The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08
SOUTHPAWS IN
WORLDS SERIES

CHICAGO. Oct SWIM Connie
Mack rely chiefly on his left.handed
/ pitchers to beat the Cubs I'm the
. world series2
/ The close-lipped Napoleon Of the
champion athletics so hlnted while on
| his latest visit to Chicago with his
team, and the best indications at
present are that the hope of the
American league will be placed in the
southDaws Of the Philadelphia pitch
ing staff
It's an old, old belief that loft.
handlers have on the Cubs. Fielder
Jones played that card in l906-and
won. Since then the dope hasn't gone
that way. but Mack holds 10 the old
belief that the off-Side boys can puz.
zle the coming National league cham
pions.
When Wlltsc beat the Cubs In New
York last week the Athletic manager
cracked one OF his rare smiles. He
was out at the Chicago Beach hotel,
where he took his new team OF cham
pionS 10 keep them away from the
pest of travelling champion ball clubs
the inquisltive fan who wants to
meet the players around the lobbles
and ask: DO You think Cobb Is a
better ball player than Wagner"
All previous dope from the Mack
camp had been that Coombs and Ben.
der would carry the big burden of
the series, with Morgan and Plank in
the second string OF twlrlers and
krause and Atkins the dim possibnl.
ties.
But Mack gave one OF those rare In |
terviews OF his. unbcndine and giving
n glimpse into what he thinks Of the
coming battle-a glimpse that gives
every indication that he will use
Plank. Krause and Atkins against the
prides Of Chicago And be it said to
the passing that interviews with Mack
are as few and far between as two
baggers for Jack PGester, which is
going some. He is n harder prooo.
sltion when a newspaper man wants
to land him for a long statement than
Fred Clarke, and that also Is going
some
But CarnelUs McGnlicuddy was in
good humor when he heard that the
giant southpaw had handled the Cubs,
and his dinner had agreed with him
SO he leaned back and his keen eyGs
twinkled as he talked
Let's start this thing rieht." said
Connie. "The nero fact that the Cubs
have beaten everybody on their
league in hollow style shows that
Chicago has great team. Chance
comes out, ] see, In a statement In
which he says that the second divis- |
ion teams in the National league have
been strengthened He also saws that
he has had 10 fight tougher teams |
this year than any season In which !
the Cubs won the pennant
Well the same thing applies to |
the Athletics No team ever made !
such runaway race for the pennant /.
as ours. The teams In our league |
have been strengthened, too. and we |
have had TO fight harder teams to |
win.
Il cannot talk about the chances OF
)ur team with the Cubs because l
haven't seen the Cubs this year am |
not going to talk about anything I |
know nothing about. But the Cubs
are grand ball club.
The Athletics are good club.
too; they are going 10 fight II out
on the ball field. and the better club
Is going 10 win.
Sizing up the situation. take John.
ny King in the first White Sox series
There Is no way To compare our club
With Fielder Jones team, for VIC play
an entirely different style Of game
But King started in the first game
against the SoX and he looked bad
Then | saw him in a couple more