The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-17
ATHLETICS ARE FAVORED
BY BASEBALL DOPESTERS

that pervades this old town today.
Who's lOony nOw2 Read the Philadel-
phia city directory and get answer
Touch anyone on the shoulder down here
and you've got a bug"
Wellman is trying 10 fly across the
Atlantic in an sirship; Alfonso is feeling
70 see whether his crown is stu on;
Roosevelt is. telling the voters what's
what, and there be divers and sundry
other Items that ordinarily would be
considered acceptable. but there is really
only one news center IN the United
States today, and that is Shibe Park. AT
Twenty-second street and Allegheny
avenue.
Just why everyone the country over
should be so dippy over this series IS
something perhaps for the psychology
fellow 10 investigate The fact remains
that they are even more Interested IN
il than they are in how badly President
Taft beat John Hays Hammond on the
MyOpia links.
II might be well right now 10 cop
per" that yarn about huge sums OF
money being wagered on the series. II
is a Pigment Of the imagination 70
quote the fellow that quoted John Z.
Sullivan when he was writing about the
Reno fight
Some Bets Placed
OF course. some bets were placed,
and in some OF the cases the Cubs were
The favorites at odds Of IS 10 10 and
ID 10 Q. This. some think, was due
20 the fact that the team Of AU-Stars
had so badly defeated the Athletics
during the practice work for the present
series
The truth is that the teams looked ike
such an even proposition the bettors-
the Philadelphia sports az least-were
afraid 10 cut loose. There is no truth
in the reports that the Athletic sup
porters offered odds. Practically All
OF the early betting was even. with an
4 occasional Is 10 10 OF 10 10 3 wager
on the Cubs. The Quaker sports de-
manded as high as 70 TO Z. only 10 be
! 'nay-naved-"
Il Is telling no secret 70 say that the
Athletics are rot so sure. They think they
viii win the series. IL is true, but they
DON'T smile half as much as the Cubs.
That the public looks upon the series
as an even affair is shown by the fact
that q number Of WaEers have been
made that IL viii require seven games
10 decide the issue
Depends On Pitchers.
Hardly any one bur believes that six
| games viii be played. Any man rash
! enough 70 predict that either team viii
/ win scraishJs would be put in a padded
/ cell without further evidence. The best
| that the baseball experts. and there art
1 about a square mile Of them here. car
/ make out Of II, is that II the Chicago
4 pitchers show top form. there Will bs
: nothing 10 fl but a Cub victory, but
! that if they faIter. as they have done
! many times Of late, all Of ChicagO's
} bOasted team play. and greater eNpe.
( rience will not suffice against the slash,
/ ing attack that the wise and taCitUrr
! old Mack plans
MaCk'S pitchers, however. are admit
\ tedIy superior 10 Chances. and the bat
/ ting average Of the Athletics is also &
/ few notches higher than the Cubs, whicl
/ means that all they need TO coax victor5
! their way IS little weakening on tht
/ part of the Cubs defense, a wObbIinG
! OF pitchers.
But there is Chances Word Tor Il that
! Overall. Brown, PfSter, ReuIbach and
Cole are al right