now it looks as though Pitts
burg must rely on Camnitz, Willis,
Leif1eld, Maddox and Adams. This
outfit is hardly as good as the Detroit
pitching staff.
George MHllin, the heavyweight Of
the Detroit corps, has it on Willis or