The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-08
FIRST GAME FOR
WORLDS REMNANT
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OF the players in the outneld. for where
one team excels in one position the other
excels in another; that the catchers Of
the Detroit team will not be up to the
standard OF Gibson, OF Pittsburg who
will probably be asked TO do the bulk OF
the work for the National League club,
and II ne Is injured Pittsburg will have
it's hands full; that one man has just as
good right as another TO guess what the
pitchers will do. and that the man who
can make the luckiest guess will win his
wager Of a box of cigars If he makes one.
Better Than Last Year.
A New York critic believes that the
pitchers Of the Detroit team are in bet
ter condition TO begin this series than
th5y have been I'm other contests for the
worlds championship. For that reason
they may make Pittsburg work harder;
but after watching with much interest
the work OF the Pittsburg players and
the Detroit players all the season. It
looks like a Pittsburg victory. by mar
gin somewhat closer. perhaps, than that
Of Chicago last year.
What Mr.. Clarke will be compelled TO
contend against. more than anything else,
is the stOlidity OF some OF the players. 1t
isn't their experiences which may be at
fault; It's the necessity TO keep impressed
on their minds that they must not rest
on the second game, II they happen to
win the first
Jennings has mercurial lot under him
whom he can raise from dependency to
determination by a few cheerful whOops
on the base lines when they are begin
ming to get blue.
The Detroit baseball fans" and some
OF the critics have reviewed the POSSIBLE
tiles prior 20 the beginning OF the series
and have come TO the conclusion that II
Detroit wins II must be for the reason
that ''Ty" Cobb shall Offset anything
which is done by Hans" Wagner.
That's piffie.
Any Detroit Fan" who carries that
theory around with him would be bet
ter OF with bull terrier and q parrot.
Not IA One-man Team.
The Pittsburg team is not Hans wag-
ner It's tough. hard-muscled, hard
batting outfit that begins at the top with
a sawed-On third baseman, who has the
knack OF getting on first even II he isn't
as powerful a hitter as the others. and
goes straight TO the bottom. picking up
one man after another who Is quite as
likely to break up the game as Wagner
and that's why Pittsburg has been win
ming games this year IN the National
League.
II is true that Wagner has done his
share. but 4 the history Of the Pirates
for 1903 Is carefully reviewed. Il VIII
be found that Clarke made his two Dagger
! a.. L ia
the fence in center field for three bases
or Miller with a singing double 10 left
| field tied the score. or Gibson hit one
somewhere over the left helders head. OF
that Abstein poked the ball for a triple
between right and center. or occasionally
that Wilson shot a swift liner between
short and third which put the needed rur
over the plate. 10 say nothing about that
/ infant shortstop.
That's where Pittsburg IS strong It Is
a break 'em up team" all along the line
and doesn't have to get n certain COM
bination working and then have Cobb anJ
/ Crawford come along and send everybody
home rejoicing. II il can't win on that
basis. Detroit will be the next team to fly
a worlds championship pennant
Go 20 II, and may the best club win.
! Some opinions of others are added as "a
the outcome OF the battle for baseball SUI
premacy. and they will surely be read
with interest.
What Evers Says.
This is Johnny" Evers' idea. He says
1T is my belief that Detroit ought to bt
an even-money favor!te for the worlds
championship. I don't Ike TO express az
opinion. for some people might think
was sore at the Pirates because they bea'
Us this year. I'm not. know the Pirates
are grand team, and they beat US fail
and square. but I think this is Detroit,
year.
The principal reason I have for my be-
I lief Is that Detroit. on the whole. has g
better pitching staff I think MuIlin anC
1 Donovan Will win their first games, and
you know how much confidence and ad
vantage II would give the Tigers TO take
the first two
-Pittsburg has the better OF II behind
the bat, for Gibson IS one Of the creates
catcheTs IN the game. hut I doubt tha'
even he viii be able 70 stop the Tigers or
the bases The Pirates are not as fasr
a base-running team as the Tigers, and
think the advantage here for jennings
men will be a telling one.
! The Tigers are stronger than when W,
I beat them, from all I hear. The infielC
has been improved, and that was theil
I weakness. We beat them because of oul
| pitchers and because OF Kings throwing
! don't think the Pittsburg pitchers viii
be able 20 do as well. though they have
good pitching stan there"
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