The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-30
Cubs 70 Be EaNorites.

/ Cubs to Be Favorites.
New York, Sept PA sporting
writer ON the New York Evening Post
sizes up the coming worlds baseball
championship series as follows:
Chances baseball stars are the
smoothest working baseball machine
/ i'm the country. They have been to.
/ gether so long that in harmony of
effort and mutual understanding they
are vastly superior to any other set
| in organized baseball.
On the contrary, their long years of
service may not work to their advant.
age. The quality of youth, dash and
abandon may be benefit to the
Athletics, for there are more of them
than on the Chicago team to whom
playing in the worlds series will be
| a new experience. Hence, they may
enter the battles with greater relish
and whether the experience and wis.
| dom the Chicagoans will Offset this
, quality of eagerness and 2est re-
mains to be seen.
III the matter of free and straight.
away hitting the Quaker City young.
sters impress observers as being more
gifted than the Cubs. The fasteners,
| too, not only have n rich supply of
long, cleanup hitters, but also have
three or four very timely batters
among them Baker, Oldring, Collins
and Murphy.
! The Cubs, on the other hand are
always formidable. dangerous and
timely htters, liable to rattle along
sCoreless for seven or eight innings,
and then presto. stage last ditch raj
" that invariably spells disaster to
the opposing forces.
Chances organization plays inside
ball to perfection a more subtle game
than any other club since baseball was
| first inaugurated. They are scientific
base runners, masters at sacrificing
and probably can coin more scores
from equal opportunities than their
rivals.
No small share of the glory for win
ming the National League bunting goes
to Johnny King. Just as it was con
tended, his absence in 1909 cost the
Cubs their fourth straight National
League flag, the return of King this
season has been of inestmable value.
Kings brilliant performance behind
the log and his heavy clubbing earn
ing him higher batting average than
in any recent season, and his brilliant
training of King Cole from a raw
rookie" has demonstrated beyond
any shadow of doubt the ability of
King to really come back"
With Archer, who has been filing
in at first base, vice the ailing Chance,
for backstopping mate King may
not be asked to wear the big mitt in
all the championship contests. How
ever, Chance hasn't the remotest idea
as to the probable makeup of his ma
chine for the opening game in the
worlds series. In this department, ac-
cording to wise men of the game,
Chicago will have their opponents
clearly outclassed.
That the Cubs will rule favorites
over the Athletics in the betting seems
certain. Whatever hope the Athletics
have of carrying off the highest hon.
ors lies in the strength of their pitch
ing corps. Ball players in general
consider Mack's hurlers the superiors
of the Chicago veterans. Jack Coombs
undoubtedly is one of the greatest
pitchers in the country; "Chief" Bend
er hasn't displayed any signs of re-
trograding in his work; Eddie Plank
when right, is one of the most sensa
tional southpaws in the game, and
Harry Krause, the Pacific coast won
derful sidewheeler, also must be reck
oned with. ICY" Morgan is the most
successful spit ball HEAVIER on the club
and just now is going great guns.
The Athletic inteld all season has
presented a stone wall defense against
; the heaviest hitting clubs of the Amer
lean League, and, with the dynamic
Eddie Collins at second, serving as
the keystone, and the veteran Harry
Davis on first, Macks intield should
spell terror to the best efforts o.
Chances peerless base runners. In
; juries among the Athletic have beer
= few and far between and the clul
has battled practically intact since the
first ball.
TUESDAY TOPICS.
j. c. Burton, formerly of Norfolk